Ocd fears can come true

I’ve always thoughts my fears will never come true so it’s easy to discard my thoughts, but recently I realised they actually can come true. If I have an ocd fear that I’ve knocked someone down and I later find out I did, it means my fears are true. So doesn’t that mean my ocd makes sense and I have to keep on doing compulsions like continuiosly checking the road to make sure I don’t hit someone? I’m so confused and it’s giving me massive anxiety

Username: NepeNepe

Date posted: 22w ago

No. You do not have to keep doing compulsions because ”your ocd makes sense”. First of all, ocd does not make sense. The key word in your text is ”can”. You said that they actually CAN come true. Yes, they can. But that doesn’t mean that they automatically become reality if you don’t engage in compulsions. You doing compulsions does not prevent your fears from coming true. Depends on what ur particular compulsions are but i’m just saying, you want control through compulsions but you can’t control what’s gonna happen. I am not a professional, just my own thoughts!

Username: ocdwarrior20ocdwarrior20

Date posted: 22w ago

Firstly, thank you so much for your reply. But let’s say I had contamination ocd, if I worry and I keep doing compulsions by washing my hands, that will prevent me and make sure that I won’t fall sick, so I need to do compulsions to make sure my worries don’t come true. Do I make sense?

Username: NepeNepe

Date posted: 22w ago

@ocdwarrior20 Well yes, washing your hands constantly can reduce the possibility of getting sick (contamination) BUT you saying ”that will make sure that i won’t fall sick” is not true. Even if you keep washing your hands, there still is the possibility of getting sick. Washing your hands as a compulsion does not guarantee that you won’t get sick. Try to think of it that way. Again, correct me if i’m wrong✋

Username: ocdwarrior20ocdwarrior20

Date posted: 22w ago

@Nepe My brain is so convincing, I can’t shake off the idea and fully believe that compulsions will 100% prevent bad things from happening 😭😭

Username: NepeNepe

Date posted: 22w ago

@ocdwarrior20 I know…

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 24w ago

Anyone ever experience this?

Does anyone ever experience this weird thing where ocd makes you feel like “you would have had no control and done this”. Like everything you feel and believe would have gone flying out the window and you would have done something you know you don’t want. Especially when a POTENTIALLY real situation could be happening and it’s not just the thoughts alone. Your brain is like oh this is real life you really would have done this or that. Driving me crazy.

Username: fcknsav

Date posted: 24w ago

Is this ocd?

I’m not sure if this is ocd but sometimes I’ll just be doing literally anything and my brain will be like what if this this and this happens and it’ll be like so random like an example id be like walking home and id be like what if my whole family got k!lled in this really brutal way and it’ll have nothing to do with anything im doing ill just get a really vivid thought of something horrible happening and it freaks me out every time and sometimes I just have random ones about like me like having a whole scenario of me singing in front of my whole school and everyone loving it (I can’t sing) sometimes the thoughts are just intrusive thoughts or somethings they’re like full on daydreams where there’s like a whole plot to it like even the bad scary ones it’s weird

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 15w ago

Harm ocd

So my harm ocd is really bad. I have a mix between hit and run ocd and being hyperaware of everything so I don’t hurt anyone or so they don’t accuse me of something. I can’t even enjoy vacation anymore. As of recently, my harm ocd is related to using the public bathroom. Everytime I leave an area or pass someone, I usually look behind me to make sure all is ok. Same with driving. Well lately when I use the public bathroom, I get anxious if another person doesn’t come out after me (they’re in another stall) and I can’t check that they are ok. I know this sounds really irrational but I wonder if it’s because with everything else, I can check but with this situation it doesn’t feel complete because I can’t really check unless I wait til they’re done and come out. Also if I don’t check, my thoughts have been running wild, like what if they were hurt in there and I just walked out? Etc. I also get scared like what if I hurt someone and didn’t realize it? I don’t know what to do anymore. I feel so tired and upset over this, can anyone relate or offer any advice?

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