Does anyone remember having thoughts before you knew you had ocd and you felt like you just dismissed them or knew they weren't true but now feel like they were?

Yes i had a thought along with my theme a little while before and I wish I could dismiss them as quickly as I did then lol

Now I think of that one as “proof”

@unknown Me too! I remmeber old thoughts I had about my theme and how I was just dismissed these thoughts. And I didn't care. I would get thoughts that they were true too and dismissed them pretty quick. Pretty sure I accepted them then as just thoughts but now i feel like i accepted them as truth and that they were true

@Hopeforthefuture I also use to able to easily do that. Sometimes I’ll even put if off to later. At our lowest point we forget of not motivated to do that n get lost in it. But we can get back to it

I've had obsessions and compulsions for years. But until about 2 weeks ago. I didn't know thats what they were. I had my first episode at 8 years old. I'm 45 now. I always knew something was off. But I never told anyone about my symptoms. I just assumed what I was experiencing was normal. I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety years ago, but always thought there was more to it than just simple anxiety. I also have panic disorder. OCD was never even on my radar. I always thought OCD was needing to have things a certain way and washing your hands a lot. I had no idea it could manifest many different ways. I got an official OCD diagnosis last Tuesday and start ERP tomorrow.

I hope it all goes well

@Overcomer Thank you. Me too.