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Hey guys I am not sure if this is normal but I am experiencing weird ocd thoughgs like existential and supernatural intrusive thoughts combined with derealization I get these terrifying what if stories, vivid horror images, and fears of going crazy to try and explain this physical anxiety like a fear of one day being possessed and attached with something supernatural or like being in a mental hospital and not being normal like stuff like that and they feel like if there is something off and like I am not normal and I am attach to something bad I am not sure what this is any advice would help

alan87

Date posted: 14h

I understand where you are coming from. I have this sort of fear and anxiety as well. Like one day I will go crazy and not be in control of my thoughts or actions. But we have to remember, a thought is a thought, nothing more. It is okay to have thoughts. We need to learn to be okay with our thoughts and be able to move on from a thought without paying it any mind. I’m sure there are some tools out there that can help. I saw one tool is naming the thoughts.

vicki5621

Date posted: 13h

I have tried naming the thoughts it's honestly the sensations that hits the most :(

alan87

Date posted: 11h

@vicki5621 The sensation of anxiety? Me too, the anxiety is what gets me.

vicki5621

Date posted: 11h

@alan87 Yeah its like some eerie feeling and it scares me because it makes me feel like there is something wrong with me

alan87

Date posted: 11h

@vicki5621 I understand what you mean. The anxiety and fear of the thoughts and all my themes is really what is the worst. I think we just need to know that we will be alright! This is for sure.

Lochan

Date posted: 14h

hi! i’d love to help if i can. may i ask - when did these thoughts start, and do you feel like they’re triggered by any particular thing?

vicki5621

Date posted: 13h

These thoughts started for like 2 days now and to be honest it just kinda hits out of nowhere when I am alone in my room sometimes I just get overwhelmed and get these thoughts

Lochan

Date posted: 12h

@vicki5621 do you do any compulsions in response?

vicki5621

Date posted: 11h

@Lochan I am stuck in a heavy reassurance loop that is hard to stop:(

Lochan

Date posted: 8m

@vicki5621 i have the same compulsion, the reassurance loop is so real to me. a big part of it is honestly finding the confidence in yourself - everyone i spoke to for reassurance with my OCD would remind me that i have a good head on my shoulders and need to be able to trust my judgement. now i just started going to NOCD therapy, yesterday was literally my first session, but im hoping to develop the tools to stop my own reassurance loop over time. i wish you luck as well!

juniordesxia

Date posted: 12h

Hey, Im not a therapist, but I would like to give my advice. I have faced many of these before, especially the fear of being possessed. But I would like you to remember, that whatever fear you have, OCD will take those fears and amplify them in thoughts, or in feelings, or in dreams. And it may feel real, that OCD might be right or correct, but I think you should remember what OCD thinks is what OCD thinks, not what is correct or incorrect. And those things like "feeling like you are attached to something not normal" is so common when you overthink about those kind of fears. Because when you over think about something, your brain tends to hyperfocus on behaviors or actions to make sure you aren't what you fear, but this always backfires, because this causes you to make everything feel like an error, or something out of place. :)

vicki5621

Date posted: 11h

Wow thank you that feeling scares me and it has also been in my dreams which makes me feel like there is something wrong with me I am trying to find ways to manage this feeling because of how strong it can get sometimes

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