Intrusive thoughts

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SomeoneWhoNeedsHelp

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Hi!
I really need your help,i feel that i have OCD and don't know how to deal with it.
I don't know what the causes are,but now i realize that i had OCD for a while.When i was little i always thought about negative things,for example:Where the phone rang and someone didn't answer,i saw all kind of freak accidents and visual imagery,and i couldn't control myself of thinking of negative things.This thing gradually changed,and now i am in my teens(17)and i have different kind of intrusive thoughts:sexual ones(to name the top some I have an obsession with "sex hurts idea"(i am still a virgin),2 i have sexual thoughts with boys,parent,under age kids,even old people)and other violent thoughts and images(killing someone,raping,beating...)

I surfed the internet,and i found out that this thoughts,images,don't define my,so me fear has declined,but it's very irritating to think about gay stuff all the time(i know i am not gay)or killing people in violent ways(and no a serial killer)

What i need,is help to how to deal with these stuff,some days they go away,some days i think many hours about something and i just can't get it out of my mind!

I have other questions too:does OCD affect Inteligence?or feelings?i feel hard "to feel" somethimes
 

krfoss

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Hey there!

So, the sad part is that OCD doesnt really "go away" forever, some days are better and some days are worse, however it can be managed. You can get to a place where you are no longer plagued by them in excess all day everyday.

Read two books. Brainlock and Stop Obsessing. They will give you an idea of what OCD is and how to work with it.

Also, OCD doesnt effect your intelligence. Typically OCD folks are smarter than average, from what I find. It will effect your feelings because your "feeler" is just a little off. It "feels" like all this stuff is real and terrible, but they arent real. Feelings arent facts.

Hopefully this helps a little. Good luck!
 

Hellhound

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I'm not really sure if it can be completely cured, but i am sure it doesn't affect your intelligence... That emotional numbing could be consequence of something else, I heard it happens when one is under a lot of stress or goes through some abusive experience/s, and the mind "shuts down" your emotions to protect itself from the trauma (i might be wrong, just in case type "emotional numbness or numbing" on google, you might find something useful) I don't know if it has to do with OCD or the intrusive thoughts, to be honest. From my point of view, it could be, since those thoughts can be really disturbing and distressing sometimes...
Sadly, i can't really tell how to control these things. I deal with something like that and i have a hard time controling it. Sometimes it helps if i keep my mind occupied with something else, or try to change my thoughts right when one of those bad thoughts appear... Sometimes remembering that it's just my disorder speaking and nothing bad is going to happen, they are just thoughts, has helped a little... Maybe you could try it?
 
this can be treated.. not completely vaperized.. but very good treated.. I use to have very severe ocd, fear of bacterias, seeing accidents..bla bla.. typical.. can't even remember right yaaay.. but I guess two things helped me and will also help u.. we are both in puberty so this could have a bigger chance of going away.. but not by itself.. don't get me wrong.. u have to do cBT.. or some kind of therapy and meds.. meds helped me a lot.. and the fact that I did cbt on myself.. for example would touch my face with hands I felt weren't clean enough....from what I got u only have thoughts, not rituals, maybe I was wrong.. but if ju do have rituals try step by step only under meds not doing them or confronting with men.. dunno :)
 

melissahp

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i don't totally aggree that it can only be managed, i think it is possible to get it almost to the point where you are cured, where you might have occasional impulses but they won't trigger the anxiety to such a high extent anymore, I HOPE everyday thats the case and I can be normal, I just got diagnosed with OCD and haven't even started the therapy but this hope is strong... I can see myself one day saying I beat it and I think others can also
 

melissahp

Active member
I felt since I was little that I was not normal and since diagnosing it as "just OCD" I already feel a huge relief, and thats why I think I can get over this altogether
 

LockieKermit

Well-known member
The human mind can do anything.

Back in the 70s. A Uruguyian (bad spelling) Rugby football team flew to Chille for a rugby game, mid flight they crashed into the Andes (the mountains) They were stuck up there for 70 days surviving on the flesh of there dead friends. 2 of the survivors extremely malnourished and weak walked 10 days over the mountains in below 0 weather into Chille to get help. They did.

Point is, You can do anything if you put your mind to it.
 
I get the same thing. For me it'd destructive impulses that cause me to get panicky, and I fear losing control and acting on them. I am in beauty school, doing facials, and I'll suddenly get the impulse to snap the person's neck. It's horrifying. So far I haven't acted on any of them, and I go back to the shrink in a month. I think a higher dose of my anxiety meds should help... I have a strong feeling benzos would help but she says that's a last resort. She also doesn't know the extent of my impulses, since i am afraid of being sent back to the state hospital, so it's not really being treated like the emergency I feel it is.

edit: Yeah, I also get the sexual impulses. I get impulses to kiss all kinds of repulsive people, if my face is kind of near theirs.
 
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