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Have you read up on magical thinking yet?
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Yes but I didn’t know if that fit underneath it!
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@minfoy That's is almost most definitely magical thinking. I know exaclty how you feel. There's some great reads on it tho.
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Oh yeah this magical thinking stuff totally gets to me. Like it makes me even doubt my religion sometimes, because if my brain can convince me that something crazy like a commercial on the television was a “sign from god” telling me what’s wrong with me, is it convincing me of my faith in god too?? Super meta, but I’ve gone that road too
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I'm know EXACTLY how you guys feel. Like everything is a sign and your sign triggers seem to follow you around right? Which makes them even harder to disregard.
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My mum (who also has OCD) has these coincidences happening to her all the time. She thinks that our brain is so alert we are searching for everything potentially dangerous so therefore are more likely to notice coincidences. Its scary though I get you! Its something else for the OCD to focus on
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It’s so weird, I see them in everything sometimes
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Yes yes yes I’m so worried about my relationship and all that pops up are articles about toxic relationships and quotes about doing what you need to do to be happy and I hate it. I think way too into it :(
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Yes this is exactly what I mean! I feel like I was the only one.
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You are not alone, but please don't use any of this as reassurance. Because I know it's easy to. Use this as fuel to help you disregard that uneasiness you get when you feel like your signs are following you. I'm not sure what kind of compulsions you have but mine tell me to avoid doing things I want because of those triggers so I try to remind myself what it is that's going on in my mind and do what I need to anyway. So much easier said than done though.
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No you are completely right, I was just wondering if anyone else had similar thoughts. I do try to just let them be and realise my brain is tricking me into it, but you know how it goes!
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Yes I do and it's taken alot of my time and energy already. Feeling like you're being followed by all of your triggers whether it be a commercial, social media, a conversation, or an advertisement. I'm working to remember that the key is not engaging with the feeling AND the thought. Then you must disregard the whole thing entirely. This article may help. https://www.gatewayocd.com/magical-thinking-ocd-symptoms-and-treatment/
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I know this is insane but please, PLEASE hear me out. I just need someone to tell me they relate in some way or something. Does anyone else feel like they have some sort of 'magic' that they accidentally manifested from 'wishing' too hard during a traumatic time and can't feel like you can control it now, which is pretty anxiety inducing since it feels like it would make people be able to feel or see your ocd thoughts? Or use your muscle tensing as part of your ocd? Like if you have an intrusive thought while tensing a muscle, you feel like it's going to come true so you have to 'correct' it by thinking a good thought then tense your muscles again? Because I have both of them. :(
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Can anyone relate To being anxious to watch a movie or tv show out of fear of being triggered OR fear that your mind will latch onto to some weird idea you got from the movie and it will become a new obsession.. like for example… my hubby wanted to watch lord of the rings tonight. I’ve never seen it and for some reason I had the thought that I didn’t want to watch it bc what if it made me scared of creatures or some weird shit like that lol. Or like I’ll think about watching some Si fi show but then I have the thought “hmm better not in case it makes me believe in aliens or something”. I know how crazy this sounds but why do I think like this lol
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Does anyone have harm OCD related to recent events? Like events that just happened or happened not long ago? I feel like my OCD is trying to find something bad/immoral I could have done in nearly every situation that I am experiencing, for example “Did you just do that?”. And I constantly want to check, ask people for reassurance, try to find a logic answer by going it though in my head,… It’s many different themes but all related to doing sth bad/immoral (e.g., touching someone inappropriately, pushing someone in front of a vehicle, putting something in a drink/food). Does anyone have the same? Or the other thing that I experienced recently is that I did something (a rather unimportant action, not harming anyone) and I go over and over it and ask myself “why did you do that? What does that say about you? Are you actually a weird person?” It feels like I draw “false conclusions” from a real event… I don’t know if that’s OCD though or not. Just wondering if anyone has experienced the same. Good luck to you all! We’re not alone in this! 😊
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