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- 35w ago
Everything seems to be a sign:Real Event
Everything I see or read or hear, I seem to find some connection in the thing that I obsess about. Been going on for about a year. Is this normal?
Everything I see or read or hear, I seem to find some connection in the thing that I obsess about. Been going on for about a year. Is this normal?
This kind of reminds of the movie, the number 23. Slightly different though. Also, yes people have that with ocd. I had something similar in omen reading etc and magical thinking
Absolutely man. For some reason my brain would always associate a certain number to the obsession. Usually a year or also it could just be the initials of the obsession. I usually took it as a bad sign. Meaning it was no good or something bad would happen. If I was reading a book or an article, something as simple as one word could trigger the obsession and I would go down the loophole. The more the signs seemed to bother me the more of them it felt I would see. Words, songs, pretty much any object my brain would try and tie to the obsession. Trying not to give meaning or look too deep into it is for sure challenging. I was always very superstitious and once ocd really kicked in, it made things much more difficult. I feel for ya my friend.
Yeah some of the “signs” or things that trigger me are things that are almost or exactly what I obsess about. It’s like I will read a word or watch a video and it will have something in it that talks about something associated with the real event. I’m like how is that possible? Is my mind just subconsciously looking for this stuff and always points it out
@GHOST22 I so relate with you on that. I’ve had that happen many times while watching tv. Whenever it happens, my brain is literally telling me that it’s a sign of proof and that it’s more than just a coincidence. After awhile it really does feel like the brain is just searching for ways to tie things together. Minds can do some crazy things.
Everything feels so real. I think learning about non-offending pedophiles has really screwed with me. I feel like I’m not even doing compulsions anymore like I genuinely cannot remember if I do them or not and the groinal responses are messing with me. I keep having intrusive dreams and I’m in that half asleep state and I feel nothing after that or I feel weird like a good weird, I don’t know. It’s a really weird feeling when I get those thoughts but I don’t like them, I don’t think. All I know is, I keep seeking reassurance and I feel like I don’t have OCD because the way I feel, like the way I get worked up isn’t the same as others. Whenever I try to watch a show, like 9-1-1 or daily dose of sunshine, I feel like I’m watching something I shouldn’t be. Or if I’m just on my phone, I feel like something is going to happen. I feel red flags whenever I’m on my phone, like somehow cp will appear. I know that OCD is the doubting disorder but my god, this is just crazy. I feel like I’m going crazy. Everything is just nonstop, it’s so constant and I’m genuinely scared that I’ll do something when I get out of my room. I don’t know anymore, this whole OCD thing is just making me lose my mind.
I know this is insane but please, PLEASE hear me out. I just need someone to tell me they relate in some way or something. Does anyone else feel like they have some sort of 'magic' that they accidentally manifested from 'wishing' too hard during a traumatic time and can't feel like you can control it now, which is pretty anxiety inducing since it feels like it would make people be able to feel or see your ocd thoughts? Or use your muscle tensing as part of your ocd? Like if you have an intrusive thought while tensing a muscle, you feel like it's going to come true so you have to 'correct' it by thinking a good thought then tense your muscles again? Because I have both of them. :(
Does anyone have harm OCD related to recent events? Like events that just happened or happened not long ago? I feel like my OCD is trying to find something bad/immoral I could have done in nearly every situation that I am experiencing, for example “Did you just do that?”. And I constantly want to check, ask people for reassurance, try to find a logic answer by going it though in my head,… It’s many different themes but all related to doing sth bad/immoral (e.g., touching someone inappropriately, pushing someone in front of a vehicle, putting something in a drink/food). Does anyone have the same? Or the other thing that I experienced recently is that I did something (a rather unimportant action, not harming anyone) and I go over and over it and ask myself “why did you do that? What does that say about you? Are you actually a weird person?” It feels like I draw “false conclusions” from a real event… I don’t know if that’s OCD though or not. Just wondering if anyone has experienced the same. Good luck to you all! We’re not alone in this! 😊
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