Im having really scary strange thoughts ? HELP!!!?
Hey everyone! im 19 years old and a male if this helps.. Okay, the other day when i was on the train i was just thinking random things, then i imagined murdering someone, and i completely freaked myself out because i was so shocked that i would think something like that, i know for a fact i would never do it. And ever since then it keeps popping up in my mind, its as if my mind is trying to scare itself. Then the other day i was cutting up dinner and i imaged stabbing someone close to me!! AND THAT FREAKED ME OUT EVEN MORE!! Now im trying not to think of these weird things and i want it to go away, i know i think it just to scare myself but why does it happen? now lately it pops up in my head for no reason!! I suffer from minor anxiety if that helps, and i just started full time school again so im a little stressed. Is any of these strange thoughts normal? Before you call me crazy ect i KNOW i would never act on them thoughts, im a nice guy! HELP ME!
What is the best cure for OCD intrusive thoughts? I have OCD. Please help!!!?
First off keep doing as your doctor tells you and take your medicine everyday as prescribed. If you are going to get off of the medication you be sure and tell him first so he can help you do it correctly. I have suffered from OCD for seventeen years. My OCD was deemed unresponsive to cognitive behavioral therapy a few years ago. I am not a doctor so I am not even going to begin to talk to you about pharmacology, but I can tell you that certain medicines have helped me in the past and have made my life great and tolerable today. I suffer from Scrupulosity of the worst kind and can relate to what you are experiencing also. My best advise to you is get a really good PSYCHIATRIST who specializes in OCD. Remember there is no cure for OCD so stay calm. Just know your unwanted sexual thoughts are not uncommon for someone with OCD.
How to deal with OCD intrusive thoughts?
the thing to do is accept that the thought is JUST a thought, the more you stop being afraid the more it will go AWAY. It doesnt define you, you see ocd wants you think that your thought are you as a person, and you get very scared when the thoughts come up and the fear drives the ocd to become more, you need to stop being afraid of the thoughts, you CAN control it, just accept that it is fear and F = false E= evidence A = apearring R= real. So its all a lie. OCD =FEAR i hate when people say its mental its nothing BUT FEAR becoming worse if you dont take control of the fear.
OCD: Scared of Intrusive Thoughts and Intrusive Impulses?
Hi! Lately my OCD and Anxiety have been through the roof. I have been fixated on one particular intrusive thought of causing harm: And this thought I can say is one of the worse ones out of the bunch. I've become so afraid of these thoughts that I feel like they are going to turn into insane impulses. My little brother who has potentially has Bipolar, has impulse control problems, but I fear that I have those same symptoms as well. I'm so scared that I'm going to turn insane and do something I don't want to do. I'm currently taking Ativan 1mg that I was prescribed at, at the ER. And formerly on Prozac and Hydroxozine. Is there anyway I can stop these thoughts until I can find therapy? Thank you!
Ocd question, please help me im getting scared?
Hi Bob, Just to say its unlikely you have multiple disorders; its too easy these days to go symptom searching on the Internet. You need training and experience to diagnose and even a psychiatrist would not diagnose their own problem because it needs to be objective opinion rather than being based on our feat and diagnosis is not based on ticking a list of symptoms. I think you do have OCD and that is because you describe intrusive thoughts about something bad happening and particular behaviours in response to the anxiety generated by your thoughts. You also describe beliefs about the nature of your thoughts that are present with OCD. The best form of treatment for OCD is cognitive behavioural therapy. It's useful because it helps you to adopt a more scientific approach to the problem and will help you to disprove unhelpful beliefs about thought processes and your ability to influence events through rituals. Once you have an understanding of what keeps the problem of OCD going the main element of therapy is called exposure and response prevention. The idea is to give you the skills to tolerate intrusive thoughts and not respond to them in your behaviour( whist using techniques to bring your anxiety down ) I'm not sure what your circumstances are and if you are in a position to access therapy but as you know this problem has a tendency to take over people's lives. If you can't access therapy then there is still lots of CBT based self help material in your bookstore or online. OCDUk have a good website and im sure there is simular where you live.
I have OCD and I also keep having intrusive thoughts about shooting people or myself, told psychiatrist and psychologist, what should I do?
As others have mentioned, you will only become a mass murderer if you decide to kill many people. There is a very important difference between thinking and acting.The truth is, however, that you're also not as harmless and angelic as you would probably like to believe. OCD is often a way of controlling emotions that the individual doesn't want to feel. The reality is that you do feel angry with people and with yourself, and perhaps even hate others or yourself from time to time. This makes you very frightened, because deep down you believe you're not “supposed” to feel such things—perhaps you even believe that “good” people never feel angry or never hate. And it's very important for you to be Good.What if I told you that you are neither good nor bad, and in the end it doesn't matter? Your anger and your hate are important and worth listening to. If you need help listening, feel free to reach out to me.
Please help, OCD and intrusive thoughts making me feel suicidal?
Please read and please help me stay calm. I have OCD and struggle with intrusive thoughts. They aren't there all the time, only when I'm highly stressed and in stressful situations. I'm not going to go into the nature of them, but the point is they scare me and make me fearful I will act on them. This is especially because I have a bad temper, that I believe is usually worsened by my anxiety. I have been developing this idea that everyone is out to get me and therefore I get mad or irritated over the smallest things. I don't like this about myself and want it to stop but I don't know how to make it stop. My boyfriend is aware of my anxiety issues and he holds me when I cry and get into suicidal episodes. I feel like a bad person all the time and I constantly feel guilty and over analyze every bad or irrational thing I do. I'm scared I will lose my mind like the shooter in Colorado did, but my boyfriend tells me if I was going crazy, I wouldn't recognize it, therefore I am not crazy. Is this true? Please help me, I am feeling so guilty and so bad that I feel like only suicide will give me peace and rest from my pain and fear. I don't want to be a bad person :(