How can I tell the difference between negative self-talk and intrusive thoughts? Like for example if my brain says ‘I’m a bad person’ is that counted as negative self talk or is it just intrusive?
Is it okay to use "I am" statements when intrusive thoughts come up? I'm afraid of telling myself the wrong things and it becoming a compulsion. If anyone has advice, I'd appreciate it! 🤍
for me, it's like there's two folders of my thoughts, 'main thoughts' and 'sub thoughts' and it's like a background voice of my background voice, you know? like so quiet and irrelevant but it's still here and i can try to ignore it but not fully and it feels like it's just really nasty, like it's warring with me, never shuts up and just keeps nagging me with those thoughts
Please how can an intrusive thought be distinguished from our own thoughts ?
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