http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/forums/topic/thoughts-1 It's Time to Act. OCD Action provides support and information for people affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Tue, 22 May 2012 17:12:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/forums/search.php http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/forums/topic/thoughts-1#post-41641 Sat, 22 May 2010 22:36:12 +0000 jerama 41641@http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/forums/ <p>I do that a lot and Bingo is right.</p> <p>It always amazes me that whenever I can find the cause of the thought that is causing the problem how easy it is just to dismiss the bad thought. In fact I would go further to suggest that this would work almost all of the time. When it doesn't work it is usually because for some reason I am too busy or too presurised with other things to make the time to do it.</p> <p>J </p> http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/forums/topic/thoughts-1#post-41605 Sat, 22 May 2010 08:57:30 +0000 trish 41605@http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/forums/ <p>im gonna give that ago also thx &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif&quot; title=&quot;:D&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/forums/topic/thoughts-1#post-41604 Sat, 22 May 2010 05:48:24 +0000 rena 41604@http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/forums/ <p>Good advice Bingo, I will definatley try it and see if it helps me. Thanks! </p> http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/forums/topic/thoughts-1#post-41537 Wed, 19 May 2010 22:09:32 +0000 bingo 41537@http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/forums/ <p>I guess most of us on here have problems with intrusive thoughts especially the kind where something awful happens perhaps to a family member or someone close.</p> <p>Recently I've tried something that has helped me and I hope it can help others.</p> <p>When I've had a thought about something bad happening to someone I've tried to go back a step to see what I was thinking about before. The further back I go the better. This helps me to find out what lead me to the bad thought in the first place. Often it is a simple logical progression where all sorts of possibilities come to mind; for example, if a family member is just popping out to the the shop then you think of the journey an if that involves crossing a road then they could be run down by a car. That gets you thinking about what will happen if they are run down. So what I do is to go back to the previous thought that lead to the bad thought. This very often is quite a long sequence but it is usually quite logical and arrives at the start of the thought process. This then enables me to dismiss the bad thought because I now where it came from and that it was just my mind running loose and exploring all eventualities.</p> <p>Sounds to easy. Well maybe, but it helps me and I hope it will help others. Dunno why it works, but it does for me, not always but enough to make it worthwhile.</p> <p>Good luck,<br /> Bingo </p>