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Revocation_Of_Doubt t1_ixurjd5 wrote

You reached out with something you find disturbing and your responsible adult said "perhaps you need therapy"

Take their advice, worst case scenario you spend an hour talking to a professional who explains that we all get these thoughts from time to time and that the proper response is to acknowledge them, evaluate why you are feeling that way and see if there is anything you need to do to change that cause, and if not, then just accept them as something your brain does from time to time.

It's ok to be mentally ill, we all get that way at times.

You wouldn't think it's a fuck up if you said "mom sometimes it hurts when I pee" and she said "maybe you should see a doctor" would you?

Of course not. But there's this stigma around mental health.

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ViewOk4348 OP t1_ixw2nhn wrote

Yeah you have a point, mental health should be regarded the same way as physical one tbh Also in the part where you talk about the worst case scenario, is this way of thinking wrong?

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Revocation_Of_Doubt t1_ixw35gj wrote

No, I don't see a negative outcome.

The worst case is that you only get or need a single appointment and then all you have done is the equivalent of turning up to the doctor's office for a cold, only to be told "yeah, just fluids and rest mate, you're good"

What I laid out is the basic pattern to deal with intrusive thoughts, acknowledge, consider, discard.

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ViewOk4348 OP t1_ixwa9i3 wrote

I will try to arrange a visit. Till then I will probably try that basic pattern. Thank you so much

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Revocation_Of_Doubt t1_ixwdi5s wrote

I had unspeakably bad trauma occur to me and I spent days unable to sleep and jumping at every sound thinking that this was it and my life was going to end.

The only way to deal with intrusive thoughts is to follow that pattern. Otherwise they go round and round and round.

Acknowledge, I'm having a thought that is negative.

Evaluate, is this thought helpful right now.

Discard, it is not helpful, it is not necessary, it is just neurons firing, I have already considered this and made a decision (I literally said to myself, "I already thought about this and discarded it, I will not reconsider unless there is new information")

I wish you well.

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