I have them constantly. About my loved ones leaving me forever.. and it will hit me when I least expect it, and it’s like a an emotional truck just hit me! I have tried everything my therapist has suggested and these thoughts keep coming. Does anyone have any suggestions on what they do? I have methods when they occur.. but I want methods to keep them away. Thanks.
How long have you been in therapy
Give it time you have to accept them in a way and pay them no mind it will decrease
The more you try to push the thoughts down, the stronger they will come back. You need to practice sitting with the thoughts and facing them head on instead of letting them send you into a spiral. Easier said than done, I know, but the reason these fears are able to control you is because you are afraid of them. The only thing that helps is sitting in the uncertainty. When you get an intrusive thought, practice responding to it with things like “maybe that will happen, maybe it won’t, I have no way of knowing that for sure” or “interesting thought, brain. I’m just going to just going to continue going about my day now and not engage with you”
Does anyone have any tips they can share as to what they do to prevent intrusive images from coming into their brain? Or when it happens how to cope?
Does anyone have any tips on how to move on from intrusive thoughts when you’re constantly afraid that if you ignore them God will be mad at you?
How do yall handle intrusive thoughts !? I never realized that was a thing I think I’ve been dealing with this sense I was in elementary school I remember getting on the bus and had the the worry my mom was gonna get in an accident and it’s just gone from there
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