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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
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? 😅
I have the thought of what if I lose control and do something out of my control like scream for no reason or yelling in a store or just blurting stuff out that’s not in my control and it causes so much anxiety and causes me to feel weird. I always think I’m on the edge of losing control of myself and it’s exhausting living like this. Any tips?
OK, this might sound really dumb, but when you guys get intrusive thoughts, do they just come once and then go away? I’ve heard that repeatedly thinking about an intrusive thought is considered ‘checking,’ but it doesn’t feel like I have any control over how many times it comes up in my head. It’s not like I’m trying to check anything—it just keeps showing up, almost like it’s terrorizing me every time. I can’t seem to stop it from looping, stop remembering it, or prevent it from coming up. Every time it does, I feel horrified, and I already know it’s going to horrify me. I don’t think I’m actively trying to see if my feelings have changed, so is this still considered checking? How do other people get an intrusive thought and just move on? Doesn’t it pop up a million times for them too? I always thought that was normal, but now I’m hearing this could be a compulsion, and I feel really confused, scared, and lost. Is this why my OCD feels so extreme? Because I really don’t feel like I can control how many times the thought pops up.
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