guys i don’t know what’s going on but my brain is trying to convince me i’m suicidal and it’s so scary it woke me up from my sleep and i have a great life so i don’t know what’s it wrong like what should i do omg
what helps me with those thoughts is writing in my notes app all the reasons why i love life and it helps me to look back on them when i have doubts like that
@honeysuckle_7 thank you but i’m just so stressed it feels so real omg do u have any other tips
I used to struggle with this a lot. The key is to not try to prove the thoughts wrong. The thoughts aren't the problem. Thoughts don't mean anything on their own. We have tens of thousands of thoughts every day, most of which we don't notice. Many of them don't make any sense. The only reason you're noticing these thoughts is because the subject is scary to you. And here's the thing: you cannot argue the thoughts away. Because the more you try to argue with them, the more important they will feel to you. The more important they feel, the more often you'll think them. That's the intrusive thought loop. I didn't move on from suicidal OCD because I finally proved the thoughts wrong. I moved on because I slowly understood that the thoughts themselves don't matter. They aren't some "true self" trying to convince you of something. They're just noise. Consider this example: you can have the thought, "I'm gonna get a salad for dinner." You can think think about salads all day. Then when it's time to get dinner, you may realize that what you really want is some pizza, so you get that instead. In this case, the thought of you wanting the salad was flat out wrong. But you probably wouldn't notice or care about the thought, because it's not a scary one. On the other hand, let's say you have a phobia of salads. Then when that same thought arose, it would be alarming to you. You'd start to worry that you're the kind of person who actually wants a salad, or that you're going to lose control of yourself and end up buying one. Because of that fear, you'd start to notice every single time you ever think about salads. It will feel very important to you. Look into methods like ERP and incorporating mindfulness. All that's happening is you're desperately craving certainty and you want to avoid feeling anxious. Through mindfulness and gradual exposure therapy, you can learn not to be afraid of uncertainty or anxiety. Hope this helps.
@djflorio i just saw this and wanted to say thank you but everything seems to give me anxiety aka the weather ect and sometimes i get existential thoughts like “what’s the point of life “or “life is scary”and then that makes me anxious. like i just want to feel peaceful again like just not have these thoughts or atleast not feel anxious everytime im trying to do something and my brain is convinced i’m going to act on my thoughts
@djflorio also another thing with this theme i will be doing something normal and i’ll have a thought like “imagine never doing this again because u will act on ur thoughts” i get alot of the “imagine this” did u also get that
I’ve never had OCD in this sorta way but I have had my OCD convince me of things I’m not before, I wish I could give advice but I don’t have the experience, if you wanna talk to someone though or vent I’m up for chatting for awhile and being friends if you want, just to get some things off your chest maybe
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