Hi all I am new to the program, i don't know if anyone will be able to see my post or not,but i hope so.I started the program about a month ago so far i have been listening to the tapes off and on i need to become more consistent. Well here is my dilema I know it sounds crazy,but hopefully someone out there can help! I have been having obssesive scary thoughts about sticking my finger down my throat it's like i know i am not going to do it but the thought overwhelms me.It started last yr late one night I was watching a movie about this woman that was bulimic and that's when it started. I have never been bulimic in my life nor have had any eating disorder of any sort. I am actually terrified at even the thought of someone actually purging but yet i feel like i am terrified that the thoughts may over take me and i give in i don't know.Does anyone have any advice this is so scary to me I hope someone out there can help.

That would be scary but all I can say is try your best to side track that thought when you get it. When you get it think of something totally different till you teach yourself to think positive when something negitive happens.
Lately when I start thinking negitive I have been thinking about a happy color and getting so involved in the color and what kind of positive feelings I can feel with that color. It has helped me that last couple of days anyway.

Good luck I will say a prayer for you.
In Jesus name give this person peace of mind and teach her to renew her mind with positive things. In Jesus precious name AMen

I have learned through this group and through life that the mpre you think about doing something that is an obsessive scary thought the less you will obsess about it. I often would see knives and think that I was going to harm someone or myself and never would. Eventually after trens of times of having this scary problem and NEVER actually doing it I learned that these were jsut thoughts, not actions and to move on....God Bless

Hi.

You are having an OCD obsession. Everyone has different kinds of thoughts,however, OCD feeds on the anxiety that you feel when you think that thought - hence - it's like a cycle that won't stop....

For some reason for people that have OCD, our brain tries to figure out why we are having that thought, latches onto it, and then keep calling it up - because its making you feel anxious.

Try and let the thought naturally pass through -and it will at least give you some relief from the anxiety.

If there are other obsessions that are occurring etc., talk to you dr. who can refer you. CBT should help too.

Hang in there!

What is cbt

Hi, I was (and still am) experiencing all kind of uncomfortable scary thoughts ( much better in the last week). They cause panic and overwhelm your being. I know how you feel. What I did was jump ahead in the program to LESSON TEN. It is dedicated to dealing with scary obsessive thoughts. I am following the program otherwise but I knew I had to deal with these thoughts as soon as possible to get better. Anyway, jump ahead and listen to that session. You will be shocked and amazed that what you are experiencing is common to anxiety sufferers.

The main point on the LESSON TEN CD is that scary thoughts "are your mind way of distracting yourself from what is REALLY bothering you".

This idea alone has REALLY helped me cope.

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Originally posted by Karmomma4:
What is cbt

Hi there. CBT is short for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

I'm sure you have heard this referenced many times for anxiety....

I know exactly what you are going thru-its been an on going problem for me now for the last few weeks -some days better then others.Coping with it is the hardest part-as I am writing this I am in the spacey feeling I get when the anxiety hits.It easier sad then done but try to ride it out-the thoughts are only thoughts and you will never act on them.Doing relaxation tapes help me thru it sometimes but I still have them.Listerning to lessen 10 may help as someelse suggested.Be positive-think of a happy monent in your life when the thoughts occur replace the scary thoughts with that monent.Be positive and God Bless

i'm glad i saw this post and the answers on here. i have obsessive scary/intrusive thoughts. i've talked to my therapist about them in the past and it always helps. it's just been awhile that i've been in to see her so i'm hoping you can give more advice to me as i came on here to post about it and found this post. i am through the program and am doing so well but i am stuck in one today and am having a hard time diverting it.

my scary thought today came after i read the news online at lunch (which i have stopped and started doing many times over due to this very reason of reading things i don't need to read...scary thoughts come about). i was reading of a man in the area busted for child porn and how they took his compter and such. as i was reading it i began wondering exactly what child porn was/looked like, why do they have the (sickness or draw) to look at it and enjoy it? now i am feeling sick about it because i'm like, why would you be curious about such a thing? and then it creaped me out because i'm on my computer and that's where people view it, like if i was curious i could go find it at this moment. i'm not a sicko-i swear, these thoughts just ran through my head because i have no idea what it is about porn-obviously i've never viewed it (i've never even watched regular adult stuff!) i hate these thoughts. just when i think i'm over stuff, something new seems to find it's way in.

i do believe i have this thought as i am pregnant and having slight anxiety about having a baby. i am overjoyed 99% of the time about our baby. when we decided to start trying i started having anxieties about hurting kids, that's when i went to my therapist and she reassured me, it was just my anxiety about having kids...that was a few months ago and i haven't had any trouble until this today.

I realize that my answers to my post are pretty much above...i'd just like someone to answer so i can calm myself. i hate feeling this way and am upset i'm caught up in this thought

I wish I had advice for you. I really don't, but I empathize with being locked in my mind that get's to think what it wants, and all I can do is try to not get anxious about the thoughts that are generated. The "easier said than done" advice is to concentrate on picturing your competence as a parent, and if there's a specific thing that frightens you, read up on it, and talk about that specific fear instead of letting the random thoughts become entrenched and distract you from what's really scaring you. Best wishes!

thanks for your response, i don't know what my actual anxiety about having kids is but probably just the responsibility of having them, i know i'm going to be a good mom and i've wanted this for a very long time. i just get myself going with the what if's and when reading things like i did, i scare myself with the thoughts and get stuck.

angelisa,
Im not a doctor, but it sounds like an obsessive compulsive problem. do some research, and dont try to sidetrack the the thought, it will get worse if you do. actually, if you feel brave enough, go into the bathroom and stand there, with your finger perched on your tongue, the fact that your scared of this and it obviously bothers you this much is really proof that its an obsessive thought.

I am getting these responses a little late have not checked the sitein a few days.Thanks so much for all of the support! I was really feeling super depressed today, I have been feeling lately like no one understands this condition.I have mentioined it to my husband he is such a loving caring person, but he has no idea what i am going through has a lot on him at the time with work and all. I don't want to burden him with this but then i feel like who else do i have to turn to.I am still having the obssessive thoughts about sticking my finger in my throat yet i still have not done it but it is so scary that my thoughts are telling me to do it and i don't want the thoughts to win and i definitely don't want to develop an eating disorder i have been on line looking up the dangers of self induced vomiting hoping that something would scare me enough to make the thought stop. Please help! any advice would be helpful i feel as if these thoughts will never stop.