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- 6y ago
- Date posted
- 6y ago
I dealt with this for years. It got progressively worse over time. I couldnt deal with it anymore so I was trying to figure out ways to over come it. I started questioning myself daily. Why am I doing this? Do I really think I can change reality by doing this? Why is my brain telling me things that arent real? By questioning my actions I started to pay attention to why this was happening vs the anxiety of doing a task to “prevent” something. When you get lost in magical thinking you tend to forget about reality. For me I KNEW I could NOT control real life by doing something a certain way. Reminding myself made me realize more and more how stupid the actions were.
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- 6y ago
I had that for many years, and still get it now at times, but nowadays I can manage it better. I completely agree with Aela. I also became convinced that there is NO WAY any of that actually influences reality, so I forced myself to stop. I did it gradually though, I had certain places where I had to do the compulsions, like certain doors, or while getting into bed etc. I cut them out one by one, then stopped altogether. You can do this ?
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- 6y ago
What is magical thinking?x
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- 6y ago
Everyone can have different magical thinking thoughts. But more or less thinking something bad will happen if you dont something a certain way or think something while doing it. For example not being able to pick a item on a shelf because theyre all “bad”. Or your socks needing to be folded correctly or bad things will happen. Stuff like that.
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- 6y ago
Ohh ok ty
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- 6y ago
that's helpful. Thank you.
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- 12w ago
So maybe the title wasn't the best to to put it but when you guys start having obsessive thoughts how do you stop them before it turns into compulsions and anxiety?
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 11w ago
Does anyone imagine they are doing their harm thoughts during an action, making you feel like you acted on your thoughts? For example, someone gave me a hug and at the last second I imagined I was touching something I shouldn’t during the hug? I want to make it clear it’s something I have zero desire to do! But the problem is, I thought it on purpose and it makes me sick !! Obviously nothing happened but my mind is telling me that was me trying to do it. Even though it was physically impossible to do. Am I a monster or could this be OCD? I’m freaking out and don’t want to be here anymore. I feel like I’m the exception and that this isn’t OCD. I know I post about this stuff a lot but I’m struggling and don’t know what to do.
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