The same thought, but completely different results and impacts on the household. Even though she has no intention of hurting her son, she lies in bed that night debating with herself if she is the type of person who could do such a thing. She becomes anxious, she puts the kitchen knife away and immediately exits the kitchen with her son. Even though she’s never harmed anyone before, she starts to wonder if this thought means she’s a murderer. Her self-talk is racing and begins to question her intentions and her values. Let’s take a different mother who has the same exact thought. A minute later, she forgets she even had the thought. As a result, the thought exits just as quickly as it pops into her head. A thought pops into her head of stabbing him. Take for example a mother in the kitchen with her 5 year old son. The term implies that the thought itself is what determines whether it’s intrusive or not.īut what really makes a thought intrusive? Is it just the thought or is it our reaction, perception, and meaning we link to the thought?
The term “intrusive thoughts” is a little misleading. And our reactions to the thoughts are what make them intrusive or not. However, our reaction to these thoughts are important. So, it’s very normal to have thoughts that are not in line with our values or our intentions. I guess the point of this little rumination is that your goal is not to “write right,” to write dutifully for an hour every day, to write the way the so-called experts – including me! - tell you is the proper way to write.īesides, this level of rumination is inviting the lock drop.Having thoughts that are not in line with our values can cause us concern.Īre intrusive thoughts normal? We have no control over the thoughts that come into our minds. noun regurgitation of small amounts of food seen in some infants after feedingĭwelling on the negative - which we call " rumination" - will only make you depressed.noun a calm, lengthy, intent consideration.noun pathology An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.noun psychology Negative cyclic thinking persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.noun figuratively Deep thought or consideration.noun (Physiol.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, - occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
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