Is ocd supposed to feel like a genuine belief ? I see or hear some people saying things like « I know it’s not true but …. » while I personally don’t « know that it’s not true » I feels genuinely real and I even find evidence for it
Yes, you're dealing with textbook OCD. OCD attacks us with false thoughts, false feelings, false images, false impulses and more. If we were only dealing with thoughts, many of us could just blow them off and get on with our lives. It's the feelings that keep us on the rumination treadmill. They seem so real, but in reality they're nothing more than a bs OCD thought. OCD is a liar. The feeling is every bit as false as is the thought. It's just OCD. Are you in therapy with a trained OCD therapist who uses ERP therapy? NOCD can hook you up with a good one. That's what I did and I am eternally grateful that I called them.
Omg same! At the start i kind of knew it’s not true but now i feel like i changed perspective over that and i feel like these thoughts are real.
As someone with moral ocd, yes it feels very really. And if I go outside of my beliefs then I am a bad person. But I’m working on remembering I’m human
very relatable and thats what makes me so worried and convinced it is real and not just ocd. but the worse it gets the more real it seems
That’s actually pretty normal I find that I fall in between , the more I spiral the more I tend to lose a grip of the truth and reality all together , it reached a point where my episodes are manipulating my memories and intentions and it got me questioning what I did and if I did that thing or not and when I asked my partner they were like yes you told me that long ago and I was busy ruminating and going thru and episode the entire day over a very tiny detail so no it’s very common and the worse it gets the more confused you get and more doubtful you are of not just this one thing but everything so don’t worry you’re not alone at all <33
it works the same way for me! Especially since I have feelings and can imagine in great detail, but if it wasn't like that they wouldn't have ocd... I guess!?!
That’s kinda my question. All my thoughts feel so realistic and so now I doubt if they are ocd and if I just can’t make my mind up about something and I’m using ocd as an excuse or something idc I feel like this post is word vomit.
When an intrusive thought comes I can’t just say “that’s not true” and just move on. I always feel like I have to disprove the thought and be able to say it with confidence but the problem is that the ocd doesn’t allow me to feel and say it with confidence so I get stuck for hours or even days. How can I stop feeling like I need to do this?
Does anyone have any advice for how to know the difference between ocd and real feelings/thoughts? Sometimes an intrusive thought will come in and I immediately know it’s ridiculous and I can just leave it alone and it won’t bother me but other times I really really don’t know. It’s when ocd hijacks and twists my real feelings and thoughts and tries to manipulate me into believing they’re something they’re not or something that doesn’t align with my true morals or intentions. But since it’s twisting and mixing with real feelings I get so confused and scared. Everything gets jumbled and I feel like I can’t trust myself or my own mind. Yet other times and other topics I can laugh off and push away just fine. Make it make sense. And then I start to think well maybe I don’t have ocd at all and I’m just in denial because I don’t want to accept that these scary/concerning things are true about myself. Or maybe that’s just the ocd talking.
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