Posted by cubic_me on February 13, 2007, at 6:59:59
In reply to Re: mental images *trigger*, posted by bil on February 12, 2007, at 17:48:10
> Hello, Cubic-me;
> I have this problem, too...I've always thought it was something that I had a problem with; I even tried looking on the web for info about it but couldn't find anything helpful.I couldn't find anything either.
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> It's interesting that it might be OCD- that would make sense, because I do have other symptoms of that.I don't have other classic symptoms of OCD, but I have noticed I get obsessive thoughts about death and sometimes words or phrases come in to my head for no reason.
>It can be VERY distressing sometimes; if I'm depressed it gets worse. Reading bad and graphic things in the newspapers can trigger it- I've got images stuck in my head from things I've read years ago, and when I'm having a bad day they come back to plague me.
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> I know this might sound like a strange way to deal with it, but it does sometimes work for me... I took an alternative-type healing class about a year ago, where the instructor taught us an 'aura cleansing' technique. We would put a few drops of an essential oil on our hands, and sweep around our heads and bodies to brush negative energy away from ourselves.That sounds like an interesting way to deal with it. I'm not really one to go for alternative healing, but I can see how it would be really benificial if you could really believe in it.
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> When I get the images now, I sometimes do this- it does seem to help... I try to visualise them as being like cobwebs and I am brushing them away.That's a good way of thinking about it, I tend to think of them as waves washing over me, so the thoughts are there, but not getting in to my brain, if that makes sense.
> They do come back, of course- but it does give me relief temporarily, and I feel like I am gaining some control over it.
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