Is it normal to have a lot more intrusive thoughts when you’re stressed and irritated? I noticed that I have a lot more harm thoughts against people when I am annoyed and they feel so real in these moments and I scare myself
i feel you that happened to me try not to stress to much over the thoughts remember they are just thoughts i had really bad anxiety over a thought even though i knew i would never do it it was more of just thinking i could go crazy but i currently have brain fog and can’t think about anything because lack of sleep and a lot of stress and anxiety so make sure to not stress to much or you’ll get the same
@smile521 Thank you!! I also don’t always experience anxiety since I’m on meds but it’s even scarier then because it feels like these are my thoughts
Yes, this is completely normal and happens to me when I get stressed. I find not feeding into it and and being kind to yourself instead helps. Remedying the stress and the thoughts should subside a little. Try to twist your thoughts into something funny instead so like if u have a thought about hurting someone with a knife change the thought to something funnier like a flower instead and imagine a flower instead of a knife, etc.
@gabjack519 Thank you, yes sometimes I imagine how the knife curles up but that sounds even better! I also feel like its so scary when its someone you dont like so much, my thoughts get so bad and it feels so real
@Blumenkohl1 I totally understand that and that happens to me too. Just remember that OCD uses what we value most against us so if you value your kindness, compassion, etc then ocd tends to like to twist it into making you think it’s all fake and you are a terrible person. Especially if u are angry at someone or don’t like them, ocd will twist the narrative and make you think you are the terrible person for it. Just remember who you really are not who ocd tells you, you are! And keep in mind that being irritated and angry is okay because they are normal emotions. You can experience these emotions without hurting anyone. You are allowed to not like people it doesn’t mean u are a bad person or want to hurt them!
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
does anyone else get really vivid intrusive thoughts of the person who you are talking to (or close to physically) just randomly striking you violently? i keep getting them when i’m just talking to my dad one on one in the car & i get a flash of intrusive thoughts of him grabbing my hair & shoving my face in the dashboard. it gets me so anxious :’)
Recently ive been getting very scared to even be angry bc of the horrible thoughts I have and it feels even more real when I'm angry or even annoyed. Rn I was not even super annoyed at my neice but I felt a twinge of annoyance since she went up to my face and was yelling at me while I was resting on the bed and I got this image of doing something bad to her and I felt my hand twitch very little. I got nervous and felt relieved when her dad told her to stop screaming for no reason. I've been hyperfocusing on my bodily reactions (mainly my hands or how I'm feeling like did I just enjoy that? Was I considering???) And I've noticed the small twitches whenever I'm mad or annoyed and it's scaring me so bad! Like do I want to act out? Am I holding back??? I used to not even twitch at all when mad and I felt 100% sure I'll never act out but now it feels like I don't know bc what do these twitches mean?, I do know I don't want to ever act out but it's so scary. Recently whenever I feel angry once the argument is over I cry really bad after I'm alone and I pray so i never want or act out. And when the annoyance passes I also feel so guilty and want to stay away. Im scared these are real urges and i research for many many hours to make sure they arent urges or impulses and i also tend to ask chatgpt or here if the anxiety gets so bad 😕
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