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Wow! I didn't realize that intrusive thoughts were related to ocd. I started having intrusive thoughts about 12 years ago and was terrified! I went to a pastor and was a new Christian at the time. I was told that these were demons and that I needed to fight them. That was almost even scarier! I tried so many things, reciting Bible scriptures over and over in my head to drown things out, praying....oh how I prayed! I prayed and cried and cried and prayed. I was so grieved because most of the thoughts were against God and I was afraid I was going to go to Hell, and the weird thing about it was I really didn't think that way. I loved the Lord and wanted to please Him and to have thoughts like that were so upseting and frightening to me. They finally subsided a lot and only rarely come back, but they're not nearly as bad. I think I just got so exhausted that I gave up. If there really is a drug that can control this, I'd be interested. Someone mentioned Lexapro. What is that? Is it an anti-depressant or anxiety drug? My daughter also used to feel like she heard from demons. It's really very frightening. You never know what exactly is going on. Fortunately, she says she no longer has that happen to her. If anyone has anymore information or stories on intrusive thoughts, I'd love to hear it. I pray peace for all of us.
I understand your concerns but from my own experiences i have learnt to just except the thoughts if they come into my head, i used to feel sooo guilty about the thoughts, even recently i had an terrible thought about my son, its like the voice wants to control me and wants me to feel bad like im wishing a bad (to put it mildly) thing to happen, but as soon as i have the thought i can quickly think of something else, even just like want im going to cook for dinner, I think thats why alot of people develop ocd, because some of them feel if they dont do bla bla ten times that what they thought, may come true, so intrusive thoughts are the beginning of the compulsion, my dad once told me he had intrusive thoughts, we couldn't talk much about it because the thoughts are awful and to share them would be very very scary, but he did say for example, he saw a women holding a baby near a river and the thought in his head was, "throw the baby in the water" but of course he did not really want her to, and if you tell the thoughts to people they think your evil or crazy. it also really helped to give the voice a name and my friend once said, dont fight the voice just bring it on and then it know longer controls you, so ten or so years ago i did and for a while letting the thoughts run free upset me alot but it did subside and now it hardly ever happens. I hope ive been a little, but im not sure what to advise as im know expert, but if you are a 100 percent sure that the thoughts will never turn into actions, then maybe a thereapist would be better than tablets, who has experience in treating people with intrusive thoughts, are you in the UK or US. good luck, feel free to ask anything, sometimes how we feel does not come out of a textbook, and there is no right or wrong way to feel
so i hope you work it out, good luck!
I've been looking everywhere on this website to find some information about intrusive thoughts. They scare me. I don't have them when I'm on lexapro, but when I slowly tapered off of lexapro it got worse. So I had to stay on the medication. These thoughts started after having my baby 4 years ago. I went through "post partum" I immediately went to the doctor, b/c at first I did not feel bonded with my baby. I would try my best to feel something but couldn't. They put me on lexapro and I did wonderful. I get off and the thoughts came back. I feel like I'm going to be on medication forever. I've been on it for 4 years. I don't like taking medicine . I like to stay fit and healthy. Now, I have gone from 145 to 205 and exercise does not help.....Do you still have intrusive thoughts????? I was afraid to say much to anyone besides my mother and my husband when I went through after getting off medication. I was embarassed and thought my friends would think I'm crazy....What do you do for this??? I'm afraid to get off my medication, because I'm afraid the intrusive thoughts will come back...
im a 44 yr old mother of 2, im no expert but this voice could be whats called 'intrusive thoughts', it linked to ocd, i have had intrusive thoughts for years, and the thought is always really horrible things, for example, the opposite of how i feel towards my children or people i love and the voice will say something wicked like "i hope that happens to ......" i have learnt to control it because it can be very distressing, i also have given the voice a name, whcih separates the voice from me, sounds really weird but so i thought id share it, as maybe it might help, it must be very upsetting for you, good luck!
When children report 'hearing voices', it can be difficult to determine what they are actually experiencing. Sometimes they actually are experiencing auditory hallucinations, but sometimes they are not. It will be important to figure out precisely what is occurring (from a mental status point of view) with your daughter. Arrange an evaluation with a pediatric mental health professional as soon as you can. Regardless, of whether or not she is experiencing auditor hallucinations, she is in distress and needs the help.