What do your scary intrusive thoughts mean? why do you have them and tips to stop them.
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What are intrusive thoughts?
Why do I have intrusive thoughts?
What do they mean? What do these thoughts say about me and the kind of person I am?
How do I stop them and get better?
Intrusive thoughts are unwanted and distressing. They can pop up at any time and are repetitive and overwhelming. Sometimes intrusive thoughts are focused on things we care about or can be random.
In this video, I will discuss all these questions and provide you with tips to help stop them.
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00:00 Introduction
00:49 What are intrusive thoughts?
03:34 Why do we get intrusive thoughts?
05:21 What do intrusive thoughts say about you? What do they mean?
05:42 Mental Health Metaphor to help you
07:19 How to stop struggling with intrusive thoughts
10:26 wrap up
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Thank you. Recently I have been really stressed and have had intrusive thoughts all day for the past couple of weeks, and I recently found your channel and started to understand my thoughts and help cope with them. Thank you so much. Without you I have no ideo where I would be, if I would be.
I am sorry you've been struggling with this! and I am glad it's helping! I hope I can continue to help ❤
Thank you - My OCD is self-h@rm themed and it TERRIFIES ME it has me questioning if i ever want to act on them or not but obviously i would never. this helps so much and makes me feel less alone! ❤️✨❤️✨
Oh my Gosh, I thought I was a psychopath. I have had thoughts like this my whole life. I never acted on any of it because I always had a good side voice that kept me in check and the fact that I realize these crazy thoughts are just that, Crazy! Thank you so much for this! I never knew what it was.
Peace be upon you, doctor. Greetings to you from Morocco. I am one of your followers and thank you for the effort you put into teaching us useful things in our lives. I would like you to give us practical steps to overcome obsessive-compulsive disorder.
God bless you. Ive been struggling with intrusive thoughts for 4 months. I’m a firefighter and these thoughts started after coming back from a deployment as part of a rescue team to help a county affected by a hurricane. After coming back for being deployed i found i was severely stressed and that’s when the thoughts started. The thoughts go against everything i believe and against who i am. Thank you for this video.
thank you so much for speaking on this topic. after a traumatic event, I started having intrusive thoughts. This is my first time dealing with this and this makes me feel horrible. As a Christian, the guilt is horrible. I never want to think the things I think. I feel sick to my stomach and my chest feels horrible. I do struggle with General Anxiety Disorder. Especially when I go to the gym and my heart rate goes up from exercising, I start to panic more. I have a bad habit on telling myself out of fear “what If I start thinking/wishing something bad upon someone I love” and then the intrusive thought just attacks over and over. I did watch your other video & when you said that people are scared to tell their therapists their thoughts out of fear of being reported I FELT that. I have been searching for a new therapist and i’ve cancelled and held off many therapy sessions because I’m scared to open up. I am scared of professionals ability to have good judgement (based on my trauma experience). I am very thankful that I have a mother that I am open with about this so I don’t hold in my pain and am able to not necessarily go into detail the thoughts but be able to discuss my fears without being judged and be reminded that I am not my thoughts. I find myself wishing horrible things about people I love and those words just randomly pop up in my head and they make me so horrible. I believe you also said in the other video that people tend to keep having the thoughts because they are morally against it and don’t want it. We resist so the thoughts persist. When I pray sometimes the intrusive thoughts interrupt and I get so scared because I don’t want to pray for awful things and it just seems so abrupt and the more I try to stop saying bad things in my head, the more they happen. I get scared if I let them float around even without meaning, they will eventually come true. Watching your videos has helped a lot to calm a little bit down. I hope I can find a therapist like you who won’t judge and can understand me. You’re awesome!
The only way that I deal with intrusive thought is whenever an intrusive thought comes into my mind, I immediately look God's picture and say to myself "iam not a horrible person, iam not a horrible person..." like this many times.
thank you so, so much for this.
Thank you so much for this ❤ great video!
i'm an ocd haver and i really appreciate this type of videos thank you so much
Thank you very much❣️ I ended up in your channel by chance and I love the open and compassionate way you talk about these thoughts that make us suffer so much!
