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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
why am i thinking this
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.
why am i thinking this
by sponge4, Jul 06, 2008 04:04PM
hello my name is matthew welch and i think i have a form of OCR. i am really worried about it and need to talk to someone about the horrible thoughts i keep having. i have read your article on violent thoughs and can relate to it. it has only started to appear in my head. i am not a violent person and have no record of violence in my life at all.
i keep haveing thoughts of harming people by thinking about punching them for no reason at all. it is making me scared to go anywere because i constantly have these thoughs while talking to people. i need to talk to someone. i need your help. violent acts towards people. i feel like i have to performe them but i really dnt want to. i cant stop the thoughts. i wake up with them in my head. i fear i will snap one day something in my head is telling me to. i wont and i keep telling myself this but the urges is to strong. i keep haveing to sit on or hide my hands. this dosnt really help. please can you help me. i want these thoughs to go away. i dnt know how to make this happen. please can anyone help me.
thank you
Matthew Welch
i keep haveing thoughts of harming people by thinking about punching them for no reason at all. it is making me scared to go anywere because i constantly have these thoughs while talking to people. i need to talk to someone. i need your help. violent acts towards people. i feel like i have to performe them but i really dnt want to. i cant stop the thoughts. i wake up with them in my head. i fear i will snap one day something in my head is telling me to. i wont and i keep telling myself this but the urges is to strong. i keep haveing to sit on or hide my hands. this dosnt really help. please can you help me. i want these thoughs to go away. i dnt know how to make this happen. please can anyone help me.
thank you
Matthew Welch
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Jul 07, 2008 11:55AM
, Jul 07, 2008 11:55AM
To: Matthew
Matthew, you can definetly be helped in several different ways by an expert in this problem, and that would be a psychiatrist....ask your doctor for a referral or call the nearest hospital for a referral...you can get relief, so call right away.
