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is doubting one s memory a sign of ocd : i have sudden doubts concerning a incident that happened 4 years ago !. was drunk with a guy and he fingered me , now i doubt he had anal sex with me but i was too drunk or couldnt tell and i fear hiv

Sorry to hear about your

Sorry to hear about your traumatic experience. A sexual assault can be very upsetting, even years later. Sometimes in an event such as this you may not even realize how much it truly affected you. OCD is often referred to as the doubting disease, and the questions you are asking yourself are OCD sounding in nature.

Sexual assault often leads to PTSD, which causes a great deal of distress. A traumatic event can also be a trigger that draws out some dormant, existing condition. So it is certainly possible that this stressful event triggered OCD in you.

Despite being so sure about what happened when you told your boyfriend, you did point out that you were inexperienced so it wouldn’t hurt to be tested again to be sure. However, make sure you only get tested once. Someone with OCD would find a reason to doubt the test results if negative and get tested over and over as a compulsion, which is exactly the type of thing you want to avoid.

Best of luck,
Dr. Williams

Monnica T. Williams, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist specializing in OCD
http://www.monnicawilliams.com

 

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