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Bad Thoughtsby Tony
-At My Witts End Response from Sound-Mind.org Hello Tony, Your story sounds all so familiar! You are definately not the only one! Promise!! Sometimes when people are in the middle of anxiety, all it takes is for someone to say the wrong thing. It happened to me the very same way! In the middle of my high anxiety, someone had expressed their fears to me and their scary thoughts and then I had suddenly adopted them as my own! I was horrified because those thoughts became my obsessive thoughts and no matter how much I wanted to push them out of my mind, the more they persisted. I thought for sure I was losing my mind and my grip on reality. I too, had fears taking anything. Even when I tried natural remedies, I thought for sure I was experiencing side effects when indeed there were none. The mind is so powerful... this is the very reason for the word "placebo"! With scary, obsessive thoughts, whether about hurting yourself or hurting another person, it is rather the fear of doing something out of our control than it is about anything else. The mind always seems to pick the worst things to obsess about. It works hard to protect us from doing the unimaginable. Think about it, the idea alone of losing it, doing something we don't want to do is NOT the same thing as someone who is seriously contemplating it. With anxiety, you are in "hyper-control" (if that's even a word)... this means that you are trying to control everything, even your worst imaginations from ever happening. It is completely exausting!! Be sure to read Obsessive Thinking - Ending Scary Thoughts for some helpful tips. There is also a great book that I talk about there that helped alot, called The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts  The book is also available at your local library and so I encourage you to read it. When it comes to natural supplements, there are quite a few that help, be sure to check out Natural Stress Relief: Supplements that Really Work I also used GABA and found it helped greatly when taken at night. If you want to try something to help alleviate your anxiety, then I encourage you to try again. Remember, there is no magic pill, only medications and supplements that can help aid in recovery. How you choose to do that is completely up to you. Hang in there - stay strong and remember, you are not alone! ~Susan
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and it has been a Godsend to me. To listen to the CDs and hear the other people talk about their thoughts. One woman discussed how she could not even bath her own baby cause her fear was she would drown her child. Now when the thoughts come, I stop them and I think about what is really bothering me and I make myself deal with it. I am so sorry for your pain and I pray this helps you. I also pray to God to be with me all the time. Hope you feel better soon.
