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I have intrusive thoughts
I have intrusive thoughts everyday I feel like there making me crazy does any one have any tips on handling them .
I have intrusive thoughts everyday I feel like there making me crazy does any one have any tips on handling them .
hey i had a really bad one recently and my mind had felt super weird but it’s all because of the stress and anxiety first days i was totally freaking out and nauseous and felt sick because of the thought but i just keep reminding myself they are just thoughts and i would never do anything like that ik it might be hard but try and talk to someone about it remember they are just thoughts
Thank you smile 521
a therapist introduced me to “leaves on a stream” where you observe your thoughts as they pass like leaves flowing on a stream, away from you. it takes time and practice to get a handle on it, but if you’re in therapy for ocd it’s worth asking about
@MoonBee Thank you moonbee
How do I stop letting my intrusive thoughts control me? Ive been having them for almost a year, once I graduated, become more isolated and lost more friends they've become worse. I feel like when I had friends and was still going to school they weren't as bad probably because I was living more so I didn't take them as seriously. But now that Im home all day and alone they've gotten worse and it feels like they're starting to control my life. Theres times where Im on social media and eventually I forget about them but then when I realize I forgot about them they come back. Sometimes the thought just lingers it doesn't even just pop in my head and go away. I can't tell anyone in my family because they'd judge me for the thoughts and they don't really believe in mental illnesses. I also sometimes think of what other people may think of me if they knew the thoughts I had and it makes it worse. How do I stop letting these thoughts control/trigger me and stop reacting or feeling some type of way about them.
Any one else deal with this? Like from the moment they wake up to the second they fall asleep, the intrusive thoughts are there?
does anyone has any tips how to stop the "what if cycle"?? i have very disturbing what if thoughts on daily basis and they're rlly scary always. i know they're not real but sometimes they feel so real and possible to happen and i hate this
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