What has your OCD convinced you is true?

[Limeandbasil90]

I’m deep in a period of fixed obsessive, rumination and intrusive thoughts. I’ve restarted my medication, I should never have bloody stopped them.

I just want to feel a little bit less alone

Thanks :)

It's not lecturey, it's a fucking horrible thing to say. Especially when the implication is that we're all just a step away from being murderers, when we're actually all horrified already about the prospect.

Thoughts you enjoy aren't intrusive by nature. A serial killer who thinks about killing is acting on a fantasy they're enjoying. It's nothing like an intrusive thought.

That's not the implication, it was just a random thought. People are implying things I didn't mean

I have many intrusive thoughts, every time I stroke my lovely cat I envisage breaking her neck
It's not exactly different from some person who has some kind of self control defect doing it.

Literally everyone in the world is one step away from being a murderer.

I often think this and have sometimes driven back just to check! I had no idea it was considered OCD though.

I also always have that moment when I send an email at work with attachments that maybe I have managed to accidentally attach nude pics. Despite not actually ever doing any nude pics. Thank goodness!

My OCD has thrown me back to an absolute hell hole this week. It’s convinced me I’ve hurt someone I love. I can’t go in too too much detail as it’s counter intuitive to getting out of the pit I’m in.

But I’ve been very teary and constantly looping over the event to try and make sure I didn’t accidentally hurt them.

Hi OP, I had CBT to help with my OCD. It really helped but the latter sessions coincided with the COVID outbreak and then suddenly my behaviours became normalised. I actually stopped watching the news at the start because the thought of being near anyone was a cause of great distress.
Some days are better than others. Yesterday, because I didn’t check, I thought I might have left the cooker on so thought my house was on fire.
My thoughts can be so irrational but I don’t share them with anyone because I’m embarrassed about how I would seem.
Solidarity OP.