I know religion isn’t allowed here so please I’m not trying to discuss that part.
However I’m having constant religious thoughts that are scaring me that I’ll like screw things up in my life. What do you do for obsessive thoughts?
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They say to “untrigger” them with “stop” or something, and inmediately doing something that occupies your mind helps…
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When you obsessively and constantly thinking about something unwanted is it called intrusive thoughts? I’m confused.
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Yes, you have OCD?
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I think intrusive thoughts are that.
Obsessively and constantly are an unpleasant addition.
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Never diagnosed never brought it up to pdoc before. Only intrusive thoughts.
I’ve been told it also happens in SZ. But primary symptom of OCD.
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I wonder how they treat OCD?
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Medication and therapy. There’s a kind of therapy called exposure and response prevention for intrusive thoughts. You can do it yourself, usually letting the thoughts pass and not responding to them is how it works. Very difficult but gets easier the more you do it.
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She just put me on lamictal for racing thoughts. It’s lifted my negatives but not my thoughts
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I had a doctor put me on depakote (similar drug) for intrusive thoughts. Didn’t really help. Usually you need a strong SSRI. I take Luvox. APs can also cause OCD and intrusive thoughts. Mine does but I just deal with it.
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Thanks for your help.
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I had obsessions about only doing good things for people because of a deeply religiously way of looking at things. 30 years wasted so get rid of those obsessions cause you got the right to treat people like they deserve. You cannot love all of humanity.
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I think your suppose to love even those that don’t want it imo. I know it’s hard.
You could take the AA approach, and believe in a “higher power as you understand that higher power”.
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Don’t you do that unless you are willingly paying 200.000 US dollars. That’s around the economic cost of 30 years of good deeds.
Remember no one thanks you they’ll just abandon you if you don’t pay willingly.
Hobbies. I get busy with something I enjoy. Take a camera out. Make some bread. Make a pot of soup to freeze and eat later. Go for a walk. Fire up the retro gaming system.
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there’s a pill for everything I’m sure there is one for intrusive thoughts.
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Usually, I try to read, write, watch kittens on YouTube, listen to music, exercise, etc. But, the problem with using distractions is that they eventually leave me exhausted. I can’t do them at all hours. The moments I hate the most are when I’m in my IKEA recliner trying to relax. The voices really set in. Have you tried any type of meditation, like counting backwards from 100? Also, mindfulness training helped me to let thoughts come and go without following them into fantasy land. It’s not a cure, but an aid to treatment. It might help you.
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