Numb to thoughts

For a while now - like the last 6 months - I’ve been getting intrusive thoughts about SA, Pedophilia, and overall disturbing things but for some reason I’ve been sort of numb to them? Like they’ll come up and I’ll just look at them with indifference won’t feel anything and it scares me because it makes me feel like I’m sort of embracing the thoughts. Like I’ll have an intrusive thought such as “I’m glad they went through this horrible thing” and I’ll just say ok and move on??? How do I not feel numb when it comes to intrusive thoughts 😭 I don’t like it one bit. Makes me miss when I had those horrible ocd episodes because I at least felt SOMETHING.

Username: Wolfram Wolfram

Date posted: 38w ago

Just because you don't feel a gut wrenching feeling towards them anymore, doesn't mean you like the content of the theme or indifferent. It's not the content of the thoughts it's how you react to them that's key. You're not a bad person because you're not trying to push the thoughts away. You're just responding to a repetitive intrusive thought caused by a brain disorder

Username: collinmcollinm

Date posted: 38w ago

I'm in the same boat right now. It feels like I no longer care if I have these thoughts, like I've accepted that I am the person my mind is telling me I am. It makes me sad that I'm no longer having panic attacks. I don't like panic attacks but I don't like this either.

Username: s_____s_____

Date posted: 38w ago

@collinm LITERALLY

Username: Wolfram Wolfram

Date posted: 38w ago

It's your brain, not your mind

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 38w ago

I agree! I feel anxiety comes in many different way. Doesn’t have to be that racing heart feeling and more. The thought of not having the feeling, the sadness of it, it’s like people like us get anxiety from not having the anxiety at times. When I explain OCD, it’s like a radio frequency. Sometimes it low and sometimes it’s high. We need to work on our response so we can “reach out” in our minds to lower the dial ourselves.

Username: Mr. BaldbasticMr. Baldbastic

Date posted: 38w ago

Try to flip that thought of being numb to a thought of "whatever".

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 30w ago

@Mr. Baldbastic I’m trying to tell myself positively “what if this numbness is actually me conquering the intrusive thought?”

Username: Pija

Date posted: 1y ago

Has anyone experienced this?

So my ocd is raging today. I have had a lot of intrusive thoughts that really disturb me but I don't get anxious from them anymore. I know I don't like those thoughts but why am I not getting anxious from them anymore?

Username: Jay222

Date posted: 50w ago

Why do I feel so numb?

Does anyone else feel numb from very heinous and disturbing thoughts/images? I’m talking to my friends and guys I like and I keep remembering that specific thought and I don’t know what to do with it.

Username: accordinglytome

Date posted: 48w ago

Is this normal ?

Okay so I have deal with harm ocd for like month now, but for like 3 weeks when I first started I was scared and depressed because of my thoughts, and there were thoughts about hurting my family to the point were there not alive anymore and I would cry and pray constantly because I was scared I will act on my thoughts, but now that a month has passed, I still get those thoughts but this time I’m not scared anymore. Like yeah I just get little scared that I will act of these thoughts, but not as bad. I feel like I don’t have any more empathy, or like emotions. Like I feel like I’m becoming an evil person because I don’t feel scared about the thoughts anymore. And it kind of worry me because if I don’t feel anything will I most likely act of my thoughts ????????? I need help. What do I do ? Is this normal?

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