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Originally Posted by No_longer_sane
Hello, I was wondering if racing thoughts or brain chatter affect anybody here, because Its a real problem for me, All the time I can hear noise in my head, and the most horrible, violent, graphic, disgusting, or inappropraite things pop up in my head, and I feel so guilty for thinking these things about people, or I get disgusted by the pure violence of my thoughts, as well as the fact I constantly have thoughts running through my head, masses of them, and I cannot control them, Its so hard to function, I can barely focus on what I need to do or what people are saying because of it. Does anybody else have it? And if so, how do you cope? Take care all of you x
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when i first read this it was as if i had writen it myself!
i was diagnosed with ADD at around the age of twelve when teachers at school found it near impossable to deal with me in lessons i think at first i was thought of as "the problem child" as i was about the only kid in my whole year who didnt listen to chart music and dress like everyone else i was the wierdo kid lol!
now as a sufferer of adult ADD i am only just starting to cope with this disorder at the age of 33, the m main problem i have is that i still find it so increadably hard to focus on what people are saying to me though i can remember every word and detail of a private conversation i over heard at the bus stop between two old ladies about agnes's operation!!!
The best way i have found to try to teach yourself to focus is to use what you already love...by this i mean your interests/hobbies after all we are all good at something!
As for feeling bad about the thoughts that can pop into your head well i have come to realise there is no point feeling bad other people cant hear what you thought...and ok its possable that you blurted something out the thing with this is its all about how to "act normal and carry on"...take time before saying anything stop and think you cant stop the endless stream of chatter in your brain but you can stop it from acting out in life after all a shokingly violent thought about someone is one thing but then to act it out is another!
hope this helps!
