Intrusive Thoughts

[kodadog1024]

Thought this may help a little any of you dealing with Intrusive Thoughts.

How to Disempower Intrusive Thoughts

Mine started coming back slowly for some reason and yesterday I really started focusing in on them again and it's hard to disengage from because I instantly start worrying about them ....

 

[flowerforever7]

It is difficult to disengage from them, but it seems to be the best thing someone with OCD can do when they get them. It seems to help prevent an OCD chain of events from happening. It seems like the rumination is like knocking over that first domino that causes a chain reaction (rumination, what ifs, compulsive behavior, further rumination and so on.)

As I have been fighting intrusive thoughts, I am finding refusing to ruminate on them, (even saying to myself "No, I'm not going to ruminate on this; it's just an OCD thought.") then moving on to something else not even looking back and refusing to ruminate on if the thought has credibility helps me to stop OCD from growing.

It's hard work but I kind of look at that first intrusive thought as a weed sprouting up. If you turn your attention away it's like cutting the weed away so it doesn't grow. But ruminating on intrusive thoughts causes the weed to grow continuously morphing into all sorts of OCD manifestations. Pretty soon, you are tangled in it and having trouble figuring out how to get out of it. I'm finding treating those intrusive thoughts like a weed popping up, and cutting them off as soon as I see them is stopping new OCD from taking hold on me, and helping me see other OCD related actions and ruminations as OCD.

God bless.
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Acts 22:16 "And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’"

 

[gracealone]

Great Post and Good job!!

Mitzi

It is difficult to disengage from them, but it seems to be the best thing someone with OCD can do when they get them. It seems to help prevent an OCD chain of events from happening. It seems like the rumination is like knocking over that first domino that causes a chain reaction (rumination, what ifs, compulsive behavior, further rumination and so on.)

As I have been fighting intrusive thoughts, I am finding refusing to ruminate on them, (even saying to myself "No, I'm not going to ruminate on this; it's just an OCD thought.") then moving on to something else not even looking back and refusing to ruminate on if the thought has credibility helps me to stop OCD from growing.

It's hard work but I kind of look at that first intrusive thought as a weed sprouting up. If you turn your attention away it's like cutting the weed away so it doesn't grow. But ruminating on intrusive thoughts causes the weed to grow continuously morphing into all sorts of OCD manifestations. Pretty soon, you are tangled in it and having trouble figuring out how to get out of it. I'm finding treating those intrusive thoughts like a weed popping up, and cutting them off as soon as I see them is stopping new OCD from taking hold on me, and helping me see other OCD related actions and ruminations as OCD.

God bless.
_________
Acts 22:16 "And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’"

 

[strelok0017]

Thanks a lot. I find it very helpful. Not struggling with OCD but I have some struggles with intrusive thoughts. God bless you!

 

[flowerforever7]

Great Post and Good job!!

Mitzi

Thanks Mitzi, treating this disorder is hard work, but some of my doing things in compulsion has lessened.
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Acts 22:16 "And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’"

 

[dabro]

YA I knmow what thats like anything can trip you up. I lost my wallet but, found it and it rose my anxiety so now I'm dealing with the anxiety again but thats about all.