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I recognize that pattern in myself, yes! One reason why I have social anxiety and often tend avoid people is that it is so draining afterwards to be obsessing about everything I might have said "wrong". Rather than creepy (even if sometimes that too) I'd be worried about if I hurt someone or if I was perceived to be an idiot. Right now I'm having a slight obsession about someone condescending me in a discussion yesterday and then per msg today. When the rumination concerns something like this, I feel so ambiguous, because at the same time I'd like to take my feelings seriously, but at the same time I start to worry that I might be a narcissist, because such small things make me vexed. So yes, similar tendency, less of the specific worry of me being perceived as creepy but rather a non-empathetic, annoying, ignorant or stupid. So tiring...
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*tend to *as a... person Perfectionism OCD? š I'm also non-native speaker, as probably detectable haha - but the mistakes, which even I myself notice, have to be corrected š
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- 23w
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 shouldnāt during the hug? I want to make it clear itās 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? Iām freaking out and donāt want to be here anymore. I feel like Iām the exception and that this isnāt OCD. I know I post about this stuff a lot but Iām struggling and donāt know what to do.
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Thereās something that happens that keeps me stuck in a thought, itās when I can see some part of myself agreeing with or relating to it in some way. Thatās when the doubt creeps in. If I can understand *why* the thought is there, doesnāt that mean itās not just random? Doesnāt that mean it actually reflects something about me? For example **(TMI/TW)**: I had the thought, *āI wonder what other peopleās kinks are (including friends, family, even teenagers).ā* And then I caught myself thinking, *āWell, I guess that could be interesting information⦠maybe I wouldnāt even stop someone from sharing it with me. Does that mean I actually want to know? Waitādoes that make me perverted or incestuous for even having this curiosity?ā* The same thing has happened with other thoughts, like wondering what someoneās privates might look like. I recognize that, on some level, that could be interestingābut does that mean the thought is truly mine? Maybe the answer is super obvious and I just canāt see through my OCD smoke. This was a bit embarrassing for me to write š„², but can anyone provide some insight?
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- 20w
iāve been dealing with this āthingā since i was 15. (iām 23 now) if i have a bad memory that i have done when i was really young or just an intrusive thought i feel like i need to tell my mom or boyfriend. itās been on and off ever since but since January hit itās been an everyday thing about the littlest things. mostly about my relationship. an example is i was talking to someone random at my job and we were talking about taxes and when im in deep thought or just thinking i do a thing where i bite my lip (not in the sexual way) and i had a thought when it happened āwas that sexual?ā and i felt like i did something wrong and i went for a while thinking that until i told my boyfriend about it. or like my exās face has popped up in my head in the most inappropriate times and i feel the need that i have to tell him. (my ex was not a good person) i feel like im a prisoner in my head everyday, trying to justify thoughts or remind myself that its just a thought. i didnt know that this was or could be a form of ocd. it runs in my family but iāve just never considered it being this. i always called it anxiety or depression but i always felt like it is more than that.
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