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Ali Greymond’s YouTube videos really helped me to sink in to the concept that OCD thoughts ALL feel REAL- no matter what subtype. If you think about it, they have to- it’s the only thing that will bring you to your knees. If the thoughts didn’t feel real, it wouldn’t be OCD, and we’d be like every normal person walking the streets with weird ass thoughts 😂 The amygdala has to make it feel real to you so you can stop and ruminate and do compulsions and so the cycle can continue till you’re an anxious mess. It’s trying to protect you from false harm- it thinks you’re about to walk into a lions den when you are completely safe. It doesn’t reason- it doesn’t know- purely emotional brain.
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What is amygdala?
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This helped me so much 😭 thank you
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@Estrella98 The amygdala is the part of our brain that processes emotions and determines threat so that we can go into fight, flight, or freeze mode to protect ourselves from that threat. With OCD, ours is faulty. We incorrectly perceive threats. That’s why logic doesn’t work with OCD. It’s unreachable with our amygdala.
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@Atlas_21 So interesting.i didn't know that. Have any relationship with the greek word?
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@Atlas_21 Is there anything we can take to fix our amygdala?
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@Estrella98 What is the Greek word?
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@alittleapple If it becomes really bad where you’re unable to function, SSRI’s (antidepressants) can help, but it’s not a universal fix (every brain responds differently). The best way is to retrain your brain through ERP and habituation (force contact with the threatening stimulus over and over again and learn to experience the anxious distress without trying to push it away. You’re brain will start to learn that the “threat” really isn’t a threat). You can go into recovery with OCD this way, but it takes hard work and dedication. It’s like going to the gym for the very first time- don’t expect to see results immediately, but, if you do the work everyday and go through the pain, you’ll see significant gains in 6months to a year. Same with retraining your brain. But even in recovery you can experience spikes (I was in recovery 20 years, but didn’t pay attention to the signs that OCD is resurfacing ) so I’m in ERP. I would recommend reading up as much as you can about the disorder through OCD experts it helps so much (mindfulness and mediation can really help alongside ERP).
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@Atlas_21 Thank you so much! Because my main theme is false memory with harm ocd it’s so hard to just live with the uncertainty of having or not having hurt people. It’s so scary because every day I get new memories (or what I hope are just memories)
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@alittleapple Yes, I understand, super scary and insettling. People with OCD have to braver than most by facing the fear head on and choosing not to do any compulsions, like checking. My thoughts are 24/7, mostly because I still react to them and react to my anxiety. It takes a while to recover- but remember, you have to be patient even though it’s torturous. If you do the work, it will get significantly better.
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@Atlas_21 Thank you so much 😭 you gave me so much hope
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@alittleapple I’m so glad to hear! Sometimes OCD forums can be doom and gloom cause we are all suffering. I love listening to more inspirational stories of how people overcome. Best of luck!
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I have the same thoughts with you
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I’m scared I keep thinking this over and over that I’m gunna hire a hitman on my brother what if I do like I’m a bad person how can I be normal with him this is probably my worst harm thought and it feels like I truly will do it I’m just “ holding back” :(
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Same theme of harming my family member in a similar way the details what I said and what was shown to them and the environment around me but that’s all I can get it’s hard to focus on the environment only what I said and what I did. This memory keeps coming up and leaving its instant. They seem to be ok the one in question I also don’t have a timeline if I harmed them no timeline like I did it this time or I don’t remember. I don’t rmemenr actually ever doing this. I felt like a creep because this woman days ago made me feel like one I internalized that and now my mind has been picking up thoughts or “memories” of harming my family member but I can’t ever rmemenr doing anything like that plus the dream or “memory” when I had it was in another state years ago but it only came up now.
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I have had the same false memory/instrusive image of me doing something horrible to someone when I was 12 and they were younger. It is a memory based on a real event. I truly don’t know if it’s real or not but obviously, the more I think about it the more I think it’s true. This has led my mind to become slightly paranoid. I worry that if this horrible image in my head is true then one day the person I might have hurt will come and k*ll me. I’m really scared I feel like I won’t feel better as long as this “memory” is in my head. Does anyone have advice?
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