[ SECRET POST #4579 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4579 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Vincenzo's Plate youtube channel]


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[Terry Pratchett, Discworld]


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[David Tennant in Good Omens]


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[Black Mirror, "San Junipero"]


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06.
[Crazyhead]


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07.
[Love and Fortune]









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Comments

Re: Intrusive thoughts

[(Anonymous)]

Depends on what kind of thought it is. Some say that listening to or singing the whole song through can get rid of an earworm, so the same type of thing might work for thoughts. What is the thought? Any particular reason you might be having it? If so, maybe follow that thread. Is it true? If not, remind yourself why it's not true. Is it something you are supposed to do? If so, either do it or write yourself a reminder if you can't do it right away. Is it a daydream? If so, let yourself go with it a bit.

It's possible that just acknowledging it as a thought that you are having, without assigning it any sort of value (right/wrong, good/bad, ridiculous/important, etc.), rather than trying to push it away or ignore it, may help.

Re: Intrusive thoughts

[(Anonymous)]

OP

Problem is, following the thread is what I usually do. Over and over. And sometimes it branches out into new threads that involve new problems, and I can't end them until I've "solved" them in my mind.

I do feel better after "solving" a problematic thought, or figuring out why I'm having it, but that doesn't stop it from coming back. And then I have to do it all over again.

It also happens with Google. I'll Google something I don't want to think about (for example... imagine you don't want to think about child abuse, but you cant stop Googling articles about it), and then I'll feel a little bit better after going through a bunch of articles, just because it gets rid of the urge to Google the thing for a while. But then it comes back again. And again. It's a waste of time, but if I don't do it, it won't stop bugging me.