Hey guys i know I’ve posted a bit now. But Can your body go into fight or flight without the thoughts coming first? Is that normal? Or is this an indication of another health problem like thyroid issues?
Personally, I often get the onset feelings of impending doom and dread before the thoughts come in. I just feel wrong and it comes, its very rarely the other way around.
@Anonymous If you don’t mind sharing, how do you deal with these feelings? They are actually scaring me quite a bit lately and it’s just making me panic more I’ve been taking medicine but I would also love to just help myself calm down
I can get them before thoughts sometimes as well, which is frustrating - it's like generalized anxiety, I suppose.
Today and other days, I got the feelings before the thoughts
Personally, for me the feelings are accompanied by my brain telling me to do some sort of compulsive action. When I try and resist it or refuse, that is when the feeling intensifies and then the thoughts start appearing.
Part of my OCD theme is somatic so when I feel a sensation or emotion a lot of times it’s a precursor to the intrusive thoughts. Or I compulsively start monitoring my feelings, which inevitably leads to intrusive thoughts because I’m worried about that feeling of impending doom.
@Phillip91 Omg that’s what I do too! I have suicidal ocd and when I feel really depressed sometimes I get triggered Beyond belief
@JBird88 Yes! When I was very depressed earlier this year it triggered suicidal OCD because I was so afraid I’d wanna do something, even tho more than anything I didn’t. When the depression got better this theme disappeared. I wanna stop monitoring my thoughts, feelings, and emotions and just experience them for what they are again. I’ve been slowly working on practicing mindfulness to get back to that. It’s def a challenge but we’ll get there!
@Phillip91 Yes we will!! I believe in us!!