Can be your intrusive thoughts just like normal thoughts (not commands and what if thoughts) for example like you are normaly thinking then a random (unwanted) thought just pops up like you would be thinking that but you actaully don’t want it (i hope that makes sence) please help
anything u dont want to think is an intrusive thought it doesnt have to be something crazy or abnormal its just something that targets what u dont want / smt u fear. thats the whole point. i wld say u cld classify anything u dont want to feel / think as an intrusive idea
@Anonymous thank you!
Yes 👍🏻
The problem is not the thoughts itself but your reaction ,so if you keep resisting those thoughts,they will increase The solution is trying to connect with your mind and let it think of what the it wants cause it's not your world ,and what you should do is focusing in your world , your real world
hey there, i totally get what you're saying, and it makes perfect sense. dealing with intrusive thoughts that just pop up, even when they're not commands or "what if" scenarios, can be really unsettling. you're not alone in experiencing this, and it's a common part of ocd for many. 💙 by the way, have you heard about this new ai-powered ocd therapy tool called 'unstuck'? when i was in a similar spot, what really helped me was this free ai ocd therapy tool called "unstuck" (unstuckmyOCD.com/try) that my nocd therapist recommended. i think it'll be especially helpful for you because it's designed to provide personalized step-by-step support when ocd gets tough, just like an ocd therapist would. it's been a game-changer for me. i hate when people promote stuff, but i really think it can help you because it's changed my life. lmk if you have qs or just want to talk more! <3
@LeslieB3 thank you so much 🫶🏻
@m6 - you're welcome<3
I’m having constant intrusive thoughts and it’s driving me crazy. I will go through these periods where everything I do I get an intrusive thought and it’s just my brain is so loud. Anyone else?! How do you stop the constant intrusive thoughts when you can’t really do an exposure for every single one?!
I am having what feels like a million different thoughts/images a day. Does any one else experience multiple thoughts a day? If I could guess, I could have maybe up to 50 different thoughts a day. So now i fear if these are even intrusive thoughts. I don’t want any part of the thoughts but having so many a day is concerning to me.
Every highly anxious person has to cope with intrusive thoughts. Intrusive thoughts are frightening thoughts about what might happen to you or someone you care about, or what you might do to yourself or another person. They seem to come from outside of your control, and their content feels alien and threatening. For some people, intrusive thoughts are part and parcel of panic or intense anxiety. In these types of intrusive thoughts, it feels like the thoughts come about as a result of the anxiety, and they function to add more fear to the anxiety you are already experiencing. The intrusive thoughts keep the anxiety going, and maintain the fear-producing spiral. So, for example, you might think, “what if I have a heart attack?” in the midst of an anxiety attack. You are already in the altered state of consciousness that I call anxious thinking, and your thoughts feel likely to happen. However, there is another class of intrusive thoughts that I call intrusive obsessive thoughts. These thoughts seem to come from out of nowhere, arrive with a distressing whoosh, and cause a great deal of anxiety. The content of intrusive obsessive thoughts almost always focus on sexual or violent images. Here are typical examples of intrusive obsessive thoughts: “Killing someone. Torturing a pet animal. Stabbing a child. Throwing someone (or yourself) out of a window. Jumping onto a train track as the train comes into the station. Molesting a child. Raping someone. Taking off your clothes in public.” This is not a complete list, but it gives you a good feeling of the content of these thoughts. People who experience intrusive obsessive thoughts are afraid that they might commit the acts they picture in their mind. They might imagine hurting someone or committing an act of sexual violation. Intrusive obsessive thoughts can be very explicit, and most people are embarrassed and frightened of them. There are a number of myths about intrusive obsessive thoughts. The greatest myth is that having thoughts of a sexual or violent nature mean that you want to do the things that come into your mind.This is not true. You do not want to do the things that enter your mind when you have intrusive obsessive thoughts. In fact, the opposite is true. People with intrusive obsessive thoughts are gentle and non-violent. FULL ARTICLE: https://drmartinseif.com/intrusive-thoughts/
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