You can post now and register later. Copyright OCD-UK 2004-2019 BuzzFeed Staff. I think I developed compulsions around recovery... oh my. chaosed, April 1, 2017 in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). OCD and Anxiety Help Portal Dr Sasha Mitrofanov, PhD, Certified EFT Practitioner and OCD / Anxiety Treatment Specialist Welcome to my website. I encourage you to read the comments that people have posted in response to this article. • Spending vast amounts of time and effort trying to remember specific details of a conversation, event or TV programme. Many people with false memory OCD have thoughts of when they had consumed alcohol, worrying that they may not be able to remember the whole night. You shouldn't act on anxiety or another bad feeling, ocd is when you do this. Upload or insert images from URL. 13 year old with ocd about incest - please help! OCD is a way of trying to control an uncontrollable world. You have got this, recovery is not impossible for anyone young or old can fight OCD!! Followers 0. must-remember-everything OCD. let's say I think about perfectionism. I'd go to the library and look at reference books. if I don't try to remember I get anxious, and if I try to remember, well, I get relief lol. Does anyone get this? I have no idea if this is related to OCD, but i cant stop not trying to remember everything. 2. Close. Archived. Forget all the supplements and weird therapies. It may take a while for someone to accept that they need help. Id go over details i learned over in my head for hours on end, and when id go through it all i do it again to make sure i didn't forget, again, and again, and again. Imagine that hours of your day-to-day life were spent focusing not on experiencing life, but rather on trying to remember everything. It’s not the memories themselves that are impairing the functioning of those with memory hoarding issues, it is the compulsive process of trying to remember. Sometimes it can be difficult to distinguish between OCD and a phobia. Please read below for more information and resources about about OCD and what this subreddit is! And then if I have a memory and I forget where it was from I spend a long time trying to figure out when it took place. When stressed and struggling with an obsession, I’ve found it’s helpful to identify when OCD is trying to tell a lie. Press J to jump to the feed. if I do, i get relief (but really, who needs this kind of relief?). Log in to Reply. Display as a link instead, × I was trying to manage debilitating anxiety so I could become a doctor. Do you really want to dignify it by having a discussion with it? by Erin La Rosa. Smile as much as you can, and kick OCD in the butt. I keep going over and over everything to make sure i have been attentive and interested in what they have been doing or showing me which i can say i have. Play with things and pay attention to the methods of capture you keep coming back to. The key is to keep stuff out of your … Another example, today, when trying to sleep (actually, a few moments ago) i remembered that the other night i went to smoke a cigarette at some point when trying to sleep, and I fell asleep because I thought about something which helped me fall asleep, but it didn't come to me on the moment (I remembered what it was only when writing this, because I feel it's a compulsion so I try to not give in to it as much as I can. Posted by. Health fears are real, and trying to take control and stay safe is understandable. People usually get really shocked when I remember something too clearly though and have no idea how I do it. As I think back about my time in medical school, I’m sad about how I was perceived and about how much I struggled. I usually remember the past though and can't remember what's ahead of me and I constantly forget the things I am going to do the following day.Â. I feel like a mathematical problem to be solved lol. 13 year old with ocd about incest - please help! but then again, I just went on to write this topic, which could be deemed compulsive behavior).. again, if I don't try to remember, i get anxious. Also remember the sayings, “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat,” (F. Scott Fitzgerald) and as they say in AA, “You can always start your day over.” 7. My OCD is about feeling clean rather than worrying about getting germs or ill, so not being able to get items I need has been causing so much stress. Sometimes that questioning takes the form of repeatedly checking that something was really done, such as locking the car door or that the gas stove was turned off after cooking. Encourage them to read about OCD and talk it over with a professional. 13. Chuck the rest. But really, it only manipulates us into doing more and more rituals. I imagine a life […] Read More I Imagine… Life off the Deep End. By ... 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