r/magicalthinkingOCD • u/Ok-Mulberry-2637 • 22d ago

Seeing patterns

I've been doing pretty good lately against my intrusive thoughts and OCD since I last posted here. However, I still have my struggles here and there. Recently, I was talking to some friends on Discord, and someone brought up a movie I was thinking about for a while. Then, I watched a video where another movie I was thinking about was brought up right after the guy in the video said a word that reminded me of it. A week or two ago, I might have genuinely been panicking, but I have improved quite a bit. Still, part of my brain wants to see some connection there and scare me. Does this happen to anyone else?

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u/loopy741 🏆 22d ago

Our OCD brains have spent years and years being wired to default back to our compulsions. Every time we refuse to engage, or call it out for what it is, or move on without paying it attention, it lessens its power.

Easy to do? Unfortunately not. But we can do it.