Anyone else just feel like something is wrong soo you search for intrusive thoughts but you weren’t having them and now you start to think you forced the thought? Idk if that makes sense lol
This makes sense to me! With anxiety and OCD our brains are experiencing “danger” signals even when there is no danger. Those false alarms are what give us the feeling of anxiety, and then we start trying to search for some “reason” they exist (something for the OCD/anxiety to latch onto). The way to interrupt that cycle is to just let the feeling be, notice “I’m feeling anxious” and keep it moving! Without trying to identify a cause or check our thoughts, since that can be a compulsion.
@Killian Ohhh ok see this makes sense. Thank you
Has anyone ever had an intrusive thought of thinking you’ve might’ve swallowed something dangerous and you can’t trust your own mind? And you feel like you need to go in to get checked out? Any advice or reassurance?
Anyone else just have days where they feel more calm and don’t have as many intrusive thoughts? But then later at night time it just comes back so you only had relief even for a little bit 😞😞 I feel like even when I’m not having my OCD send me intrusive thoughts, I always have a feeling in my stomach that something is wrong/off or a sense of doom. I always just feel on edge and anxious as if my mind is always preparing itself for the next horrifying intrusive thought to torment me with ugh 🫠
Hello does anyone get such severe panic and anxiety that comes along with bad intrusive thoughts. Then the thoughts give you more panic because you feel you may act on them? Then I worry I’m going crazy, can anyone relate? Thank for reading
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