@alegrakastens: Intrusive thoughts are egodystonic: OPPOSITE to a person’s desires, values, beliefs, and self-concept. People do not enjoy or align with intrusive thoughts. They don’t want to act on them. If they have OCD, they perform compulsive rituals to PREVENT the intrusive thoughts from coming true. . Impulsivity is characterized by acting on a desire hastily without thinking it through. When someone is impulsive, the action they’re taking is typically something they align with. . Dying your hair on a whim because you want to isn’t acting on an intrusive thought. That would be impulsive. . Buying a second car when you just thought of it 30 minutes ago and don’t have the financial means isn’t acting on an intrusive thought. That would be impulsive. . Intrusive thoughts are UNWANTED and UNDESIRABLE! . #ocd #intrusivethoughts #obsessivecompulsivedisorder
Keep posting these. It makes people with intrusive thoughts not feel like complete monsters. 💙
2026-07-31 00:32:30
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Paperwork Without Panic :
I tend to let intrusive thoughts go as long as my immediate follow up thought is a correction instead of confirmation. As long as some sort of "nope don't do that" is the very next thought formed, I'm good 😅
2026-07-31 01:33:25
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Kai⭐️ :
one of the worst things for me about intrusive thoughts it that they’re so hard to talk about. The reason they’re so distressing in the first place is *because* the content is so horrible, it’s almost impossible to admit to having them.
2026-08-01 03:21:03
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crim :
Therapist told me to yell “GAURDSSSSS!!” Whenever I have a scary intrusive thought!! Has added some fun to my recovery lol
2026-08-02 11:47:30
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sevval :
hi i’ve been watching your videos a lot and they’re really helpful! i just wanted to ask instead of thoughts or saying could it mental pictures? like instead of feed your dog the paint it’s an image of them eating it or you feeding it to them. i feel like this isn’t talked about enough and it can be even more distressing because it’s visual and seems so real
2026-07-31 11:42:58
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chronicwaster :
are intrusive thoughts a common symptom ? i've had them since i was thirteen and i still don't know if it's normal for them to happen
2026-07-31 00:53:33
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Sara :
Yes thank you!
2026-07-30 23:28:49
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🌧Rain🌧 :
pour soda in the fish tank just as a little treat
2026-07-31 08:48:17
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Rubeus_Krafter :
Genuinly thank you. I always have struggled with how people explain Impulsive thoughts versus intrusive thoughts, and this has helped me understand so much better!
2026-07-31 04:40:40
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RandomBatArt :
My sister deals with intrusive thoughts and has been demonized for it by the internet. Thanks for posting this…
2026-08-01 14:20:15
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Ultimate Spinjitsu Master :
These are a big part of the reason I think im a horrible person
2026-08-01 02:13:41
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underscore :
What would you call it if you did something that OCD said? Would it still be called a compulsion?
2026-07-31 03:33:32
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🪶🍎•Ashen•🪽🫀 :
I have these types of thoughts all the time every day
2026-08-02 18:26:46
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IsopodAndFriends :
Yes!!! I am so sick of “intrusive thoughts” being used when they’re really “impulsive thoughts”! As someone with rather icky intrusive thoughts myself, thank you for destigmatizing this a little<3
2026-08-01 14:32:28
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Jude (Lackluster Me) :
Honestly for a long time I did think I was this horrible person for having these thoughts, despite not wanting to. I never acted on them but for a long time hated myself, thinking I was a monster. Turns out it was just OCD and I feel more in control of my brain than I did.
2026-07-31 15:34:47
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Guppy Lee :
And sometimes intrusive thoughts can also be imagining what it would be like to act on those thoughts. My two scariest were I imagined purposefully dropping my son down the stairs, and I imagined smothering him with a pillow so he’d stop crying. Obviously I wouldn’t ever actually want that
2026-08-01 16:30:37
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ℭ𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔰𝔬𝔫! 🐞🦋 :
Intrusive thoughts, impulsive thoughts, and compulsions are gonna be the death of me one day 😔
2026-07-31 05:47:28
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💜Mew/Abbie/Loop/Percy💜 :
THANK YOU. I struggle with intrusive thoughts, and they ruin my life. I’m so happy someone can understand that they don’t make us monsters.
2026-07-31 14:49:31
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dhsusksdndnej :
Do you post about harmful impulsivity?
2026-08-03 12:29:13
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♠️Sam♠️ :
I get thoughts like 3 and 4 si bad it has stopped me from going out to public areas, and idk how to stop them or talk about it
2026-07-31 20:33:15
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CS:SkunK🦨💭🐾 :
ty for spreading awareness on this ! I get severe insrusive thoughts like the 3rd and 4th ones all the time because of hypersexuality and possible sexual ocd
2026-08-01 01:26:26
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🍁 pyra !! ° :
I hate intrusive thoughts sm, I was at a restaurant and doing WHATEVER I could to not put the knife in my mouth bro, like it was just so shiny at that moment idk
2026-08-02 03:20:07
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ReaperIzzy1987❤️🖤 :
Thank you! I get intrusive thoughts daily and I keep getting posts that say "My intrusive thoughts won," which....No....If my intrusive thoughts won, I'd be wearing my cat's intestines as a scarf or eating my dad. I wish people understood that those are VERY different thoughts 😭
2026-08-04 16:04:31
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