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- 11w ago
When do the thoughts go away
How long does it take for the intrusive thoughts to go away
How long does it take for the intrusive thoughts to go away
They don’t. Your goal is to have them without them bothering you.
They do !!! when you stop caring because you don’t know if it’s for sure going to happen so there’s no reason to be worried
Well, I don't do compulsions for my Harm OCD anymore and the intrusions barely scare me anymore, they most of the time are just annoying, but nonetheless they still pop up. Some might stop having intrusions all together, others - me included - still get them, even after ERPing the sheet out of them. Telling someone, that they will go away is not helpful, as you can't know, if it will be the case for them, or not.
As long as it takes you to start effectively practicing ERP. Then you will be able to allow them to pass.
The biggest thing that has helped me is accepting that OCD and anxiety will always exist. EVERYONE has anxiety in their life. Everyone also gets intrusive thoughts. If I accept that I may have anxiety and will be okay… then I can move on with my day, even if I’m anxious (which typically quickly fades). Intrusive thoughts do not go away. Obsessions can fade when compulsions are stopped. I think you might be referring to the obsession part of it…?
Is it possible for intrusive thoughts to be disguised as real thoughts after a while. I can never tell what’s a conscious thought and whats a subconscious thought. Because they seem so similar it confuses me. That and the fact I’ve had OCD for a long time and I have so many subtypes I constantly am having thoughts circling in my head and I don’t really filter them anymore if that makes sense. I just notice thoughts and then they go in and out. Like I don’t check to see what’s intrusive or not. So it bothers me now because after doing that for so long I can’t separate them and know if it’s an actual thought from my own conscious something I truly want or if it intrusive? I know people say intrusive thoughts are thoughts that cause you panic and bother you, thoughts you know you wouldn’t act on. But that makes it difficult for me because part of OCD is making you doubt yourself so it goes hand in hand so I can never distinguish if I agree with my intrusive thoughts. Usually my intrusive thoughts don’t bother me until like weeks later when I actually think about the thought and obsess cause I’m like wtf why’d I think that. But most moments I just let my thoughts come and go and they don’t bother me. But then eventually some of them will later on. That’s what makes it hard for me to distinguish my own thoughts from intrusive thoughts because most of the thoughts that bother me later don’t bother me at first. Can those thoughts still be intrusive because I worried about them later on? And usually they are not something I would think on my own free will if that makes sense
Recently I’ve been having scary intrusive thoughts about hurting myself or others. I’m so scared, what do I do?? I wouldn’t hurt a fly.
Does anyone have any tips on how to move on from intrusive thoughts when you’re constantly afraid that if you ignore them God will be mad at you?
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