kirby42 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Today was quite a busy day out and about in the city. I had lots of intrusive thoughts on a variety of topics and I simply tried to observe them as thoughts. I didn't react to them, tried not to judge them. They didn't create much anxiety. I also tried to stop ruminating about past thoughts/events by diverting my attention onto other things. One thing that I tried doing was welcoming the thoughts to come at me full force, agreeing with them and exploring them. For example... *TRIGGER WARNING* I see someone on a train platform. A thought can come "I could push them on front of the train". Then I say to myself "Yeah and I'm gonna laugh my head off like a maniac and film the whole thing on my phone". Is this a bad approach to take? I'm just trying to take some power away from the thoughts so that I can get on with my life. Link to comment
kirby42 Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Any ideas folks? Trying to get a game plan going for this working week. Link to comment
Skullpops Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Hi Kirby, No, that's not a bad approach to take. Like you say, this approach takes power away from the thoughts. In turn this gives the OCD nowhere to go. Link to comment
paradoxer Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Not running from OCD confuses it - it thrives on fear. If you can up the ante - and run toward the fire, even better. Link to comment
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