- Username
- witcheegypsee
- Date posted
- 5y ago
- Username
- colleen123colleen123
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Well sometimes intrusive thoughts happen so often like they are always there it gets confusing plus you could be doing mental checking such as “do I enjoy these thoughts?” Or what’s real and what’s not since ocd feels so real Your not alone though
- Username
- m.a.d.m.a.d.
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I’ve wondered the exact same thing, and it’s just another way that our OCD tries to trick us.
- Username
- witcheegypseewitcheegypsee
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I do mental checks constantly and I get urges to do terrible things and it makes the anxiety worse. I don’t know what to do when they happen. I try to tell myself “No, that’s terrible, stop thinking about that and relax”, but they eventually come back and are more persistent. I was struggling with HOCD for 6 months and now POCD has just started and I can’t stand to be around children even though I know I’m born to be a mother. These thoughts have genuinely ruined my life and all sense of happiness and I’m only in the early stages of this. I’m honestly terrified of myself.
- Username
- alyssa90alyssa90
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I went through this as well it’s just another way for you to get sucked in don’t do it! Resist the urge to figure things out ❤️
- Username
- m.a.d.m.a.d.
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I deal with HOCD and believe me, I’ve done the same thing so many times and attributed the desire to ‘check’ (a compulsion) to the desire to think the thoughts/want them. But that’s just the OCD (and the fact that people across themes have described the same feeling shows that it is). I think maybe when you tell yourself “no, that’s terrible, stop thinking about it...” it’s you resisting the thoughts. Instead, I find it helps to do a mini mindfulness/meditation, and sit in the thought and tell yourself “huh, maybe, but I’m going to keep doing what i’m doing and not worry about that thought”. Rather than giving the thought a negative reaction (“no, that’s terrible..”) or an overly positive one (“ya, I do like that”), giving it a neutral reaction tells your brain that the thought really does not matter, and that you are going to live by your values and by your own decisions, and not how your OCD tells you to live. Eventually the thoughts (or rather the anxiety and value that you give to them) will become fewer, and things will start to make sense again. I hope this helped a little bit!
- Username
- witcheegypseewitcheegypsee
- Date posted
- 5y ago
That has helped a lot! This all has. Thank you all so much. I honestly don’t know where I’d be if it wasn’t for this app.
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- hannie
- Date posted
- 5y ago
What is the difference between delusional thoughts and intrusive ones? Genuinely just curious. My OCD theme has been about becoming schizophrenic. I googled for my compulsion which I know I shouldn’t of but I keep getting scared that I don’t have intrusive thoughts and that it’s something more. I think deep down I know it’s just anxiety but still I’m struggling. Any reply would be really appreciated! Thank you guys?
- Username
- McDucko
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Intrusive Thoughts - "Do I have them?"
Something that really trips people up is understanding what intrusive thoughts are. What I see suggested a lot is that intrusive thoughts are just unwanted, unpleasant thoughts. This however isn't really enough criteria to separate the thoughts of someone who suffers from OCD and someone who doesn't as everyone gets unwanted thoughts. Intrusive, obsessive thoughts can be defined by how disruptive they are to your daily life. It's not that people without OCD live without taking precautions, but the amount of time someone with OCD spends compulsing over the thought is very disruptive to their everyday routine. For example: a person without OCD will acknowledge the danger the sun possesses and they will probably put on sunblock to protect themselves. They can do it well enough is a short amount of time to go in with their day and don't really think much about it afterwards. However, someone with OCD may spend hours obsessing over making sure every part of them which can be burned is protected. They may even check to make sure they're not burning as the day goes on. Compulsive behaviors (checking, testing, researching, asking for opinions/reassurance) will take up the majority of their time where someone without OCD will have more "free time" to go about their day. There is no relief for the OCD sufferer in knowing they did good enough. They need to make 100% sure they won't burn in this very specific example. I hope this makes sense for those of you who ask this question frequently as I believe it is very important to understand. Many people deny to themselves that they have this disorder because they can't define these thoughts properly and they get stuck on whether or not their thoughts constitute as being intrusive. Remember: just because you feel you are in distress doesn't mean there's actually any danger.
- Username
- Amber. S.
- Date posted
- 34w ago
Intrusive thoughts
How do get rid of intrusive thoughts?? And how do you know that they’re intrusive thoughts if you started thinking of them? Or if you feel like you’re the one who’s thinking of them rather than them just popping in your mind? Like if you’re looking for it, like you’re looking for trouble… Anyone else feel like this too?
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