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- 6y
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- 6y
It’s kind of messed up when you think about it, but our brains are actually more comfortable sometimes being anxious than being okay. When there’s nothing to obsess about, our brains try to see if they can create a problem. So they start throwing out random thoughts to see what sticks.
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- 6y
My intrusive thoughts are quite unusual in that they're unique and specific to me. They evolved over time but all relate to the same theme. These thoughts are constant (unless well distracted) but can last days, weeks or months. But their severity tends to reduce over time, where I hardly notice them. But out of nowhere they'll suddenly reappear! Sometimes something new will trigger them, but as you say sometimes I get anxious (can't always comprehend why) then my thoughts start. Usually though, the thoughts spur on the anxiety.
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- 6y
I get that! Most times my thoughts start the anxiety, but I have a generalized anxiety disorder, so occasionally I just feel anxious and that brings on the thoughts. I’ve always been anxious about something (health worries, panic attacks, memories, guilt, intrusive thoughts). If it isn’t thoughts that sour my anxiety it’s something else. Right now though, I’m extremely obsessive with the thoughts. It sucks. This current theme started at the beginning of April. I’m ready to move on lol
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- 6y
Yup- i get it all the time. Im pretty sure its called emotional reasoning
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- 25w
Does anyone like go through waves. Your mind is super silent maybe a couple of thoughts but you are able to brush it off? But then out of nowhere your mind just starts rushing with every thought? If so, how do you cope with this? It drains me.
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- 22w
These past few days I was fine. Minimal intrusive thoughts ,no anxiety etc(to add I'm on medication so maybe it's starting to work although it barely is 2 weeks) and today I got a sudden wave of anxiety and it started latching on some thoughts like" what if I'm in denial and I wanna break up with my bf? And what if erp doesn't work for me because I actually wanna break up with my bf?" But they didn't really stay long usually those thoughts would make me spiral for days or so, now they lasted for some hours. And now I'm trying to trigger myself into being anxious again because if I don't it means I don't have ocd and if I don't have ocd it means I don't love my bf and if I don't love my bf it means I have to break up. Idk if it makes sense but the lack of anxiety makes me wonder if I actually have ocd or not.
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- 14w
So, yesterday while I was laying in bed, I was relaxing when suddenly I had an intrusive thought about someone, but the thing is that it brought me a sense of enjoyment or calmness for a few seconds before it went away. Once it did, it was only until hours later when I realized what had happened and I began to freak out because I'm reading everywhere that when someone experiences this type of thing, the anxiety happens shortly after the enjoyment or "false" enjoyment. Can OCD do this?
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