Thoughts that wont leave me alone ><

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I get thoughts in my head that won't go away all the time, ever since I was young, but it's worse now. Sometimes it's a song or just a random string of numbers or words. Or it's visual. Like if I'm playing pacman a lot videos of pacman will go through my head. The same with checkers.

Also, it can be memories. Kind of like a constant nagging movie in my head. It's hard not to think about.

Constantly...

I don't suppose you got your diagnosis of PTSD from a doctor? PTSD does not come from minor bad things as you put it. You might get an anxiety disorder from minor things but its a far different thing from PTSD. PTSD is what some people get from being at war, being heavily abused repeatedly, being physically attacked or being in a horrific accident. Now the people on that bridge that collapsed in Minnesota will probably get PTSD someone being called a name on the playground does not get PTSD from that.

What the person is describing about being bothered by songs repeating in their head sounds more like OCD. Or depending on what makes the music get stuck in their head it can also be a form of a seizure. Does any song get stuck in their mind? That's probably a seizure. But if its a song that they intentionally focus on because they hate it so much then it keeps repeating because of OCD.

I think thats the reason then Cause all of my bad thoughts have to do with my past, and its still f*****g with me.. What am I supposed to do about this?

What Ana wrote is not the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. Being bullied a little and normal bad incidents that happen to all kids is not criteria for PTSD. If you've stared down the barrel of a gun, been held underwater till you stopped breathing and then been left for dead, been struck by lightning by direct strike or survived war then you can have PTSD. Don't insult those of us that have actually been diagnosed with PTSD by a professional.

I wasnt talking about when I was made fun of in school, I was talking about when my parents abused me. Im not offending anyone either, Im making an logically accurate educational guess

OK, get this: after I posted that thing about thinking about the kitchen floor over and over and over, and I found out a few people have those exact kind of thoughts, well, I actually did it! I moped the kitchen floor, which I had been wanting to do for an embarrassing period of time, but somehow it just had gotten stuck as a recurring thought in my head instead of an actual to do priority. So thanks, writing about it actually helped me a lot. I feel very good now!

Another obnoxious thing is that I cant control certain feelings.. Like I have this deep feeling in my stomach that something horribles going to happen, even though I have no real reason to think so! Whats going on here..?

To Raven:
That's the definition of anxiety. It happens to us all. What you need to do is to purposely change your thoughts (I usually put on my favorite fun music, or play with my cat, or get on the computer). That helps a lot.

Yes! This phenomenon is known as the "earworm." Something goes in your ear and sticks in your brain.

This page tells you what you can do if you have intrusive thoughts username88. Someone here posted it before and it seems to make sense.


http://www.panic-and-anxiety-attacks.co ... ughts.html

I get earworms from songs I haven't even heard in a loooooong time, songs that aren't even from my time or that I'd purposely listen to. Sometimes they go on and on in my head before I'm fully aware of them, and all of a sudden I realize it's happening and I wonder where it came from. For example "Stop in the name of love" might repeat in my head endlessly, those 6 words only.

I also get weird phrases and strings of numbers that mean nothing that i repeat over and over, besides the conversations I've had that I repeat endlessly.

Actually that if was many things that built up it would more likely be another panic/anxiety disorder. PTSD usually has a big traumatic event.

That is a panic attack brought on by an anxiety disorder or a hormonal imbalance. A doctor can treat that.

The same thing happens to me.