Has anyone made a full recovery from real event ocd with false memories tied in? With my OCD, false memories seem to constantly one up possible "what if" scenarios on details I can't fully remember, and I go from one possibility to the next, always one at a time. I know I'll never be certain, but I keep going anyway. I'm wondering what recovery is like ---does your brain sort out what's real and what isn't or do you just stop caring what happened. Would love some insight. Thanks!

magnus77

Date posted: 5y

I also get these false memories sometimes, and wow they always seem so real. They seem so fuzzy and not at all like a real memory you can get. My best advice is to just watch the "memory" as is, useless event in your mind. No rituals, no avoidance, just let it be the there for how long it wants to. Be resilience , determined not to give in.. its impossible to a have a perfect memory.

Russ1989

Date posted: 5y

It happens to me alot daily i get sudden intrussive thought that i posted violent threats on the internet somewhere or on paper and that i will be fired for it and sent to jail for it. Very painful miserable harm ocd intrussive thoughts i have to deal with daily and nightly, i smoke alot of medical marijuana daily and nightly and i digest cbd oil 2 times a day to try to help me with my pain and misery from my intrussive thoughts false images false visions false memories. Very tough to trust yourself when ocd intrussive thoughts take over, but deep down inside my heart i know i dont want to post write down or say Harmful dangerous threats On the internet or in person or on paper i know deep down inside my soul i dont want to say bad things and i dont want anything bad to happen. Whats your best advice for me my friend? To continue to not check my internet history To see if i posted anything harmful in text or comment form and to not check around a room i have been in to see if i left a bad Harmful written letter note?

Russ1989

Date posted: 5y

My OCD tricks me into having memories of things that never really happened

bg24

Date posted: 5y

Mine start out fuzzy and then become clearer the more I ruminate on them---do you see the same thing?

Russ1989

Date posted: 5y

@bg24 Yeah its miserable when intrussive thoughts take over the mind

magnus77

Date posted: 5y

@Russ1989 Yes it's so difficult living with these false memories. My advice ia not doing any checking at all, in thr beginning you willl feel extreme anxiety andit will feel true to you. But over time you will learn to live with it and the doubt and anxiety will fade away

Russ1989

Date posted: 5y

Im dealing with this now. ,, i wake up and dont rememeber turning off my internet tv and i have intrussive thoughts that feel real that i posted violent harmful comments on the internet and i will be sent to jail for it. I know i can check my phones internet history to see if i posted anything threatening and dangerous but i refuse cause i feel like that would be feeding into the harm ocd.

magnus77

Date posted: 5y

No checking! It will feel like you'll almost die if you don't check. But this is only a false alarm from our brain, nothing will harm you!

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