How do you cope with thoughts that dont make any sense? (Merged Topics)

[jampot]

Like thoughts that are so bizzare and scary that it makes you feel like your loosing your mind.

 

[jampot]

Still label them as ocd?

[PolarBear]

You just described everyday, ordinary obsessions. You ignore them and work hard not to do any compulsions.

[jampot]

How does the mind come up with all this rubbish some of it is so scary..

[PolarBear]

You need to stop focusing on the why and start focusing on recovery. It is what it is. You have to learn to deal with it.

[jampot]

just always thinking its more than ocd.

[PolarBear]

Why? Isn't OCD bad enough?

[jampot]

i don't know anymore what to think.

Going to a therapist today just not sure where to start or what to say.

 

 

[Mars]

Hi Jampot, I had the same feeling yesterday, try to stay calm and focus on what you need to do to get better. Remind yourself it ocd and thoughts come and go.

[jampot]

2 hours ago, Mars said:

Hi Jampot, I had the same feeling yesterday, try to stay calm and focus on what you need to do to get better. Remind yourself it ocd and thoughts come and go.

I'm trying too but so hard.

[Mars]

Are you ok? Remember Ocd is a bully, ignore it

Edited September 24, 2016 by Mars

[jampot]

Not to bad,just keep on with the doubting its ocd.

[Mars]

Same here but it is the doubting  disease

[jampot]

very very scary place to be 

[Mars]

Did you see your therapist?

[jampot]

Yes. 

My brain is under stimulated he said and i am also burnt out,as running own buisness has taken its toll.

I also am depressed.

Just fail to see how the mind comes up with all this ****!

[PolarBear]

You've got to let this go. It is what it is. Sitting there thinking more about how your brain comes up with intrusive thoughts is not going to give you the answer you want.

[jampot]

28 minutes ago, PolarBear said:

You've got to let this go. It is what it is. Sitting there thinking more about how your brain comes up with intrusive thoughts is not going to give you the answer you want.

Everytime i try and move on a new and scarier thought comes,some of them make me physically sick

[Guest David green]

Jampot if they dont make sense they are BS

I always go with what makes sense and if it doesnt i have no time for it my friend

 

Goodluck to yeah

[jampot]

5 hours ago, PolarBear said:

You've got to let this go. It is what it is. Sitting there thinking more about how your brain comes up with intrusive thoughts is not going to give you the answer you want.

Everytime i try and move on a new

scarier thought comes up.

6 minutes ago, David green said:

Jampot if they dont make sense they are BS

I always go with what makes sense and if it doesnt i have no time for it my friend

 

Goodluck to yeah

Thanks 

Edited September 24, 2016 by jampot

[Guest David green]

Thats the way to play it! You will get there there my friend beleave in yourself and move on to happier days happier times and good pleasant thoughts.

[jampot]

Im getting now some really nasty thoughts and trying to relabel but they are discusting and si upsetting.

[Ashley]

Hi Jampot,

I know you're struggling, but to make it easier for people to follow the advice being offered it is best to stick to existing topics if it's the same subject, so I have merged your last two topics.

First of all let me say it's great you went to see a therapist.

23 hours ago, jampot said:

My brain is under stimulated he said and i am also burnt out,as running own buisness has taken its toll.

I am not sure what this means that your brain is under stimulated, surely if you are busy then your brain will be over stimulated?   Anyway, I guess what I am asking is how much does your therapist know about OCD?  The above sounds like a lame response from the therapist, and even if true (most of us are burnt out, stressed, depressed or something) we still have to find a way to try and move on against the OCD.  To do that, we need good people behind us offering us the right advice, which I guess brings me back to the question about the OCD knowledge of the therapist.

 

4 hours ago, jampot said:

Im getting now some really nasty thoughts and trying to relabel but they are discusting and si upsetting.

Well at the risk of coming across cheeky, I am afraid if it is an OCD intrusive thought then by definition it will be upsetting, and/or disgusting.  So this is again where I am afraid I come back to the same point, what did the therapist suggest you do in these circumstances?

In terms of what is going on with your OCD, at a guess the relabelling is no longer helping you, and I am guessing it's simply a neutralising compulsion.  At some point you need to look at what the thoughts you're experiencing mean to you, and what your theory A and theory B is. By doing that, it may help you deal with them better and start being able to respond with something other than anxiety and dread.  Something to discuss when you next see this or a different therapist.

Ashley.

[jampot]

not sure what you mean by what the thoughts mean to me.

im hoping they don't mean anything...

what do you mean theory a and b is?