Noisy Brain 24/7

(Sorry this is long wondering if anyone may relate to this!) 🙃 I have this weird really annoying thing where when I try to focus or relax (basically 24/7) my head feels noisy where it will “play” random song lines or sentences that i can’t get out of my head and in a sense I talk to me brain silently with my mouth or whisper the conversation back or for it to shut up. I also read words wrong as what I’m saying mentally and I feel like my thoughts aren’t mine almost. It’s hard to brush my hair, teeth, change, shower, etc because everything around me starts playing through my head and any slight noise wether the house cracking or someone laughing in another room makes me freeze up and my head starts convincing me that it messes up the way I was doing whatever I was doing and I feel extreme anxiety around it where I avoid doing these basic tasks. I also feel the need to repeat words with my mouth after reading or hearing them even saying things I repeat the words silently after or in syllables ex; “the theh thuh” or repeating the word “like” and “yuh” until it feels right in my throat. I also feel the strong need and sometimes uncontrollable eyebrow movements, teeth “clicking” to songs in my brain, and weird jaw movements. I constantly think about my hair, the way it is touching my shirt “knotting” it and how I move to itch my face or head and doing it “wrong” which I obsess over movements for hours if I do. I also get very uncomfortable when I move wrong or touch anything wrong, and can’t shake thoughts about super minor things like someone bumping me or breathing near me and it consumes me and my mood can go from 100 to 0 like a light switch. I hate this and always think “why can’t I just stop” and doubt myself if I’m making this all up, but then again it wouldn’t drain me this much.

Anonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 11d

I can totally relate to what you wrote here, Veejohanna! In fact, sometimes when I’d be cuddling with my ex girlfriend, just trying to be zen & in the moment, she would say, “your brain is really loud right now”. It is very frustrating. Wish I could tell you that I had a solution, but thought it might help for you to know you’re not alone!

strong man

Date posted: 12h

The patient needs a rope (practical steps) during the snowstorm (the moment of the obsessive thought) ❄️🧠 This method is a practical plan for confronting obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), summarized in four steps: 1. Re-labeling 🏷️ · Instantly acknowledge that the thought is an obsession and not reality. · This slows down your response and strips it of its meaning. 2. Separation Between You and the Obsession 🚧 · The obsession gains its power when you believe it is a part of you. · By naming it and separating it from your self, you "disown" it in front of your mind. 3. Redirecting Through Action (The Most Important) ⚡➡️🌱 · Here, action is required: Stop the compulsive behavior and redirect all your focus and energy to another activity (Complete the proper task you were doing, which was interrupted by the obsessive thought). · This is the "test of success" and is like building a muscle through repetition. 4. Reinforcement and Reflection 🧘♂️ · After the attack subsides, review all the previous steps and tell yourself: "It was a silly obsession, I identified it, and thank God I completed my work and wasn't halted by this obsessive thought." · Repeat these steps to erase the old obsessive neural pathways and build new ones. In summary: Treatment is the repetition of these steps (especially redirecting through action). And finally, reliance on (God of Islam religion) is the cornerstone of healing 🤲.

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