How do you handle thoughts that just keep popping up random ill be petting my dog and hear kill your dog looking at my son and hear the same horrble stuff. My heart races . I keep saying sure thanks brain .maybe tomorrow . But they are like every 5 minutes . I'm avoiding taking more medication that is how I got here in the first place . Please help I just keep distracting myself.
Well you know that is Ocd attacking you where it bothers you the most.
Your approach is good! A kind of sarcastic brush off and then try tto move on with your day
The hardest thing to do is nothing and sit with the feelings and thoughts but that is the best thing. I struggle with intrusive thoughts as well and learning how to do this too. The more we struggle or rationalize against the thoughts the more it feeds into them. Hang in there you got this. God bless.
RECOGNIZING is the first step and you have it down. You know they’re intrusive thoughts, therefore you have more control. Keep moving, and brushing it off.
Try this: "Maybe you will and maybe I won't, because I don't know the future (and neither do you, OCD, but I'm not doing it now, I'm not plotting to do it and I have a choice." What you're doing is staying in uncertainty and staying in the present, two basic tenets of ERP therapy. You can also say to yourself "It's just an OCD thought, " and move on. Whatever you do, do NOT ruminate over it, even if you have to sit in discomfort for awhile. It only feeds it. Do you have a trained OCD therapist who uses ERP therapy?
No I don't even know it I have ocd but have been told it sounds like I do by about 3 therapists
I'm not a therapist, just someone who's been dealing with the disorder for many years and is now in recovering. From what you described, it appears to be textbook OCD is me. (BTW, doubting it's OCD is very common). I suggest you contact a trained OCD therapist who uses ERP therapy. You can find a good one through the NOCD website. Their consultations are free. It's what I did and it changed my life.
My therapist said the same thing im scared it's schizophrenia or something
I will call today or this week
I have intrusive thoughts everyday I feel like there making me crazy does any one have any tips on handling them .
I have intrusive urges and thoughts come into my head how do stop them ? Or accept them ? 🙏
How can I respond to some of these intrusive thoughts without feeling like I need to fight, resist, and etc?? They’re extremely distressing and make me question myself, my reality and my health/brain. I’ve tried just distracting myself, ignoring it, and letting it scream at me. But then it comes back with scarier ones and I’m just struggling . I’d been doing good with them lately but suddenly they’re awfully intense and hard to ignore Help😞
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