jck689292
- Date posted
- Yesterday
Examples of intrusive thoughts?
I’m interested in hearing an example of intrusive thoughts you guys have. I’m having a tough time and could use support. Thank you!
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- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- Yesterday
Yesterday I made an illegal u-turn while driving and I got honked at. All day I kept thinking about it, replaying the event, imagining what the other people on the road must of thought about me, and even getting paranoid thoughts about traffic cameras and cops coming for me. As much as I knew it wasn’t a big deal, the thoughts kept coming. This is just one recent example, I’ve had lots of different types of intrusive thoughts.
khokho
- Date posted
- Yesterday
You've got this!! Intrusive thoughts suck, but you're stronger than the OCD and can push through!❤️ One example of an intrusive thought that kept me awake last night was replaying the conversation/interaction that I had in a meeting with my professor/supervisor yesterday-- I was ruminating all day after it yesterday and last night worried "what if I said/did something inappropriate accidentally, what if I wasn't giving him enough attention when he was talking", etc.etc. ... Many more examples where that came from! It actually helps to write them out/tell someone though.. it helps to see how silly it sounds when you actually say the thoughts out loud even though they feel really awful at the moment!
jck689292jck689292
- Date posted
- Yesterday
@kho Thank you for this :) im out of the ocd panic and i can see how ridiculous my fear was now
tunathecattunathecat
- Date posted
- 22h
Mostly just overthinking things like what if I did something wrong, I am such a horrible person for doing/thinking this, stuff like that
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