Hi, so this is my first post on this website, I was directed here by an online counsellor. I'm not really sure how any of this works just yet, so bare with me if I mess something up or forget to do something. Also I read the guidelines and put a trigger warning in the title, but if I needed to add anything else please let me know.
So I've been dealing with intrusive thoughts for years now, everyone has them at some point, but within the past two or so years they've gotten really bad where I can't concentrate on anything, my grades are slipping, and I'm constantly anxious. I've been doing certain things (I think the counsellor called them compulsions) to try and keep the thoughts away but they've been taking over my life, and my family think it's some joke so they mess stuff up to try and be funny, but it's not. It makes me really scared because I think all these horrible things are going to happen and have really vivid imagery in my head of how it would go and it terrifies me. The counsellor helped me calm down in that moment but didn't have enough time to give me much advice, so does anyone know how to keep these thoughts out of my head?
