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Is it normal to have repetitive intrusive thoughts with anxiety (silly but sometimes also really scary) for like days/weeks?
Is it possible for these to ever stop? or to not let them bother us?
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jan34534 tzumi56935
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i know how weird and scary they are but they are harmless . dont follow them ., or they get persistent.
have a relaxed attitude .
they happen with anxiety.
find how to manage them on you tube. search managing intrusive thoughts.
sasical72 tzumi56935
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Yes, it is normal and yes, they can be stopped by accepting them and not fighting them, easier said than done!
You just have to keep repeating to yourself, this is "just" anxiety and find a phrase that helps you. Mindfulness can be helpful too.
tzumi56935 sasical72
Posted
hello! thank you for replying!
if you don't mind me asking, can the same be practiced for intrusive thoughts and images too? since reading a post about that topic, I've been having really weird/scary/crazy or sometimes disgusting images which are kind of annoying.
While I know that the images can't do anything no matter how weird, what really bothers me is I keep questioning "What is these images never stop and get me very depressed one day?" or "What if one day in the future I won't be able to cope?"
These thoughts make the images seem scary more that the content itself. I know I used to have these earlier too (bcs everyone has intrusive thoughts once in a while) but now what has changed is my reaction to those. I'm giving them way too importance I guess.
Can mindfulness help with this?
Thanks!
aurora86047 tzumi56935
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Repetitive intrusive thoughts is a symptom of Anxiety and I would suggest identifying the trigger and talking about it with someone you trust can help.
ZombieBlood2k tzumi56935
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I have experienced intrusive thoughts. I mean times 10! I literally had them 24/7 or from the time I woke up until the time I went to sleep.
I am not embarrassed at all any more so I'll just say when my anxiety disorder was peaking or at it's beginning I would read and try to self diagnose myself. I would literally make myself hear voices like someone suffering from schizophrenia would do.
Difference- mine was self talk. Sounds crazy, but my psychologist at the time was the first person to mention intrusive thoughts or obsessive thoughts to my vocabulary.
I went from that to taunting myself in my head. Ie....You are a loser, you have problems. This was my self talk. Now if it were to happen I'd get a kick out of it. Paxil helped
me at the time. It is just part of the anxiety disorder that we usually let do us instead of doing it. Ours maybe completely different, but I totally get it. It can't hurt you. I know that doesn't help. I was told to play around with it and it worked. Instead of panicking go with the flow. Wish I could help more.
ZombieBlood2k tzumi56935
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My fault the answer 100% yes. Both questions.
tzumi56935 ZombieBlood2k
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hello! thank you so much for answering. i had a question if you don't mind. i mainly experience health anxiety once in awhile. its usually not that bad but this time i just did too much googling and social media searching related to it. this time around, i just ended up reading some scary/bizarre intrusive thoughts that people have and i never had them before or at least never noticed. but after reading, i started having them too once in a while. then self-diagnosed myself with ocd (bcs i read that intrusive thoughts mean ocd) but then i started feeling negative because i never had any intrusive thoughts or other ocd symptoms before this. talked to my therapist and she said its not ocd bcs intrusive thoughts are a part of anxiety too. so now, i know its not ocd but yet, i'm scared about the "what if these thoughts don't stop?" thought