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Hi. Unfortunately, thinking begets thinking. The key is to try your best not to mind those thoughts. Like watching tv in a hotel room. There is artwork on the wall, the sprinkler in the ceiling, a towel in the bathroom. Are you thinking about these things when you watch tv? Probably not. Are you suppressing thoughts about them? Probably not. You're simply not paying them any mind. You have to treat the unwanted thoughts in your head as objects that are simply there. Rumination can't get rid of them so don't try.
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Does anyone else struggle with this? I get a sense of dread and then I feel like the need to find the answer. For me it’s about like sexual reproduction or like some other taboo topic. Especially anything reproductive related to children or pets. I feel so awful after researching. I don’t know if the compulsion is to research or to ruminate about my intentions after researching. I have a hard time understanding why this happens I’m assuming it a question of morality? Like “what does this say about me if I wondered this and looked into it?” Does anyone relate to this?
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