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validity of memory?
nobody replied to my post regarding my worst fear , this must indicate that my OCD thought/ memory might be true after all?!Kindly if someone can help.
nobody replied to my post regarding my worst fear , this must indicate that my OCD thought/ memory might be true after all?!Kindly if someone can help.
Let me clarify, because my first response may have come off rough. I don't think most obsessions will ever come true. We usually way overemphasize our fears, and they are usually very irrational. But from my understanding, the point of accepting uncertainty is that we can't know what will ever happen in life. So we accept that anything can happen. As we heal, we usually realize how irrational we've been and unlikely our fears are. I can't believe many of my old obsessions bothered me now. Are they still possible, yes. Are they extremely unlikely. Absolutely. But I now walk through life knowing that even IF my fears did happen, I'm not an awful person. I don't lose all hope. I'm not not able to enjoy anything again. Etc. We have to learn to accept ourselves with all failings and mistakes. We still have value. And accept life even when it throws us hard stuff. We can find hope, love, and joy even in the hardness. And that brings me hope. ❤️
Golden words from a wise person. That's why you conquered those obsession 🤗 proud of you
We can never know if a thought or memory may be true. There's always a chance. That's why real event and false memory are treated the same. Because we can't know, and we have to have acceptance either way.
Could you please tell me again, what your post was about? I hope I can help
Thankyou so much.
This is a personal thing but, there's no better place to share it with people who genuinely are willing to help you.A cousin of mine harassed my relative (girl)in a way by kissing her forcefully. We belong from religious community here this thing is considered a great offense.The victim is close friend of mine and the way she suffered ....God help her. Since then, I begin to have a million of thoughts about him coming at night or touching me inappropriately and there is a fear he can do the same to me.But the problem is in such case I have no blame on me right?But ,then thing comes what if you consented?Or maybe that cousin of yours (perpetrator) was sexually abused in his childhood and that's why he did this as a coping mechanism.?then I should pray for his helping right then what about the thing he did to my relative? And the worst part what If I am the indirect cause of his assault and I don't remember and then I have memories or thoughts coming and I get breathlessness and fast heartbeat....😔
@Resilient_Wanderer The best thing to do right now is to try to forget and focus on understanding the causes—who was the victim, and who was to blame. Let go of these things. You are safe now; nothing bad will happen. But just in case, be prepared to defend yourself. Ask God for protection. You are safe now. The past is behind you—let it be forgotten.
@yoooff Thankyou.That was wonderful.
@Resilient_Wanderer Just pray 🙏🏻 that we get better from here on
@yoooff Ameen.Do you suffer from the same theme?
@Resilient_Wanderer I struggled with it during my childhood and high school years, where I used to get bullied. I always had the same kind of fear as you. Over time, it faded on its own without the need for medication or therapy. However, recently, I’ve started experiencing intrusive thoughts again—this time, more intense and overwhelming. Still, I’m dealing with them and slowly recovering. It’s all rooted in the unresolved traumas from my past, which continue to affect me and may still impact me in the future.
@yoooff Lots of prayers and strength along the way brother.I'm proud of you and I believe together we can conquer this God willingly!✨️💪
@Resilient_Wanderer Ameen... Yes sure 😊
Our worst fears are never true! OCD just sets us up to believe that our worst fears could come true. That's how OCD tortures us.
I disagree. Our worst fears can be true. OCD fears are typically unlikely, but each fear has specific amounts of truth to them. For example, I had an obsession for a long time that I would get cheated on or divorced. I think it's unlikely, but statistically it's not.
@HopeForToday Your posts really makes me question my progress 🥲😭
@yoooff Don't do that! I share what I have learned, and of course, I could be wrong. I'm personally learned to accept whatever life throws at me. I HATE it, but what choice do I have. I'm not promised anything.
@HopeForToday Whatever you are saying seems like coming from a wise person : to be prepared for anything! But again some fears are so true and makes us question our each and every action it's so hard.I wish I could explain someone what I'm going through.
