Posted by johnj1 on January 28, 2010, at 21:17:59
In reply to Can medications stop 'unhelpful' thoughts??????, posted by jms600 on January 27, 2010, at 16:04:30
Welcome to pure "O" OCD. The fact that these thoughts bother you is a good sign. Everyone has these types of thoughts from time to time. When you want them to go away that is when you strengthen them. The person without OCD just thinks "that was a weird thought" and lets it go. Us with pure "O" are very distressed by them and they cause us anxiety. Please, Please go to the website below and watch the video. I really like Phillipson. I think he is brilliant and understands OCD as well as any doctor out there. I think I watched the whole video twice back to back the first time.
I generally have not been posting here because I don't care for the politics and shackles on posting anymore but I felt compelled to try and help you. You will be relieved to know you are not alone at all. You are not responsible to thoughts that pop into your head. For example, lets say you watched a movie and there was a lot of fighting with weapons. Later on a thought popped into your head to fork a friend or knife them. It is highly possible that your mind is just processing the movie and so the reptilian brain spit it out like a replay. It means NOTHING. If you try to analyze where it came from it just makes it stronger. The more you dwell on the thought the more grass you rub out from the path in your brain. The less you learn to react the less they will occur. I have actually challenged my brain to come up with better stuff! Then I get bored because it is so ridiculous and then the thoughts just go away. Please check out the link and the video. It will allow you to know you are not the only one and you are not crazy.
Cheers
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