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Wow man sounds like we have a lot in common. False memories about when I was young (and yes I call them false but I still doubt as well) Acceptance is definitely the only way forward! Confidence over certainty. Super awesome that you are facing your fears especially with individual children your ocd likes to pick on. I get a lot of exposure in my job but I’m still on the road to recovery. Keep on kicking ocd in the butt my friend!
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Wow that sounds like a better you than the one that was on here previously! Good for you, keep doing your ERP though!
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I'm really happy to hear you're doing better mate.
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I deal with very vivid false memories as well. At least I hope they’re false! They are actually what bother me the most. But I’ve learned to say “so what” whenever OCD throws them at me, and try to be kind to myself. In the small percent chance that I did do them, I was young and stupid, and I know that it would be wrong now and can move on with that. But work is great because it’s a place I can work on ERP the most. My OCD majorly locked on too a few of the kids at program, along with every child I see due to the POCD. 3 months ago I was calling out and hoping they’d be absent from my program so I wouldn’t have to be around them. Today, I spend as much time possible with them at program to teach my mind that it’s not a threat. (And actually, it’s pretty awesome because they super cool kids who make my time at program much more fun) I mean I get horrible intrusive thoughts sometimes, but I can brush them aside and am able to make an positive impact within the children’s lives. (That’s what really matters to me) I do the job I do, to make sure children have the best childhood they possibly can have. Haha, of course this OCD infested into this theme now looking at it.
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Same here. A lot of memories that I can't tell if they're true or not. Some of them are just too weird to have happened.
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How do you deal with false memories?
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Well, you kind of have to say "whatever" and recognize that if they did happen, you're a different person now and would never do that you "remember".
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I’m so glad you are doing better letsgo! How is work going? I work with children too and the false memories I get really bother me
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What were the side effects? @letsgo I am starting it now and having issues getting to any type of dose that would make a difference. Sometimes I feel this creepy low type of anxious feeling makes me want to jump out of my skin. But it’s like this low feeling.
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Hi everyone, I’m new to the community. I was diagnosed with OCD just a couple of months ago and have been doing some reading and other research to try and understand the disorder. With this, I have been actively seeing a great therapist who has been helpful to build tools to deal with my intrusive thoughts ( contamination OCD is my worst theme). Do help learn to deal with the compulsions, I start on Sertraline or “Zoloft” I believe since November 2024. Currently I’m on 50mg and have been doing this for just over a month. My question for those who are also taking Sertraline and it has been successful, how do you know it has really provided a benefit and how long did it take to get there? I sometimes feel the medication works, and sometimes I feel it doesn’t (maybe that’s my OCD trying to mess with things). Thanks!
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I am FINALLY starting to (somewhat) recover from this last existential spiral, which admittedly, was probably the cruelest my OCD has ever been to me. Only thanks to you all. You were all able to provide me with kindness, understanding and support… without the kind of reassurance that feeds OCD, of course. When I downloaded this app, I was genuinely terrified. I was so scared that I was permanently doomed to the endless whirlpool that is the thoughts produced by my own brain and that life as I knew it was over, that I would never be happy again. For anyone who might be feeling that way right now, your OCD is LYING to you! Whatever you may be going through, it CAN get better. As hard as it may be right now, HAVE FAITH! Get up and do that thing you want to do in spite of the fear and discomfort. Take the fear with you like a whiny, unwilling toddler and do it anyway. Watch the movie, read the book, order that takeout you’ve been craving, bake the cake, wash the dishes… Please do it anyway! It will be hard at first, I won’t lie. But the OCD part of your brain, like a toxic partner, WANTS to win. It wants you to give up on those things that you love, all those things that make you happy so that there’s no space for anything but itself. Don’t let it win. The more you push yourself, the more you rewire your brain to realize that as much as it may feel like, the obsession doesn’t matter! Thanks to you all, even without therapy (YET - I’m starting that journey on Tuesday because there’s still a lot to unpack, and I know that OCD won’t just magically go away), I was able to get a basic understanding of ERP and learning to sit with discomfort and how to live life in spite of it, rather than letting it take over my very being. So for that, I thank this community. I think I would be in a very different place right now if it weren’t for the people I’ve met here who truly understood my experiences. I hope you have a wonderful day. Please don’t give up. You deserve to be happy, no matter what your brain is telling you ❤️
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I suffer since 10 - 15 yrs from specific fears. It was years that my OCD constantly wanted to be checked if I have HIV or not. I had a lot of sex and I thought this is normal. But I ruminated in my backhead about and was testing like 5 - 10 times a year. After the test I felt everytime so relieved. In Corona I was addicted to porn and even I lost control and was watching pretty hard stuff. I was chatting with a girl and we fantasized about really disturbing things. I never wanna meet her and for me was sure it's just kinda onlinestuff. I was in a relationship 3 years now. And I lost fear of HIV. But then came Morality OCD, Real Event (this chat) and after some times POCD. This combination was knocking me out, I felt like the badest person on earth. I did everything wrong and searched for relief and reassurance. It put me to the point of suicidal. I never ever hurting somebody, but my brain was making me a monster. I had to quit the relationship because I just couldn't give her what she deserved. I was in a clinic for 3 months. And we tested medication with ERP (before I took escitalopram for years). Anafranil was working first, then too many side-effects. I tried even without meds, but was so depressed. Now on sertralin for 5 weeks, but only 2 weeks on therapeutic dose 200mg. And wow, now I really feel so confused in the brain. I feel like how big my OCD became. The specific thoughts are not anymore, BUT it sticks on EVERYTHING atm. It's delusional how it feels in the brain. I really hope so deep my brain makes finally a reset and I need to wait it out. I could live with OCD for a long time but the last 1-2 yrs it took absolutely everything. I remark that POCD doesn't stick anymore like before but my brain is now constructing a very bad future because of past mistakes (that I all discussed with family, friends for relief over and over and over again). So it's like my OCD is now Real Event (The sexchat) again. Anyone was on the same point in life?
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