⛔️ PLEASE HELP!!!!!! ⛔️ Does anybody get intrusive thoughts that get presented as statements rather than questions? e.g. I am , It’s because you’re _, etc. Is it my mind playing tricks on me? I REALLY hope that it is because I find it extremely upsetting and distressing. Not to mention, I have been dealing pretty well with intrusive thoughts, mental images, gronial responses, false memories and false attraction to far because I sit with my discomfort and refuse to do compulsions (this is incredibly difficult and sometimes my mind will revisit the exact same thought 5-10 times. However, I refuse to do compulsions). As of present, I have developed my attraction again and I have developed a crush on a celebrity that I liked before HOCD plagued me five months ago. However, I was daydreaming about him and I a few days ago and I got an intrusive thought asking me whether I had come out. As you can imagine, I started to overthink it and I began to believe that I was experiencing deja vu and my future self had accepted the thoughts and admitted that they felt denial all along. After getting these thoughts, I began to watch “HOCD vs denial,” videos, analyze my symptoms and ask my mum repeatedly whether she thought I was. I became incredibly uncomfortable and distressed because this particular thought felt so real. I honestly thought that my future self was asking me and I wasn’t sure whether I was being irrational. Either way, my question is whether you can receive intrusive thoughts that are statements rather than questions e.g. I must fancy them. Is this normal because I haven’t seen anyone mention intrusive thoughts like these as they aren’t “what if’s.” Instead, they are saying that I am what I DO NOT WANT TO BE. Please help!

Paula

Date posted: 5y

My thoughts are statements too. You got this! Just try to calm down a little, you seem in recovering already! Its normal during erp to have more thoughts and more scary. You have to keep going. I reccomend ali greymond on youtube. The has a video meant to be played when you have an ocd attack.

Paula

Date posted: 5y

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MentallyDrained

Date posted: 5y

Thank you; I’ve been watching callingjesse because he really puts everything into perspective. It’s just that this particular thought seemed to confirm what I didn’t want to be confirmed and I was stressed because everybody always talks about the “what if,” intrusive thoughts and not the “I am,” and the “I must be” intrusive thoughts.

Paula

Date posted: 5y

@StraightButScared I totally understand your concern. It took a while until i found out that ocd thoughts can come in different ways. Hope you get better.

MentallyDrained

Date posted: 5y

@Paula Thank you Paula. :)

Baby999999

Date posted: 5y

Yes. My intrusive thoughts have been not only what if I am a ? But in all other forms a thought can take. I think if it can be a thought, it can be an intrusive thought

MentallyDrained

Date posted: 5y

Thank you. To be honest, I was really scared because I thought that I was the only one.

Baby999999

Date posted: 5y

One weird one I have because I have pocd is when I am scared I’m attracted to someone I feel the thought “yes” its an incredibly disturbing intrusive thought

MentallyDrained

Date posted: 5y

Yes, I get confirmation thoughts to put with my HOCD. For example, I may think someone’s pretty and then I may start to worry because I think that it’s attraction. Then I’ll get a thought like “you always think they’re pretty when they have that haircut or when they dress like that so that must be your type.” In reality, I just want to look like them, dress like them and be like them but my mind tells me otherwise. I also avoid rainbows and wearing all of the colours I’d the bi flag because I think that people will assume my identity (an identity that isn’t mine). The thought I got a couple of days ago really messed me up (the one asking me whether I’d come out) because I’ve been watching a lot of TikToks claiming that angels are trying to communicate with me. I’ve also experienced a lot of deja vu and so I thought that this question was confirming everything that I didn’t want.

Anónima

Date posted: 5y

You mentioned that you sit with your discomfort and refuse to do your compulsions in some ways, that is great! On the other hand, it seems like you were very triggered by a thought, but OCD demanded you to seek reassurance by asking us if that thought is normal, ask your mom, analyze yourself past crush thoughts, google, and more. This explains why your anxiety feels so high & your thoughts feel very real because the OCD cycle was fed. (Not your fault, we all do it!) the only way you will get better is by having that first intrusive thought (I am ____worst fear) and then exposing yourself to it by either saying a. YEP, definitely brain, thanks! or something like b.maybe I am or maybe I’m not, oh well going to continue x(insert whatever you’re doing in the moment) instead of saying “oh no what if I’m the only person who’s had that thought, let me google and ask my mom etc.” those things will give you relief short term but will only lead to more confusion and distress long term. The ONLY way to get over hocd is by not feeding the monster. It’s going to be REALLY hard, but you can do it!

MentallyDrained

Date posted: 5y

Thank you so much for your kind response; you’ve really helped me. :)

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