Problem of Intrusive Thoughts - How to Tackle Them?
Have you ever experienced intrusive thoughts that are so frightening? How about having thoughts that are morbid, sexual aggressiveness thoughts,or thoughts that are morally disturbing and blasphemy? Are you struggling to get rid of these thoughts but to find out that you are actually going deeper and deeper into it?
Well, there are millions of people world wide who are having similar intrusive thoughts like yours. So although these thoughts can be very disturbing and frightening, I like to assure you that they are basically harmless and meaningless.
So how do you counter this intrusive thoughts problem?
Here is the secret. Firstly, you have to do some attitude changes. By that I mean you must change in the way you have been responding to the intrusive thoughts. If you achieved this you will quickly eliminate the emotional responses you are having to the unwanted thoughts. Once the anxious reaction has been dramatically minimized' the frightening intrusive thoughts will go away.
If in the past you have tried to get rid of the thoughts yourself in order to be free from them, now I want to tell you that the trick is not to put any attempt to push them away. This is because the very attempt to push them away is what actually strengthen them and make them stay.
Human beings cannot totally control what goes through their minds' but we can control how we respond to what goes on there. That is the main difference between people who gets trapped in fearful thinking and someone who does not.
The intrusive thoughts that terrorize us are not being empowered by some unknown force; they are our own. We fuel them and equally we get rid of them. When you have an uncomfortable thought I suggest that you quickly identify them as OCD.
It is NOT real although it feels like real. Trust yourself with those facts that these intrusive thoughts are harmless and don't mean anything. They are actually a product of anxiety disorder and NOT any kind of disease. This is a well known truth around the world.
Finally, don't dwell on those thoughts. Focus yourself on other things that you love to do. Do this on regular basis and don't give up even if you tend to succumb to the urges once in a while. The key factor is to keep on refocus and distract yourself regularly.
Once your anxiety levels get reduced by this regular distracting technique, you will find that the next time the same thoughts appear it will cause no impact on your emotions like it used to be.
Well, there are millions of people world wide who are having similar intrusive thoughts like yours. So although these thoughts can be very disturbing and frightening, I like to assure you that they are basically harmless and meaningless.
So how do you counter this intrusive thoughts problem?
Here is the secret. Firstly, you have to do some attitude changes. By that I mean you must change in the way you have been responding to the intrusive thoughts. If you achieved this you will quickly eliminate the emotional responses you are having to the unwanted thoughts. Once the anxious reaction has been dramatically minimized' the frightening intrusive thoughts will go away.
If in the past you have tried to get rid of the thoughts yourself in order to be free from them, now I want to tell you that the trick is not to put any attempt to push them away. This is because the very attempt to push them away is what actually strengthen them and make them stay.
Human beings cannot totally control what goes through their minds' but we can control how we respond to what goes on there. That is the main difference between people who gets trapped in fearful thinking and someone who does not.
The intrusive thoughts that terrorize us are not being empowered by some unknown force; they are our own. We fuel them and equally we get rid of them. When you have an uncomfortable thought I suggest that you quickly identify them as OCD.
It is NOT real although it feels like real. Trust yourself with those facts that these intrusive thoughts are harmless and don't mean anything. They are actually a product of anxiety disorder and NOT any kind of disease. This is a well known truth around the world.
Finally, don't dwell on those thoughts. Focus yourself on other things that you love to do. Do this on regular basis and don't give up even if you tend to succumb to the urges once in a while. The key factor is to keep on refocus and distract yourself regularly.
Once your anxiety levels get reduced by this regular distracting technique, you will find that the next time the same thoughts appear it will cause no impact on your emotions like it used to be.
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