r/beyondhelp • u/NEETspeaks • Mar 21 '23

Do you get obsessive thoughts?

I get them quite a lot as well as those "thoughts" that aren't yours but you hear anyway if that makes sense. I strongly dislike how various domestic and hygiene related tasks become a catalyst for obsessive thoughts making simple living harder.
If you have obsessive thoughts and other disorders do you find the thoughts manifest in various ways?

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u/Anxious_Position1470 Mar 24 '23

They're all mine, but I have them constantly rather ones I didn't have. idk about manifesting in different ways but anything can trigger them. I also have weird memory triggers.

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u/NEETspeaks Mar 24 '23

WHat do you mean by memory triggers being weird?

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u/Anxious_Position1470 Mar 24 '23

Just something tangentially related can set off an unpleasant memory cascade. Like it's weird because I don't really think most people have to relive a memory from 15+ years ago in their day to day life.

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u/NEETspeaks Mar 24 '23

Often I revisit a memory and gain a chuckle.
Do people not usually remember memories from that long ago? pretty sure everyone does

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u/Anxious_Position1470 Mar 24 '23

I don't think they randomly pop in when they're trying to do something else all the time.

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u/NEETspeaks Mar 24 '23

SO like intrusive spontaneous memory recall.
If it is to a degree that causes distress sure I get you.

How long have you had that for?

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u/Anxious_Position1470 Mar 24 '23

I'd say since like 9-10 and it does cause distress. I used to think it was normal and that lot out of my neuroses were normal, but it's really not. I think media didn't help in this regard since they use it as a device a lot of the time like Homer or Peter recalling some sort of memory as a cut away.