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Ocd, intrusive thoughts, urges come in different forms and shapes. Even if you don't believe me, even if you believe that your case is different and that you really are a psychotic, one thing I'm telling you for sure: that is exactly what happened with me half a year ago and I may assure you I never wanted to actually do such things. I was just so stuck to my fears, to my thoughts, always trying to find out a solution and a certainty, a "truth"... I started doubting my own person, started being numb with the enormous amount of time I'd be spending trying to "discover" what was actually true. I still remember, I couldn't stand being next to my family because I would be so scared I would just run out of control, it's like I couldn't distinguish the mind from reality. There were also times I'd just feel numb, I wouldn't care what the thoughts would say, and those were the times I'd feel even worse. My thoughts were like, "oh you don't care, does that mean you actually...?" and let me tell you it meant nothing, I was just tired, numb, trying to get through the tuffest situation I've ever been exposed to. Want to know how I solved this and I don't even stress about it now? I accepted the uncertainty. I became bigger than my thoughts. I would say "this is my ocd, not me", I would realise my thoughts were there but I would just let them pass. Thoughts are just thoughts, and stay as thought. If you want to talk about it more, I'm glad to help!
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- 4y
Totally relate to this, thank you so so much!! It sucks to feel this way for sure, yes we do have to accept the uncertainty!!
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My thoughts are about harming others:(, but thank you so much for sharing, it helps to know there’s people going through the same thing . I am so sorry you have to deal with this as well, I hope you get over this <3
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- 23w
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So, I don't know if anyone's going to comment on this post, but I've been doing pretty badly lately. I suffered from a second relapse of OCD around nearly a year ago, back when I first experienced OCD, I had all the symptoms, researching, crying none-stop, suicidal, etc, but now that it's been almost four years of this same theme. It doesn't feel nearly as bad anymore? It's almost like it brings me happiness??? I see people saying with confidence that they'd never do their intrusive thoughts but I can't agree with them, I'm not confident I won't do them, a few years ago, I'd say I'd NEVER do them and I would rather kill myself before doing them but now I can't say it. I don't know what's going on anymore and what makes it worse I think is that my feelings are all over the place, a part of me wants to give up while the other part of me is still fighting and I'm crying right now as I write this but I don't even know if I'm scared. Sometimes I just let myself "enjoy" the intrusive thoughts because I'm so tired and everytime I look at a reddit post about someone saying that they felt guilty for enjoying an intrusive thought, I don't feel that same emotion, and I keep researching and researching. It doesn't feel like OCD anymore. I can't even say I'm scares for the right reasons, my brain keeps telling me that I'm only scared because I don't want others to look down on me and the truth is that I actually "enjoy" the thoughts and I simply don't want to be looked down upon on society. I don't know what to do, I want to go in the bathroom and cry until I disappear
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