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Honestly the best way to get over it is to look at the picture and feel the discust. Not easy and it might get worse for a while. But eventually you wont care about it anymore and it will bore your brains anxiety alarms. Same goes for violent thoughts. Watching horror movies and feeling the anxiety and discust is one very good exposure. Its not easy and might make it worse for a while but eventually itll get better. You can take it slow though.
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By the way I have some form of trypophobia I cant stand those sorts of patterns and I just googled it and remembered why. I wont get plauged by instrusive thoughts though its not an ocd type problem for me.
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@phisch - Yes trypophobia is horrible! It’s my version of Intrusive thoughts. I don’t have violent thoughts or struggle with that kind. It’s just these gross images I can’t shake!
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I don’t this same exact issue, but this happens to me with things like horror movies. There are some scenes or images that my brain just forces on me sometimes. Thankfully I’m on an upswing in that regard, but it can feel endless. I think the more you talk about it, especially in a therapy setting, the more you can get to the root of why your brain is stuck on it. I don’t know for sure, but that has helped for me.
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I’m struggling from this right now after seeing an image I did not want to see😩
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