She holds onto the wall as she walks down the hallway. “You’re just walking to the bathroom,” she whispers to herself. “Nothing bad is happening.” Her mind tries to tell her otherwise.
Lost in intrusive thoughts, she desperately tries to ground herself. She doesn’t know this, but she has a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) involving false memories.
This causes her to worry that her intrusive thoughts are actually memories. Tormented by her mind, she checks her surroundings repeatedly and constantly questions reality.
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