Hey, weird question: Can OCD make you freak out over thinking someone in a video (where the camera perspective is in front of them, with them attacking the screen) is attacking you? I have a weird anxiety over getting nasty looks or being in attack direction from characters in movies and videos. Really messes me up and I’m actually scared of sharing this because I don’t know if anyone will understand, or they’ll judge me.

Both? My therapist and I have deduced I can be pretty paranoid. And I do suffer from social anxiety in terms of wanting people to like me and not hate me in any way

That might work. What about when you think if someone you love attacks you? Betrays you? Hates you? That’s one of my major fears and something that makes me paranoid from time to time

My ex is to blame I believe

Plant thoughts into others’ minds... Yeah, that does explain some things. I do get mad at myself, wasting my mental and emotional energy on these “nightmares”. I just can’t seem to help it so far. My mind scrambles when things go wrong, two or imagined, EVERY TIME.

Can I take a break instead? I know my obsessions haunt me for days on end, but I’m tired now

I try to catch myself, but I end up resisting instead, I’m pretty sure

Hmm. I wonder when “too much” is... I just want to charge in and get it over with. I just have a habit of trying to control my thoughts and feelings.

But I have a really cool one on my hand. Just kidding (not about the scar, I literally have a unique scar on my hand) I’m still trying to learn my limits. I just wish I wasn’t so easy to manipulate by my disorder

I don’t know about PTSD. I know it’s a trick, but whenever I try to use logic to calm it down, but anxiety just screams and says it’s right, being too strong to win against

*real (not two)

Nah, we’re not. I just want the problem solved now. Not good at waiting these things out anymore. I feel like I don’t communicate what I want to well enough sometimes