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When intrusive thoughts occur with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), patients are less able to ignore the unpleasant thoughts and may pay undue attention to them, causing the thoughts to become more frequent and distressing. [7] Attempting to suppress intrusive thoughts often cause these same thoughts to become more intense and persistent. [11]
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Here’s what intrusive thoughts really are and what treatments are available. What are intrusive thoughts? Experts weigh in on a commonly misunderstood mental health term
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None of us can escape intrusive thoughts, the random and usually off-putting musings that include visions of shoving your hand through the center of a beautifully decorated cake or a bridge ...
Intrusive thoughts happen on a spectrum, from fairly minor to serious. Our advice columnist, Minaa B., offers guidance on how to deal with them.
While those without primarily obsessional OCD might respond to bizarre, intrusive thoughts or impulses as insignificant and part of a normal variance in the human mind, someone with Pure-O will respond with profound alarm followed by an intense attempt to neutralize the thought or avoid having the thought again.
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