Having thoughts that I don't want

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Right now it’s early evening and having thoughts that I don’t want. I guess most of them are intrusive thoughts. Causing much anxiety and took a prn. What do you do to relax? And put such thoughts behind.

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I try to question these thoughts.

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Distract…what prn do you take?

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Clonazapam 0.50 mg.

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Ah that’s what I take too…I find it harder to distract when I take it though…feel a little emotionless on it…

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I accept that I had the thought… Violent thought. Acknowledge it. Let it pass saying to myself… ‘hmmmm interesting’. It takes power away from it. I get violent images and thoughts that can be traumatic

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Sorry bout that Insights Eckert, will try to acknowledge the intrusive thoughts and let them go.

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Sorry insightseeker

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I get severe intrusive thoughts, mostly sexual thoughts about my family. I isolate and (like you said) take an “as needed” medication, if that doesn’t work I take another. I know, they can really grind on you, can’t they? And since its not readily evident no one has any sympathy for you. they all have control over their thoughts, why shouldn’t you? They think you are freaking out over nothing. If only they knew the torture we struggle through.

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I know eduvigis.

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Why apologizIng?

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Misspelled your name

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Intrusive thoughts are a natural occurence. Neurotypicals have them too. What differs is the amount of anxiety that comes with them, and the rumination on them that follows. Neurotypicals can brush them off as just a stupid thought, we start to think we’re crazy and bad people for having them.

Therapy, especially CBT, has helped me heaps in defuzing from these thoughts and not believing I’m a bad person for having them. I also take PRN medication for when it’s too bad and I can’t function.

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I either listen to music and go to forums like this, or I watch YouTube videos that are really weird and intriguing. I really need to find something to crowd out the crap in between my ears, so I do whatever I can - safely.

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My doctor says we are not our thoughts and they are changing like the clouds hope I keep this in mind when having these thoughts.

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I talk to my mum getting it off your chest calms me down

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I have intrusive thoughts along with the feeling/belief that someone is talking to me in my head. I just have to keep on doing what I am doing and sort of ignore it. Can’t say I have it nailed because it’s hard but that is what I ‘try’ to do