obsessive intrusive thoughts

Having obsessive intrusive thoughts for a long time, like fear of getting 'C' but can't stop thinking about it! The more I try to suppress it, the more anxiety i will feel. I am fearful because when i m sleeping, the word 'C' pops up. Almost nightly. So it's like I am obsessive thinking in the day and at night too. This is torturing me cos it makes me even more anxious and fearful. I even thought what if it happens to my loved ones I felt so guilty for feeling like this. People tells me stop thinking of it otherwise it would happen to you. This makes me even more paranoid and I think I can't help thinking of it!! It just runs in my mind like demons! Feeling so scared and confused.. Will having these bad thoughts makes me sick??? I can't control myself and I m going crazy. The bad thoughts of ' C' haunts me day and night....

Hello. I found this response from our forum moderator Scaredycat on another post and actually found great comfort in it and wanted to share it with you. Scaredycat, hope you don't mind for me sharing.... Here it is


If I can offer you some comfort, it is this...

...after reading literally thousands of posts on member's worries, I can homestly say that 99.9% of them never happen.:)

I can confirm this great quote!

"Almost nothing that I ever feared ever actually came true."

When are you expecting to hear your results? Did they give you a time?

Until you get a definitive answer...tell your anxiety to back off when it tries to pop up.

"It is not time to worry about that right now."....

is a favorite mantra of mine when I am waiting on an answer, or thinking about concerns in the future that I need to compartmentalize.

Keep posting here and we will try to keep you reassured and distracted

It's going to be alright.:)

S

Try to also keep in mind how long you've had these thoughts and here you are,....you're still doing fine!

Worrying doesn't prevent something from happening, but it does keep you from living life to the fullest....










M.

I have "history" of such unwanted thoughts, I will keep obsessing over my husband's ex-gfs and will be jealous of how they were before. Silly isn't it.

Then at one point, it's "scolding of God"... I don't know why all of a sudden, the bad thoughts came to my mind. I felt extremely guilty and "punishable" that I keep asking for God's forgive-ness that it wasn't my intention to be di srespectful. This went on for a few months and even in my dreams, such unwanted thoughts appeared too. Was about to go crazy then. And then after the birth of my baby, it went away.. But perhaps due to some stressful events, I become a health anxiety and then these such thoughts about 'C' appeared frequently in my mind and IN my dreams. I felt extremely helpless.

Does anyone out there who are like me? I think I am the only one who is behaving like this... Feeling terrible and horrible.

My mom died Of this disease 20years ago when I was still barely a teenager. I don't know if this affected my metal health???

F.W.
Have you tried using these? They really can help you take back the control that intrusive thoughts have stolen from you.
http://www.get.gg/freedownloads2.htm
It is simple...you take the thought/worry that is currently bothering you, and essentially break it down...revealing the fallibility in its nature, and giving you power over it through rational thinking.
Do this everyday as a practice! You may find it repetitive...but so are your fearful thoughts! Plus, you'll come up with new insights as you repeat going through the worksheets.
I can assure you that this will help if you commit to putting in the effort.
Keep posting!! We are cheering you on!
S.C.
p.s. Cornell, I don't mind you passing along anything I have posted...it is all meant to be shared and used!