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Imagining Things

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Does anyone actually imagine things? Like, you leave work and start thinking something really weird like "Did I look up something bad on the computer?" or "Did I say a racial slur?": Things that you KNOW you didn't do, but you create them in your head and they consume you. . . you worry about them constantly and you actually make them real in your head? Please reply. . .
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of coourse we do ! It all falls into the obsessive thoughts category
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Is that a huge part of Anxiety?
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yes, it's a huge part of anxiety. The ruminating thoughts, obsessive thinking,etc. Thinking too much about something, and making it into something so much bigger than what it really is. Constantly thinking about things you did or things that "might" happen, things out of your control - so you end up obsessing about them, and always come up to the worst conclusion possible. That's all part of the anxiety.
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just normal in the day of someone with anxiety
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yes u all r right. i use to like one of my aunty and i love her so much becoz nobody gives me attention at home .. she take care of me and i too much imagine abt her every minute so one day i feel so starnge that even if she is not in front of me and i start imagining that she is here near me . annd till now i dtil couldnt get out of this feeling .. now she is not with me and i not even love her like before but it looks that this feeling stik with me
Marigolds
Marigolds
Yes, I'm sure thats typical. I know awful imaginings pop into my head and i always think the worst but i have a coping statement i read somewhere which has helped me to stop this. this is it.
"STOP...these thoughts are not good for me. they are not helpful or healthy thoughts and i have decided to move in a better direction" say this gently but firmly as soon as a bad thought appears. I find it helps.
OrphanAnnie
OrphanAnnie
OMG, YES! I do it everyday. You are definitely not alone in this one.
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Sometimes after having a conversation with someone I worry about if I said anything to offend them or if I said anything they're gonna make fun of me about, and then I just imagine everyone laughing at me and that makes me feel so anxiousssssss.
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that happend to me. I had a picture in my head of my uncle by the sea and i felt like it was stuck in and i culdnt get it out! its just a thought nothing more or less. the best thing to do is adress whatever ur obsessing about so for me i went to c him!
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