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Intrusive thoughts and morals

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tzumi56935
tzumi56935

I've been having weird unwanted intrusive thoughts and images for a little while now. The images could be violent/sexual/gross and just unpleasant overall and while I was doing great with managing them and was not having any for quite a while, they're suddenly back and more weird- like the subject could be my loved ones who have passed away or my pets- all of which makes me feel really bad and makes me question my morals.

I've also been trying to learn to observe my thoughts instead of judge as I'd been ruminating my past mistakes a lot and not being able to move on from the past because my anxiety makes every small past mistake look very bad in my head by trying to "solve" it.

All of this- is this just part of anxiety?

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  • jan34534
    jan34534 tzumi56935

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    yes it’s all part of anxiety. It’s a miserable feeling to have those thoughts but keep working on calmly acknowledging them and then in a relaxed way, let them go and watch them drift off. And then you get busy with something.

    it’s important to remember not to live in your head. I had to learn that. Live in your world! Stay active, help others, that way you won’t focus on yourself and your thoughts so much.

    no matter how much ruminating you do, you were never going to solve anything that happened in the past. So don’t make yourself feel miserable. Move forward and take care of yourself.

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