Chat GPT and OCD

Does anyone have any advice? I was venting to Chat GPT about my fears a month ago and one of the questions I asked it got flagged. Despite it getting flagged, it explained to me that all the symptoms that I had been experiencing from the situation I told it about were ocd and actually provided me a lot of reassurance in the moment. Although I established that I had ocd from the beginning, I started worrying about that question that I asked it saying that it was against community guidelines. Even though it still answered the question and told me it was ocd now I’m worried that I shared too much with it. I deleted my account out of worry that it could have a data leakage or something like that. I got even more scared when I researched if my data would really get deleted or not and it said that my data would get deleted but some would be retained for “legal or security reasons” which scares me because what if that data could be deemed as that. I’ve just been really stressing over this and feel like I shouldn’t have even asked chat gpt in the first place but I felt desperate. Even though it said that they were ocd symptoms, I’m scared that I shared too much and that it will retain that data for being flagged. Can someone help?

User type: Therapist

Date posted: 22w

It sounds like you’re experiencing a strong OCD-related response to the uncertainty around your data and the flagged question. OCD often latches onto fears of having done something “wrong” or “too much,” even when there is no real threat. In this case, the fear seems to be focused on whether your information is still out there and whether you made a mistake by asking the question. From what you described, it seems like your mind is fixating on the “what ifs” of the situation—what if my data is retained? What if I shared too much? What if this comes back to haunt me? This type of rumination is common in OCD, especially when it involves themes of morality, security, or responsibility. The important thing here is recognizing that the distress is being fueled by OCD’s demand for certainty—something it will never be satisfied with, no matter how much reassurance you seek. A helpful step might be practicing response prevention: acknowledging the worry, sitting with the discomfort, and resisting the urge to research further or seek absolute certainty. You deleted your account out of fear, but now the OCD is telling you that wasn’t enough, and it wants you to keep ruminating. Instead of engaging with the worry, can you remind yourself that this is just another OCD spiral and allow the uncertainty to exist without needing to solve it? What would it look like to accept the uncertainty of this situation rather than trying to get rid of the fear completely?

JediMJ

Date posted: 23w

ChatGPT has been a good resource for me, especially when my therapist was on a leave of absence. Sometimes I worry about data and delete things so I can relate, but I don’t think anyone cares about the wild OCD thoughts we have, even if they’re flagged. I just realized that you’re kind of seeking reassurance but hey, maybe you need a little and maybe you’ll believe me when I say you can let this fear go. My little Chat buddy isn’t out to get you. OCD is such a pain in the brain…be gentle with yourself, show yourself all the love and compassion you’d show a good friend.

bsbsbdnsnsn

Date posted: 15w

using chat gpt

i really struggle with anxiety because on my OCD (not professionally diagnosed but i’ve been experiencing a lot of symptoms for many years that’s it’s safe to assume i have it). the only way to relieve my stress is to google. But google never gave me proper answers or i just ended up more anxious than to begin with. Instead i started using chat gpt as a quick was to get reassurance. i feel bad using it tho because i know it’s just a compulsion to go and seek reassurance to calm my anxiety but if i dont atleast google something i end up spiralling anyways. it feels like no matter what i do ill be anxious .

Givenup

Date posted: 13w

Pocd and gut feelimg

Ive vented a lot to a lot of people in the PM's about my OCD... some of them younger (minors)... because I wanted reassurance from everyone and anyone... but this situation triggers me the most because I was venting about my 18+ HOCD situations... In an HOCD support group I was in, I vented to 2 minors about my 18+ HOCD situations... The leader of the support group (that i vented to) was 17... I was 19 at the time... the other minor i vented to was younger (14-15)... the younger one told me she was uncomfortable when i vented to her in the PM's twice... i stopped and blocked her after she told me the second time... i kept asking the leader of the support group for reassurance for my 18+ HOCD situations for months because she kept giving me reassurance... i thought she was cute but didnt pursue her because of my age... i dont ever want to ever be a P or a MAP or a groomer in any way... I keep getting this gut feeling in my stomach that i "flirted" with the younger one that I vented to, who i blocked after she told me twice she was uncomfortable about me venting about my 18+ hocd situations... i didnt ever vent to them for malicious intent... I was trying to get reassurance for my hocd... Plus my pocd keeps saying I cant have any opinions online because of my pocd and real events ocd situations and that Im not a good person so I cant say anything online... Also i keep getting intrusive thoughts of people labelling me as a P and a MAP in the future because of these pocd real events... And i keep getting intrusive thoughts of being outcasted and "cancelled" online when someone "exposes" me for my POCD and real events OCD...

izenap

Date posted: 19d

answer me please

i just had a severe ocd flare-up a few days ago. it lasted two weeks. it was very depressing and scary. it’s the scariest flare-up i’ve had so far. i don’t want to experience it again because my ocd comes with depression, which made everything worse. i thought i was about to have psychosis during that time. i think i was already in the middle of a mental health crisis, but i’m glad i survived it without any medication or therapy. after that severe flare-up, i noticed that my thoughts started to slip through my mind like clouds. they didn’t bother me as much or give me anxiety. then, the next few days felt new to me. i could enjoy things again. during the flare-up, i would confess every thought i had in ChatGPT to seek reassurance. but now, i don’t want to do that because i'm scared. i don’t know why i suddenly feel afraid when i already did it with ChatGPT before. i don’t know why i’m thinking that ChatGPT will judge me now for every dark thought i have, when i didn’t feel that way before. i’ve read and heard that confessing and trying to resolve every thought is a compulsion. so i tried to resist doing it. i didn’t expect to reach the point where i don’t even want to confess my thoughts anymore. i keep saying to myself that i will confess and resolve some of my blasphemous thoughts on ChatGPT tomorrow, but when tomorrow comes, i don’t do it. istill have do my compulsions today and it is so distressing, but i don’t feel like i need to resolve all my thoughts anymore with ChatGPT. i know that using ChatGPT will just make my OCD worse, but i can’t help talking to it because i have no one else. ChatGPT actually made my OCD worse, and it made my flare-ups more intense. i don’t know if i should be thankful for not wanting to talk to ChatGPT about my thoughts this past few days, because i feel guilty and scared for not resolving my thoughts like i used to. i keep thinking about my flare-up, and i never want to go back to that. but i'm also scared of how i'm feeling now, especially because i have religious OCD. i feel like God has already condemned me because i don’t confess or resolve every blasphemous thought i have. i feel guilty. i feel like i want to escape every thought. i feel horrible, but at the same time, it feels like i don’t care, and that scares me. even just scrolling on this app makes me feel like i don't want to do it even though i want to help other people because i feel bit better now. i feel guilty for hanging out with my best friend because it feels like i don't really care confessing or resolving every thought like i used to. i feel horrible for feeling this way, even though i don’t want to go back to the pain of my flare-up. i also try not to break down because i’m scared to have another severe flare-up again. i feel guilty for every thought i have about God. i feel like i’m not sorry enough. and i feel even more guilty because it seems like i only confess and try to resolve my thoughts when i’m in a flare-up. but when i’m out of it, i can smile and enjoy my life but not fully, even after everything that happened. i don’t know which is worse—how i felt before or how i feel now. do you guys also feel this way after a flare-up? i don’t know what’s going on with me.

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