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Posted by Amy II on February 10, 2005, at 19:59:36
I have anxiety and I sometimes have uncontrolled thoughts that just pop into my head for no reason. They are vivid and gross. I would never act on them, but for whatever reason they are there. My doc tells me that it is all part of this chemical imbalance and that I will get better with my medicine. I am a normal person. I don't think other people with anxiety have these weird thoughts. Could someone please share with me any similar experiences so I don't feel so alone?
Scared,
AMY II
Posted by Dinah on February 10, 2005, at 20:06:22
In reply to Does anyone have weird crazy thoughts/Anxiety, posted by Amy II on February 10, 2005, at 19:59:36
It's possible with obsessive compulsive disorder. In fact people can develop a fear of the intrusive thoughts.
"The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"
"Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals : The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder"
One of these books, I can't recall which, has a good description of that sort of OCD.
Your doctor is right. Medications of the sort you recently quit taking are very good for that type of thoughts. So are some forms of therapy, cognitive behavior therapy seems to be the first line therapy for it.
Posted by anastasia56 on February 10, 2005, at 23:37:16
In reply to Re: Does anyone have weird crazy thoughts/Anxiety » Amy II, posted by Dinah on February 10, 2005, at 20:06:22
yes, i know what you mean. you're not alone.
Posted by sunny10 on February 11, 2005, at 12:07:51
In reply to Re: Does anyone have weird crazy thoughts/Anxiety, posted by anastasia56 on February 10, 2005, at 23:37:16
last night, late, I heard a gurgling, crying sound, and simultaneously, a car roaring down the street.
I was mostly asleep, but freaked out thinking that my son (who lives six blocks away with his dad and stepmom) had just been dragged into a car by his throat. It took all of my willpower NOT to call over there and make sure he was asleep in his bed. It was probably just a car going by and my cat crying for companionship!
So, yes, I think I can relate.... you are not alone,
sunny10
Posted by AMY II on February 11, 2005, at 12:43:27
In reply to Re: Does anyone have weird crazy thoughts/Anxiety, posted by sunny10 on February 11, 2005, at 12:07:51
When I have an anxiety attack, I have like really bad weird thoughts though. Like I all of the gross horror movies I ever watched were popping into my head and I couldn't get them out. My husband was trying to make me laugh during this epsisode and thought it was funny to make a joke about shaving our daughters hair off, and I immediately had an image of me shaving her hair but instead of her hair it was her entire scalp and it was all bloody. Then the scene from The Patriot came into my head where Mel Gibson kills the guy with that hatchet and just made him mince meat. I then immediately had a thought of me being on top of my husband and tearing out his guts.
I know this sounds disgusting, but I wanted to be frank with everyone. These are the disgusting things I am talking about. I do not have them when I am not having an anxiety attack. My psycologist said it is all part of my chemical imbalance and the anti anxiety medications will work to balance this out and I will start to have a normal thought process again. I know I would never act out any of these images, the thing that I hate is that they enter my head for no reason and I can't make them go away.
I was sitting on the couch the other day and I felt an anxiety attack coming on. As I sat there and tried to control it, I had a pencil in my hand and immediately thought " what if I am going crazy and I stuck this pencil in my temple?"
Does any of this sound familiar?
Posted by sunny10 on February 11, 2005, at 14:18:48
In reply to Re: Does anyone have weird crazy thoughts/Anxiety, posted by AMY II on February 11, 2005, at 12:43:27
I was having bloody, horrible visions of my son in my head, too, at the time (and can still recall them if I close my eyes right now). I guess I just didn't want to horrify you by writing them (no, you didn't horrify me- I was just being overly-cautious, I guess)...
Posted by Shortelise on February 11, 2005, at 14:56:24
In reply to Does anyone have weird crazy thoughts/Anxiety, posted by Amy II on February 10, 2005, at 19:59:36
I imagine things, doing things that I can't control, like hurting people or animals, but never, ever have I done it, and never would I. But in times of great anxiety, I am afraid I will do them. It's awful. I feel really really nuts when it happens.
