Obsessive thought patterns

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For the last few months my thoughts have all been about the same things to the extent that other things have been crowded out. They are extremely negative thoughts and thoughts about a social issue that I can't do anything about but it won't get out of my head. This fixation is making me miserable but I just can't stop thinking about it. The prospect of eugenics is frightening to me and I just can't get any peace about it. I can't sleep at night most nights and I just don't know what to do anymore. The thoughts "You're getting older" and "You will never have a baby" keep running through my head and driving me crazy. Intellectually I don't even really want to bring a child into the world given my circumstances yet this thought keeps persisting. It makes no logical sense whatsoever. I would like to know if anyone else has found any kind of therapy or counseling to be useful to overcome destructive thought patterns. Unfortunately my obsession at the moment is over something that is completely useless. Any ideas or thoughts on this?

I have heard of something called cognitive behavioral therapy. I've never used it, but it was suggested to me one time.

Tim

It sounds like a classic mixture of depression and anxiety. I've had that problem for most of my life. For me, the most effective ways of dealing with it are creative expression and exercise. I write about what's bothering me, write more abstract stuff, play music, and go for long walks. I also try not to think about things that will trigger anxiety, but I know that can be hard.

Therapy divides problems into categories. Cognitive/behavioural is just two types of basic counseling theories. Behavioural, cognitive, systematic (interpersonal), and I can't remember the other two as I'm a little tired, and my counseling psychology class is quite boring. Those are just three of five that we've learned about, so cognitive/behavioural would just be counseling an issue that is cognitive and behavioural in nature.

I tried cognitive behavioral therapy for two years - it works okay. Trigger points work well - when your thoughts bring you anxiety - but best of all is acupuncture!!
I had acupuncture once a week for a year and a half - and my obsessive thinking that provoked anxiety attacks - went away. It's been over five years since my last anxiety attack - and I used to get them all the time - over social situations - what I said, what I should have said, etc...

I hope this helps.

Yes i have had repetative thoughts that seemingly drowned out all else and made me feel like I was going insane.
I dealt with it...more-or-less through exercise and creative expression but it still remained a monkey on my back for the very long time I was under it's grip...in fact, it was sorta the inspiration for several creative projects of mine....It still sucked though, and I woulda done anything to make it stop.
Not a day went by that I did not wish for hypnotherapy or a lobotomy(just kidding) or SOMETHING to help me get rid of it.

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I have never recieved therapy for anything related to it, but it woulda been nice....

I receive cognitive behavioral therapy on a weekly basis at the moment.