Negative intrusive thoughts anyone?

[JaxiCats]

Half the time I’m in a good mood and then bam intrusive thoughts and then I’m thinking negative shit. It’s a cycle for me unfortunately. I wonder if I have ADHD and it’s just now getting to the point of affecting my day to day life. These thoughts have been going on for years tho so I don’t know.

[Anonymous]

Omg yes. I even went to therapy for it bc it got so bad. My therapist suggested that I write down my thoughts, then give it a score out of 10 of “how bad is it really?”. Then she also told me to write down things that “support” my thoughts and also write down things that are “against” it. Finally, she told me to ask myself “will this matter a year from now?”.

I don't know why but this seems to do the trick for me, I like to look back and read the things that I wrote down to laugh at - realizing how stupid I sound lol. Also remember to “Focus on the MAJOR positives in life rather than the MINOR negatives” ❤️

[J_12_L]

Going to therapy helped me bc that would cause a lot of anxiety. You just gotta train your brain that whenever you get an intrusive thought that it’s meaningless and not worry about it (obv easier said than done)

[JaxiCats]

Yea I’m trying but it never works for me. My therapist isn’t really helping. Wants me on medication but I’ll be stuck on it for the rest of my life with my luck. Only times I’ve been okay was when I was with my cat (he passed away), in ceramics class during highschool or with my boyfriend

[hafinjun]

Have you spoken to anyone, drs, counselors, therapists?

[JaxiCats]

Yea and they suggested medication which isn’t going to work for me because I don’t take it everyday like I should and I don’t want to be stuck with medication for the rest of my life

[QuietVerbena]

I get that sometimes