![]() I believe that if we can become more comfortable with our own intrusive thoughts, we might be in a better place to support those suffering with them. If a client is afraid of bringing their intrusive thoughts into the room, it will only perpetuate their problem. There is a misconception around obsessive compulsive disorder, which emphasises compulsions like checking and washing, without taking into account these intrusive thoughts and/or images that underlie what’s really at the heart of it. But for some people – particularly people suffering with OCD or pure obsessional OCD – intrusive thoughts are harrowing because they happen frequently and intensely, and the person starts to attach meaning and significance to them. Most of the time, they are fleeting thoughts and pass by without much concern to the person experiencing them. But there is no shame in intrusive thoughts, and it’s about time we started talking openly about them. They’re usually violent, sexual or blasphemous – naturally, people tend not to admit to having them. Intrusive thoughts and images come into our minds seemingly randomly, and they can seem out of place, bizarre, or even taboo, in their nature. These are not the same as hallucinations. ![]() Intrusive thoughts like those above are extremely common, and we can have intrusive images and intrusive urges, too. How many times have you walked along a tube platform and thought, “What if I jumped?” before thinking, “Why did I think that?” and then panicked? Or had a sudden image of kissing your own relative and then cringed?
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