Posted by cubic_me on February 12, 2007, at 11:10:10
I'm not sure whether this should go here or in social (because it's not T related, but not really suited to social either).
For several years I've had images (and sometimes feelings) that flash in to my brain, usually of me killing myeslf, or SI, and sometimes of me just falling to the floor, like crumpling. Some of the images are pretty horrific, and I try to just ignore them, but they are distracting, particularly if I'm talking to someone/in a tutorial etc, and I loose the thread of the conversation. It tends to happen more when I'm more severely depressed, but even when I'm ok it can happen, just out of the blue. Most of the time they don't really bother me (because I know they're just images), but when something new or more graphic happens I get preoccupied with it.
I've mused the idea (and my pdoc has) about whether they are a type of OCD, ie compulsive thinking.
Does anyone else have this kind of thing? Has anyone got any ideas how to cope with them better, or stop the thoughts altogether?
Thanks, Cubic_me
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