HI, there i dont know if anyone has been through this or can help me with this one, but a couple of weeks ago i saw this scary picture, and i couldnt get it out of my head. Then i thought about and kept thinking "what if i can't get it out of my head". Then i became obsessed with it. Now my anxiety has got worse, I keep thinking about new things to obsess over and how i may never get them out of my head. I feel like I will never be normal again or I may lose my mind or go crazy, or worse be obsessive compulsive forever. new junior member

Hey Amy

You know, I can remember ever since I was little having scary thoughts...Its too bad I never caught on to them (or no one else did) so I could have used techniques when I was little to rid myself of them (or at least know how to handle them). You probably are having thoughts like, How could someone do what they did, or, will that happen to me, or, will I ever do that...? I think that the scary thoughts are what keep the cycle going..I know how hard it is to get imbetween those thoughts and start replacing them with good thoughts, but I am going to tell you what everyone else has told me,,PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE replacing the scary thoughts with good, empowering thoughts...We are very sensitive people..Whereas, another person w/o this disorder would have the thought and think nothing of it..We tend to dwell and create our own scary movie (in our heads)..I know it is scary..but try to do what I am doing..Have faith..All of the people on the website who have gotten through this crap must know what they are talking about,,,we need to trust that we can get through it too...