Uncontrollable thoughts

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For the past couple years I have had these repetative thoughts about cutting myself. I have never cut myself, nor plan to, but sometimes I get a really strong urge to and can't stop thinking about getting a knife and slicing my wrists. I also sometimes can't stop thinking about running. Not to or from anywhere, but I'll be sitting in class or at home on the couch and have this strong desire to run as fast as I can and run through anything that gets in my way. Once I start thinking about either of these things, I can't stop for a good ten minutes or so and it's hard to concentrate on other tasks at times. Are uncontrollable thoughts normal? Are these thoughts normal?

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  • Grymlocke
    14 years ago

    Sounds like a Purely Obsessional OCD. Look it up. Some people have involuntary thoughts of hurting others, while some have involuntary thoughts of blasphemy or what not. Best coarse of action is to accept the thoughts and then just let them go. You'll become desensitized to those thoughts and they wont have any affect on you anymore. The more you try to resist them, however, the more you will have them. Thoughts are just that. Thoughts. Not the same as intentions.

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  • Sarrie
    14 years ago

    I get the same way with the running, especially when I'm claustraphobic or extremely bored. What I do is just go sprinting, going as fast as i can until Im completely worn out. :) Then I'm too tired to think about running anymore.

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  • PetraFlambola
    14 years ago

    I think you should talk to a school counselor. If you have an urge to hurt yourself then that's reason enough to try and get help.

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  • Quiet_Lighthouse
    9 years ago

    Running is a good thing to want to do all the time. Cutting? Eh, not so much. It might be a weird side effect of a medication, or a symptom of sleep deprivation. I know from experience, lol.

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  • silentpool456
    11 years ago

    That happens to me a lot too. I have cut myself, but it was only a tiny cut, and I didn't really find it that addictive. But the thoughts kept coming again. ;\

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