Like, I’ll be chopping veggies with a big knife and my brain will go, ‘you could just put that through your hand.’ I never would, but it scares me that my brain chooses to acknowledge that I could. “I have random thoughts of hurting myself badly. There never seems to be an obvious cause or trigger but it’s really upsetting.”Ĥ. I’ll walk into a room expecting to see a dead body, or pull the shower curtain back expecting to see someone hanging in there. I’ll see really graphic and violent scenes play out in front of me in my mind. “ something truly awful is about to happen. “ people do see me as a burden - that I’m not really liked much, and my friends just tolerate me because they feel sorry for me.”ģ. If you have thoughts that disturb you, know there’s nothing wrong with you, and there is help. Reminder: Some of the thoughts are hard to read, but people who have intrusive thoughts are not dangerous or likely to act upon them. If you’ve had any of these thoughts stuck in your head, you’re not alone - and you certainly shouldn’t be ashamed. That’s why we asked our mental health community to share some of the intrusive thoughts they live with.
#You re not your thoughts how to#
Naming intrusive thoughts and taking away that shame can be the first step in learning how to manage them - instead of letting them control you. Would I hurt a baby? Better jump every time I see a baby, just to be sure - just in case.īut it’s important to remember that thoughts are not facts or actions, and many people feel unnecessary shame and guilt over thoughts in their head they have no control over. Will my mother die today? Better brush my teeth three times to get the thought out of my head. For people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), these thoughts can be even more graphic and persistent, leading to compulsions devised to get rid of them.
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