Does anyone else have severely disturbing thoughts, which make you fear that you will lose control and act out on them?
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I know that while I was at work the other week, I struggled to concentrate on what I was 'sposed to be doing. With all the thoughts and stuff flying around my head, I totally thought I'd lost control of myself, before I managed to calm myself down. I'm just glad I was on my own at the time.
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I used to get thoughts like that quite often when I was on Paxil. I have been off of it for 7 years now and have not had any more since then. Like yourself I did not know if I could keep from acting on them. I never did thankfully but don't know if I ever would have because they were just thoughts. Ive never experienced anything like that before or since. I can say it was quite unpleasant to put it mildly.
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Yes. Mostly stuff I would act out upon myself but not always. Sometimes I am afraid to put myself in positions where I could easily, impulsively harm myself (fatal heights, for example). Sometimes I'm afraid I will hurt myself or others completely by accident. I am terrified by dangerous machinery, no matter how unlikely a risk it may be.
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Yes I do. I often think I could act sexually agaist my daughter and this thought disturbs me so much! I hate having this kind of thoughts as much as I hate having anxiety. My daughter is so precious, I'd never do anything harmful to her. This thought fills me with anger and shame at the same time.
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I see images of half man half shark people and imitate them to answer your question I to some extent do.
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It sounds like OCD. I've had this problem for years. It's sometimes known as Pure O if you don't develop compulsions to counteract the thoughts. The important thing to remember is that it is usually caused by faulty brain chemistry. One book I read that has helped me immensely to understand these type of dark thoughts is Brain Lock by Jeffrey Schwartz. His steps for changing OCD thoughts is to say it is an OCD thought and then refocus on something else.
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Ermejo; I found that very brave for you to open up like that. I think I feel those feelings, too! Sex is a stress reliever. It's probably one of the easiest ways, too.
So it's normal to a certain extent.Read your brains out about Anxiety and disorders because you may find it explains your life. Don't avoid it because your scared. Most adults know about disorders. You need to except that "someone" won't understand unless you explain to. Doesn't have to be your parents, but get your voice out.
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Ermejo- I agree with Chinadoll. It was very brave of you to let that out. It takes much longer to get over anxieties if you don't talk about them. I used to have anxiety that I was going to hurt my parents.
I watched a movie called, "The Ring" a few years ago and I could only watch half of it before I had to go into another room. It made me fear I was going to hurt my parents. A couple days after watching the movie, my dad was taking a nap and I went into his room to grab the nail-clippers that had the pointy nail file part that flips out, anyway, I flipped the nail file out and I walked up to my dad holding it like I was going to hurt him or something..I would never hurt him, but just the fact that I acted like that, disgraces me.
But with all of the things I have learned about anxiety, the way it works, how to cope with it, the main thing that I have learned and what helped me get through the anxiety I shared is that.. you're not going to lose control and act out on a disturbing thought if your WORRIED you're going to.
Ermejo- You said, "My daughter is so precious, I'd never do anything harmful to her. This thought fills me with anger and shame at the same time." You said that you KNOW you wouldn't do anything harmful to you're daughter, and even having the thought makes you feel shamed. You wouldn't act out on a thought that you KNOW in you're heart you aren't capable of doing. Hope I helped, and sorry for all of the writing!
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Yes - these are called intrusive thoughts and they are more common than you think!
