obsessive thinking.

hi everyone,a weeks ago i made the folowing thread
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http://forums.psychcentral.com/showf...b=5&o=&fpart=1

till that point on i think i have determined that i have obsessive thinking(about thinking?O_o) disorder (w/o the compulsive,lol)

since then i have gradually gotten better and i have been not thinking about thinking less and less each day.but at the end of the day i know that pretty much most of the time ive spent doing activities i have also had it on my mind.

ive read up on it,and i know that i can get better..only i dont want to have to resort to medication.

ive gotten better by just not worrying about it (alot easier said than done i must say,lol).i was just wondering if any of you guys have any advice which might be helpful.

for example..am i doing the exact opposite of what i should not be doing by not making this thread?or is it better to talk about it?sort of like someone telling you not to think about the fork thing you know?

thanks in advance.

I'd definitely talk about it, but at the same time distracting yourself when you are thinking about it is a good idea.

One of my therapists gave me a good idea once. Try setting aside maybe 15-30 minutes a day where all you did was worry...or in your case, obsess...about what was on your mind. Then at the end of that time you would make yourself stop by doing any number of distractions.

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Lexicon78 said:
I'd definitely talk about it, but at the same time distracting yourself when you are thinking about it is a good idea.

One of my therapists gave me a good idea once. Try setting aside maybe 15-30 minutes a day where all you did was worry...or in your case, obsess...about what was on your mind. Then at the end of that time you would make yourself stop by doing any number of distractions.

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that wouldnt be half bad,except the problem is that im not really obsesing anything at the moment.its like im obsessing over nothing =\.its really frustraing to explain. i was obsesed over a girlfriend of mine..and i think it was her that triggered it off.but instead of being obsessed with her now..im just well..obsessed over thinking.

could i have reverted my thinking patterns from her to nothingness?(i dont get the the awkward feeling when i think about her instead if i was thinking about say stuff like games or other memories)

jeez this is deep,haha

i know that you do not want to resort to medication but if this is a chemical imbalance.......which it could be........then you are beating yourself up about it...my suggestion would be to see a good therapist.....discuss the problem and consider trying medication if the therapist thinks it may be a solution.....