Anxiety and Intrusive Thoughts

[Outdoorsman37]

Sometimes I feel like I'm improving and other times I struggle with anxiety. I've noticed some intrusive thoughts occasionally. They can be annoying, but I forget about them. Is this part of anxiety?

 

[anxiousmenina]

Yes! Don't worry too much; let these thoughts come, but rather than push them out, acknowledge them and respond with an affirmative statement or a challenge to them (saying it out loud can help too if the circumstances allow!). "That's not true, this is just the anxiety talking, no one else is saying or thinking anything of the kind. Everything is going to be OK."

 

[imsotired]

having good days and bad days are all about recovery with mental illnesses and part of being human. i still struggle having bad days and when i have good days i feel like the anxiety is all gone. i hate having bad days it is awful and it is usually over something that i out of my control and is suppose to happen like a few days ago i had a operation on my back and i went walking and thought that i sprained it since it hurt... when i have bad days i feel like dying sometimes. finally with the bad days it usually take me a few days to get over them since i have struggled with having intense feelings about an event

 

[Joshua1]

Sometimes I feel like I'm improving and other times I struggle with anxiety. I've noticed some intrusive thoughts occasionally. They can be annoying, but I forget about them. Is this part of anxiety?

Not usually but its a knock on effect, anxiety is a part of a mindset, that causes people to be aware of something in false pretences. That is what it is, false pretences. You need to work on your mindset and you will have more control over anxiety and these thoughts.