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So I was outside with my mom buying fruits and i was enjoying it and no really bad thoughts were in my mind.Then we went to pay and i just looked up and there was a doll (one that appears in a horror movie,i don’t want to write the name because of anxiety😭)and when i first saw it i just thought it was cool and that’s it.then after a minute my mind said that its going to kill me or my family, or harm me going to poison my food (another type of intrusive thoughts i struggle with) and it just kept repeating itself even when i was thinking my own thoughts it interrupted and i couldn’t stop thinking about it.I told myself it literally makes no sense and to stop being scared about it but it just made it worse and i just started being really mean to myself for being scared of these thoughts i’m still anxious about it 😭🤦‍♀️

Username: JerseygalJerseygal

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 39w ago

This was posted by one of the members here. Hope it helps. 'The tiger in the cage' Negative thoughts and judgments have a depressing effect. And suppressing thoughts only makes things worse. Try it yourself: Do your best NOT to think of the number 8. It can't be done. Trying not to think of the number 8 is in fact thinking of it! This effect is even stronger when it comes to negative thoughts. What you can do, however, is to become an observer of your negative thoughts. Imagine that your negative thoughts are a tiger at the zoo, pacing back and forth behind steel bars. You are standing in front of the tiger's cage and observing it (i.e., your negative thoughts). There is nothing that the tiger can do to you.

Username: jayqrcjayqrc

Date posted: 39w ago

@Jerseygal Tysm! I screenshot this so i can hopefully use this to overcome my thoughts 🤍

Username: Anonymous 567Anonymous 567

Date posted: 39w ago

I’ve had this too. Same situation and same thought. It’s just ocd trying to scare you and ruin your day.

Username: jayqrcjayqrc

Date posted: 39w ago

@taylor1234 knowing that someone else has thought this same thing makes me be less hard on myself so thanks for saying this

Username: weregonnabeokayweregonnabeokay

Date posted: 39w ago

😭 not the doll- but anyways dont blame yourself or feel bad for having OCD or the OCD thoughts- its out of your control- and it happens against your will. OCD can latch onto anything and make you feel uneasy... 😭 Instead of being mean to yourself- be mean to OCD 💀😭

Username: jayqrcjayqrc

Date posted: 39w ago

@weregonnabeokay true i’m just really mad at myself for being scared of such dumb things 😭😭 but i’ll just remember it’s ocd messing with my brain

Username: Clockwork

Date posted: 2y ago

Recently

Theres been a recent situation thats been eating at my mind, it was 3 days ago i got a really nasty and worrying intrusive thought and at the time i couldnt help withdrawing and ruminating over it. But suddenly i cant stop thinking about it and its making things so hard because i dont want to. But then i start to question why i keep thinking about it and why it wont leave my head. I cant eat or focus on anything else im so scared right now. How do i let it pass, how can i let this kind of thought go or not pass judgement on it. It seems so impossible

Username: Fs144

Date posted: 1y ago

Intrusive thoughts

This is really disgusting to even talk about but I been dealing with intrusive sexual thoughts and I get triggered for everything so I avoid the news and all that but my bf was telling me this disturbing story about how someone did something sexual to a dead body and I got an intrusive image of me doing doing that and I always avoid anything bad in the news because of that and I feel so disgusted then it kept getting worse and I got an intrusive thoughts of my bf dead body and I was like wtf why would I get an image of that then my mind started bringing up family member that past away and I’m scared of getting more intrusive thoughts I’m so scared I think something is wrong with me why I’m I thinking like I love my family and bf why I’m I having these disgusting and disturbing thoughts of them or anyone it keeps getting worse I would never even wanna do that or think of that please help

Username: geminileo

Date posted: 1y ago

Increase in Intrusive Thoughts

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.

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