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- 3y ago
Well the jist is that a thought is a thought. Thoughts dont always represent true desire. Brains are assosiation machines. So while an intrusive thought MAY represent a true desire, it is also possible that the worry/unpleasantness of the thought means it gets marked important. And causes it to come up. At the end of the day you are not your thoughts, so if you have an instinctual or moral contradiction to a thought you can choose not to align yourself with it. And before you can know what you really think of these thoughts, you need to learn to not be alarmed by them first, so that you can more clearly see if there is a true answer, but the alarm doesnât go away until you accept that there is not necessarily a true answer. But you can still live a full life without that specific answer. I hole this is helpful
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- 3y ago
I donât understand so why are therapists saying this isnât true then? So are you saying my POCD could be true then and this is true desire. So confused now as my therapist said this isnât true
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- 3y ago
I think itâs all about accepting uncertainity. Cause saying itâs not true is providing reassurance. We dont know if itâs true or not It freaking terrifying I just read what @omtbtnom wrote and my heart dropped and i was like âwhat if i stop caring about the thought and realize i like it?? Omg omgâ So im still scared its true and that iâll never like men or be attacted to men and have all thise things i dreamed about w/ a guy, cause i donât want that w/ a girl even though im feeling false attractions to girls that send me into an anxiety spiral and make me nauseous and uncomfy, and no attraction to men which makes me so sad:( but thatâs a possibility we have to accept:(
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- 3y ago
Im sorry for scaring you, I get it. Youâll be okay
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- 3y ago
@omtbtnom No no! Youâre all good! I was just using an example haha, you perfectly fine:)
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- 3y ago
So are you saying this can be true why have therapists said this isnât true then
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- 14w ago
Don't panic, you're still the same girl, your OC gives you a lot of intrusive thoughts that aren't you and that disgust you and scare you and that you don't want and that you don't think are true, and your OC gives you the false feelings.Also, don't forget that whatever comes to mind, whatever intrusive thoughts you have and whatever you feel, is all yours.
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- 11w ago
Iâm 25 and never ever thought this before my soocd relapse. I have a bf of 5 years. Never been a high libido kinda girl. Donât get me wrong I do get turned on by my bf but not like every day you know? - That had always been in the back of my head, is this normal and ok? But my ocd has latched onto the most scariest what if EVER. My brain is now saying How do you know you wonât prefer to sleep and kiss girls if you havenât tried it: and itâs that unknown that is scaring the shit out of me. I DONT AND NEVER HAVE wanted to sleep / kiss a girl. But now my intrusive thoughts is all I think about!!! I donât want I donât want I donât want??? So why does my brain think BUT WHAT IF??? I know ocd thrives off uncertainty which is why I think this is happening? But I donât wanna find out or work it out because all I want is to be with my bf and marry him!! Is this just the epitome of OCD?
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- 6w ago
Does anyone have any advice for how to know the difference between ocd and real feelings/thoughts? Sometimes an intrusive thought will come in and I immediately know itâs ridiculous and I can just leave it alone and it wonât bother me but other times I really really donât know. Itâs when ocd hijacks and twists my real feelings and thoughts and tries to manipulate me into believing theyâre something theyâre not or something that doesnât align with my true morals or intentions. But since itâs twisting and mixing with real feelings I get so confused and scared. Everything gets jumbled and I feel like I canât trust myself or my own mind. Yet other times and other topics I can laugh off and push away just fine. Make it make sense. And then I start to think well maybe I donât have ocd at all and Iâm just in denial because I donât want to accept that these scary/concerning things are true about myself. Or maybe thatâs just the ocd talking.
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