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CHAPTER 2Varieties of IntrusiveThoughtsYou are now going to read about the many different types ofunwanted intrusive thoughts. This chapter includes some veryspecific and explicit examples. You may find that reading it mighttrigger increased anxiety and distress because you have put so mucheffort and energy into trying not to think these thoughts. But weknow that whatever temporary upset you might feel, finding yourown particular variety of unwanted intrusive thoughts will beextremely helpful.We give specific examples for several reasons. You may be soashamed or afraid of your unwanted intrusive thoughts that youhave never expressed them to anyone. Or, you may have spokenabout them indirectly, leaving out the details or putting them inmore acceptable terms. There is nothing shocking to us about thesethoughts— we know they are harmless. But unless we go intodetails, you run the risk of believing that your own particularthoughts are different, more serious, or more odious, or even worse,that what we are saying does not apply to you. So we invite you tofind yourself in these pages and know that you are not alone. Ifreading these examples makes you uncomfortable, remember thatthe goal is to find a path away from your suffering, and there aretimes that you will need to accept some additional discomfort inorder to make that journey. Finding yourself in these descriptionswill be a huge relief because we are talking about good, sane
26 Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughtspeople— people who are suffering from these thoughts, who are notcrazy, perverted, or dangerous.Second, there are some people who don’t realize that they arehaving intrusive thoughts. They only know that they feel terribleabout ideas, impulses, or certain aspects of their character, just likeone of our clients who said, “Whatever it is, it must be the productof a majorly twisted mind.” We would like you to recognize yourown particular issue in this chapter and to say, “Bingo! That is me!That is what happens! That is my problem! Now I know I’m notalone, and I can do something about it.”These examples were provided by people who are just like you.Good people, gentle people, kind people— but people who havestuck thoughts that cause them pain. As you read this chapter, payattention to your own feelings. You might feel scared, disgusted,repelled, skeptical, or even perversely fascinated. Or you may feelrelieved as you put your own thoughts in perspective. Any of thesereactions and feelings are to be expected and are okay. Take yourtime. Go at your own pace.If you are worried that you can catch someone else’s intrusivethought, it may help to know that people tend to stay in their owncategories, although they may wander a bit from one specific contentof intrusive thought to another. We have heard people say theywould happily trade their kind of unwanted intrusive thoughts forsome other kind that seems on the surface less awful. But they areall awful to the person who is having them, and they are all functioningessentially the same way in the mind. One is no more reprehensible,meaningful, or important than another. Remember thatthere is no danger in reading this chapter, only discomfort and possiblya lot of relief.Morally Repugnant ThoughtsThe first types of unwanted intrusive thoughts are about things thatare morally repugnant. They include harming and self- harming,sexual, impure religious, and disgust- causing thoughts.
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