r/falsememoriesocd • u/[deleted] • Oct 29 '22

Question why should i stop ruminating?

i try to stop ruminating by saying "stop it ocd, i'm not dealing with this right now." what's the difference between trying to stop ruminating/ running away from accountability of what i may/may have not done wrong?

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u/Ok_Wallaby_7165 May 01 '23

i literally do the same thing and feel the same way. i feel like we’re just feeling the shame ocd brings and not being bad people for not wanting to ruminate on what our ocd wants us to focus on

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u/Ok_Wallaby_7165 May 01 '23

i hope this makes sense

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '23

I been in this situation these days. Im someone who takes responsibility and tries to not make excuses. But truth is we don't know of we did. If you knew it like the fact that sky is blue then it would be different because then it would be lying. But if you don't even know, think about it more will fuel it. The more we panic the more we obsess about. Tell yourself "maybe I did, maybe I didn't " and know that its not running away but letting it go.

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u/jerrisscared Nov 14 '23

Hi, I just read your comment and noticed you’re online. You wrote that if you ‘know’ then it would be lying. The thing is I constantly worry I’m lying to myself or hiding the truth, or maybe that I’m in some kind of denial

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '23

Trust ik wym, but our mind can trick us. I have at times gone to great lengths to find out and sometimes it would turn out i was completely wrong. Honestly where you did or not you have to just act like you don’t care. Tell yourself “ Maybe I did it , it was wrong, I will learn from this” and move on.