What’s the best way to deal with Intrusive thought

I get intrusive thoughts of “What if I jump off this 3 story balcony” or what If I jump off a Cruise Ship” I usually just let it sit there til it fades away I’m not sure if it’s Suicidal OCD because I only get the thoughts like every now and then and not like all the time so I’m not sure if I should start ERP for it , I’m so confused wether it’s developing into OCD or just Intrusive thought, what it sound like to you?

353512shi

Date posted: 3y

About a year ago I had lots of intrusive thoughts about suicide but it was a constant thing like it happens all the time any thing that reminded me of how I could kill myself if I was around buildings I would get an intrusive out and think about it all day even if I was near a building I would think about it so it was all the time for me and that’s what OCD is so if you’re thinking about it all the time and it’s consuming your life then it could be OCD but if it just pops into your head once and then kind of goes away then it definitely is just an intrusive thoughts and a lot of people get intrusive thoughts everyone basically gets intrusive thoughts about some thing like that but the difference is is that people with OCD will hold onto those thoughts and try to give it a story.

OcdNutball

Date posted: 3y

Does OCD make you question “what if it’s not OCD” or “What if I’m actually Suicidal”

353512shi

Date posted: 3y

yes it has made me question and that like overthinking is ocd, it depends thoughts are just thoughts and when you see a balcony a lot of people have that thought and for me it’s like this weird urge. i definitely think it is ocd because it makes you overthink ajd it makes you believe you could be, when you may probably not be. i have been there before. i think it is ocd if it is bothering you a lot ajd making you question yourself because that’s what it does.

OcdNutball

Date posted: 3y

I had a thought “what if I jump off a cruise ship next year” then it snowballed I tried to not react

Jesse Miller

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 3y

It never hurts to start ERP even if you are unsure if you have OCD or not. Everyone can use ERP as a way to navigate certain anxiety we all suffer from. I don’t want to give you reassurance of what this could be - but it is important when you have these thoughts, you don’t spiral down a rabbit hole of trying to mentally check whether it is an OCD thought or not. Maybe it’s not OCD, or maybe it could be OCD. If we keep trying to put labels on all of our thoughts, we’re giving into our compulsive need to solve the thoughts.

ps0126

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@Jesse Miller Hi Jesse. Did you do scripting for erp? I tried once but it I just don’t get understand what I’m supposed to write. I tried explaining to my therapist that I was confused but that didn’t help. Do you have an article or advice on how it’s supposed to be used?

Jesse Miller

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@ps0126 I didn’t do a whole lot of scripts but the point of scripts was to trick yourself into an exposure. For example, if you have suicidal OCD, you would write about actually going through the act of suicide and the outcome of your actions. Such as how it affected family and friends, etc. Then after, you would sit with the anxiety you created from the script. Due to my OCD themes, I often found real life exposures to help me most, so if I started having intrusive thoughts and had anxiety - I would sit with the anxiety and feel it out and not avoid it. This got me used to the symptoms of anxiety and soon enough when I felt them coming on, I was able to regulate better and not send myself down a spiral

ps0126

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@Jesse Miller That makes sense. One of my themes is suicidal ocd and I just get so sad because I feel like my brain starts to believe it. I think that’s what my issue was because I tried scripting for a different theme and it just felt real to me writing it out and just made me cry. Idk if that’s how it’s supposed to go or not.

Jesse Miller

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@ps0126 It is! It’s supposed to make you emotional. It definitely can feel real. You’re exposing yourself to the hardships of that possibly being a reality and accepting these things could happen

ps0126

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@Jesse Miller I hadn’t thought about it that way. Thank you for replying 🩷

cows12465

Date posted: 24w

suic. ocd tips

so I need to get back into ERP, but it’s so hard to manage these thoughts and learn to deal with them. like I swear my mind has to make everything about it. Like every time I clean my room, my mind’s like yup make sure it’s clean so when your parents find you, or something so stupid like if I get a headache, my mind convinces me that I like the pain and that that’s why I get my thoughts because I actually want to do it. It’s so exhausting. Because I know I would never want to take my life and I treasure my life so why does it do it to me? It’s hard to comprehend the fact of these thoughts too because I don’t know many people with this exact theme. It’s such a scary feeling. And I’m constantly questioning whether I have actual depression or if it’s just my OCD. Yes I have been diagnosed with suicidal OCD, but my mind still tries to convince me otherwise. I just don’t know how to let these just sit and pass without panicking.

cows12465

Date posted: 24w

suic. ocd advice?

Leo_Massie

Date posted: 23w

Constant intrusive thoughts about ending it (TW)

Starting in high school, I became very suicidal, and it became my “safety net” of all went wrong. I know it’s dark, but I was in a really bad head space and I saw suicide as my escape if I couldn’t fix my life. It got to the point where I was constantly thinking about suicide (literally every day, multiple times a day). Over the last year, I’ve gotten better and I think about it less. But then my OCD grabbed hold of it…. Now, if I do something wrong or embarrassing or if I struggle in a social situation (which is often 😅), my mind says “kys”, “jump off a bridge”, and so on. It’s like an automatic response with my OCD and it makes me so uncomfortable… I’m trying to get better. I don’t want to die. Sure, I still get pretty low, but I always push the thoughts away now instead of welcoming them like I used to. But with the intrusive thoughts being nearly constant now, it’s kind of scary. I dont know what to do to make them stop since the intrusive thoughts are just so automatic at the slightest feeling of discomfort. I have a therapist, but I dont know how to bring this up with her. I’m too nervous to even admit to suicidal thoughts, not to mention the intrusive thoughts they’ve turned into. It kind of feels like it’ll never go away.

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