Fear

What can you do when you get an intrusive thought so bad it scares you so much that all you can do is sit there and cry your eyes out

anonymousqueen

Date posted: 1y

Reassure yourself that it is not real and you don’t want the thought. Just notice it as a disturbing thought because thats all it is.

Nica

Date posted: 1y

@Abby_2002 Reassurance isn’t advised for OCD. Just makes OCD worse.

anonymousqueen

Date posted: 1y

@Nica I have OCD I know. But it’s good to recognise that the thought is not real and to just notice it as a disturbing thought.

worrier 24

Date posted: 1y

I feel so distressed what if I lose my mind I need to stop the thoughts why won’t they leave me alone!

Cassi logreco

Date posted: 1y

Sometimes when that happens to me and I feel totally helpless, sometimes I just let myself cry to let out some release, but I also remind myself this has happened before and it's just an intrusive thought, and I will get through it like I have before, sometimes I write these things down when I'm having a panic or anxiety attack to remind me it was just a feeling and thought and im okay. I'm sorry it sucks to feel that way ecspecially scared, but just remember other people think this also your not the only one, i always have this worry that I might lose my mind or have a breakdown, but I just tell myself it's my OCD and intrusive thoughts, and just breathe through it, and even though its hard, I just keep talking and reassuring myself that I'm not the only one, and your not crazy. I hope this helps somewhat, you'll get through this!

kalan2119

Date posted: 1y

I'm feeling the same way right now and I'm scared just to be up so early in the morning because I can't stop my thoughts and I can't sleep and I feel frozen like I can't do anything because I feel so helpless because my fears are taking over my mind, and I feel like I'm always gonna have a mental breakdown and not be able to work or parent my child or function as a human being. So I can totally empathize with that. I just started my therapy at NOCD so I don't know what advice I can tell you, but if it's any consolation, I can recognize how you feel and let you know that I feel a lot of the same things.

anonymousqueen

Date posted: 1y

What if you don’t lose your mind though? Change your words in your mind, unfortunately ocd won’t leave you alone if you keep engaging with it. Meditation and going for a walk will help you calm down

Joyas

Date posted: 1y

Sit with yourself alone, rename the thoughts, and know which thought you are ruminating about, then reassure yourself think positively think that this thought it’s not real it’s not you, it is fake, and then refocus on something else something you are doing in the present, try to be busy so that you forget the thought during that time, and do the same thing for at least 1 week it should come less as i read ^^

Nica

Date posted: 1y

Just let it be present. Don’t fight or judge the thought.

Bay Yen

Date posted: 1y

Do not believe the automatic thoughts when you are anxious!

Chels0212

Date posted: 23w

Intrusive thoughts

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? 😅

Young adults with OCD

Lilly2442!

Date posted: 21w

Urges/ intrusive thoughts

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?

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 20w

I don’t know what this is. Help please?

Two things are happening: I get thoughts that just keep looping. They almost feel like song stuck in my head. Also, I’ll imagine something and I feel my stomach drop. Then as the seconds go by I keep getting fragments of the this thought but with different details. For example, it’s kinda like how a “vision” is portrayed. I’ll get a glimpse of the thought and then it’ll rapidly expand into something worse every few seconds. I don’t know if I’m causing this or if it’s just an automatic thing like any other intrusive thought. It feels unavoidable, idk if this is a compulsion or if it’s just another manifestation of an intrusive thought. Apart from that remembering an intrusive thought triggers the full thought again and then it just keeps looping or expanding. I don’t know how to stop any of this. Help?

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