OCD and social media

I really hate this trend of people going "my intrusive thoughts won" in reference of something that is not a intrusive thought...at all. This whole trend of people conflating intrusive thoughts with impulsive ones is exhausting because when these same people actually hear about the types of intrusive thoughts that people with OCD have they paint them as some sort of monster when the whole basis of OCD for most people is the anxiety of being the opposite of what your morals and beliefs are! This trend definitely adds more to the stigma, everyone is always pro mental health and want better for the mentally ill until the mentally ill actually show symptoms

Username: EllieDuffy21EllieDuffy21

Date posted: 43w ago

I completely understand where you are coming from. I have been around people and they say 'I've let my intrusive thoughts win' and it makes me so sad because to me personally it makes me feel like I am being belittled and that my intrusive thoughts are as normal as others but actually they cause alot more distress and hurt. In this day and age we are all trying to be so open about mental illness but i think sometimes it is done in the wrong way to the point it starts to become less serious 🩷

Username: Wolfram Wolfram

Date posted: 43w ago

I think it's funny but at the same time devalues our struggles and undermines our voice if we were to openly talk about it to someone who relates that trend to what we go through.

Username: TheThinkerTheThinker

Date posted: 43w ago

Generally hate the I'm so ocd / your so ocd shit

Username: ambermayxambermayx

Date posted: 43w ago

This!! I get so angry when people say this because they have no idea what it’s like to have ocd and are just so uneducated on intrusive thoughts It makes me sad as it just devalues how we feel

Username: ambermayxambermayx

Date posted: 43w ago

Ocd isn’t spoke about enough for people to be aware and educated on it which is why they then make us feel crazy and weird for our thoughts

Username: ambermayxambermayx

Date posted: 43w ago

which then makes us scared to even open up and come forward about our struggles

Username: ZoeGirl1415 ZoeGirl1415

Date posted: 43w ago

Exactly! When people say that, it makes them look ignorant, and it shows they have no idea what an intrusive thought really is. I just shake my head when people say it because I know I can't explain it to them. They'd never understand.

Username: WellerStorn98WellerStorn98

Date posted: 43w ago

I totally get where you're coming from, and it's really frustrating to see the misunderstanding and simplification of something as complex as OCD. It's tough when it feels like the real struggles are being overshadowed by misconceptions. 😕 I'm no OCD expert, especially on this theme, but I can share some resources that have been helpful for me, if that's okay with you. The OCD Reddit is a great place to find support and connect with people who really understand what it's like. Also, there's this app called "unstuck OCD therapy tools" that I found super helpful. My NOCD therapist recommended it to me. It provides AI-personalized guidance and exercises right when you need them. It might be worth checking out!

Username: anonysheis

Date posted: 24w ago

OCD exhaustion

OCD is so strange because I feel so mentally exhausted 24/7 but i’m so good at masking it that like it’s like i can think double. I’m not sure that makes sense. But i am so used to the OCD thoughts racing through my head that i can respond to my environment whilst completely existing in my head. I can have conversations when intrusive thoughts are taking over my inner dialect. I feel like i am even doubting whether i have OCD and whether it’s all just an excuse. I feel like my rumination hasn’t stopped for the past 3 years. Everything i used to enjoy or look forward to, is now dread and tainted by the thoughts telling me i never knew. I don’t even know what i like or who i am anymore. The thought of getting help and talking through it all scares me because what if i’m invalidated or if i speak about it too much then what if i don’t stop thinking. I’m so exhausted

Username: ocdnoononi

Date posted: 17w ago

Defending predators intrusive thoughts

So I’ll be watching callout videos and I’ll get these sorta intrusive thoughts and feelings as if I’m defending or sorta wishing the allegations weren’t real… why? I don’t know…. Is this an effect of ocd? I don’t actually agree with a single action these losers do and like this has to be a new intrusion cause before my reaction was pure hatred and frustration… Honestly I’m extremely uncomfortable with the way my brain views these callouts…. I don’t agree with my brain but it feels like my own thoughts….

Username: geminileo

Date posted: 13w ago

Fear that everyone hates me

Hi all, my ocd has been flaring up lately and I’m not sure why. I think it may be due to stress and anxiety involving school and the hurricanes (I live in Florida) anyways I keep having random intrusive thoughts involving my real event and a lot of false memories are popping up, they feel so real it’s like I can feel everything in them even though I haven’t actually felt them. It’s so weird, like sometimes I will watch a movie and be able to feel the texture of snow or a piece of clothing even though I’ve never felt it before. I have noticed when I get those “phantom” ? touch feelings that they cause a lot of false memory intrusive thoughts. I’ve also been having intrusive thoughts that because no one interacts with my posts on here that everyone hates me and knows about me and thinks I’m horrible and disgusting or that someone is talking about me behind my back and telling people to stay away from me and then I’m a horrible person. I hate OCD so much, I hate that I ruminate constantly on little things and mistakes I’ve made and things I can’t let go. I just hate it so much. Does anyone else struggle with these thoughts or even the “phantom feelings/touches” I’m not sure what to call them sometimes I also get them with certain foods or smells even if I hadn’t had them before or smelt them before. It’s so weird

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