Does anyone suffer from "what if "OCD? Like what if I did something harmful in the past to a person and don't remember it?

I am on here because I have OCD

@swimming snake i know, but what i’m saying is you have to get comfortable with the idea that it may not be OCD. that even your fear, if it were true, you could be accepting of it. that way it takes out the fear

how?

correct, but we have to face those terrifying fears and learn to accept them to better overcome this type of illness

successful in the regard that i’ve made progress, yes!! i’ve made a lot of different efforts and habits in order to get better. recovery is certainly possible for you too, there’s just steps you need to take to get there, and some of those steps are difficult to take. Such as regular ERP, working on accepting yourself no matter the condition or situation, tearing down your irrational beliefs and replacing them with rational ones instead, learning to be comfortable and accepting with anxiety, giving it time, and more. through that you’ll start to recover. best of luck!!

@Allycharisma read my comments on this post more carefully. i told them that i’m confident they probably do have ocd. however, i also suggested accepting the possibility of not having it, so that they can love and accept themselves regardless. i would hope you don’t find issue in a message of self-love and self-acceptance

@Allycharisma i’m not saying she doesn’t have a mental illness. i’m confident she does. but a part of recovery is learning to accept the possibility of the fear being real. so that way you’re not afraid of it. look into ACT therapy, that’s what i’m advocating, and it helps many ocd sufferers. once again, i’m not saying she doesn’t have a mental illness. i’m saying she would have to learn to love and accept herself in any possibility.

@Allycharisma and it’s not a letdown. acceptance is an important part of ocd recovery. it’s advocated by ocd therapists worldwide, especially within ACT. i’m not saying she doesn’t have it. as long as you refuse to accept the possibility of something and don’t face that fear, it’ll keep on coming back. that’s why we need to be able to be equipt to face and accept it. it’s crucial in recovery.

yes, that’s the point. i’m pretty confident it’s ocd as well, however, what i’m saying is you’ve have to be able to learn to be accepting even if it isn’t. because as long as you’re fearing the alternative of if it may not be, your fears will be reinforced. so it’s about learning to accept that even if it wasn’t ocd, you’d still be able to love and accept yourself, and be okay with the situation. that’s an important part of recovery. we need to learn acceptance (ACT therapy for example) on the things that we fear, so that we no longer fear them or have obsessions about them :)

@Allycharisma hey. you need to reread my comments and try to better understand the message i’m trying to portray. at no point did i ever invalidate her or her symptoms. i even said i’m reasonably confident that she does have ocd. but a important part of recovery is also learning to accept and love yourself even if you don’t. that’s not me saying she doesn’t. that’s me saying that she does, but she also needs to love and accept herself even in the possibility that her fears were to be real. if you don’t, then the fears will stay fears. so this is an important part of recovery. i’ll give you an example to help you understand. i have ROCD. my ocd is about what if i still am into my ex. well, i’m pretty confident i have ocd. but i also have to accept and love myself that even if i didn’t have ocd and i really were still into my ex, it wouldn’t matter because i accept and love myself and am accepting of the situation. i hope this clears things up and i hope you’re able to understand what i was really saying. thank you.

@Allycharisma that’s literally the message i’ve been advocating, to accept and love who she is, in ANY situation. i’m confident that she has ocd, but to the ocd sufferer, sometimes ocd says “this isn’t ocd this is real” which can be very scary. so i’m saying you should be able to say back to ocd “i don’t care if it’s real or not, i accept and love myself regardless, your situation doesn’t scare me because i’m accepting of it” i hope you understand what i mean.

@Allycharisma i’m glad you can see what i’m saying about the first part, if you need any clarification i’ll be happy to help. i hope you understand i wasn’t invalidating her in the slightest, i fully acknowledge she has ocd, and i’m recommending an important part of recovery that has greatly helped me and others. i hope she continues to do well. have a great day