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I just read a book on this and it said that people without OCD think a thought and that’s that never to be brought us again however people who suffer form intrusive thoughts continue to dwell on the meaning of that thought then end of obsessing over it.
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You can tell that by the feeling of urgency - you have to fix something immediately, you have to know by NOW and so on. Read Needing to know for sure (Winston and Seif) where there is very good explanations of intrusive thoughts and their checkmarks.
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@Estrid yes exactly. OCD thoughts “stick” and cannot accept IDK as an answer
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@bekind94 😊👍I hope so too! I have read at least 20 OCD books, and this one has helped me the most. Wishing you the best!
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I appreciate this question!! I can’t stop with my intrusive thoughts and at times it’s unclear why i’m having them so much!
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I think most thoughts are intrusive, people who don’t suffer from OCD get intrusive thoughts. I think a good way to think about it is, if you look at a tree and think “I wonder how old that is” that’s just a thought. If you’re sitting doing homework and you start thinking, “The universe is so big” that’s an intrusive thought. If the thought has nothing to do with your present moment, I would consider it intrusive.
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I think you can tell easily but obviously long enough it will start feel like it’s you who’s having these thoughts but that’s still ocd disguising as your own voice or thoughts. It’s a tough disorder forsure.
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I wanted to ask if it is possible to purposely think of an intrusive thought and then shifting your mind instantly to something else? Is it still an intrusive thought if you have been thinking of it 'purposely' for a second? I dont know how else to explain it, but it felt like I was purposely thinking of it. Anyone else had similar experience what happened during intimate moments like masturbation I feel so ashamed cuz the thoughts are so bad they're either about family members children and stuff like that it feels like I think it I just want to know if I'm not alone I feel like a monster because it feels like I thought these things or like I did think these things and I don't know what to do I feel so ashamed and grossed I need help I just want to know if anyone had a similar experience to shed light on because I don't know I feel so isolated
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I struggle to understand when a thought is an intuition or intrusive, especially with relationship OCD. My problem is I have a great intuition. There have been many times when I thought something that made me anxious, and said to myself “it’s only OCD”, but then that thought turned out to be true. But there have also been times when it turned out it was just OCD.
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