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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic
Hugs bluebird, sorry not to comment earlier, I was working late. If you’re feeling things and seeing images but don’t want to do the thing one of the key things is realizing you’re actually ok. For me I don’t get strong visuals because I’ve banned gore from my life so my brain doesn’t have the imagery. I can’t control what comes out but I can control what goes into my brain 🧠. That being said I do get the thoughts, usually involving the garbage disposal or a car wreck or something else. I choose to see it as a protective response. My brain is showing me what will happen because it wants me to be more careful and not to do the bad thing, not the other way around.
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Thank you! That makes sense. I do happen to watch a lot of stuff with gory content. I don’t know if I can ban those from my life because I love horror movies but I can definitely work on how I see it and see it more as a protective response. That does make sense because it’s always things I really don’t want to think/see that come into my mind, so I could make sure I’m more careful. It often seems to be an
so I feel extra cautious around knifes because I’m afraid I’ll suddenly do something, and it’s definitely something I don’t want to do l, even though I do once in awhile have sui thoughts, I still don’t really truly want to hurt myself. It’s just I get scared I’ll go into the kitchen and do that impulsively so my brain makes me see it over and over again. I stay out of the kitchen when I’m feeling like that
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Diagnosis:
Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type
PTSD
Social Anxiety Disorder
Anorexia Binge/Purge type