As for me, when anxiety rises it helps to keep a hand on my belly, listen to my breathing and realise that I am here, and not in my head.
But I must say that the thing that helps me most of all is to welcome intrusive thoughts as guests who are worried about me and tell them that everything is fine and that I am in control of my life. It's a tough battle but I've just started fighting it and I'm sure it's worth it! Thanks again for your invaluable help.❤️
A hug from Italy🇮🇹
Thank you so much for this video! You've helped me understand more why I feel like this sometimes and how it can get better. Thanks ❤
Thank you for posting this somewhere accessible; so much of this information is behind a paywall so it's nice to find something that's helpful and to the point that doesn't require purchasing something or paying a weekly subscription or something. These tips have really helped me and I'm glad you were able to share them!
Every single thing you've posted, that I've seen, has resonated deeply within me. Which on a grand scheme, probably a warning sign. But I'm much better off knowing, than constantly feeling worried and in the dark. I feel like I've come to a much higher understanding of the situation, and how to mitigate the diminishing returns of my self taught survival tactics. Thank you, for existing. And sharing all your wisdom and compassion with us.
What a great video!!! Thank you so much for this 💕
Truly excellent! Thank you!💞As someone who has been diagnosed with autism late in life, I struggle with OCD and intrusive thoughts hourly. Thank you for “normalizing” this experience and giving easy tips on letting go.💞
You really explained about intrusive thoughts very well. It's like hearing about my life.
Thank you about intrusive thoughts video you make me seen normal. I am struggling with anxious about intrusive thoughts I hope I can let go and live my life
7:11 “…the monster may stick around.”
*distant cat meow *
I really liked the idea of framing certain intrusive thoughts as "risk assesments" being done by your brain. Not only does it disconnect us from these thoughts, but actively gives them a purpose for us. If I have a negative thought and then wonder "why did I think this", I can now answer that question with "because my brain is trying to keep me safe by exposing hypothetical bad outcomes". Maybe the brain is not being as helpful as it may think its being, but you and your brain are on the same page, that you both really don't want to have these things happen, and that you shouldn't worry about being in conflict with yourself over these thoughts. Thank you so much for giving me and so many other people a new way to analyze these kinds of thoughts and helping accept their existance within our minds!
Thank you for this. I’ve been struggling with intrusive thoughts for years and I feel like it’s been chipping away at my sanity, my heart, and who I am. It’s prevented me from living every day life and I’m only 24. I wasn’t able to find anything to help me. My dad told me when I was about 14 that thoughts are like clouds entering your mind, they come in and they come out. The cloud idea didn’t help me much because it felt like a storm and they were “my” clouds. What you said about naming your brain instantly gave me relief! I’m going to keep giving it a try, it really helps me to recognize I’m not my bad thoughts. Thank you again!
Thank you 🙏🏽
So glad I found this channel
You’re incredible
Keep uploading :)
I had a traumatic experience in 2021 and had a panic attack and it triggered harm ocd. For over 2 years I thought I was going crazy “what if I freak out and hurt my dad, what if I freak out and hurt this kitten, what if I stab my eye out.” But a few months back it got really bad until I got a diagnosis and started learning tools. I still have days it’s awful, but I’ve gotten so much better at taming them. I used to have to escape to a bathroom to protect others from me. I let them come, I feel the fear, and then it slowly goes away. I had to give away my cat before my diagnosis and now I wish I had these tools so I could have had more untainted time with him. But I push forward. I am not my thoughts. I also struggle with things not feeling real, but I’ve used similar tools and have seen a big improvement
Thank you!
