I have these weird urges

I've been having weird urges since yesterday. Had anyone experienced this? I'm not depressed.

Hi blue: Well... I guess I can't really say anything definitive about this. I can't tell you why it's happening or how to stop it. Personally I presume it perhaps has something to do with anxiety. But I don't really know. If you're familiar with the Buddhist technique called "compassionate abiding" perhaps you might find that helpful. It's what I use.

I guess mostly what I can say is that my entire life has been full of weird urges dating back even to when I was a young child. And many... yes... even most of them I indulged sad to say. And most of the time I didn't feel depressed either; at least not in the sense that we typically think of as depression.

And, in fact, because the urges I had started so early in my life, I have to say I never really even gave them a lot of thought. I certainly knew they were weird. But since I had pretty-much always had them, they just seemed to be a "normal" part of my life & I didn't give them a whole lot of thought. I just went with them.

I get that a lot! I chop it up to the Sz part of SzA as my affect is different then my actions/thoughts but it could be part of a mixed episode. I have a tattoo on my wrist because If I did that I would ruin my tattoo and I don't want to do that. Plus if I did do either of those things I'd have to explain I'm not suicidal but thought x was a good idea. They wouldn't believe me. Right now I'm having difficulty with my thoughts right now. I'm using lotion on the places I want to harm. It doesn't stop the thoughts but it's like telling my thoughts **** you. Which makes me smile.

I have similar urges that just come out of nowhere. Sometimes I experience this when I am feeling rage or stress. Other times, these feelings come out of nowhere, even when not depressed.

So sorry that you are experiencing this, blue. It's terrible to struggle with this.

This is exactly like me right now. I am not depressed. I just have these urges, and also I feel like I need to break my furniture and I feel very angry and frustrated.

I can relate to this. I have tattoos on both wrists. They remind me of how strong I am.

I get urges as well. Distraction techniques help. I like music.

Unfortunately I can kind of relate to xRavenx & The Sad Girl lately. I don't know how to hide what I write, so I won't go into the details much. I'll jsut say I've been horribly depressed for a while now. Last week I felt an urge to take care of some unfinished business. It passed...as most of these thoughts do.

I self harmed for years. Sometimes the urge to go back to that is overwhelming...

Thoughts are just that..... thoughts.... When you get the urge to do any of things grab a handful of ice and hold it as long as you can you.... trust me it will distract you and as a bonus it gives you a bit of an endorphin rush...

My self harm urges happen more when I am depressed, but they will happen when I am what I perceive to be baseline, simply because it was a habit for so long for me. Like others, I have a full forearm tattoo on my right forearm to discourage self harm, and hopefully in 2018 will be getting my left forearm done.

Mi agree with Christina, like I often do. Thoughts are just thoughts and can’t hurt you, even though they are disturbing. Holding ice does help sometimes for me.