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- 10w
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!
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!
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.
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!
@kho Thank you for this :) im out of the ocd panic and i can see how ridiculous my fear was now
Mostly just overthinking things like what if I did something wrong, I am such a horrible person for doing/thinking this, stuff like that
Hello does anyone get such severe panic and anxiety that comes along with bad intrusive thoughts. Then the thoughts give you more panic because you feel you may act on them? Then I worry I’m going crazy, can anyone relate? Thank for reading
Please how can an intrusive thought be distinguished from our own thoughts ?
does anyone else constantly suffer from intrusive thoughts? it makes my head ache & i can barely think straight.
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