Dancer girl
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- 3y
Lms526Lms526
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- 3y
You have to be careful who you confess to. I have harm OCD and suicide OCD. Confession is a compulsion. There is a major difference between an intrusive thought and true intention. I was terrified to tell my counselor about my intrusive thoughts. I thought for sure I would end up in jail or involuntarily committed to a psych ward. Neither happened. I have a couple friends who I know can handle it, so I have gone into more detail about my intrusive thoughts. But other people I knew couldn't handle it, so I gave them only bare bones and didn't go into much detail. But the more you confess, the more you feed your OCD. OCD is NEVER satisfied. You are just keeping yourself stuck. Do you have a therapist that understands OCD and specializes in ERP?
Dancer girlDancer girl
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- 3y
Yes I do! She is awesome. She has given me some suggestions
iamqiyiamqiy
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- 3y
I used to. Back in September, I confessed my cannibalism intrusive thoughts to my best friend for reassurance. As long as you confess to the right person, you'll be fine. But I don't suggest confessing for reassurance, that's a compulsion.
iamqiyiamqiy
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- 3y
I never confessed my thoughts to the wrong person, though. Accept the uncertainty that you might or might not get in trouble of confessing.
Dancer girlDancer girl
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- 3y
I have confessed one of my thoughts to one of my best friends, and she was very understanding about it. However, you are right, it’s not a good idea at all to confess to the wrong person, especially if it’s for reassurance. I do know that living with this disorder means learning to accept the uncertain. Thank you 💜
mariahlofo98mariahlofo98
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- 3y
Yes I use to do it all the time for that reason. But I was told thoughts are just thoughts and that it’s okay and to try not to worry about them!
Dancer girlDancer girl
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- 3y
Thank you. I’m so scared I’m gonna act on my thought about telling one of the parents I babysit for about the intrusive thoughts I used to have. But that would get me into SO much trouble. For some reason, the guilt from having these thoughts is still here, even though I took time off from babysitting to get help, and I never acted on them
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Dancer girlDancer girl
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- 3y
Did you confess your thoughts to someone that you shouldn’t have, and got in trouble for it? That’s my fear
bluesapphirebluesapphire
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- 3y
I told to five of my friends because I felt like I really needed to get it out of my chest and they all excepted me and understood me It doesn't mean I can tell about my intrusive thoughts to anyone... some people won't understand and it's okay
bluesapphirebluesapphire
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- 3y
When the thoughts started (a couple of months ago) I was so scared to tell anyone, I was scared that I'll go to jail for the things I told them But nah
Sarah🕊Sarah🕊
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- 3y
I started ERP for false memory OCD and I have been struggling with the intrusive thoughts of what if I believe the thoughts and confess and that’s terrifying but working with my therapist taking it one step at a time and realizing it won’t be easy and intrusive thoughts/OCD will always try to scare you and make you doubt.
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