I've been making good progress with my mental health these last few years but one thing that's been bothering me since I was a kid are these images that randomly pop into my head. Gory stuff like people dying, me murdering or hurting people or just random gore pics I saw on 4chan. I don't like being around sharp knives or heavy objects because it triggers visions of me stabbing people, cutting myself or knocking them over the head when they have their back turned. stuff like that. Sometimes there's voices telling me to kill myself and bad things but not like schizo voices but just thoughts that don't have a lot of control over. I hope I don't need to say it but I really don't want to do these things. Sometimes I just let them pass and I'll forget about it again but on bad days it's frighteningly close to this video and I have to stop what I'm doing and take a deep breath to refocushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63lHuGMbscUbut again not in a schizo way...I heard about EMDR therapy and how it can be used to make flashbacks less intense in people with PTSD and it sounds like something that could help but I'm not sure if these thoughts have a traumatic origin or if my brain is just messed up. Does anyone here think it could help? Other things that could help? I know everyone has intrusive thoughts to some degree but I don't know how normal mine are. 29m btw if it matters.
Intrusive thoughts start that way, then you start thinking them naturally if you don't keep them out your head. I deal with similar shit too. Trick is to realize when a thought isn't yours, like it's just a random thought that popped in, know that you didn't intentionally think it, and just immediately tell yourself to stop. For me, once I recognize one, I just mentally scream to myself "no!" "That's not me!" "I'm not interested" "I'm not thinking about that shit" etc...You have to catch yourself and don't give leeway to these thoughts. Recognize your brain is a sponge, and if you give one thought the tiniest attention, it will lead to drastic changes in your mental fortitude.Best to also keep your mind busy with healthy activities. And try to stay away from gory 4chan images lol
I've had ultraviolent intrusive thoughts my whole life tooreckon it's just a predator thingyour ancestors killed a lot of things in creative ways
First op said some good stuffYou should also make peace with it dont force yourself to "stop" thinking about itit wont go away just recognise that you are thinking about unwanted thoughts, make amends with yourself and let it go with time peacefully cut down on the material that fuels these thoughts+ probably if you fixed you sleeping schedule and lead a healthy life it would help but im not sure ofc
why is that baby chinese
>>34336561He's squinting from being so jolly and derpy, you wouldn't get it.
