Intrusive images

I have experienced intrusive imagery like movies as well. I am an artist and sometimes blame my imagination but it is an intrusive thought. Sometimes…if I’m able I picture myself in the most top level of a balcony theater and I image the movie / thoughts being played out on stage but they don’t have microphones on and I’m the only one I’m the audience. The distance the imagined turning down of the volume sometimes helps. I also sometimes picture the thoughts as a lite stuck in a bad storm cloud thrashing about. I’ll them image I cut the string and kite zooms away swiftly and refocus on the moment at hand. Focus in on your physical sensations- the feeling of your shoes on your feet, the fabric or material of the chair you are sitting on, is it cold in the office? Sometimes it can bring us back to now. Idk if this will help but I know sometimes it makes me feel better just having someone take the time to respond to one of these. 💜

I had it same as you... a recovery is a process... first it is hard to not think these images and these even sometimes pop up quickly automatickly... but if you follow a process after couple of months it can go away... process is CBT - ACT and mainly MCT helped me with these... if you understand hoe it really works and apply it...

hey, it sounds really tough dealing with these vivid images, especially when they just pop up out of nowhere like during your boss's meeting 😣 remember you're not alone, there's a whole community here tackling similar issues. have you come across "unstuck" yet? it's a pretty neat, ai-powered therapy tool specifically for us OCD folks (unstuckmyocd.com/try). it's been a game changer for me this past month, so maybe it could help you as well. another forum member here put me onto it - wish i'd known about it sooner! 🌈

Thank u guys for your responses! So glad I’m not alone! And at the end of the day they are just images and I can handle them