@HopeForToday Any advice dear buddy?
It doesn't allow us to view your previous posts from your profile, so we don't know what you're posting about
@HopeForToday, I can truly relate to all of your responses. You are absolutely correct in how we overemphasized things. I've always did it in a comedic way but since being in this group it may just be a coping mechanism of some type? But accepting good, bad or fails of uncertainty and/or whatever happens in life is the "best advice." We can know or control everything. Sometimes you do have to just let go and say whatever... or I don't care or you'll go crazy worrying and trying to fix or control something you cannot. I'm learning how these OCD behaviors applies to me specifically... and I am still a little confused but I do see myself in these posts. I thought my crazy, my quirkiness, my goofiness, and my weirdness was just me. I am still in the WOW...! stage of learning.
I went to bed one night in November, and I can't quite say what happened, but I believed that I had a "memory" from childhood. I won't discuss what, but I had "remembered" doing something sickeningly awful. This thing came to me almost as clear as a real memory. I remember thinking something along the lines of 'How could I forget doing something like that?' followed by a feeling of complete horror and terror. I have moments of "clarity" where I can't believe that I'm questioning doing this thing, and it appears obvious that it's false. But now, I'm more than often believing that I did. I am spending 24/7 fighting my head, and it's taking me to dark places. I know this is the worst thing to do, but you don't understand, if this is real then I am a monster and I can't just adopt the 'maybe I did, maybe I didn't approach'. I just can't. I have to know. I'm so scared. My entire life is on the line. I don't have anyone to talk to about this. Literally no one. I feel like I'm insane, like I'm a monster, like I'm hiding my true identity from everyone I love. Does this sound like False Memory? Or am I in denial, trying to convince myself this didn't happen? Why does it feel so real? And why do I have moments of clarity? I also had my first nightmare about it last night. Please someone help me.
Any advice? I just got triggered by false memory OCD. There is no indicator or memory of me doing anything bad, only the what if. So how can I deal with uncertainty because if I did do the false memory it would go against my morals?? Not something extremely unforgivable just like not ideal and against my morals… I don’t know if it happened. I have no memory of my false memory happen only the “what if” which is enough to scare me FOR CONTEXT: I was in the mental hospital when I was 16, and made a few friends. Some just a grade below me, so 14-15. I remember bringing up in convo someone I met previously at the mental hospital earlier in that year a different time I was hospitalized , to which a boy responded he knew her, and they did (seggsual) stuff at their school. The girl I was talking about at that time was 14. So im assuming the boy was 14 as well. 13 and up is together in the hospital, so he couldn’t be younger than 13. I have no memories of him flirting with me or me flirting with him. Or anything bad happening. Literally just “what if”.. or what if he wasn’t 14 but 13 and u said something inappropriate or flirted with him. I will never be able to know what happened and I’m sick thinking about this. 13 and 16 is NOT WITHIN MY MORALS. I am worried because the only inappropriate I guess convo had is when he was telling me what happened between him and that girl I knew. I also remember him having a bulge down there and it freaked me out and made me feel weird at the time because I noticed it. (At this time I was already diagnosed with OCD and experienced POCD) I try to tell myself maybe maybe not. But the what if it did happen makes me feel like a p33do, and me thinking it didn’t happen doesn’t satisfy me because I don’t have 100 percent certainty
im going to be vague here, but basically i did something in the past that i regret and it became a huge point of my OCD but i have talked to my therapist and i have mostly moved past it. i watched a video by an OCD youtuber that really put it into perspective. anyway, i have been with minimal worry for a few days, but now im having worries related to i think false memory? basically it’s like “oh but what if i said/ did this and just forgot that means i harmed this person im a bad person”. to me it sounds like textbook OCD but im just wondering if anyone else has experienced false memory / real event at the same time. i have a really horrible memory which is making it even more stressful. any responses are appreciated!
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