Do you deal with intrusive thoughts?

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I don't find such thoughts intrusive for in my case they are egosyntonic - I'm generally quite an agressive person though of course I never act on those urges. I let them flow through my head.

I never did realize that this was an Aspie trait. This does not happen to me often at all and I would never act on such a thing but I do remember one very disturbing thought that came to my mind about 20 years ago of sticking a knife into the back of someone close to me who had annoyed me deeply and who was standing in front of me with a knife in hand at the moment. It bothered me far more that I should even think of such a thing than the initiating annoyance did. Perhaps this could be seen as some kind of fantasy gone wild as a result of the Aspie obsessive thought traits that are so common. Powerful sexual urges to touch some people affect me much more often, but again are not acted on... except in one instance 35 years ago.

It's an OCD trait but aspies do exhibit the traits of it.

I seriously would like to know how to stop intrusive thoughts also. It's always something really upsetting, and it's usually my voice repeating a phrase over and over in my mind. I thought it was some sort of tic or something.

Aspie's are prone to repeating and routine, many will have co-morbid conditions, such as Bi-polar disorder and OCD, bi-polar can cause intrusive thoughts and the OCD picks this up and repeats them back to the individual in a loop,

I'm glad I read this post, I thought I was the only one, I get really upset with myself although it doesn't happen that often it makes me feel bad about myself. I've never brought it up to a therapist because I already feel 'odd' enough! But this makes me feel better.

I get thoughts similiar to that quite often;3

http://www.peaceofmind.com/symptoms/thoughts/

a symptom of OCD 'pure O' type.
i get occasional intrusive thoughts but i'm very compulsive, definitely not 'pure O'.. they can be terrifying images of something unpleasant just happening and occasional urges quite distinct from the compulsions i have, normally the opposite in fact.

We are actually told to take every thought captive and then deal with it, but I do sometimes seek protection/relief from *intrusive* thoughts I cannot possibly believe I have consciously thought up all on my own.

thank you for posting that. not only do i recognize a lot of my own thought loops and doubts .. precisely as explained, but on the
page about obsessive thoughts on hurting children, the author wonders the same thing i did (although i articulated it poorly) in my previous post:

"There has always been a question as to whether or not symptoms of this type may fall into a gray area between OCD and the tics seen in Tourette's Disorder. This has yet to be determined."

you're welcome, glad you found it helpful.

how does praying help with intrusive thoughts?
i think the world would be a better place if more people act to make it so.. not by wishing or praying.
each to their own though.

Intrusive thoughts made me absolutely miserable for many years. I've been taking Seroquel and Celexa and it seems to have helped somewhat...Risperdal worked too.

I have this stuff almost continuosly. It's driving me slowly insane. I saw a psyc about it a few years ago who tried CBT with me. I did not work, I don't think he was very good and he admitted he had no experience of AS or ASD (in the uk, on the NHS you can't really chose therapists, you're on a waiting list until one is available and if they aren't right for you - tuff). Anyway I'm going back to my GP (after a year) and going to plead my case again - see what happens.

My intrusive thoughts are never violent. But they are of a very upsetting nature. My thoughts are constantly of something terrible happening to members of my family. Either by illness, accedents etc. I live in permanent fear of the things that I can nor control. My thoughts seem to tell me "if you don't entertain us this will happen" by entertain I mean hear the thought through or do a (private ritual) or sometimes change my plans alltogether. It's really getting me down, I can't go on living my life like this. I had this since a child though it did seem to ease in my teenage and early 20's.

Glad to see I'm not aline with this.

Intrusive thoughts and urges like those are usually a part of OCD, which is often comorbid with Asperger's.

I have OCD and I have intrusive thoughts. There was a period in my life when those thoughts were driving me crazy, because I got them so much. I get them a lot less now though. I've found ways to keep my OCD under control most of the time.

OCD and intrusive thoughts tend to get a lot worse under stress, so it can help a lot if you can reduce the stress in your life. There also exist medications that can be helpful.

I used to be in an extremely stressful living situation for a few years and that was when the intrusive thoughts and OCD got the worst. After I moved and improved my living situation considerably I was a lot less stressed and the intrusive thoughts almost disappeared and the OCD compulsions got a lot better too.

I have to deal with intrusive thoughts a lot. My thoughts are not of violence to others, though. My thoughts are about self harm. This is a pretty common trait of depression. What I was taught to do with them is to face them. It is not pleasant, but they are not as scary as you think they are going to be. Then I talk to myself and tell myself that I am not going to do them for real, and that it is time to think of something else. It often takes many attempts to have an effect, but eventually, the thoughts go away.

One thing not do is to try to block them out. This does not help. In fact, it makes them worse.