How do you get rid of intrusive thoughts? I feel sick to my stomach and very scared and disgusting feel like the only way out is to kill myself but I can’t do that I can’t go through this again. I keep praying but I just want it to go away
to get rid of intrusive thoughts is to have another kind of thoughts... stream of thoughts is naturally like that, thoughts came and go away...but we with ocd catch a thought and analyze it, fight it, wanna get rid of it... you cannot get rid of thoughts if you focus on getting rid of them...that is not how minds work... you will get rid of them when you focus on other things and naturally forget bad intrusive thoughts...it is possible...so a way out is accepting existence of these thoughts in mind and then refocusing on important nornal present moment things...
@drak4 U say everything !! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 thanks ☺️
I hope you are working with a therapist who specialises in OCD and ERP treatment. ERP teaches you to attach no meaning to the thoughts so no matter how often they come they really won't bother you anymore. I know right now you may find that hard to believe but it really does work and gives you peace of mind again .
@Garrett Maguire Exactly 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 and im working on this too ☺️
Meditation can be helpful to put intrusive thoughts away. A therapist can help you with meditation, but also you could use things like the calm app (calm.com). I have had the app for a little over a year, and its nice for many things, including that it has meditation exercises in there. I also really like the sleep stories, and the various background sounds (crackling fireplace, ocean waves crashing, etc.) I hope you've found some peace for yourself tonight.
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Does anyone have any tips on how to move on from intrusive thoughts when you’re constantly afraid that if you ignore them God will be mad at you?
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