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What can trigger intrusive thoughts?
Intrusive thoughts are often triggered by stress or anxiety. They may also be a short-term problem brought on by biological factors, such as hormone shifts. For example, a woman might experience an uptick in intrusive thoughts after the birth of a child.
What does an obsessive thought feel like?
Obsessions are unwelcome thoughts, images, urges, worries or doubts that repeatedly appear in your mind. They can make you feel very anxious (although some people describe it as ‘mental discomfort’ rather than anxiety).
What is a intrusive thought?
Intrusive thoughts are unwanted thoughts that can pop into our heads without warning, at any time. They’re often repetitive – with the same kind of thought cropping up again and again – and they can be disturbing or even distressing.
What are cyclical thoughts?
Cyclical thought is one of the biggest causes and symptoms of downward mental health spirals. Cyclical thoughts create a loop your brain seemingly can’t get out of. These cyclical thoughts can invite anything from feeling like a bad friend to panic attacks to depressive episodes.
What are thoughts and how do they move?
Thoughts, like clouds in the sky, drift here and there. Like the clouds, thoughts are not stable or permanent. One moment you might be thinking one thought, and the next moment a different thought. Due to their ceaseless movement, thoughts distract the attention, disturb the focus, and are the reason for lack of concentration.
What kind of thoughts are common to all of US?
This explains why someone’s mind might be occupied with a certain kind of thoughts, and another person’s mind occupied with other thoughts. However, certain thoughts are common to most people, such as thoughts about family, work, love, anger or resentment.
How can I change the way I think and feel?
Choose to be the person who is actively, consciously thinking your thoughts. Become the master of your mind. When you change your thoughts, you will change your feelings as well, and you will also eliminate the triggers that set off those feelings. Both of these outcomes provide you with a greater level of peace in your mind.
How does the mind get its thoughts?
The mind is like a thought factory, working in shifts, day and night, producing thoughts. The mind also gets thoughts directly from the surrounding world. The space around us is full of thoughts, which we constantly pick, allow to pass through our minds, and then we pick new thoughts.
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