I love the little skit type demonstrations
Thank you so much for uploading this video I’ve been suffering from anxiety attacks for the past 9 months then all the sudden these intrusive thoughts came out of nowhere it’s been hell on earth but you’re video gives me hop so thank you I will try everything you have said ❤
You are definitely not by yourself. But you are also perfectly fine. We all are. Anxiety is just the devil blocking us from seeing the positive sides of life. And is also a fear of what we become if we turn to the bad people we see on a daily basis, news etc. Dont ever give up
@@CrimeScene96 thanks you 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@Daughterofthemosthigh1987 you are very welcome it is tough, but we are still here to talk about it. So whether you realize it, we are winning this battle on a daily basis.
I’m so glad it reached you! Intrusive thoughts don’t have to control us and they can get much better once we learn to disconnect from them. I will upload more on this topic in the future ❤
@@Micheline.Maalouf thank you for replying yes please keep up the great work you’re doing ❤️❤️
This deserves more likes i cant thank you enough...one question that i always dwell upon is what if they come true ?
Having the same issue, that is how I found her today. My intrusive thoughts are affecting my life and I believe in the law of attraction..we won’t manifest it because we aren’t intending for it to happen. She did a video about it, just search “intrusive thoughts” on her channel and it will come up.
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Thank you for reminding me that I have actually control over my life and this I can decide what's going to be my reality and avoid undesirable outcome.
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Awesome video! How do you like to explain these techniques to kids? My seven year old has been expressing his distress over intrusive thoughts and I would like to share some simple coping techniques that he can understand at his age.
my intrusive thoughts come up when Iam studying and reading and I then I lose my concentration
Hi Michaelin. I am struggling with them and it’s becoming exhausting.. I am suffering from OCD with my sexuality and other sort of dark thoughts - from suicidal thoughts, to harmful thoughts. My biggest concern is who is going to be in a relationship with someone with such intrusive thoughts? I was living in London and my life changed in a matter of a month 🙏🏻
What to do when your thoughts are so loud that you can't focus on your affirmations? It happens to me when I am panicking because of my intrusive thoughts. ❤️
You can also use these strategies but it takes time. When they are super loud it’s because we’re so engaged with them, we get distracted because of them. Practice this daily and it will help but I have more tools coming soon and I hope it can help!
Ty! A couple months ago I have been having a thought that bothered me to tears it was saying that I am a horrible person and was trying to explain why, it didn't last long though it lasted for 3 or 4 days, however recently it showed up again and its so far lasting longer than last time almost over a week! I can't get rid of it even if I try to just ignore it. This time it is more intense it makes me feel the guilt for no reason. It feels like my mind is pressuring me into thinking I am not the person I am and that I am disgusting for thinking or doing something horrible when I never did. I was doing repetitive touching walking, rising my hands in the air holding them until I feel satisfied. Will it leave my head soon? I hope that it will leave me. I'll try to ignore it.
First of all thank you. How can I contact you to make an appointment?
I get intrusive thoughts everyday and it is making my life so difficult 😥. Please pray for me.
What if your not a new parent but you have sudden intrusive thoughts about your loved ones or children all because i heard bad crime news in my city and this started a cycle for my brain? Im a mom to a 8 year old and i hate feeling this the last few months. Phrases and words ans sentences are all around negative, scady and crime related that go towards the loved ones around me. Sometimes even myself.
Is it an intrusive thought when there are multiple voices screaming negativity and insults directed only at yourself? Even when I'm having a good day, they keep reminding me of what I didn't do, or messed up on, etc. Are those intrusive thoughts or something else? If I get a compliment or do something that gives me a sense of accomplishment, I hear them laughing and severely minimizing it to the point where the feeling of accomplishment is almost or completely gone.
Btw, I have been diagnosed from professionals with severe depression with psychotic tendencies and severe general anxiety disorder.
I know there’s a section about it in the video but what exactly happens in our brain that causes the thoughts to come up in the first place? Is it anxiety? Thanks :)
I'm also interested in understanding what causes these thoughts. I guess anxiety
What if my thoughts are of people who hurt me in the past? Like going over and over of a past memory but at the same time im so angry 😠 😡. That's what usually I am and then im done crying 😢. Are those intrusive thoughts?
Sounds like ruminatiion to me and possible ptsd
she said pull haha.