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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
unwanted thoughts
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
unwanted thoughts
by purple16, Jun 13, 2009 01:00PM
For almost a year now I have been having unwanted thoughts keep coming to my mind. Thoughts like embarrasing or things i shouldnt have said or bad thought. At first it sounded like OCD but I dont feel the erge to do rituals or put things in order. The thoughts come to me every day and I have to shake my head at least five times or say out loud to "Be qiuet" or "Shut up and leave me alone." Is this problem of thoughts OCD or is it really nothing.
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Jun 13, 2009 05:25PM
, Jun 13, 2009 05:25PMTo: purpl
Those thoughts are considered obsessions...you might try a short course of therapy to get to the source of them....
