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
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
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 🫠
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