Help?
What do you do when you have a thought and you’re not sure if it’s intrusive or not? I just had one that was so strange and bad, and I can’t believe I just had it, but I’m almost afraid it’s not intrusive and there really is something wrong with me. I hate this.
All thoughts are intrusive basically lol. Simply because we don't control our thoughts. We only control what we want to pay attention to and discard the junk mail. OCD makes you pay attention to the junk mail thoughts. You just have to recognize its OCD ( the anxiety is the way to know) if you get anxiety and feel at odds with the thought and want to get away from it, its OCD. just let the thought be. I literally had this happen last night I was cleaning the kitchen and my cat was chilling on the counter next to a REALLY sharp knife I had left out. i thought " I could just stab her with that right now, it would be so easy" ... that's junk mail- I don't suffer from Harm OCD anymore BUT i did get a TINY bit of discomfort because it did remind me of the days when that type of thought would of had me hiding all the knives and putting my cat in the other room so she was safe form me. however, last night, i had that thought and i looked at her and said " yep, i sure could, you wouldn't like that very much would you?" and picked up the knife, put it in its drawer, picked up my girl and we went to bed and by the time i got to our bedroom i had forgotten about the whole thing and the slight uneasiness was gone. a thought is just a thought. you decided if its worth your attention or not, regardless of how it makes you feel.
If you have any thought that you believe is bad and you don’t agree with, it’s an intrusive thought. Remind yourself that your thoughts are not indicative of your character and you know your own morals.
How do u know if a thought is intrusive. I cant tell if a thought is intrusive anymore. It sort of feels like as if I brought the thought up myself, but it's also something I wouldnt want to think. Y'all know what I mean?
This is really disgusting to even talk about but I been dealing with intrusive sexual thoughts and I get triggered for everything so I avoid the news and all that but my bf was telling me this disturbing story about how someone did something sexual to a dead body and I got an intrusive image of me doing doing that and I always avoid anything bad in the news because of that and I feel so disgusted then it kept getting worse and I got an intrusive thoughts of my bf dead body and I was like wtf why would I get an image of that then my mind started bringing up family member that past away and I’m scared of getting more intrusive thoughts I’m so scared I think something is wrong with me why I’m I thinking like I love my family and bf why I’m I having these disgusting and disturbing thoughts of them or anyone it keeps getting worse I would never even wanna do that or think of that please help
does any one else have an intrusive thought and you go over it in your head and try to see if you react in a good or bad way? i’ve been having bad intrusive thoughts but i sometimes have this feeling inside that i like it? and i feel it’s right and i agree inside but my other thoughts are saying no i hate it ?!
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