Can you quiet your inner voice?

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Im curious as to how the "normal" person thinks. I have pure o, a form of ocd that is purely thought based, i have no pysical compulsions. I have a pretty bad fear of developing schizophrenia and it hinders my life greatly.

Due to the nature of ocd i often doubt if i even have ocd and worry my problems are the starting of my decent into madness.

Anyway, enough of that fun stuff. Try and close your eyes and quiet your mind of words, try not to think in words/sentances etc and see if you can....

I obsess over my own thoughts and worry that i will loose control of them. When i do this random words and phrases just pop up in my head and i worry they will soon turn into voices. Apparantly this is all normal for a person suffering with pure o... Im just curious if everyone thinks this way but doesnt pay any attention to it.

So can you quiet your mind of verbal thoughts easily?

Yes its easy 13
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No not now that i think about it 40
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  • Shrunk
    11 years ago

    I have pure-o as well and it used to be impossible to shut them off even as a child i remember clutching my head between pillows crying to make it stop and I had an ''imaginary friend'' that was mean and I hated him but could not get rid of him how much i tried. supposedly everyone has horrible thoughts like that but are able to tune them out or understand better they will not become part of reality, i don't have as much trouble with them anymore by accepting that and it's a neurosis, not psychosis like schizophrenia, but they still make me uncomfortable to be about certain things and people...

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  • Chillpill
    11 years ago

    Clearing your mind of all thought is one of the hardest things to do and takes a lot of practice. Maybe you could use affirmations to override intrusive thoughts? Chanting mantras also helps a lot of people. Another thing that really calms the mind are repetitive activities like knitting and crochet. I read somewhere that this can actually alter the brain waves once you get into a nice "state of flow", a bit like meditation.

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  • snowtail802
    11 years ago

    my inner voise says i need bacon

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  • Subfinmatic
    11 years ago

    I can do it most times, but to combat it most of the time I always try to have a steady stream of music flowing into my ears. I have the random horribly overflowing thoughts at times were I forcibly split them into different versions of myself so they drive me mad less and more feel like I'm talking to someone else lol.

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  • Glass
    11 years ago

    I don't try to silence my inner voice, my mind just drifts. Sometimes I may be constantly contemplating and arguing in my mind, other times I'm in the alternate realities I come up with, thinking in direct pictures, and sometimes I'm just completely void of any thought. Things just come and go for me, I don't try to force it.

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  • poo69
    11 years ago

    A way to try is to concentrate on your breathing at least then you are concentrating on something rhythmic and peaceful and you might be able to slowly ease your thoughts off of breathing and into...nothingness

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  • qwerty098765
    11 years ago

    I can't.
    I'm not entirely sure whether I agree with it or not, but I've been diagnosed with the same condition. Since I have synaesthesia, my thoughts aren't usually verbal, but they can be very intimidating even though it's just me thinking it...it's weird. Thinking without wanting to is a weird thing.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    We all have the little voices in our head.

    When I don't think of sentecnes, etc, I have this physical feeling in my head area, a tingling all over my head, and my body completely at rest. Not sure why.

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