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Hi love ! I’m not a psychiatrist or a therapist and tbh I have felt this way myself and when I entered therapy we came to the conclusion this way of thinking is likely OCD . In my experience and in my recovery I feel like I understand my true desires , discomfort etc , if you legitimately fear and worry about it then it’s not a true reflection. But also we gotta live with uncertainty that it could be true . I hope you don’t be too hard on yourself and I am sending you good vibes.
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I relate to this so much because when this first hit me I desperately needed to know what was going on and like a few days in after my symptoms I found out about SOOCD and then I started getting more symptoms after that and so sometimes I’m like omg what if this isn’t ocd and I’ve been subconsciously adopting these symptoms. And it scares me too. But as I’m doing better I see clarity through the thoughts sometimes and I know deep down what I want. I’m sure we all have insight, don’t give up. We will get through it.
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that’s exactly what happened to me! i hope your right about getting better, this really is the worst :(
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@zeep I don’t know about you but being positive is always helpful for me even when I feel like there’s no way out. Even when I’m feeling suicidal ideation. Idk if you’re spiritual at all but praying helps me a ton because I feel like everything is gonna be okay afterwards. You will be okay one day. We all will be :)
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That some deep stuff right there.
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i guess i have trouble trusting myself. i’ve always felt like an outsider looking in on my brain if that makes sense. so like if you asked me what’s the first thing that pops into your head i wouldn’t be able to tell you because they aren’t my thoughts, they are someone else’s thoughts that i can see and hear? but they aren’t clear thoughts that i can see, they are like cloudy? i overthink every thought so they dont even feel like my thoughts anymore. it’s like everyone else thinks in 2d and can understand what they are thinking, but i am thinking in 3d where i feel like i am seeing someone else’s thoughts but in a language i only kind of understand. it’s so hard to explain omg but it’s just like i don’t know what my thoughts are sometimes, and i feel like i’m an exception to thinking normally? i just can’t really interpret my thoughts and emotions clearly, it’s like a cloud. ok i’m not making sense, but oh well lmao
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@zeep Interesting. Almost like you are your soul and you are looking into your bodies thoughts. Now I'm the one who isnt making sense lol
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@Kc88 yes, exactly! it’s so hard to explain haha
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are you doing ok?
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Trying not to seek reassurance, but rather connect the dots on my OCD and possible reasons as to why I am the way I am. I have severe OCD (or at least I hope I do) mainly surrounding POCD. I've had symptoms of OCD the majority of my life but this theme has come up more recently. When I was a kid, and i'm talking 6-7, I was first exposed to some really gross adult content online. It was introduced to me by a friend of mine around the same age of me. I saw some really disgusting things that a 6-7 year old should definitely not see. This was not a one time occurrence, as I had been exposed to taboo topics online years to come after that, such as the same friend introducing me to Omegle... And i'm sure you can imagine how that went, theres a lot of genuinely disgusting human beings on there. Coming back to the reason for making this post; is it possible to early exposure to this content could be one of the reasons I struggle with POCD? It genuinely scares me to death because you hear that real p*dos dealt with simular situations when they were kids, so thats kind of making me feel that this could be more than OCD, and I could be a genuinely bad person. My POCD feels so real, that at times i'm fully convinced its not OCD. Sometimes I can't even distinguish the feelings of attraction between a younger person and an older person, except for the feeling of anxiety and fear. Its really hard to explain without going into detail, but it just feels so real. Some feedback on this would be great, thank you all.
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so i was on instagram and it came up with other signs of ocd then someone commented this doesn’t mean you have ocd now im stressed that its not ocd background - i had so-ocd for a few years then got treatment for it but am now on the waiting list for further treatment for other stuff but i dont have another theme which makes me feel like its not ocd my day to day life consists of touching the door handle every time you go past it or someone will die, and inability to send emails without re reading loads of times and getting other people to check because im scared i wrote something bad but the what if it’s not ocd thought is triggering me now and i don’t know what do
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How to know if you actually have it or if I’m just making up the symptoms? I have a lot of intrusive thoughts constantly and even have a “theme” but it really surged after I search up what I was experiencing, but then again I search up a lot of what I experience and constantly have to recheck things. My parents say I’m normal but I know I’m not, (both of my siblings have adhd) I find it immensely hard to focus from turning 17-18. Please let me know what you think l! Thanks!
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