I get mental images. Some I’m sure are from ocd… like getting intrusive images of me hurting my dog, etc. But others I’m not sure where they come from. It plays like a.movie where I imagine the worst case scenario and it’s like automatic. For example I just imagined my epileptic cat have a seizure and me doing something to accidentally break her neck during, which gave me a lot of anxiety. Sometimes these images are things not in my control at all, like imaging cars hitting me randomly. Any thoughts?
I had this for a while but it luckily went away. There’s medication for it if you are prepared to take it. Talk to your doc.
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I’ve had this for years it’s not going away
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I have this. All I can say is your not alone.
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During psychosis, intrusive images were a major problem for me. Afterwords, maybe partly from my medication, they stopped. They were horrifying to me, and I never really discussed what I saw with anyone because of the shame it produces for me.
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I think I am heading for psychosis
It’s a symptom of psychosis. If you’re manic then you need to do something now to stop it.
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I don’t know what
A higher dose of sedating antipsychotics for a short while or lithium is usually what is done. Call a doctor.
If you’re hypomanic though and not fully manic it might not be so serious that it requires any immediate action.
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Inteusive thoughts = any impulse image or thought which causes distress. Their just thoughts and do not define you unless you act on them.Go to therapy if they persist
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Thank you both.
I go to weekly therqpy
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I get that sometimes. I saw a guy get stabbed once and lay on the floor dying. I get the image of that sometimes. I don’t like to think about it. After that I was always hesitant to go to house parties.
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I get this constantly every day, it’s been going on for at least ten years now.
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