Anonymous
- Date posted
- 1y
Intrusive images
The visuals just seem so real and are so scary ! I don’t want to visualize any of these things!
katieR94katieR94
- Date posted
- 1y
I know it’s awful and hard BELIEVE ME. But you HAVE to have the images and not fight them! Say ‘I love these thoughts, bring me more!’ Let the anxiety and the panic wash over you and just ride it out! Your nervous system needs to regulate on it’s own again, you can do this ☺️
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 1y
@katieR94 Thank you for your comment, so encouraging!
katieR94katieR94
- Date posted
- 1y
@Anonymous Anytime! We are in this together 💪🏻
ivrecivrec
- Date posted
- 1y
Visuals used to bother me more than they do today. I hope this helps you. I think more creative people get the visual OCD intrusive thoughts. I learned even if you get the initial jolt of anxiety usually intrusive visual thoughts are not extremely detailed. I also learned to look at a detail in the environment to pull yourself back from the intrusive thought.
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- Date posted
- 23w
I can't do it anymore and I don't trust myself..😞
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annemily51
- Date posted
- 18w
How should I react to my intrusive thoughts/images
A lot of times I feel like I truly don’t have OCD but then I’m very humbled when I get gruesome images and thoughts of killing my family. I just have a hard time not letting the thoughts stick and try to find the meaning of it. I just feel so stuck with my intrusive thoughts/images. They bring on so many sensations that feel real. I’m just not sure how I should be reacting to them.
ivefailed.
- Date posted
- 11w
intrusive or not
are they truly intrusive thoughts or am i thinking and creating automatically graphic images that i dont want to think? i think it happens because it's too easy once you're anxious abt it. i dont enjoy it. i just saw a trigger and had a graphic disturbing se&ual image in my head.
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