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I’m going through the same thing on most days... :(
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I’m sorry
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So OCD isn't real. It's a lie. It takes what you value in life and twists it up all nasty and gives it back. When you first start the cycle, you become a reassurance junky. No one likes the panic/anxious feeling. In my journey of recovery I'm now at the stage where I can have intrusive thoughts and as long as my body doesn't feel anxious - I'm good. But there are days where my body wakes up on edge or it feels anxious but my mind is fine. On those days my OCD hits hard because it's almost like PTSD. I associate any time I have anxiety with my old Harm OCD event. (SUPER bad 9 years ago - off and on since then). OCD is never real, ever. Please know that. I think it's your body's response from being used to that feeling. Don't get frustrated though. Give yourself some grace. Healing takes time but it is possible. The bible talks a lot about this and I found comfort in those scriptures. Jeremiah 29:11. Hugs!
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Thanks so much
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Lately my OCD has been very horrible, it’s been more convincing than ever to the point where I’m genuinely convinced that I like this stuff, when I get a thought, I’ll hear my intrusive thoughts go “oooh, I like that, I’d do that.” and I just don’t freak out nor feel bad, I just feel like I like it even more, and feel like I would do/act on it and like it, and the feeling is strong and it lingers forever? It genuinely feels like I do, and I’m just lying now, i can’t tell if I make these thoughts worse or anything All I remember mostly just being like confused sometimes when these thoughts happen, but since I’m getting strong emotions that I like it, my brain says that means I did and I’m worried about that being true because I don’t understand nor know It’s like I am resisting to like this stuff now, it’s even tougher now than it was before
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I don’t know how to deal with the thoughts that come and barely gone. Usually, the brain often remembers and forgets things. People with OCD however struggle with trying to forget the intrusive thoughts because of the imbalance trying to convey what is real and if the thoughts in your head will come true. Just for the past few days, I was having fun and suddenly hit with a wave of obsessive thoughts and making me stuck with nowhere to go.
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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 it’s ridiculous and I can just leave it alone and it won’t bother me but other times I really really don’t know. It’s when ocd hijacks and twists my real feelings and thoughts and tries to manipulate me into believing they’re something they’re not or something that doesn’t align with my true morals or intentions. But since it’s twisting and mixing with real feelings I get so confused and scared. Everything gets jumbled and I feel like I can’t 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 don’t have ocd at all and I’m just in denial because I don’t want to accept that these scary/concerning things are true about myself. Or maybe that’s just the ocd talking.
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