- Date posted
- 3y
- Date posted
- 3y
Yes. But it’s kind of like “wanting” to have schizophrenia and that your very scary hallucinations aren’t real, or “wanting” a social anxiety disorder, so you know that everyone doesn’t actually hate you and think you’re weird. What you really want is to *know* that you have OCD and that the intrusive thoughts are not real. OCD is just a mean little beast that twists itself into making you think “oh I want OCD so my thoughts aren’t OCD and they are actually real”… it’s just another manifestation of the OCD.
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- Date posted
- 22w
Is ocd supposed to feel like a genuine belief ? I see or hear some people saying things like « I know it’s not true but …. » while I personally don’t « know that it’s not true » I feels genuinely real and I even find evidence for it
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- 18w
Whenever anyone starts to feel like their thoughts are less triggering or they feel a moment of happiness/ relief OCD tells you that you want the thoughts back or you actually like having the thoughts and maybe thats just the person I really am? I feel like im going insane😢
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 16w
I see a lot of posts and comments here along the lines of... "the thoughts/urges aren't you -- they're just OCD." Though this is often true and comforting, isn't this just a form of reassurance? The way to beat OCD is by accepting that the distressing thoughts MAY be true/real, a.k.a. "from you" or "not just OCD." By brushing distressing things off as "just OCD," you excuse the thoughts and therefore feel reassured. Obviously it is good to be aware of what OCD does to you and know when you're experiencing a spiral, but crediting all distressing thoughts to OCD is a way of finding certainty about them. What do you guys think of this? Am I right or wrong? This is just the way I think about it, but I see the "this is just OCD" thing so much on here and I often wonder if that is a form of reassurance.
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