can intrusive thoughts be like random thoughts???like for example: a person says “am i pretty” and then your mind says “no ur ugly” but you don’t mean it...is that like your own thought or is it just like????idk

yes!! intrusive thoughts can be anything intrusive. i get random thoughts all the time that are things i don’t actually think or believe.

omfg thank God!!!!i didn’t want to open this notification bc what if that wasn’t an intrusive thought and that was my actual thoughts whew a huge sigh of relief 😅😂

I have those kinds of intrusive thoughts all the time and I guarantee you that’s part of ocd. It’s not that you really think it, it’s your ocd telling you that you think it. It’s only telling you what you fear in order to believe it and seek reassurance. But, once you start to realize that it doesn’t mean anything, all that anxiety melts away!

That happens to me a lot :(

Yes

Yup that is literally intrusive thoughts, OCD's friend that got invited to the party. But you shall not fear it, thoughts are just ideas, they have no power, they can't change the future neither the past, they can't define you and won't. If a stranger tells you something, you will not believe him, you would reply "yeah yeah, whatever you say", same way goes with ocd. You should never reply or argue with the thoughts, just acknowledge their presence and move on! Ignore them and embrace the feeling of anxiety. It might sound crazy but it is not, the anxiety is the natural body response to danger, it will go up and go back Down noticing there is no actual threat through the process called habituation. While you feel anxious you could try doing whatever you enjoy the most! Take care!

woah you give such good advice!!!thank you 💗💗💗💗💗✨✨✨✨✨