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Aug 18, 2013, 04:05 PM
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Yesterday I was with my boyfriend. It was dark so I couldn't see him, but I knew he was there because I could hear and touch him. But it didn't really feel as though he was there.
I said his name and kept touching him to try and convince myself that he was there in reality, but it didn't feel right, I couldn't truly believe that he was there. It was as though I needed grounding. This has happened with other situations and other people in the past. Does anyone else get this? Do you think it could be because the OCD brain doesn't process information properly, leading sufferers to get "stuck" repeating rituals until it feels as though they have actually completed them? So I couldn't accept that he was really there because my brain wasn't processing the information properly? Or was it dissociation?
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Aug 27, 2013, 12:08 AM
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OCD is an anxiety disorder. For whatever reason, the brain takes something that causes anxiety (for this, it may be the fear of being alone), and morphs it into something huge. To reduce that anxiety, people compulse- so for you, that would be the repeated touching and saying his name. It isn't that the brain isn't processing the information correctly. It is. It is just taking that information to a whole new level. The part of the brain that is the "satisfied" component is not making the proper connections, therefore resulting in the "getting stuck".
To me, this sounds like OCD. not dissociation.
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Aug 30, 2013, 11:24 AM
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I'm not an expert but this sounds more like depersonalization/dissociation. You should talk to a therapist and see what they say.
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Sep 04, 2013, 04:36 PM
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Doesn't fill anything on dissociation. OCD - maybe. However, it doesn't sound like a serious problem, unless there is a lot more to it. But a simple situation like that is not a big deal. It might seem wierd of course, the more you think about it. But if it ends there, there's no need to fuss about it. Like said before, OCD has nothing to do with problems processing anything, I'd even rather say, one tries to overprocess something for so long it becomes impossible.
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