SO much in your post I see similar in myself. The headaches, do they last, or they all over your head? Mine spread from my upper eye area to the top of my head to the back of my neck. If I am not obsessing so much I don';t seem to get them as much, it feels like my thoughts are going to bust out of my head.

To answer your question-Yes.
I am trying to not let things get to me, find tools/ways to get myself out of obsession, many I repeat to myself, out loud, that really helps me is to talk my way through, to say out loud the thoughts which seems to lessen their power and helps my rational part of my mind-I think there must be a part of ourselves that recognizes this, just as you are aware you do this-I use that to "talk to" to appeal to myself to end this endless thinking.

Distraction and keeping busy does help me a great deal, I work, with help from a state agency that got me back to work after years of panicking on the job, and being hospitalized. I work 36 or more hours per week, keep my self occupied as much as possible with chores, making sure I keep appts. I look for hobbies to do, things to distract, and while it may not last, those activities, done on a daily basis, I think they help in slowing down gradually the over thinking process. Practice, practice, and again keep practicing until it becomes second nature to ignore or distract ones self away from racing obsessive thoughts. .

And working on root causes of stress can eliminate my behavior that results from that.

HUGS xx

This is the one symptom of Pure O that I despise the most!! Rapid thoughts are horrible, and I know exactly what you are describing....granted mine are a bit different from yours, they are still rooted in the same problem. We have the unique ability to link everything we know about a specific problem or area in our life about a gazillion times faster than a normal brain and it comes in such messed up, spider web-like connections that just trying to sift through all of that noise throws me personally right into a panic attack. I read somewhere that the reason for this is that statistically those who have been diagnosed with OCD are more likely to have high IQ levels....I only mention this because, although it won't stop it from happening, it helped me to know my brain just seems to have the ability to think on a different level than most. When it starts to happen, I too talk to myself, and this is what I say. It's a piece that I picked up from a friend of mine with the same problem that we have. This is what you say, "This is not me. This is my OCD. I can recognize this as a thought going through my mind without validating it as real. This is not real. This is my OCD." And it works. Thank you for posting your struggles. Our brains are wonderfully complex organisms that have the habit of getting away from us....we just need to reel them back in when that happens. You asked if anyone else has this problem? I can assure you that almost all types of OCD regardless of the theme behind the obsessions have racing or rapid thought process. You are not alone in this experience. I hope that this thought alone will help your mind to calm down and to slow it processing all of the pent up confusion and frustration next time it happens. My thoughts are with you!! Phillipians 4;6,7

I can relate with this 100%. The people say..."I'm in world of my own"... True. All alone. No-one to talk to. I grew up alone and isolated. And you're right...we find a way to cope...alone.

For me I had to go back into my childhood to find myself. My journey took me to my escape from it all. My escape to be me. Now, I know why I'm the way I am. My thoughts never stop. But I live with them, now. I had to accept it all to be me. J

Hi!

I'm actually really thankful I just came across your post. I too struggle with a really overactive brain and my thoughts sometimes are too much for me to even handle. Sometimes I don't even understand them, like they're just random words or sentences. And yes, I worry alllll the time. It's something I'm working on. Also, when I was younger I did the exact same thing (I still do it now but not too the extent that I used to) it was my coping mechanism as well. I was sexually abused and felt like no one understood me and because no one knew what was going on I would vent/talk to myself about my feelings etc. Yes out loud. I became aware that this was a coping mechanism only recently (I'm 21). You're not alone! And it's nice to know in not either :)

I Have pure o , when I was discussing with my psychologist she informed me if Depression was more then OCD will not be noticed , she told one analogue like if we are hungry we will not feel thirsty if we are thirsty hunger will be less . But they will not go away.
which is true in my case, for the past two months I have family and professional problem, so I am feeling too much depressed life seems to be meaningless and i am worthless. so I am not listening OCD .