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Thanks so much for this DRS1, I really appreciate you taking the time to reply to me !! What you say is very helpful, however one issue I have is that I’m not necessarily worried about “things becoming true” but more that they already are true and a part of me. I guess I doubt whether I have OCD and worry that I just am that way inclined. Any tips on getting over this?

Hi guys As the days go by I am feeling more and more unsure in myself. I don’t know who I am anymore or what I like and it is absolute torture. I can’t accept these worries and move on like I’m supposed to. I would genuinely genuinely rather die than have these things I’m thinking about be true but I’m finding it more and more difficult to separate myself from them Please please help!!! What do I do?!!

Thanks so much for your help Sara! Which conferences address this specifically? :)

Struggling at the moment I’m really really scared that the one recurring worry I have - I’ve had it for 15 years and it always comes back - is actually just real. It is the only one that I’ve had for that long, and I’m so used to it being in my brain that I can’t imagine not having it at all. How do I actually know that it’s OCD? If it isn’t, then I don’t want to live with myself. What do I do?!!!

Hey @malinathanks so much for that! The worst thing is that this one recurring thing makes me think it isn’t ocd, that it’s actually real It’s almost like I can’t imagine life without this one obsession I guess. Any advice on this?

Thank you @Sara OCD-UK I’m currently on the waiting list for a therapist but I’ve honestly never felt this bad before - I feel completely dissociated from myself! Thank you for those links, I’ll definitely give them a watch when I get back from work! I’ve booked to speak to a GP tomorrow, I just really don’t know what to do until then

Hi, This is the worst I have ever felt. I feel completely out of control. I have no power over my thoughts and am almost completely convinced that I am a monster with a disgusting mind. I feel very dissociated from life right now and I don’t know what I might do. Please please can anybody give me so advice! Where do I go?

Hey guys, I feel like I’m on the edge of losing it. An image / thought popped into my head earlier relating to a long-held obsession of mine. For the first time EVER, I was okay with it. I almost thought “oh that would be nice”. I think this is it, this proves that what I’ve been worried about is true. I am a freak and into this thing that I’ve been worried about since I was 11

What I mean is - why was okay with that thought / did I even enjoy it?

Hi, I have had a number of obsessions over the years, but there is one which always comes back to haunt me. It’s the most disturbing by far and makes me truly doubt myself. I just had a moment where I indulged it for a second / felt like I was accepting it. I just want to not think about it and do not find the idea of it appealing in any way but then this happened. What does it mean??? After all these years, am I just messed up?

What are you supposed to do when you worry that something you did in your childhood that you can’t remember now is responsible for your intrusive thoughts? thank you x

Hey guys, Just looking for some advice / a discussion about the phenomenon that is “The Dark Cloud”. For me, it’s the feeling where you aren’t actively thinking about the intrusive thought/worry, but you can feel it in the back of your mind and it puts a dampener on everything you do. I’m struggling with it at the moment. Even when I’ve had a good day and I’m going through the motions I can feel it there Any advice on what to do about it? Do I have to trust the process and try and ignore it? Will it go away if I just leave it? Thanks xx

Thank you @PolarBear! You are right, it’s all about lowering the anxiety. I guess my real problem is completely accepting that it is OCD. I always worry that I might just think that to make life easier for myself. How can I know that I am right?

Hi guys, At the moment I’m really struggling with some horrible intrusive thoughts (the same ones I have had on and off for 9 years). One thing I don’t completely understand is that I know that a lot of people with OCD do compulsions to prevent bad things happening. For me, I know that no particular bad thing will happen, but I feel I need to do the compulsions to check that I am not a weirdo who is actually into these horrible things. I guess I want to check that this still means it is OCD? And whether thinking i am a weirdo with huge issues will eventually go away?

Hey guys So my boyfriend dumped me in a horrendous way. 2 weeks later I kissed someone on a night out and now I feel really awful about it. My mind keeps telling me that I am an awful person and if my ex ever wanted to get back together I have now made that impossible. What do I do with all this guilt?