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this used to happen to me all the time when i was half asleep and a quick intrusive thoughts used to go through my mind but then i fall asleep and can't remember what the thought was in the morning. so , my andice is to start over. tell yourself "it probably isn't that important, if it was i would've remembered". try to just continue with your day while reminding yourself that even if the thought was bad it doesn't matter because it's not you that made it up - it's your ocd.
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Thankyou it just makes me feel like I’m going crazy because I then think we’ll did I actually think that or was it a thought and my questions go on but I’ll try it Thankyou
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yeah i completely understand you, it sucks. but yeah keep fighting and don't give onto those thought- they're not real.
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Omg this happens to me so much. A large part of my ocd is false memories and my compulsion is rumination and one time before bed I was halfway asleep and I think I had a thought thinking back and thought “oh no what if that memory was about (past false memory)” and. I woke up the next morning and couldn’t remember what it was and I was dying to remember because what if I NEED TO. Anyways you are not alone. Basically, it’s just a form of checking/ compulsion to try and remember our thoughts when in reality it’s a futile search. We don’t need to!
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Thankyou
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Thankyou for the advice
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