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haunted by negative thoughts, thank you so much for any advice, it means a lot
1 year ago · 8 · Need Advice, +1
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novni, please help, im at it again, negative thoughts. serious negative thoughts. it's like haunting me everywhere. and i can't escape :( example this recent, i was having a good time posting the picture i really love from the outing where i enjoyed a lot, and yet my mind goes like, "every time you look at this picture you will be reminded of this person who wants to harm you", which is the person that scares me. in which has no connection to what was i doing or the picture i was posting. please anyone, it had been a while since my mind is like this. whenever im having a good time, my mind would think of random negative thoughts that will surely ruin my happiness. it's like a curse. i cannot escape. i tried to fight it. it seems like im having a mental health illness. im so tired of fighting this random negative thoughts. it feels like i can never be happy. like negativity has always got me wherever whenever :((( im so tired of fighting my own mind. please help me. please.
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hey, serious negative thoughts happen to me too. they're like intrusive thoughts where you can't make them go away no matter how hard you try. it feels like a constant battle against myself and i hate it too.
what i try to do is quite literally "change the channel". sometimes i reassure myself by saying stuff out loud. like for example, i'll be eating dinner with my family or whatever and then all of a sudden my brain decides to think of something really sad and it completely changes my mood.
but when that happens, i have to say to myself out loud "NOPE NOT TODAY" and then take a couple of deep breaths. i have depression and anxiety, and ive learned that deep breaths definitely help. i do this one thing where i take in a huge deep breath through my nose, and then i do another breath in, then hold it, then breathe out through my nose. taking a deep breath twice and releasing it once actually forces your body to release carbon dioxide, and it genuinely relaxes your body.
another thing i do is i listen to a really weird story podcast and completely focus on the story being told. its called "nothing much happens" and its on spotify if you have it. i listen to it when i get negative thoughts and it helps completely change my mood. you can also try watching a feel good movie/show if that helps.
i hope you start feeling better soon, remember you got this and everythings okay.
:)
xxx
cry_baby
ReplyThat was such lovely and practical advice. ❤️
ReplyYou mentioned random negative thoughts. Are the thoughts about actual true things in your past or present or are they not real? I think that's the difference between what kind of mental health issue it is. I don't know much about but I believe schizophrenia and other mental illnesses can cause strange thoughts. Anxiety and depression can too.
The most important thing is to speak openly and honestly to a professional so that you can know what it is and effective ways of decreasing it. Medication may be of benefit, cognitive behavioural therapy too, but it's ok. Reach out to a health professional too. ❤️
If you had to guess, why do you think it's happening again now after you weren't having these types of thoughts before? Stress, fatigue, personal issues, any changes?
Replyyeah so the thoughts aren't 100 percent real, just like situations that could happen but didn't actually in the moment. for example like something i might say that would hurt someone, but i would never say it or hell even think it in real life. like totally irrelevant ig.
they're probably provoked by stress, and ofc i dont sleep well very often.
but how do i talk to my parents about it? ive been to therapy before for an ED and now its like different stuff thats messing me up :(
Replyi hope we'll be well soon ☹️
ReplySorry but what do you mean by ed? Without knowing I can't consider it but I'd tell them that it's been happening on and off and you think linked to stress or anxieties possibly... but most of all, you're concerned about it as it makes you feel uncomfortable and it's not stopping on its own and you need some help from a professional. Honestly it's commendable that you're seeking assistance, so many don't seek assistance for a variety of stuff ❤️. Honestly sometimes lots of different things pop up over your lifetime, sometimes they're linked, sometimes they're just seperate pieces of crap/stress/challenges 😊❤️
Replyhi sorry i didnt specify. ed = (eating d!sorder)
i didn't eat enough :/
i still struggle with that today, but im not in therapy anymore. and yes totally agreed i deal w/ a lot of stress & anxiety- it rly sucks.
thank you <3
ReplyIt's ok, i googled ed and kept finding 'erecticle dysfunction ' 😳 so thought I should check.
It's ok, like I said, over your lifetime you'll have different issues, it's normal to a degree though you might feel it's not.
Did you know that Ed is often linked to anxiety and mental health stressors? You may find that the challenge you have is connected to your previous Ed. Or not. But I know that anxiety can come out in different ways over the years and suprise you because you'd never had anxiety do that to you before. Still gets me sometimes. If you want, go back to therapy and do therapy the way it works for you ❤️
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