Beebuh
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- 3y
What to do??
I have very abstract intrusive thoughts and it makes me anxious when I look them up and see that nobody else has talked about them or anything
NandwenNandwen
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- 3y
My brother has alot of abstract intruisive thoughts. And we have ocd in the family. Sometimes he has thoughts I could never even imagine. But he's also an artist and I think it has alot to do with how his brain is just briliant and beautiful. Everyone has different thoughts. I also had alot of intrusive thoughts I've never heard of or found online. And yes, anything can be an intrusive thought. So you will be allright, I know it š
BeebuhBeebuh
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- 3y
Thank you that makes me feel like I might not be so alone in the weird thinking! š„ŗšā¤ļø
NandwenNandwen
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- 3y
@Beebuh You're not! And I also feel the same sometimes with what you wrote under tomtom45 comment I also sometimes cant ever describe what I'm thinking with words š I used to be so afraid of this.
BeebuhBeebuh
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- 3y
@Nandwen Yes it just recently started happening to me after a panic attack about a week ago and itās been so hard and scary because I feel like itās not even OCD at this point. Itās hard to get over it because it just feels so random and like there are no posts or articles or podcasts on super abstract thoughts in ocd so it makes me feel so alone and anxious!
BeebuhBeebuh
- Date posted
- 3y
@Nandwen Any more advice on the topic of abstract thoughts? Itās been bothering me so much tonight I feel panicky
tomtom45tomtom45
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- 3y
What would you like to happen? If it helps, from what I can tell, literally anything can be an intrusive thought. Anything a human mind can think of, it's possible to obsess over. Especially if it touches on something you care about. I suppose the proper ERP way to respond would be "maybe noone's had same obsession as me, maybe they have, I probably can't figure that out". Can see how that's hard tho and up for hearing about it if you want to share
BeebuhBeebuh
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- 3y
Thank you! Some of my thoughts are so abstract and weird that itās hard to even put into words what I was even thinking!
JLG323JLG323
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- 3y
That makes a lot of sense actually. I'm sure it doesn't make it any easier to "tell yourself" that it's OCD and not reality though. No matter how irrational
JLG323JLG323
- Date posted
- 3y
Could you describe some of the thoughts? I'm not going to offer you reassurance I promise you that, I'm just curious.
BeebuhBeebuh
- Date posted
- 3y
Yes! My main theme has always been centered around āgoing crazyā so Iām not sure if thatās why but I get thoughts like āis my boyfriend somehow this food and did I just eat my boyfriendā
BeebuhBeebuh
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- 3y
Someone once told me that because Iāve gone through so many themes and obsessions and compulsions that over time my ocd has started becoming more abstract because Iāve ran out of ānormalā things to fear
LinzeeeLinzeee
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- 3y
@Beebuh Omg I just had a major realization reading this. Thank you. And same. I get weird stuff like this too. I actually stopped eating meat partially because of this.
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dewy star
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- 25w
Idk how I can go on living with these thoughts
It seems like every time I feel that I have an understanding of my intrusive thoughts and an understanding on how to deal with them Iām hit with a new and weirder intrusive thoughts that send me spiraling on what it means. I constantly search up the intrusive thoughts that I have to see if anyone online had a similar thought and that usually works and I calm down but there are a few time where the thought just feels too unusual and idk how to deal with it.
elro.elephant
- Date posted
- 24w
Can someone give me advice?
Iām not too sure where to begin so some stuff may be a bit scattered. Iād like to start with the fact that Iām not sure if I just have anxiety or if it is actually OCD. Iāve been dealing with these intrusive thoughts for as long as I can remember. TRIGGER WARNING NEXT PARAGRAPH Stuff like āwhat if my teacher just raped me in the middle of classā or āwhat if I pulled all my veins at.ā Those are some of the more graphic and violent things but I do get lesser things like āwhat if I imagined that whole conversationā when I know for a fact I did experience that exact memory/conversation. I donāt like these thoughts and I donāt ever want to think them. If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated. Iām only 16 and I want to be sure about this stuff before I ask my parents to get me diagnosed.
alex l
- Date posted
- 21w
feeling like my thoughts are too unique
for the past few years i have been struggling with a certain theme of ocd as well as most of the other themes. but this one i have not figured out a good way to do my own form of erp or non-engaging responses. basically i will be daydreaming or thinking and have a very random thought. i wouldnāt call these thoughts intrusive thoughts because itās not necessarily fear of the thoughts coming true, its just fear that my thoughts are too unique. my ocd will latch on to random or weird thoughts and may also add in that i was doing something weird while doing the thought. letās say for example i thought of something random while i was rubbing my feet. then my ocd would be like āwhy are u having such a unique thought while doing something weird? nobody has ever thought about that specific thought while rubbing their feet beforeā (just an example). but basically itās like my ocd bullies me for having thoughts that are too random and things iāve never heard people talk about before if that makes sense. i am just trying to see if anyone relates even a little and how i can accept that everyone has unique thoughts.
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