Hi guys Does anyone get intrusive thought like “you’re going to get intrusive thought every time you see this” and then it happens but not all the time.
i get this! with things i love is the worst, been avoiding listening to any music because im so scared of it becoming contaminated with intrusive thoughts :-(
@jos02 Don’t avoid them, it makes it worse unfortunately. I know it’s hard ignore them but don’t react to them.
@Ocdsucks56 defo agree, its just vv difficult
Yes! It reminds me of the “you just lost the game” joke where the only way to win the game is to not think about the game. In trying to avoid the intrusive thoughts that my brain told me I will have, I end up thinking about them anyway.
Yup! It’s when I am in a state of fear and ruminated all day while doing other compulsions. Mine show’s up as: What can you say or think that would turn this into a fear or something messed up? Then I might be able to stop it with deep breathing and stopping, but that might be resisting and not making thing’s better. If I don’t resist and just let the brain do it’s thing it’s going to spit out something Harm related or pointing out that I’m a bad person.
I saw this post a bit further up the blog today that said : “let yourself walk a new path”. The me if when I have OCD under control would say “change careers, get new hobbies, travel more ans stop clinging to money”. The current me that is having and OCD Flare Up see’s this and is like: Don’t think something stupid! Walk the path of a serial killer. Farrkkkhhh, why!? Ideally I’d like to stop at the “don’t think something stupid” but it went into something stupid. Now what I should have done after that is simply not react. Or react with: Maybe, Maybe Not.
@Marco89 that happens to me too, sometimes I do something good for people or about me life in general, and my ocd tells me something like “why are you doing this if you’re a bad person, there’s no point of trying to have a better life” and I’m like omg why would I think this.
@Ocdsucks56 Same! I’ve had the exact same thoughts on many occasions when I did something good. OCD is a pro at discrediting our good actions.
recently my intrusive thoughts haven’t been bothering me much, unless i’m busy doing nothing. i suffer from SO-OCD. whenever i think yes, these thoughts don’t bother me anymore, i’m doing great, i then work myself up like ‘well your thoughts are obviously true then otherwise they would make you upset and uncomfortable’. when i get the thoughts they do still make me feel this way but also not as strong. I do then panic and think i’m something i’m not, despite knowing the truth. also anyone know why they get worse when i’m bored or not doing anything? 😢
Don't panic, you're still the same girl, your OC gives you a lot of intrusive thoughts that aren't you and that disgust you and scare you and that you don't want and that you don't think are true, and your OC gives you the false feelings.Also, don't forget that whatever comes to mind, whatever intrusive thoughts you have and whatever you feel, is all yours.
Two things are happening: I get thoughts that just keep looping. They almost feel like song stuck in my head. Also, I’ll imagine something and I feel my stomach drop. Then as the seconds go by I keep getting fragments of the this thought but with different details. For example, it’s kinda like how a “vision” is portrayed. I’ll get a glimpse of the thought and then it’ll rapidly expand into something worse every few seconds. I don’t know if I’m causing this or if it’s just an automatic thing like any other intrusive thought. It feels unavoidable, idk if this is a compulsion or if it’s just another manifestation of an intrusive thought. Apart from that remembering an intrusive thought triggers the full thought again and then it just keeps looping or expanding. I don’t know how to stop any of this. Help?
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