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I just had a moment where I confused my intrusive thoughts for āhearing voicesā and now Iām freaking out⦠anybody ever experienced this?
I just had a moment where I confused my intrusive thoughts for āhearing voicesā and now Iām freaking out⦠anybody ever experienced this?
iām so sorry youāre going through this :( iāve had this before and itās important to remember that these thoughts are just that: they are thoughts. they are not you, and they are not voices. i promise you, you are not crazy. ocd likes to convince us all sorts of horrible things but we must remember that itās just ocd. i really hope youāre doing well x
Typical OCD. I suggest speaking to your OCD therapist about this so you can do ETP on it. Also, hereās stuff to do at home: -Instead of giving into your OCD, read this article about ERP scripting and do exactly what it says: https://www.shalanicely.com/aha-moments/erp-scripting-for-ocd/ -Read The Hidden Power of Swearing at Your OCD: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/beyond-the-doubt/201711/the-hidden-power-of-swearing-at-your-ocd
@Nica That swearing article is excellent! Thank you for sharing!
A good way to tell apart intrusive thoughts and hearing voices is to identify whether the voice youāre hearing sounds like your own or if it sounds like someone elseās voice other than your own. If the thought sounds like your own voice itās likely intrusive. If the voice sounds very different from your own voice you may want to talk to a professional and get their opinion on what that means for you.
@alyzza Thatās great advice. It is my own voiceā¦
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 Iām going crazy, can anyone relate? Thank for reading
Have you ever been through Very bad thoughts about your brain wants to twist anything about good or bad like evil and good which is god and sat*n and panicking because you believe In god but your brain is messing with you have you ever felt like you're afraid you had commit blasmphy in your thoughts It's very bad thoughts like omg where does these toughts come from?? Please tell me your experience One moment I feel okay and I can pray and vent to god and other moment I'm so ashamed of myself for thinking like that Am I alone in this am I crazy?
so I put this into Gemini a couple mins ago but it just gave me the 988 to text but I feel like I donāt know if these thoughts are genuine or intrusive and just amplified because of how I was feeling. This is what I put in there Iāll just copy and paste. I got talking with my grandma and I felt like I needed to get it out but I just kept thinking deeper and deeper like thoughts like āI canāt do this anymoreā or āwhen will this stopā and I have a lot of suicidal intrusive thoughts and sometimes when I feel in such fear and deep sorrow and dispare these thoughts feel so real that I canāt tell if theyāre intrusive. But I immediately push them away of course even though I keep wanting to figure it out or figure out how I can break free from this doubt and second guessing. But it freaked me out that maybe I was actually contemplating or genuinely thinking about it or was close to snapping and giving up. Now I feel like I have to figure out of it was intrusive or not because thatās really serious if it is a real thought. I know itās apart of ocd to figure it out but I canāt tell if it was my imagination made it seem way more real or when I imagined myself doing something to myself it felt like the probability became higher because I was in a state of severe distress. Itās like a thought when your heart is beating so fast you donāt wish it would stop beating you just want a break from it beating so loud or fast or you want it to get better. Idk I pictured myself just being stuck in my body and it freaked me out too like the fact I cant control what my body is doing. Iāve lost some weight the last couple months bc of stress and it just grosses me out thinking how bad I might be getting. I even started thinking maybe I need to be in a mental hospital. And just admit it and just get more help. The thing is I also felt like I had a decent day today but it took so much out of me trying to resist compulsions and ākeepingā the good moment going without extreme fear especially of dying. I get so freaked out by random things even things touching me, certain sounds and wish it could all stop sometimes and I keep running away from things I think are triggers for my anxiety but it feels like itās getting narrower.
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