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Omg it turns out my brother had the thing from the fridge all along. Ok I feel better now ahhaha. But I know this won’t be the end of my solipsism ocd
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What are you fearing that happened?
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That nothing is real. That my simulation is glitiching
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@garden :) Do you have anyone to talk to about this is person? I suggest doing so if you are comfortable since having someone by your side is very supporting. If not then I can try and help. I’m just a little confused on what your dealing with, if you can explain more that would be nice, if not that’s okay too!
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@emmaann I just have this constant fear that nothing beyond my own existence is real. And little things like this prove it. Little coincidences. They terrify me honestly. I’m scared everyone in my life is programmed. And that I’m manipulated by this system to believe I have OCD as an excuse, when really, they’re trying to convince me out of it so I don’t find out. I know this sounds literally insane. I hate it. I wish I was ignorant and oblivious to this idea. Thanks for trying to help me though. It means a lot ? I don’t know what to do
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@garden :) If it makes you feel any better, I used to have OCD that I was the only person who was real and that everyone else was some kind of a puppet being controlled by a higher power. I’m sorry that you’re having this OCD! It doesn’t sound insane to me, it just sounds like OCD. Are you doing ERP?
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@Yayfortherapy No. I don’t really know how to, especially when I have so much doubt in myself that it’s even ocd / that ocd therapy would work on it. What did you do?
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@garden :) I did ERP therapy for OCD. It helped so much. Well, I think you could probably have an appointment with an OCD therapist and they could probably help you determine if it’s OCD. If it is, they can help you treat it. If not, maybe they can refer you to another therapist who might be able to treat your condition. Do you find yourself trying to do things to check whether the world is real or not? Like trying to relieve the anxiety by “figuring it out?” Or do you do certain things to test the world? Those would be indications that it’s OCD
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@Yayfortherapy I just try and reassure myself over and over that things are real. But I can’t prove anything so I guess it’s hard to have compulsions. Reality is the biggest uncertainty.
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@garden :) You’re not insane. You are strong for putting up with this! I’m not sure what to necessarily do to overcome this fear... there might be meditation or therapies for it. Or medication, but if you are afraid of talking your parents that’s totally understandable, it is hard to open up when we feel so stressed. Maybe try and not give the thoughts much time and energy? When you think that you are being programmed or manipulated, just say “okay, maybe I am, who cares”. I know it’s so hard but accepting the fear will make it less powerful and you can eventually not be triggered by it
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i swear I’m either schizophrenic or my ocd is just THIS bad. my phone has been acting weird, like my screen turns black and then it’ll turn back on to where i was (i guess it freezes?) when that happens i immediately panic. my head tells me that my phone is acting like that because im being watched and the police will show up to my house. i had a lot of screenshots on my phone from social media, it was like outfit ideas (outfits on other people, influencers) I went through and deleted all those photos, i feel like they looked bad/suspicious.
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On Sunday at work I was stressed and I was anxious all day about ruining my relationship and I disappeared off camera for 2 min and 30 seconds and I’m trying to figure out why and it’s bothering me because I don’t remember I know all morning I was trying to stay on camera so I can prove to myself that I was fine but I think as the day went on like after I video called my boyfriend I felt better and wasn’t paying too much attention to being off camera but I went into the back of the store like the kitchen area and there’s no camera so I was off camera for 2 min 30 seconds and it’s scaring me because idk what I was doing so I’m trying to figure it out and it’s driving me nuts my mind is saying that I did something to ruin my relationship in those 2 min and 30 seconds and I’m so anxious and spiraling I can’t stop thinking about it and talking about it. I just want to enjoy my relationship without feeling guilty.
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i’ve unfortunately fallen into the cycle of trying to figure out my thoughts and find answers as to why i feel so distressed. this still pertains to the situation regarding changing my room for those reading who have seen my multiple posts over the last few days. i’ve been so distressed and in so much panic about it. i’m also panicking over my other room looking so different from when i left it. it’s been making me feel crazy because to me there’s no reason for my anxiety to latch so hard onto something that seems so minuscule. i was thinking i was having anxiety over change, but it’s like symptoms of ocd too that’s making it really hard for me to let go. SO i started thinking maybe it was perfectionism ocd? i’ve realized over time that i do compulsions to where things have to feel “just right”, but i also do that with any environment i’m in. like it HAS to feel cozy to me and provide me comfort in order for me to feel at ease. and this change is causing me to panic because there’s something wrong that i can’t find an answer to. maybe the different colored carpet? but it’s also more than that it feels like. however, now it’s spreading into other areas of my house where i’ve always been fine in and possibly to just any area i’m in at all. hence why it’s making me feel crazy because there’s no reason for me to be THIS distressed over that as i’ve never really had this problem before. and when i did it would last maybe an hour to a couple of days at most, but this has been going for over 2 weeks with my really bad anxiety being this week. i’m doing a little better, but it’s still hard when i can feel that panic waiting for me to acknowledge and just engulf me in the ocd cycle. i’m also analyzing basically any feeling i have so i just feel off in general and like i’m going insane. i’ve been so hyper focused on how i feel and that will send me spiraling too. multiple themes then start coming in like existential ocd and fear of solipsism. not to mention my harm and contamination ocd that just adds on when i’m this vulnerable. then i worry if no one is real, then no one feels the way i do. or just in general that what if no one feels the way i do. honestly, i think being out of college and in my house with nothing to do is causing me too much time with my thoughts. which is why i’m so distressed about everything that pops into my brain.
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