Through mindfulness and meditation I have found a way to combat intrusive thoughts and have succession a good amount of time. Now, I feel my thoughts have transition into feelings which feels much worse than the actual thought. It’s by far the worst I’ve felt and only pushes my worries and concerns further. Why is this such a difficult battle? Ughh
Yup Im going through this exact experience just now!! See my post from earlier on as a couple of people have put some helpful tips up on it. To me its like the pink elephant with thoughts. If I say try you hardest and don’t think of a pink elephant, you’ll think of a pink elephant. With feelings if I say and try my hardest not to have a feeling to a thought then I’m going to have that feeling. Idk if this has been proven or not but just my opinion on it. But please stay strong, it’ll just take a bit of time to get back on track!!
Thank you. I’ve read the conversation. Ive also read the book called overcoming unwanted intrusive thoughts that talks about worried, false comfort and wise mind. It’s definitely a good book to read and to apply their strategies . I may read it again honestly. It’s just so hard battling feelings versus thoughts. They are 10 times worse.
Sometimes you can do too much meditation and that makes your body react. I can’t do much meditation because I get yogi tingles and out of body experiences and that’s definitely not comfortable for me, personally 😆 So, I mainly practice mindfulness. If you want to focus on the body, I suggest yoga. You’re working out and have mini meditations in the beginning and end of each session. Yoga with Adriene is a great yogi teacher on YouTube!
Could you explain wym with turning into feelings? Just curious if this is what I’ve been dealing with
Sure I’ll do my best. When I have an intrusive thought It causes feelings of distraught, sadness, etc. and I’ll be stuck with the thought and feelings. Well now since I’ve combatted my thoughts they come on the form of feelings. So the thought is there but I don’t mind it any attention it’s the feeling from the thought that doesn’t go away. Let me know if that makes sense.
@Anonymous Yes! I feel like im on the same boat. I just started bad with Harm OCD this past week and ive never been the person to ever be harmful but its the feeling it gives me that sucks so much. Like my mind has me convinced i want to follow through with it but i do not. And makes my stomach ina pit from the second i wake up. So anytime i feel that pit or feeling it brings on those type of thoughts.
@CJzzz I am right there with you dealing with the same harmful thoughts. It really is torture so maybe we can keep this thread going or save it and we can come back and talk to each other if we need too.
@Anonymous I would love that! It feels good to relate to others and know im not alone or pyschotic
Absolutely. Although reassuring really feels good. Having support and knowing you are not alone in this and have people who can help really is the best form of relief. How long have you been dealing with harmful thoughts?
Since last saturday. I wasnt even able to go to work all week because it got so bad. I was in school for EMT and went on the ambulance for a clinical that day and saw alot of stuff that made my anxiety very high and it started that night. It’s been horrible and so graphic. What about you?
@CJzzz Yeah that’s how it starts forsure. I’ve been dealing with it for about 2 months and it got better but seems to be at its worst right now. Probably because I’m exhausted from it and just mentally drained.
@Anonymous It makes me genuinely think something is wrong with me. Or that i could be pyschotic and its like no matter how much i tell myself im not it comes back 10x harder.
@CJzzz That’s definitely how it feels and it sucks. My advice is to learn more about intrusive thoughts and how you can control them. Unfortunately they won’t go away but they will get better with acceptance and eventually fade. Also try therapy if you haven’t already. I sought out therapy immediately and it has been helping a bit. Since it’s fresh it’s better to start now. Just know that it’s normal and you are not going crazy. It’s just stuck thoughts and you are NOT your thoughts.
I find that I deal with more intrusive/unwanted feelings than thoughts. But few mental health advocates (that I have found) talk about this. Can anyone relate to having more unwanted feelings/sensations than thoughts?
This one time I got an intrusive feeling that I liked the thoughts and I didn’t. I’m scared of getting that feeling again and I worry about what if I did again. I hate the thoughts and I definitely don’t like them but these intrusive feelings suck and is one of the hardest things to get over :/
I have had a huge increase in Intrusive Thoughts this week. It’s making things super difficult for me, I am on my period but I also think I’m having more intrusive thoughts recently because things are going well for me right now. I just keep waiting for everything to fall apart because my mind makes me believe that I don’t deserve more than one good thing at a time. My mind is in constant fight or flight mode. I cannot stop thinking about every past mistake or how someone may have thought I had bad or malicious intentions when I didn’t. I keep thinking I’m going to get in trouble for something and go to jail, I’m especially scared about work and messing up someone’s check out and getting fired or arrested. I hate feeling this way, there is just so much going on in my head and I’m terrified and stressed all the time.
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