I do not usually make posts like this but recently I have seen a lot of content on Instagram, Twitter and I think tiktok too misunderstanding the meaning of intrusive thoughts, which may cause people experiencing them to be upset.
I have tried to shortly explain the difference of impulsive and intrusive and hope it will help people to understand and use the words correctly.
Desperately trying to fight back against one intrusive thought for some relief while knowing that's just going to make the next one come even stronger. I'm stuck in a cycle of "fixing" things which just makes it worse