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- 6y
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Magical thinking OCD is when, for instance, you make a connection between two things which are unrelated. However, it provides momentary relief. Example: 1. Your mum leaves the house in the morning. You give her a hug 3 times. This means that she won’t die driving to work. The two things (mums health and hugging her) are unrelated. But somewhere your OCD tells you that if you do not do this then “something bad” will happen ?
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I pretty much think of it as making connections between events that couldn’t possibly be connected. For example I think that if I don’t pick up stuff of the ground while I’m at stores and order it, something terrible will happen. I also think that if I don’t touch or tap on something the correct way my family will die. I have the same fear with numbers. One also might believe that even thinking about something unlucky will make it more likely to happen. I hope this was somewhat helpful.
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- 6y
Oh I see. Could it have anything to do with astrology (horoscopes) and superstitions do you think?
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Nothing to do with astrology. There is no evidence-base that astrology impacts mood or health. It’s learned behaviour. Where an individual tries to find a way to remove anxiety and fear from a particular stimulus eg. Obsession of parents being injured. ?
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- 6y
Oh no I meant could someone have magical thinking ABOUT horoscopes or superstitions haha
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- 20w
When I was a child, before I knew this was OCD, I struggled with constant "magical thinking" compulsions (don't step on the crack or mom's back will actually break, etc). When I later learned this was OCD, it almost immediately solved it. Any time I got a magical thought, I would say to myself "that's just an OCD thought. ignore it." and it just stopped coming! Like seriously it fixed the magical thinking stuff forever. But of course the OCD has resurfaced in other ways. So naturally, I've tried to use the same strategy since I had so much success with it previously. But I wonder sometimes if telling myself "that's just OCD" is almost functioning as a reassurance compulsion? I hate how meta this gets. For example, I have ROCD that comes and goes. So sometimes I'll get a thought like "what if i'm still in love with my ex?" and then I'll tell myself "that's obviously just an ROCD thought" and will feel relief, almost like reassurance. But it comes back. So is telling myself that it's OCD a reassurance compulsion ?? It's just so weird because it worked so perfectly as a kid with the magical thinking thing.
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- 11w
Hi everyone sometimes when I try to do something or do something my ocd tells me if I post a certain things or wear certain clothes that that some people in my life won't talk to me or distance themselves away from And I know it's sound crazy, but I feel like it's real what should I do I don't know how to fight it or stop I've been like this since I was 13 I went to therapy and iam taking my medicine but still those thoughts won't stop I don't know how to deal with it
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- 9w
i don’t want to do my compulsions. I feel like if I don’t somebody will get hurt, sick or die. It’s a very scary thought to feel like if I don’t do my compulsions it will be my fault even though it isn’t & nor will it happen. I know it’s magical thinking & my thoughts are not true nor will they come true. it’s just im so tired of doing these compulsions. im so tired of feeling like I can stop something bad happening if I don’t step on this or touch this 4 times. it even got me believing that if I do something I want to do & love, something bad will happen. I just want to be able to live & feel like I use to. I hate ocd. how can I calm this down so I can be able to navigate in my own life?
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