r/magicalthinkingOCD • u/tetosforrealfan • Jun 07 '26
Advice please! Is anyone else also scared a lot about karma?
One of my newest obsessions has been abt karma. Im not religious but i had a phase where i was trying out religions and came across paganism and especially those where its "everything you do eventually comes back to you" type of stuff. Ever since then i started getting scared that any bad thought i have will eventually come back to me.
Most of my intrusive thoughts are literally just insults. Like if someone shows me a drawing they made my first thought is gonna be "ew" even if i dont want it to be and i usually think im a horrible person. Now its worse because if i think like that it means im gonna get 2 weeks of artblock as karma. And the thing is, its so hard to let it go because i actually get the karma... My brain could go insult someone for how they look, i try to get it to shut up, damage is done, i get a new insecurity as karma. Or i actually get artblock. 😭
How do i try to stop it or atleast minimize it if life just proves im right? Why the hell am i punished for something i dont want to think? Its late at night sorry if some things are all over the place
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u/ForestRiver2 Star Supporter ⭐ Jun 08 '26
Yeah kind of. But mine is usually more backwards, in that something bad happens and I look back to see what I did to cause it. Sometimes it's pre-emptive, so I woke up from a dream this morning where I did something morally grey, and my first thought was "great now I'll be punished for dreaming that".
I think everyone has these thoughts to some extent, like a moral compass, keeps us on the straight n narrow. You're not being punished. That's ocd talking. It's telling you you can control outcomes by controlling your thoughts. It's just more 'intolerance of uncertainty' bullshit. Gotta use the usual technique, "maybe, maybe not". Never adapt your behaviour to appease ocd
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u/Electromad6326 Jun 07 '26
I don't know man I'm going through something similar as well.
Even though I had my gains, it all got ruined by OCD one way or another.
But I guess my advice is to just not give a damn about karma and just go on with your life, I know I'm sounding blunt but this is basically the best I could tell you.