I’m having constant intrusive thoughts and it’s driving me crazy. I will go through these periods where everything I do I get an intrusive thought and it’s just my brain is so loud. Anyone else?! How do you stop the constant intrusive thoughts when you can’t really do an exposure for every single one?!
From my personal experience cuz I am the exact same. The best advice I can give is, and it’s way easier said then done. Learn to not think more of it and instead let it sit there and understand that it’s a thought that’s in your head. No matter how bad the thought is. It’ll only go away in the moment if you let it pass and don’t try to fight with it. Fighting with the thought will make it worse. Instead look at it. Acknowledge it even if it upsets you and go on with what you’re doing and it’ll pass. Now obviously it won’t always work and it takes a lot of practice. But that’s just how it is.
@Douglas_ And it’s at least how I tend to process it. It’s not easy but with time it works.
The thing is though that it’s not just random thoughts it’s like thoughts on every single thing I’m doing. I could look up at the sky and my brain will say “the way you’re looking at the sky means blah blah blah”. I’m analyzing my every move. I’m a nanny and it affects my job too. I was placing the child I watch on a swing and I have to lower him on to the swing and my mind was telling me I was dropping and throwing him to the ground and it’s just exhausting
@Mikala F Wow the way I relate to this is crazy. I could literally look at an object and my intrusive thoughts barge in. Or even when I’m peeing ocd always turns it into something! My therapist said people with ocd are creative and that thoughts, no matter what, are just thoughts. Hope this helped a little.
I’ve been wondering the same thing. Some things just have no way to do exposure for them, so how are you supposed to handle it?? It leaves me really confused, too.
It's exhausting some days. Some days will be better. I wish you courage. Therapy and medication and meditation practice have all helped me to turn the volume down. I remember my days when everything was so loud and so horrible. It got better. I hope you can get the support that will help you to have the volume turned down. 🫂
HELP!! Does anyone have any tips for intrusive thoughts I have been having some really bad ones lately.
I have had a huge increase in Intrusive Thoughts this week. It’s making things super difficult for me, I am on my period but I also think I’m having more intrusive thoughts recently because things are going well for me right now. I just keep waiting for everything to fall apart because my mind makes me believe that I don’t deserve more than one good thing at a time. My mind is in constant fight or flight mode. I cannot stop thinking about every past mistake or how someone may have thought I had bad or malicious intentions when I didn’t. I keep thinking I’m going to get in trouble for something and go to jail, I’m especially scared about work and messing up someone’s check out and getting fired or arrested. I hate feeling this way, there is just so much going on in my head and I’m terrified and stressed all the time.
I am having what feels like a million different thoughts/images a day. Does any one else experience multiple thoughts a day? If I could guess, I could have maybe up to 50 different thoughts a day. So now i fear if these are even intrusive thoughts. I don’t want any part of the thoughts but having so many a day is concerning to me.
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