i like seeing this images in my head and im not sure what they are and im afraid im schizophrenic…they might be intrusive images but im not sure and its scaring me i want it to stop are they demons??
As silly as this sounds try to just accept that they’re happening. Don’t read into it, I know it’s hard cause it’s like “what the heck is going through my head, why am I thinking this” but it just adds to the loop. Intrusive thoughts and images are called intrusive because they aren’t you thinking these thoughts, they just pop up unwanted. It’s not a demon either!
@lbwocd thanks you so much 🙁
Like I have scary intrusive thoughts too like harm OCD and it’s incredibly difficult to just watch the thought appear but when it comes and I don’t pay attention to it, that’s usually the end of it. I’m sorry you’re dealing with it but it does get better! Try to look up ACT (Acceptance and commitment therapy) it has taught me so many skills to help me not get stuck in this loop 🫶🏼
Don’t worry I know it feels so real with OCD it’s about images and feelings! Don’t get destructed try to sit with thous images and let them know they don’t scare you!
@Jay🫶🏽 Thank you! 🙁🙁
@kksilly And please don’t do what I did DO NOT GOOGLE SYMPTOMS because it’s only going to make it worst!
They are scary! It's terrible. Sorry you are suffering from them. I try to brush them off and just say it's that bully ocd again. Otherwise, I'll drive myself nuts! Ugh...it stinks. See if you can just sit with it and say oh well, not sure what that is about but time to move on. I wish I had a magic wand and could make it go away!
also intrusive thoughts like “i will eat you?” guys what is this im really scared please help
someone please please help
im really scared im not sure what this is
I see dark intrusive images with my ocd it is sadly normal. I highly recommend looking up how to treat your OCD either with exposure response and or not doing compulsions so that you will not be triggered by these images anymore. It’ll take a lot of work and it’s really hard but you’ll feel a lot a relief.
My intrusive images were an absolute nightmare back in April. I honestly don’t even know how it got better, I had written a letter to God begging for help. Well recently idk if it’s because I’ve been stressed a lot again and ruminating on a lot of pocd related things from the past the make me worry, but the images have started again and even though they are repulsive and awful, I feel like I’m not reacting how I should. I think I just got to where I would just try to like blink it away and ignore it, but I feel so bad if I’m not feeling absolute shame and guilt. I feel like I feel too normal and sometimes I forget that if anyone knew besides people on here, I can’t imagine what people would think, but I also know it’s not who I am so I feel like I don’t worry as much as I should. Also, I can’t stop worrying about fanfiction I read when I was like 16 and 17. It really bothers me because I keep wondering did I imagine this one character my age? Why did I read this? Did I even know what aging up was then, and even if I did it’s wrong and gross anyway but if I didn’t age this character up then that’s awful. And i just can’t let go but I think it’s triggering me to have the images so idk what to do.
I can’t. I’m so scared. I don’t want to deny the HOLY SPIRIT. I keep having intrusives that make me question my real intentions.
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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