Can't control thoughts?

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Sometimes I want to think something. But that something goes wrong in my head. It then becomes impossible to think what I wanted to in the first place.

For example. Back in school I used to like this girl. So one day I was daydreaming that I'm riding my bike very slowly beside her so that we're "walking" together. But I always get a few seconds in before my mind has me tipping over on my bike. I just can't seem to stay on.

I also have (mild?) ocd, where I keep checking if my door is locked. So when I try to imagine in my head that turning the knob and pushing will NOT open the door, instead I keep imagining that it WILL open.

I just can't seem to get my mind to think what I want. Normal?

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  • Vforvendetta
    13 years ago

    Scary..that sounds exacltly like me..!! I made a research about OCD & it says that it could run from the family. You cant never cure it but you can control your thoughts. A lot of people has ocd or mild ocd. So its normal. What works for me is i keep a journal.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    not sure if it's normal but it's the same for me too. i thought maybe it was because i'm paranoid or something...but now i think it might be something else

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  • Dnile13chik
    14 years ago

    You are just like me. I think I may have had mild ocd when i was a kid, if I touched something with my one hand or foot, I had to touch it with the other side, then I did it the opposite way so the second side had a chance at being first.

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  • lucidolph
    14 years ago

    god, i hate it when u wanna do something in ur thoughts, and everytime, the thing u DONT wanna happen, happens, s'like a twitch or something stupid that u just can't control.... BASTARD >< hate it...

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    • TNT12
      12 years ago

      IT KILLS!!! MAKES ME FEEL INSANE AT TIMES!!! SENDS ME INTO ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION!!! If the thoughts are something that I feel extremely horrible, I'll start panicking and obsessing over whether I really meant to think it or not but then freak out at the thought itself. It makes me indecisive, very excitable, and HIGHLY cranky!!!

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  • Mateus977
    13 years ago

    Learn to meditate. You can control your thoughts but it takes practice. Learn to relax and trust your own judgment. Try to avoid medication. They do more harm than good.

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  • WhiteRhino
    13 years ago

    sum fag doesnt want u thinking that..

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    i check my door loads of times before going to bed too its just been safe and assured. As for the keeping train of though maybe try focusing games like suduko or chess every now and again and exercise your brain more

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  • PikaPuff
    14 years ago

    You should see a psychatrist if this is bugging you that much, not because you're crazy, but because they may be able to help you with it or give you some medication that may help.

    Before I took anti-depressants, I could not stop overthinking. It really sucked, all the what-ifs, it's kind of weird thinking about it now.

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  • leggomypancake
    14 years ago

    its called OCD! (: it's normal...and you said you had it, right?

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    its normal dude you think of like 10 things or more in your head at the same time so im betting u thought of more things that went wrong or good at the same time

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  • loverofpublictransportation
    14 years ago

    Same thing happens to me. I overthink absolutely everything.

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    Uh - there is such a thing as over-thinking. Which is what this sounds like.

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  • Xelsae
    14 years ago

    I have no idea if it's normal or not; but it happens to me, if that helps.

    Not necessarily the same actions, but it does.
    Mostly with me not wanting to do something in my thoughts;
    but then doing it anyway.

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