everytime i have an intrusive thought im always saying “stop” or “shut up”. It only gives me temporary relief. Does anyone else struggle with this? If so, what do you do to reduce it?
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@princely Thats really helpful!! Thank you!! 😊
Anything you do to relieve the anxiety is a compulsion. Avoidance is a compulsion as well as using a word, praying, etc. the only way to reduce the obsessions is to sit with the anxiety, no push the thought away and not do any compulsion.
Is carrying on with your day i.e cleaning, cooking, working etc a compusion then all whilst just allowing the thought to be there. I would say that surely it isn't but I'm interested to know your opinion
@Joe87 Not sure if your asking me lol but In my opinion, if it has no compulsion undertones and nothing that seems like its compulsive then its perfectly fine and healthy
Yes… I pray because quite honestly, if I don’t, it doesn’t go away. Though I’ve tricked myself into feeling like they have an effect so I have thousands a day 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃
Anyone else have repeated thoughts that play that are negative. Basically a back and forth of you telling yourself you don't want X to happen but having a thought that slips saying you do. Like being stressed out one day and saying "man I wish I were dead". But instead of letting it roll through your mind and thinking nothing of it, you obsess if you actually want that outcome for yourself and you are now scared you'd fatally harm yourself whenever you feel anxious or stressed even though you know you wouldn't. So now I repeatedly get I wanna die stuck in my head and I feel the compulsive need to say no I don't to combat the thoughts and it happens throughout the day and even when I wake up.
sometimes my brain is thinking of every thought you could have all at once and it makes me insane and i keep telling myself in my head to shut up and i try to stop thinking but it doesn’t stop
does anyone else constantly suffer from intrusive thoughts? it makes my head ache & i can barely think straight.
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