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 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃
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? 😅
So maybe the title wasn't the best to to put it but when you guys start having obsessive thoughts how do you stop them before it turns into compulsions and anxiety?
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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