Intrusive thoughts

@brenoaugusto I got it today and I almost went in full panic mode. I suffer with harm and I had the “I want to kill myself” thought and felt myself instantly going into full anxiety. Any tips?

@Santo123# instead of tips, i’d like to share information about some tools instead — the reason is because the latter is an individual’s response, it comes from one’s own agency. it’s quite common for our brains itself to get confuse and act disfunctional ways — in that case, that intrusive thought doesn’t mean an evidence about reality, but only an internal urge to complete a cycle of intrusiveness. listening to some specialists and people from the community, i find acceptance, compassion and response as the most effective ones. there’s a podcast called OCD stories that brings specialists who work with this and also people that use these as well to about it.

@brenoaugusto Thank you so much

@Santo123# about the podcast, some episodes related to the topics i’ve commented are: - #367: Chad LeJeune on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. - #297: Kimberley Quinlan on Self-Compassion tools. - #347: Witnessing the positive intention of parts with Robert Fox. - #338: “What if it’s not OCD?” Doubting the Doubt Disease.

@brenoaugusto They all helped you?

@Santo123# Yeah, pretty much. And it not only helped me, but it is also going to serve as content to work out within therapy sessions that i’ve been working on. It’s important to absorb the information, but it’s fundamental to commit to living it in our daily lives.

@brenoaugusto I agree just some days are a lot harder than others

@Santo123# certainly, it is. it’s important to visualize this not as an ruler to measure ourselves, but something to commit to.

@Santo123# and a tip regarding compassion: make an effort not to compare ur hard days to other people’s hard days. it’s unfair and asymmetrical: you’re human, your suffering matters, be kind to yourself.

@brenoaugusto Thank you will try to do this

@Fuckoffocd Yea it’s more of a fear of becoming depressed like I’ll get thoughts that say “what if I get depressed and wana kill myself” “what if I can’t get through this and do something”

@Santo123# But the most recent was “I want to die”

@Santo123# I have had both for the past year… “i want to die” the thought i hate the most… And the fear of becomming depressed, because then i would feel like my thoughts could get true…. 🙃

@Fuckoffocd What do you do for it?