Hi all, First time posting on here but wanted some insight to see if anyone has experienced this themselves before. So, for starters, I have not be medically diagnosed with OCD. However, I had experienced intrusive thoughts pertaining to POCD and HOCD in the past 3 weeks. As a result of that, I have learned what is could possibly be- me suffering from OCD. Not only have I been on/off coping with my intrusive thoughts about those themes, I have also been obsessing over what OCD actually is. I have been fixated on the disorder and the word “impulses” and “urges?” Can OCD make someone do something even when they believe they can distinguish between good and bad? I don’t know if this is making sense, but I have gone through periods of not feeling like I know myself or my true character because of my capability to have these thoughts. Sometimes, I even watch movies, with obvious fiction events, and I sometimes have thoughts about me commuting *insert crime. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Any suggestions? Disclaimer: I have not done any type of therapy.

I hope you get the peace you want very soon❤

Hello. What are you experiencing? So you have any suggestions to proceed or get through this? I feel so distressed at times.

@Anonymous Well I went through ALOT of themes. First I got hocd, then fear of lying, then pocd, then sexual intrusive thoughts about my family AND riligious figures which is still going on now. If you want to know how to deal with it then you should feel comfortable about having these thoughts (not the content because it really doesn't matter how awful they can get). it's obviously not that easy at all but start by taking a small step.

@Anonymous Also, DO NOT trust your feelings nor your thoughts. Even if you get aroused or even when it's an urge, even when it feels like it's you, it IS ocd tricking you

I never went to therapy because my parents don't really approve, I just used these points. Actually ocd often just suddenly goes it's really weird. My problem is that whenever I feel comfortable with doing these steps a new theme comes:(

It's also because I'm 14 now and I had alot of OCD types since I was 9/10 so it's somehow familiar to me

The fear of losing control is also a part of ocd to scare you more. And not engaging with the content mean that you're brain doesn't exactly know the content, just like a computer program. They will give you any idea to stress you out because the brain is adventurous. And if you notice the themes keep changing like from hocd to pocd so if it was actually you why would the theme change? If it was you the thoughts wouldn't even bother you to point where you need reassurance or get terrified that it would be true

Even in some cases not being terrified doesn't mean you actually like the idea