If you think about a intrusive thought on purpose is that rumination?

i’ve done that too for some stupid reasons but yeah it can be ruminations. once i was at the hospital and i wasn’t being let in the ER fast enough bc my heart rate calmed down so i started ruminating on things bc i thought maybe that would get my heart pumping, then i realized that was stupid and stopped but a few days later i started ruminating on WHY i did that it was a big mess 😭

I had a horrible intrusive thought last night and I just happened to think about it on purpose trying to calm myself down I guess and I was just wondering if that was considered ruminating. I’m so sorry that happened to you. Ocd sucks

@Just Breathe ❤️ yup that’s considered rumination and tysm yeah it sucked but i realized how stupid i was being and got myself out of the potential rumination lmao

@Xxara You’re welcome and thank you too

like i’m literally dealing with this problem and then i add my old intrusive thoughts onto it and i just keep pulling a loose thread and i make it worse oooooh lord

I feel so bad when they come up on purpose or they just get stuck and keep repeating. I HATE it

@Just Breathe ❤️ HAHAHA IKR !! love my little problem <3