Intrusive Thoughts - Tumblr Posts - Page 2
Sharing this here too
I do not usually make posts like this but recently I have seen a lot of content on Instagram, Twitter and I think tiktok too misunderstanding the meaning of intrusive thoughts, which may cause people experiencing them to be upset.
I have tried to shortly explain the difference of impulsive and intrusive and hope it will help people to understand and use the words correctly.
Reblogs are very much appreciated!
needed this today <3
another little reminder time. hey fellow people with intrusive thoughts and daydreams. your thoughts and worries will not come true from you thinking them. no matter how much you are ruminating over them, they will not manifest into real life! they are only thoughts that will come and go. you are safe and loved and everything is going to be okay.
Fun fact, everyone: we all have intrusive thoughts, it’s okay, and it doesn’t make you bad. Love yourself, despite your intrusive thoughts!
do you ever think really awful thoughts and suddenly become aware that you are not a good person
Me, just chilling: y'know it's be nice i-
my intrusive thoughts: yOu CoUlD sTaRt A cUlT aNd Be SuCcEsSfUl.
Me, now slightly intrigued: no no, go on.
friendly reminder that you are safe if you choose not to reblog posts threatening ‘x’ bad thing will happen if you don't. i know that it can be anxiety inducing, especially to those struggling with intrusive thoughts. i promise you that you are safe love. if u needed a sign to believe that you and you're loved ones are safe, here u go. ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ > this bear is protecting you rn ♡
Intrusive thoughts are bullshit am I right? And may I say that the whole “omg they/I let the intrusive thoughts win lmao xD” when doing something “quirky” or “silly” is fucking stupid. That’s not an intrusive thought bestie, that’s an impulse. VERY different. In fact, blurring the two together is very, very harmful. Being tormented by intrusive thoughts is awful, I’ve experienced it for years on end and it fucking sucks. It has been hard to simply function. For me, intrusive thoughts make me fear myself and make me basically gaslight myself saying that I’m losing my mind. This shit will bring me anxiety to the point of physical pain and has rendered me immobile before. I’d have full on breakdowns and meltdowns in the middle of class because of them. I’d lock myself away in my room holding myself and praying that I’m not insane or that I’d be locked away. All because before I didn’t realize these thoughts just happened because that’s how the stream of consciousness works.
But luckily lately I’ve been able to handle them better, so now when I get them I know that it is an intrusive thought only because of how alien it is to my mind. I just remember it’s an intrusive thought and I calm down a little, knowing that it isn’t me and it’s not something I would do. It’s just a junk thought in the stream of consciousness.
So please…. Please don’t confuse intrusive thoughts with impulse.
i would still love you if you were a worm this and that-
i would make a really elaborate terrarium compost worm habitat where you would live the rest of your worm days happily
or i would eat you.
no in-between
I’m not the only one?!? Usually it’s the drains in the sidewalk...huh, how easily would my phone slip down there to be lost forever and cause me a lot of stress and inconvenience to replace it?
me: walking along peacefully, enjoying the path along the river, playing with my keys in my pocket my brain: you know what would be funny? if you tossed those keys in the river, right now. me: my brain: you know you want to. me: *lets go of my keys, removes my hand very slowly from my pocket*
"omg I let my intrusive thoughts win, I bleached my hair 🤪🤪"
If I ever let my intrusive thoughts win I end up in one of these places
Me: oh hey a new fraggle rock Christmas special is coming. Nice
That part in my head;...... what if something happened
Me: CHARISMAS, PRESENTS, LIGHTS- HAPPY TIMES PLEASE I DONT WANNA THINK OF ANGST