Once for all, OCD can make you feel like you enjoy things?

Once for all, OCD can make you feel like you enjoy things you don't want to?

(sorry about my english) ----- I mean.. I was reading this forum for a couple hours, and I've seen lots of people asking for help with things like "hocd", "pocd", etc etc...
And I realized that there's 2 kinds of people. The ones who have thoughts and HATE the thoughts. That's why they keep coming back.
And people who have thoughts and also feel that ENJOY whatever the thought is. BUT, these people always HATE ENJOYING the things... I'm with them. I have this. I don't know if I was clear enough... It's hard to explain... I think this second kind of people is the more devastated.. because we suffer Twice. Different of the ones who think about the horrible things against their will, We think against our will and also "enjoy" it.

And by having this second type, I feel that I truly am what I never was before OCD.... It's terrible to consider the fact that this is not even ocd because I like it..
So, I created this for us to chat about it... 'cause I'm really lost and scared right now. And probably lots of users here too. Feeling alone is the worst part.

hello Bobby

do you mind to share with us or go into details of your ocd thoughts? why you enjoy it and why it causes you distress,etc? i hope you will find some help here

and it's ok. english isn't my first language too

Somewhat off-topic but, some of my obsessions I hate, others I'm more ambivalent I guess, I'm a creative person and one of the ways I believe my possible OCD manifests is in perfectionist thinking. I enjoy perfecting my work and receiving admiration from others as a result. Of course, perfectionist thinking can also be obstructive and un-wanted at times.

Yes it can. Yes it can. Yes it can. Yes it DOES.

Whatever it be, HOCD or POCD or whatever, it can make you think you like it.

Hey Friends, thanks for the answers.

Torrent, your english is fine! About my ocd thoughts, things got to a point where I over-analyze everything. I mean, the last one was Lips. All the sudden I can't look at lips anymore without feeling anxious and questioning why i'm anxious, and what is lips, why they are like that, and stuff. It's pretty annoying. Now imagine the same thing with 500 other things. And they always comes to sum.. they don't go away when new thoughts come along... So, There's also Terrible thoughts too. Not about "normal things'', but about bad things. Things nobody should enjoy. Like sexual abuses.. violence... or things it's not on my nature to enjoy, like specific body parts of men. (i'm male - straight). I'm pretty sure the ocd find things I used to like and make me feel uncomfortable with it, like women's lips, and find things disgusting and totally wrong to like and make me enjoy it. It's horrible. I will never surrender to this thoughts, but it's already horrible only enjoying it...

clearskies84, that's true about perfectionist... I also have it... but it doesn't bugs me as much as the other things I just said to Torrent, because it's not immoral or even criminal to be perfectionist... To feel like a monster, that's something really bad :/

And bendib, thank you very much! I really hope it's true! It would be less disturbing for me if I was 100% sure that it's the OCD enjoying these things, not me

Perfectionism can be quite crippling sometimes, you go to work out an idea, over-think and feel as if you can't continue, as if you can't live with something less of your expectations. At its best I enjoy myself at its worst it kills my creativity and inspiration which goes a long way in making my day unpleasant. I'm quite lonely and un-motivated so having that creativity means a lot for my well being.

hi Bobby thank you for sharing

ocd can create false memories/false desire. but ocd won't act on their thoughts. the more you understand it's caused by ocd the better you overcome your OC. please seek professional help if things get worse. all the best

thanks friends

bendib wrote:Yes it can. Yes it can. Yes it can. Yes it DOES.

Whatever it be, HOCD or POCD or whatever, it can make you think you like it.

I completely agree with this 100%. I honestly think it's because our brain is so focused on the problem that it'll twist what's reality or not. Once we let it go, thoughts don't even bother us anymore.

-- Wed Oct 01, 2014 3:18 am --

bendib wrote:Yes it can. Yes it can. Yes it can. Yes it DOES.

Whatever it be, HOCD or POCD or whatever, it can make you think you like it.

I completely agree with this 100%. I honestly think it's because our brain is so focused on the problem that it'll twist what's reality or not. Once we let it go, thoughts don't even bother us anymore.

I kind of have a question related to this:

Can OCD make you feel like you don't enjoy the things you used to enjoy?