Dealing with horrible images

[eglantine6]

I am having trouble dealing with intrusive images that are really disturbing, it makes me go eeww and I feel all uptight.

I try and remind myself its just part of the anxiety and find myself automatically trying to figure out why i got that image. where did it come from ect? how can the mind make up such graphic images? is one of the questions that really bug me, its like I have to figure out exactly why the mind can come up with such images and I dont fully understand it.

[Dave1]

Hi there,
I like to try to figure these things out too. I believe some people with mental problems get really interested in psychology as a result. But the mind is so complex I can't see how you can trace everything back. It's easier to see that some 'inputs' result in some 'outputs'. For example, the more secure and relaxed you make your life the less bad thoughts you get, irrespective of knowing what the internal process is.