Can be your intrusive thoughts just like normal thoughts (not commands and what if thoughts) for example like you are normaly thinking then a random (unwanted) thought just pops up like you would be thinking that but you actaully donāt want it (i hope that makes sence) please help
anything u dont want to think is an intrusive thought it doesnt have to be something crazy or abnormal its just something that targets what u dont want / smt u fear. thats the whole point. i wld say u cld classify anything u dont want to feel / think as an intrusive idea
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The problem is not the thoughts itself but your reaction ,so if you keep resisting those thoughts,they will increase The solution is trying to connect with your mind and let it think of what the it wants cause it's not your world ,and what you should do is focusing in your world , your real world
hey there, i totally get what you're saying, and it makes perfect sense. dealing with intrusive thoughts that just pop up, even when they're not commands or "what if" scenarios, can be really unsettling. you're not alone in experiencing this, and it's a common part of ocd for many. š by the way, have you heard about this new ai-powered ocd therapy tool called 'unstuck'? when i was in a similar spot, what really helped me was this free ai ocd therapy tool called "unstuck" (unstuckmyOCD.com/try) that my nocd therapist recommended. i think it'll be especially helpful for you because it's designed to provide personalized step-by-step support when ocd gets tough, just like an ocd therapist would. it's been a game-changer for me. i hate when people promote stuff, but i really think it can help you because it's changed my life. lmk if you have qs or just want to talk more! <3
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I have been dealing with intrusive thoughts for a long time, and while most of them donāt affect me anymore, there are ones that really concern me and make me feel panic. They make me feel like I could actually act on the intrusive thought and Iām just holding myself back from it. Itās really scary and I donāt know who I am anymore.
Is it possible for intrusive thoughts to be disguised as real thoughts after a while. I can never tell whatās a conscious thought and whats a subconscious thought. Because they seem so similar it confuses me. That and the fact Iāve had OCD for a long time and I have so many subtypes I constantly am having thoughts circling in my head and I donāt really filter them anymore if that makes sense. I just notice thoughts and then they go in and out. Like I donāt check to see whatās intrusive or not. So it bothers me now because after doing that for so long I canāt separate them and know if itās an actual thought from my own conscious something I truly want or if it intrusive? I know people say intrusive thoughts are thoughts that cause you panic and bother you, thoughts you know you wouldnāt act on. But that makes it difficult for me because part of OCD is making you doubt yourself so it goes hand in hand so I can never distinguish if I agree with my intrusive thoughts. Usually my intrusive thoughts donāt bother me until like weeks later when I actually think about the thought and obsess cause Iām like wtf whyād I think that. But most moments I just let my thoughts come and go and they donāt bother me. But then eventually some of them will later on. Thatās what makes it hard for me to distinguish my own thoughts from intrusive thoughts because most of the thoughts that bother me later donāt bother me at first. Can those thoughts still be intrusive because I worried about them later on? And usually they are not something I would think on my own free will if that makes sense
I have a hard time understanding how intrusive thoughts are not your thoughts necessarily as in stuff you donāt agree with or stuff you donāt want to think. But my brain belongs to me. So if itās a thought in my brain that belongs to me and Iām supposed to be in control of my brain then how does the thought not belong to me. Is there a portion of our brain that just throws out jambled together words that weāve heard or things weāve seen and made sentences with it and thatās what intrusive thoughts are? Things a part of our brain just conjures up subconsciously because we naturally retain everything and store it somewhere. Sorry if this sounds stupid can someone explain this
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