[~Christina]

Thought this might be helpful to some ... It's a wiki link but its pretty accurate

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusive_thoughts

Hi Christina!
I got one of those "were you looking for one of these?" sites. Think it's because of the double http in the address. I'm going to try this, but the coding looks weird, so it might cause the same thing(!) Testing testing!

Intrusive thoughts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edited to add: Yup, it works.

[~Christina]

Thanks Innerzone !!!! I am pretty dense today . lol

[StillLeftBehind]

site not there

[BipolaRNurse]

I got into it. What's weird is, there's no mention of bipolar disorder in any of the discussions.....it's all OCD, depression, postpartum depression etc. And yet it's very common in bipolar people; we talk about it often here at PC. Then again, it's Wiki, so I take it with a grain of salt.

Thanks for sharing, Christina. Interesting stuff!

Thanks! Exactly what I go through on a daily basis. Its hard to explain to people what happens and that I wont actually act on these thoughts. It is highly distressing when you see yourself violently injuring or sexually abusing those you love most. Golden rule - never tell anyone! In my experience it always ends badly.

I have always been told these thoughts are from the OCD and unrelated to BP, but I am sure if I didnt have BP I wouldnt have OCD or vise versa... I think all the mental health is linked. Also it is common for people with BP to experience a range of other mental health issues, some ongoing, some temporarily but I believe - all linked.

Interestingly the OCD seems to be getting worse for me as the BP is getting better. I hope in time I will find a way to eliminate or better ignore the intrusive thoughts.

[medicalfox]

I struggle with what seems to be two kinds of intrusive thoughts. The one I have had all my life is my OCD of germs so that's not too destressing since I always have germ x with me, but the other kind came from my first psychotic break. The intrusive thoughts are very bad and they scare me since I feel like I might act on them like saying things I don't mean. I also have a few delusions I can't help believing and the intrusive thoughts conflict with them which give me anxiety. They differ from the voices because they are in my voice in my head and I feel like someone implanted these thoughts in my head. I usually do my best to calm my mind and think of other things to get rid of them.

Intrusive thoughts are strange, well, at least mine are.

[BlueInanna]

I thought they did mention at least mention PTSD Bpnurse(?) Yea Bp would be good to mention, a lot of us have intrusive thoughts.

I know I have some "out there" thoughts sometimes, but maybe this will help someone:
The worst intrusive thought I've had was PTSD related. My son trying to hurt me & himself & being hospitalized. When visiting him, he told me that he couldn't talk to me, that seeing me made him want to... he gestured with wanting to stab himself in forearm. he did hug & cry with me.

But when I got home I started having intrusive thought of stabbing myself in my arm like he'd gestured. I was really freaked out by it, threw away every knife in the house. It was invading my focus when trying to work, I couldn't sleep.

the solution I found, I came to with help of a guy here in chat room. I somehow was able to "reframe" the image. And it saved me. We "reframed" the image into a dagger made of purple light (high frequency healing color). And stabbing myself with that. The healing color spread through my arm, healing the trauma. Somehow this worked, every time the thought intruded, I used the purple dagger image. And it finally faded.

I'm grateful to that guy & the technique I learned. just food for thought guys.