pleaseee someone read this and my post off 3 hours ago

[lily12419]

Is it normal with anxiety to get disturbing intrusive thoughts that you try to battle away in your own mind? They are really daunting I got so upset before thinking to all the thoughts I've had and I started crying thinking what if I'm a nasty evil person but they aren't my thoughts they just appear in my head annoyingly

[alvaa]

This does come with anxiety and depression. I have been told that it is a more OCD type thing. Back when I was married, my wife was crying and told me that she had thoughts about killing her nieces and she didn't know what those thoughts were and why she was thinking them. I often have thoughts in my head that are not of my own thinking.

[lily12419]

Thanks its good to know I'm not on my own with this, they are just tiring and awful

[MichaelaThunberg]

Hello, I believe this to be OCD. I used to have severe OCD and with this I used to think of things (involuntary) that made it very difficult for me to sleep. I recommend seeing a therapist specializing in OCD and anxiety to help you recover.

[nursegirl6572]

This can also happen in anxiety disorders, specifically panic disorder, not just OCD.  I have had horrific intrusive thoughts during periods where my anxiety was out of control.  

Both my doctor and therapist reassured me that they are harmless, that they are just thoughts, not plans or intentions.  I really thought I was going crazy...the worse the thoughts, the higher my panic level would be, and the thoughts would just keep coming.  After I started getting the anxiety under control, the thoughts stopped.

Hang in there, what are you doing to address the anxiety?  Have you cought professional help?

[lily12419]

I'm currently on a waiting list for a month as my clinic is moving, I had my first session with a counciller which helped a bit but he told me at the end it wasn't for another 6 weeks til my next apointment. I thought I'd be fine as I wasn't feeling anxious that day, but when I do feel anxious I feel the need to seek help asap and I'm lost in these horrible thoughts and this crazy anxiety mess. So half the time the wait is okay, and the other half I'm wishing the apointment was now. I'm really afraid of how to tell my counceller about the intrusive thoughts because I didn't mention them last time because I wasn't anxious (I only think of my symptoms when having an anxiety spell) I remember finding it hard to remember lots of symptoms when talking to him /:

[stallion_king]

whenever you get these thought and do one thing. try to paint them.. I am sure when you try to paint it will be so difficult for you to put it on canvas and your brain will feel boring and will tell you to do something else... try this method for 2-3 times this will scare your brain that it should not see these thoughts otherwise i have to do painting... I know this sounds joking but .. it will make some difference .. the idea is to change your brains focus from anxiety to some other thing which is meaning full I hope you got my point... if painting is not the option then try something difficult which your brain doesnt want to do ...give a try if successful let us know then we will suggest this to other friends....

[DJ873]

I have sooo many intrusive thoughts, almost all the time, my biggies are that i will harm myself or focus on health issues that begin in my mind. i am starting to notice when the thought comes before the feeling, ie, dizzy. I do have a counsilor but also read, reread, and practice the power of now, Eckhart Tolle, and am learning to retrain my brain and thinking patterns. I am learning to notice thoughts as just that, thoughts, they cant hurt me. i often repeat to myself, i can't think the sky pink, to remind myself that thoughts aren't truth and have no real power. then i try to shift my awareness to only one thing, at night it is the rise and fall of my belly during the day i like to use sounds, birds, the dryer, any sounds coming to my ears. It doesn't fix everything but grounding in the present moment takes away a great deal of the punch of my fear. anyhow what works for me may or may not work for you but might be worth a try. I feel I have come along way in learning to calm my mind

[lily12419]

Both of you thankyou, I will try both methods. All I know what to do is to battle the bad thoughts away with things like 'I'll never hurt anyone' or 'this isn't me thinking this' but the intrusive thoughts can become powerful and just annoy me. I will deffinatly look into these methods and I'll let yous know how they go,I'm really massivly thankful :)