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 have this issue where I can vividly imagine hurting others or animals or say things OUTLOUD that may be disruptive or disrespectful becauss I am overstimulated by soemthing someone is doing or saying. So, Over stimulation with people and animals and things they do can be a big part of it, Sometimes I will see soemthing that bothers me about someone and I just want to either fix it or hit them because they make me so overstimulated I just want to hit the problem. I never act on these things obviously but SOMETIMES it leaks out and I hit my hands together to calm the urges. I really don’t like imagining hurting others but when I get mad I obsess over what I would or could do to them or might or would’ve in a situation in the past, had it planned out differently. I keep thinking about it and thinking about it and then get upset with myself because I know it’s wrong to be thinking about hurting others and it worries me I may someday act on something impulsive and harm someone. Sometimes I cry about it because I never want to hurt people. Really I don’t. Most of these thoughts happen in milliseconds and I have a second part in my brain like a THOUGHT processor/auto corrective thinking reminding me I can’t do that because it’s morally wrong and I am too good of a person to do that and there is nothing to stress over.
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 :’)
Does anyone else get super scared of feelings of adrenaline while you have intrusive thoughts? Like it feels like it’s trying to take over your body and those feelings of anger are trying to collide and dictate what ur body does? Now you feel impulsive and on edge and you feel like you are acting on your thoughts? Like I get thoughts about hurting family and I get super scared when I get feelings of anger about them and I feel that adrenaline! It’s all intrusive and I don’t like anything of it
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