I used to get intrusive images and like scenes played out in my mind that used to make me really anxious but they don’t bother me so much now I know its only a thought but sometimes now I’ll get intrusive thoughts that start with ‘I want...’ or ‘you want..’ even though I know I really don’t want those things and it feels so opposite to me but its stresses me out so much is that still classed as an intrusive thought?

anxiouspotato

Date posted: 6y

Yes. I have those all the time. Like “Oh you want to date this person.” “You want to kill this person.” “You want to have sex with this person.” If it causes you distress, I would definitely say it’s an intrusive thought.

Mol

Date posted: 6y

Thank you! Its what stresses me out the most now

anxiouspotato

Date posted: 6y

I know, I have those thoughts of like “You are going to do this some day” as well. Just focus on breathing and remember it’s OCD!

anxiouspotato

Date posted: 6y

My best advice would to be to try to just sit with the thoughts. When I have them I start to breathe heavier and like sigh with frustration. If you can just sit with them and allow yourself to breath slowly instead of trying to get rid of them and being compulsive

Mely

Date posted: 6y

Usually mine come on as what ifs. Like "what if you want to do that?" "What if some day you're gonna do this to some one?" "What if I want to do this bad thing so much that it is no use and one day it will happen anyway and you are doomed because you will eventually do it even if you think everything is fine right now". It sucks. But yeah I would say that's definitely intrusive thoughts. Usually if you get scared that you even had it, even if it's a "good" thought, but it bothered you and it keeps coming back the more you try to get rid of it, that usually means it's just an intrusive thought. Or at least from my experience anyway!

anxiouspotato

Date posted: 6y

But yeah, I will have to catch myself getting frustrated with these thoughts and just tell myself to relax , breathe and accept the thoughts. One thing that has somewhat worked for me is when the thoughts come up, is to just accept them. Even as crazy as they might sound, be like “Yep. You’re right brain. I’m a cheater.” “Yep, I’m a rapist and a pedophile don’t care.” It can somewhat help for acceptance but I definitely need more ERP.

Mol

Date posted: 6y

Yeah I definitely start to breath heavier and tense up when I get those kind of thoughts, I’m trying my best to let them be but its just so hard to sit with something that feels so horrible and opposite to who you are, thank you for the advice

MisterNegative

Date posted: 21w

Repeat thoughts

Anyone else have repeated thoughts that play that are negative. Basically a back and forth of you telling yourself you don't want X to happen but having a thought that slips saying you do. Like being stressed out one day and saying "man I wish I were dead". But instead of letting it roll through your mind and thinking nothing of it, you obsess if you actually want that outcome for yourself and you are now scared you'd fatally harm yourself whenever you feel anxious or stressed even though you know you wouldn't. So now I repeatedly get I wanna die stuck in my head and I feel the compulsive need to say no I don't to combat the thoughts and it happens throughout the day and even when I wake up.

ivefailed.

Date posted: 19w

intrusive or not

are they truly intrusive thoughts or am i thinking and creating automatically graphic images that i dont want to think? i think it happens because it's too easy once you're anxious abt it. i dont enjoy it. i just saw a trigger and had a graphic disturbing se&ual image in my head.

ocdisnotaslay

Date posted: 12w

Scary thoughtsss

Is there something wrong with me if I’m not disgusted by my intrusive thoughts anymore like the disgust feeling has been gone for months now and why are my thoughts feel like they’re literally so close happening inside my brain why can I lowkey physically feel the images of that makes sense,Why do I get adrenaline why do I get a weird tingle my lips sometimes make an awkward like position when I get the thoughts it’s like I’m having a glitch idek which thought is intentional which one is intrusive but there bad thoughts and I don’t want them to be the truth about me but I literally cannot get myself to just feel relaxed even if they’re present like I actually get genuine headaches and feel uneasy for hours after having intrusive thoughts and I hate how it’s always the same kinda thoughts and sensations feelings etc around those thoughts out of nowhere when I’m just chilling they come in before when I had it is be like okay ew weird thought now I’m like what if I actually like this and I’m in denial uGHHH HATE MY BRAIN

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