ShortE
Posted by Dinah on February 11, 2005, at 16:54:10
In reply to Re: Does anyone have weird crazy thoughts/Anxiety, posted by AMY II on February 11, 2005, at 12:43:27
Read about OCD, Amy. It sounds absolutely familiar to me.
Posted by anastasia56 on February 11, 2005, at 22:09:51
In reply to Re: Does anyone have weird crazy thoughts/Anxiety, posted by anastasia56 on February 10, 2005, at 23:37:16
yes, too true. stuff you would never do but the mere fact that they come into your mind unbidden is freaky...like 'what if one day i couldn't control myself for some weird reason and really did do it'?
Posted by AMY II on February 19, 2005, at 21:13:19
In reply to Re: Does anyone have weird crazy thoughts/Anxiety, posted by anastasia56 on February 11, 2005, at 22:09:51
I am so glad to hear that I am not alone!! I thought for sure that something else was wrong with me besides anxiety. So can anyone tell me if by just taking anxiety medication that those thoughts and weird feelings will go away?? I would love to hear others experiences so I feel like there is hope for me ya know?
Thanks,
AMY II
Posted by AMY II on February 20, 2005, at 15:08:41
In reply to Re: Does anyone have weird crazy thoughts/Anxiety, posted by AMY II on February 19, 2005, at 21:13:19
> I am so glad to hear that I am not alone!! I thought for sure that something else was wrong with me besides anxiety. So can anyone tell me if by just taking anxiety medication that those thoughts and weird feelings will go away?? I would love to hear others experiences so I feel like there is hope for me ya know?
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> Thanks,
> AMY III am so glad to hear that I am not alone!! I thought for sure that something else was wrong with me besides anxiety. So can anyone tell me if by just taking anxiety medication that those thoughts and weird feelings will go away?? I would love to hear others experiences so I feel like there is hope for me ya know?
>
> Thanks,
> AMY II
Posted by Shortelise on February 20, 2005, at 19:28:45
In reply to Re: Does anyone have weird crazy thoughts/Anxiety, posted by AMY II on February 20, 2005, at 15:08:41
As I have dealt with the reasons for the anxiety, have learned good ways to cope with things when I start to feel myself fallling into old anxiety habit, ANd taking 20 mg (small dose) of Celexa everyday, I feel better.
The thought so come, and I know right away that I am super anxious - so I deal with it then. I mean, when I start to worry about my cats, imagine for example that they are going to get sick and die, or that my husband is going to leave me, a big light goes off in my mind, and I know I have to think about what's really going on.
Hugs
ShortE
Posted by anastasia56 on February 22, 2005, at 22:33:09
In reply to Re: Does anyone have weird crazy thoughts/Anxiety » AMY II, posted by Shortelise on February 20, 2005, at 19:28:45
hi amy,
yeah, taking a/d's does keep those thoughts at bay. sometimes the thoughts can come thru but you don't feel as freaked out by them. thank god, i mean what possesses us to think these things?
Posted by AMY II on February 22, 2005, at 23:40:08
In reply to Re: Does anyone have weird crazy thoughts/Anxiety, posted by anastasia56 on February 22, 2005, at 22:33:09
> hi amy,
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> yeah, taking a/d's does keep those thoughts at bay. sometimes the thoughts can come thru but you don't feel as freaked out by them. thank god, i mean what possesses us to think these things?It's Amy.--I don't know what makes me think that way. It is scary as hell I know that. I feel like I can't control my thoughts and they might end up controlling me and I won't be able to stop it. I am not a crazy person( no offense to those out there that are :) ) I just don't understand why such awfulness will pop into my head and I can't get it to go away. I am always just like " Where did that come from. If I tell anyone about it they will lock me up in a mental hospital for sure!" Then I tell my counselor and he said I am not alone and that it is a chemical imbalance in the brain that causes this and it should subside. Maybe I have devloped an obsessive compulsive disorder and I just don't know it. It is hard to self diagnos. If anyone out there can give me specific details about similar situations they have gone through I sure would feel alot better. Thanks!
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