Thoughts that are Invasive

thoughts you have that you shouldn't have.

[pocketss]

Creature doodles from today! Some kind of small chaotic spirit - they like to sit on people’s shoulders and provide bad ideas and useless information.

[hello-my-morning-star]

Then I end up hyperfixating on it and stressing out 10x more then I needed too

[high-quality-tiktoks]

You aren’t alone and you are not a bad person.

[noodlewithanxiety]

[fincherly]

past-tense slogans

[fincherly]

we were farmers

[fincherly]

nationwide was on your side

[horrible-memes-deactivated20201]

You were in good hands

[fincherly]

because you were worth it

[fincherly]

only you couldve stopped forest fires

[yo-its-matt]

arby’s: we had the meats

[weirdlandtv]

A 500-pound stained glass crab sculpture at BWI Marshall Airport, Maryland.

[ginger-ale-official]

Seems like it would be heavier than that. No way I can lift this crab 🦀

[just-intrusive-thoughts]

Hurtle myself into crab

[ifxn]

current impulse

[wolfzilla89]

[just-intrusive-thoughts]

My least favourite intrusive thoughts involve my peacefully sleeping son @benitomeowsolini and the brute strength of my arms.

No I will not elaborate.

[thisisocd]

[just-intrusive-thoughts]

Once i had a thought that the flashes of things I see or think are things that have happened to me/I've done in other worlds or dimensions.

And one time, my tire blew and the car flipped and while i was in mid air, my only thought was "In this moment.. I am the me in the dimension other mes are seeing."

This thought does not comfort me.

[rhineart]

Does anyone else feel this way? Sometimes it can be really overbearing… it feeds into my depression and makes me withdraw completely. The nice thing about sharing this comic with folks for feedback is that I learned that I’m not the only one who feels this way at times.

Just to define a bit:

intrusive thoughts and anxiety are closely related, but don’t always overlap. An intrusive thought like ‘no one loves you’ stems from anxiety. Intrusive thoughts like ‘what’s STOPPING me from setting my own room on fire?’ doesn’t come from an anxiety that you are going to somehow uncontrollably set your room on fire. It’s a (sometimes) frightening and obnoxious unwanted voice that has a tendency of making you feel like a bad person just for thinking about something… even if it’s something you would never do.

Watch a speed paint of panel 7 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cbRFBY9pR0

(This is that first comic I think I’ve made since… junior year of high school? so like, 7 years? Wow, to think I used to be really into making them (ie, my own terrible terrible manga that I hope never sees the light of day) So go easy on me! I tried addressing a few weaknesses of mine here: color and composition. I tend to do a lot of local color so I decided to try different limited color palettes for each panel and try out different compositional elements as well. I know the colors don’t totally go together from panel to panel, but I’m proud of myself for the effort and for pushing myself! Please like/comment/reblog if you have ever felt this way <3 )

[kidtheadult]

[magerightsyeah]

My brain: *exist*

My intrusive thoughts:

[wolfzilla89]

[what-a-crybabyy]

memories._51019

[itsmrleorio-deactivated20210107]

These people would die of heart attack after one real intrusive thought

[just-intrusive-thoughts]

Okay but lets be real:

Crush glass cup = Instantaneously damage myself and my/others property by slicing open my hand suddenly.

Open car door = hurl myself into oncoming traffic while my loved ones helplessly look on

Drop phone from extreme height = self isolate from everyone and everything.

Just because someone's verbiage doesn't sound as violent as yours, doesn't mean their struggles are less.

[bugborne-archive-deactivated202]

[just-intrusive-thoughts]

Haha! This is funny because my name is James!

[itsmrleorio-deactivated20210107]

These people would die of heart attack after one real intrusive thought

[just-intrusive-thoughts]

Okay but lets be real:

Crush glass cup = Instantaneously damage myself and my/others property by slicing open my hand suddenly.

Open car door = hurl myself into oncoming traffic while my loved ones helplessly look on

Drop phone from extreme height = self isolate from everyone and everything.

Just because someone's verbiage doesn't sound as violent as yours, doesn't mean their struggles are less.

[itsmrleorio-deactivated20210107]

Thats still not the "most powerful intrusive thoughts" which was my entire point that you missed why are people still reblogging this post to leave their hot takes

[just-intrusive-thoughts]

Yo, my friend, I'm not here to argue. Everyone has their own levels of "most powerful" and if yours differ from OPs, thats okay.

No one's struggles out rank another's and a little meme to cope and relate to others is perfectly okay. I'm sorry if it sounded like an attack.

Be well.