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  2. Intrusive thought - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Ovsiankina effect - Wikipedia

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    The principle underlying the Ovsiankina effect posits that an interrupted task, even without any explicit reward or incentive, creates a "quasi-need". This drives intrusive thoughts, compelling an individual to resume and possibly complete the task. [citation needed] This may result in cognitive dissonance if the task remains unfinished.

  4. How to stop intrusive thoughts once and for all, according to ...

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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 ...

  5. Egosyntonic and egodystonic - Wikipedia

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    OCD is considered to be egodystonic as the thoughts and compulsions experienced or expressed are not consistent with the individual's self-perception, meaning the thoughts are unwanted, distressing, and reflect the opposite of their values, desires, and self-construct. In contrast, obsessive–compulsive personality disorder is egosyntonic, as ...

  6. I Think? I'm Having? Intrusive Thoughts? What Do I Do??? - AOL

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    Similarly, identify your intrusive thoughts for what they are: just thoughts. Tell yourself exactly that—“It was just a thought”—however many times you need to. This helps you weaken the ...

  7. Intrusive Thoughts - AOL

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    These aren’t just scary what-ifs—they’re intrusive thoughts, and, don’t worry, we all have them. “They’re part of the everyday human experience,” says Chandler Chang, PhD, a clinical ...

  8. Derealization - Wikipedia

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    Derealization is an alteration in the perception of the external world, causing those with the condition to perceive it as unreal, distant, distorted or in other words falsified. Other symptoms include feeling as if one's environment is lacking in spontaneity, emotional coloring, and depth. [ 1 ]

  9. Post-traumatic embitterment disorder - Wikipedia

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    Post-traumatic Embitterment disorder; Specialty: Psychiatry, Clinical psychology: Symptoms: Severe emotional symptoms and behavioral problems in direct temporal connection to the triggering event; recurring intrusive thoughts; avolition; dysphoric-aggressive-depressive mood; unspecific somatic symptoms; phobic avoidance of persons or places related to the triggering event; fantasies of ...