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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 ?
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.
Oh I see. Could it have anything to do with astrology (horoscopes) and superstitions do you think?
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. ?
Oh no I meant could someone have magical thinking ABOUT horoscopes or superstitions haha
Does anyone have advice for magical thinking OCD? For instance i can’t have an intrusive thought while doing something because then i have to go back and do it while having a good / safe thought to counteract the bad one. Anyone else struggle with this? Some input would be great.
I've heard of this theme and I'm not fully sure on what it is. I'm guessing it's when we have a thought and it will happen eventually, which is something that I do worry about sometimes. Like when I'm jogging or doing something I don't usually do (outside my comfort zone) and I'll get thoughts that something bad is going to happen and I worry that it does until I stop doing that thing outside my comfort zone. This happens with a checking compulsion before and it usually always happens with these kind of thoughts.
Help! I’m having intrusive thoughts every two to three minutes. I learned about this things called manifesting and now I’m afraid my intrusive thoughts are manifesting horrible spells to make people do horrible things. Make it stop!
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