- Username
- Brokenbutterfly
- Date posted
- 28w ago
Intrusive thoughts are relentless
Pleaseeeee Lord make this stop
Pleaseeeee Lord make this stop
I don't know if this will be helpful or not. But I sort of had the epiphany that I can treat the intrusive thoughts like I do a really realistic bad dream. Like those dreams are the WORST, but I am able to downplay how real they felt. Your intrusive thoughts are not real, they do not define you. You can't keep a bird from flying over your head, but you can keep it from making a nest.
U not alone just woke up and devastating to feel this way
The only damage those thoughts will do is to our own well-being. The bad things the thoughts suggest are just something we do to torment ourselves due to our OCD. I wonder what causes our OCD to effect us this way.
Hello, it’s been some time since I’ve been on this platform but I’m not sure where else I feel safe to talk about this. Every minute of every day, I have the most horrible intrusive thoughts imaginable and I am constantly disturbed and horrified with both these thoughts and myself. I understand that these thoughts don’t define who we are, but it constantly raises the moral questions of if my brain is capable of conjuring these thoughts, even if involuntarily, then what does that say about who I am. The only solace I have is that I’m always disgusted with these thoughts but I’m constantly afraid of being some kind of monster because I have these thoughts and I feel like a terrible person for having these intrusive thoughts. I am in therapy and on medication, but neither are making this any easier, at least not yet. I don’t intend on stopping either nor have I felt any urge to actually carry out these thoughts, but they haunt me every minute of every day and I can’t stop them.
I don’t really wanna go into detail about what it’s about cause I feel like it’s super embarrassing, but there’s this one specific type of intrusive thought I get that I struggle extremely with ignoring/sitting in discomfort with. Does anyone have tips for managing something like this?
it got bad once again.. im so tired
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