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Would you guys be okay telling me about your intrusive thoughts? I have really bad intrusive thoughts i guess due to anxiety specifically about harming other like accidentally sexually assaulting someone or about incest, they used to make me feel so disgusted with myself before i went to therapy and understood they're just thoughts about what I don't want to happen like when you're holding a knife and start thinking about harming yourself or others or when you're holding a baby and you think about dropping it so you start holding the baby tighter to not let that happen. I still get really bad intrusive thoughts and guilt but now i can deal with them. I know a lot of people get even worse intrusive thoughts so if you're comfortable sharing you can!
Whenever I clean the windows (I live in a tall building), I just want to jump off (or if there’s a bridge), or when I’m waiting for the light to turn green and cars are driving by, I just want to walk in front of them... stuff like that reply
Intrusive thoughts can get really bad. But two things helped me.
1. Realizing that everyone gets intrusive, unwanted thoughts. Most of them we barely notice—it's just part of how we percieve everything around us. I just struggle a bit with some of the loudest ones. And being stressed, fatigued or in unstable mental health makes it even harder t...... reply
Probably not as bad as other people's thoughts, but whenever I'm drying the dishes and see a big knife, I want to either slit my throat with it or shove it up my vagina. One time I actually even put it against my neck, but didn't end up going through with it, obviously. What is wrong with me.
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a lot of mine are about harming children like beating the shit outta of them,or my main one i’d say is i’m scared im a peado i never have thoughts about kids like that but it’s always there that thought that i am one. 2 reply
I honestly don't know if I have OCD or just severe anxiety because I've never been to therapy, so I’ve just been dealing with all of this on my own since middle school
Here are the main things my brain constantly overthinks and obsesses over... it so long so sorry
• I keep having awful intrusive thoughts about incest, pedophilic themes, zoop...... 1 reply
i apologize in advance for oversharing but i get horrible intrusive thoughts about incest, pedophilia, and physically/sexually abusing others. i know that its a symptom of my ocd, but it still makes me feel awful having these thoughts because i have experienced being a victim of those things myself and im terrified that my brain is trying to convin...... 2 reply
It used to happen more often when I was a kid. I used have thoughts about brutally torturing my friend, incest. Seeing something small and cute would make me feel horrifying rage. I would think about torturing it or basing it against the wall. I used to have thoughts about assaulting animals. But now I have more self control and I have become a bet...... reply
Yeah like u Ive had intrusive thoughts about incest. I try to immediately get rid of them by thinking about smth else and it usually works but it gets annoying. I also get intrusive thoughts about stabbing people or bitting people. reply
I used to have intrusive thoughts abt crashing my car with my family inside it
I remember hating myself so much for that i didnt allow myself to drive for a year…
I also remember wanting to jump off any platforms that were high enough..
Idk why my life wasnt even bad at the time 1 reply
My intrusive thoughts get worse the more depressed I get. I have had intrusive thoughts since I can remember, but they peaked when puberty hit and began causing physical pain (at least the thoughts involving self harm). Most of my intrusive thoughts are violent and sexual. When I'm holding a pen, knitting needle, or a knife, I often imagine stabbin...... reply
