Does anyone else have trouble with looping thought processes? I have a situation and I keep teliing myself to let it go but I keep going over it and over it until I am in tears and I cant stop making the thoughts, they wont go away. I have been taking klonopin every night for the last 5 nights and even considered drinking alcohol with it one night to make the thoughts stop but that seemed awful close to self harm and I didnt do it I dont want me to go away just the thoughts. I was alone that night, I have had family home since then but I will be alone again tomorrow and I am afraid. I dont know if I will be safe.

[~Christina]

Can you journal your thoughts to help get them out of your head ? Or Meditation , mindfulness, exercise ?

[bronzeowl]

I parrot journalling and exercise. I have thoughts that sound very similar to what you're describing. Journalling and exercise have been life savers for me. I've done the drinking thing. In the end, it just makes the thoughts worse for me.

[Resident Bipolar]

I have exactly the same thing. It keeps me awake for hours in bed at night.

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[A Red Panda]

I definitely have thoughts that go in circles and won't leave me alone. If it's a worry about someone or a conversation... I'll focus on it for a bit and I'll manipulate the scenario in my head a bunch of times. Usually my brain will then decide it's being silly and will give it up for a bit.

Sometimes reading helps but I might have to REALLY focus on the words on the page.

A lot of the time my thoughts that get stuck are stupid... like snipits of songs that just take over. I do my best to ignore those but I don't know how to get rid of them besides waiting them out!

[Trippin2.0]

I do, my former pdoc said its my OCD acting up ( those are also my initials, go figure!)...

Music straight into my eardrums is my go to strategy, journalling also helps. A certain thought can loop for weeks in my head without reprieve, so I really feel for you

[monochromatic]

my tdoc tells me that once I've written through them a few times, and they're still coming up, to just recognize them as irrational thoughts and dismiss them.

Ex:
"he's going to leave you. he doesn't love you"
"Thats an irrational though", and then dismiss it.

It's something i have to do over and over and over and over, but eventually they stop. And it makes it easier next time.

Thanks everyone! Journaling I've attempted, I loop the thoughts for pages there too, I need to exercise, I did finally vacuum my house so there's that little burst of activity. Maybe a walk with some heavy metal would be the thing to do? I appreciate your help!

[Alokin]

I have dreams like this. They wake me up. Very frustrating. In fact, I call them frustration dreams.

[vans1974]

Sorry to hear! I've found that medication can slow down or speed up my thoughts. The benzo's slow it down obviously and so do antipsychotics like Latuda and certain antidepressants! I wouldn't mix alcohol with a benzo though! Benadryl will help, and a script for Neurontin will slow down the neural activity as well. All the best!!

[Victoria'smom]

I've been told it's OCD also. I journal and give it to my T.