False memory

@Steven55! You’re right

@Anonymous OCD sucks lol

@Amonymos’: Absolutely, false memories can happen minutes afterwards. It’s very common

@Amonymos’: Also, mental images happen as well. I’ve had extremely vivid ones. It’s all OCD. Don’t let it trick you

@Amonymos’: It will always feel extremely real. If it didn’t it wouldn’t be a disorder. Trust me I can relate. One time I was convinced I did something bad and I ruminated over it and my brain literally generated a very realistic image of it happening. Don’t underestimate the power of the mind. It’s very powerful. This is OCD, you have to treat it as such to recover

@Amonymos’: Yes the images are VERY detailed. I had one where my hand was slowly reaching somewhere it shouldn’t and I felt like it happened. I had another one where everything was so vivid. There were small details you would expect to be in a real memory like the reflection of the floor. But it’s all false. All of it. But I don’t want to reassure you. You have to slowly but surely make peace with not knowing and continue living your life. It’s the only way out of this

@Amonymos’: That is the worst thing you could do when you have OCD. I know how scary it is to not know but you have to teach your brain that these thoughts are unimportant. If you do not engage with these thoughts they will lose their power over you. It won’t be easy at first but it will end up helping in the long run

@Amonymos’: The goal is to live with the uncertainty. No amount of reassurance will push the doubts away permanently. Unfortunately no amount of proof will be enough for OCD. I know it’s not easy but you have to try not to figure everything out, it only makes things worse

@Amonymos’: You allow yourself to feel anxiety and go about your day anyway. Something that could help is to give your OCD a name, and be like yeah yeah (whatever you name it) don’t care! Whenever you have OCD thoughts

@ecat Same it does. Have you started exposures yet?