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Magical thinking is quite common in OCD: https://beyondocd.org/expert-perspectives/articles/very-superstitious
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Which type of thinking
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It’s just called magical thinking. I basically think i have the power to make really bad things come true.. so I have to due a lot of very specific things to prevent that. Like opening and closing my bedroom door 5 times. Or every single time I get an intrusive thought, I have to repeat what I just did. Even taking steps. Walking is a nightmare
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@the bean ?? it really is tough. I’ve never actually been scared I’ll curse someone, but I’m scared I’ll cause my loved ones to get hurt because I’ll let an intrusive thought go by and it’ll come true.. maybe it’s kind of the same thing
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@magical-thinking-kanna So many people haven’t heard of magical thinking and think I’m joking. I wish I knew a better name for it
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@magical-thinking-kanna Yeah Its pretty similar. I don't know how to ignore the thoughts because it makes me think they'll come true. Dang it's scarey.
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@the bean The best trick I’ve learned is distraction. But man it really kicks in when I go to an amusement park or big event. When you’re walking and have an intrusive thought, do you have to re take those steps? I do that and it’s the hardest part, everyone looks at me like I’m crazy because I’m back tracing all the time
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@the bean Yes god bless us we got it rough. All OCD is bad but this one really just gets out of control. I was hoping to find a medicine but nothing works and finding the right therapist is so hard
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@the bean Same to you ? I’m sure we’ll get through it eventually! God bless
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@magical-thinking-kanna Seeya around peace ✌️ ? ??
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Try to stop your compulsion if you can
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I’ve tried lots of ways but nothing is working. I’m gonna try to get another therapist (hopefully better) soon after I move
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i also have magical thinking, it sucks ?
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It really does :((
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So that's what it's called??? I thought I was crazy.
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Yeah me too for awhile!! Like the first year I had it, I thought I was a physcho :(
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@magical-thinking-kanna I don't step on cracks because I think it will somehow hurt my family. I also have to tap random things in threes so that me and everyone around me is safe. Would you call this magical thinking?
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@bluerose I would because I do the same and I’ve been diagnosed. I do stuff like that but then the other part is just re-doing anything I’m doing while having a bad thought, or it’ll come true
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@magical-thinking-kanna Like I just had to take 5 min to turn my bedroom light off because everytime I would flick it off, I’d think of something really fucked up. It sticks to themes, and my theme right now is seeing terrifying images of my dog being hurt.. it fucking hurts my soul seeing and thinking of that shit :(
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for the past few years i have been struggling with a certain theme of ocd as well as most of the other themes. but this one i have not figured out a good way to do my own form of erp or non-engaging responses. basically i will be daydreaming or thinking and have a very random thought. i wouldn’t call these thoughts intrusive thoughts because it’s not necessarily fear of the thoughts coming true, its just fear that my thoughts are too unique. my ocd will latch on to random or weird thoughts and may also add in that i was doing something weird while doing the thought. let’s say for example i thought of something random while i was rubbing my feet. then my ocd would be like “why are u having such a unique thought while doing something weird? nobody has ever thought about that specific thought while rubbing their feet before” (just an example). but basically it’s like my ocd bullies me for having thoughts that are too random and things i’ve never heard people talk about before if that makes sense. i am just trying to see if anyone relates even a little and how i can accept that everyone has unique thoughts.
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I had my second session with a therapist and they told me they don’t think I have OCD. They think that I have just intrusive thoughts. They also said they don’t do diagnosis. I also noticed they did not ask me questions about my different themes.This has made me so confused. Even though I had a terrible fear that a therapist will tell that I don’t have it, (which is the main reason why I had not gone to one) I did suspect I had it because I identify with many of the symptoms. On the website it says that they treat it but I don’t think they are like a specialist. On the first session they described OCD mainly as needing to have things symmetrical and fear of contamination. I have a feeling that they don’t know much about it. I also didn’t mentioned all the themes I think I have because I’m scared to be misunderstood. I am not sure what to do. I can’t afford seeing an OCD therapist at NOCD. Can anyone give an insight, has something similar happened to you? Thank you!
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I can't figure out what type of OCD I have. I must be the only one who has mental hoarding OCD with some Just right and death themes. I've never seen a description of someone's symptoms that match mine. Mine are a combination of Just right and mental hoarding of a memory. Like if I have dinner, I need to do a routine where I take in various elements on the environment - the food, my phone, the people around, pets, the coolness of the air con, and think of them in a specific syntax. I need to go through this thinking cycle without also thinking about certain people, deceased people, any themes of death, certain colours (red and black mostly) and then when I get to the end I deliberately have to think about something that is anti-death, like a particularly person who is younger, a certain good colour. But there are other conditions to prevent having to re-do the routine. The phone can't give me a notification or ring. Then I have to touch the phone and think of a supporting person or colour. On top of this, if I go to Youtube, Facebook or anywhere else and I see something related to death first I have to re-do the whole routine. I have a pre-thought that protects me if I do see something in the theme of death. Touching a cat tail will re-trigger the routine and so will touching a certain matt or matts in my house without first say '1,2,3,4'. I do these mental hoarding routines every time I eat, every time I leave the house, every time I leave work, before I go to sleep. The other element of this is protecting loved ones and pets. In some of my routines, around food, leaving the house and going to bed, I have to mentally think of everyone in the house and all of my pets in the same way as above. I dont even know if it is OCD. It's mostly mental compulsions. I don't get anxiety, just discomfort. As exotic as my symptoms seem to be, I don't think my OCD is as bad as it is for others. it's a bit Just right and thats it. My symptoms do not fit any of the categories.
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