thinking bad things all the time

[thisisyesterday]

is there a thing where you think bad stuff all the time? or is it just me?

just lately (in fact, whenever I am feeling stressed really) I start just thinking about bad stuff. Like just now I am drinking a drink with a straw. and I keep thinking how horrible it would be if i put my head down and the straw pierced through the front of my eye

a lot of the time it's teeth things, like when I am walking along I will imagine falling over and my teeth getting all smashed up and broken, or hitting my mouth on a wall and my teeth breaking on the rough stone.

i'm forever saying to dp "imagine if...." with a variety of horrible things that might happen, related to whatever we're doing at the time.,

when I use the blender or the mixer I think about what would happen if I stuck my hand in them

does everyone do this or is it just me? cos it's getting really annoiying now

Hopefully it's not a problem cause I go this too

well at least there are 2 of us!

maybe we're both crazy?

I have a history of depression and other stuff and wondered if this meant anything or was just nothing

i have suffered from anxiety for many years and those are the type of things that i think of i could spend all day thinking "what if" i now only get it if im feeling down or stressed, some medications can make it worse, i would go and have a chat with your GP especially if you have a history of depression...hope you feel better in yourself soon :)

yeah i was thinking of seeing the GP anyway.
i was on sertraline before I had ds1 but not been on it since then (so 7 years ago)
i wonder if they'd be happy to prescribe it again? it's a different surgery i'm at now

They are called intrusive thoughts and are common with depression, I have had some evil ones, honestly go and see your GP. I think to a certain point they are normal anyway without depression.

Yes I think they're pretty normal though can get a bit out of hand. I often think when I am driving along what would happen if I just pulled out and crashed into the car coming in the opposite direction. Sometimes I can even sense my hand moving on the steering wheel (it isn't of course) and if I look over a big drop I think what it would be like to fall over the edge.

Yes I get these too. I've had them much more strongly after each of my dc have been born and when I'm most stressed. Never had depression though
I think it's normal to a degree tbh

I have never suffered with depression but have similar thoughts usually associated with death...I am a bit of a worrier and very generally a pessimistic person so feel your pain.

I think oif these thoughts go in and out of your head pretty swiftly and do not affect the rest of your life then thats ok. Everyone has intrusive/irrational thoughts, but most people just let them go. If they start staying in your head and you become 'obsessed' with them to the point of increasing anxiety then you could do with some help.

well, at the moment I am not obsessing over the thoughts, but i do sometimes find it hard to get them out of my head.

I guess I've just noticed that I am getting them more and more often at the moment whereas before from time to time i'd get scared about i dunno, crashing the car and thinkking of what woul dhappen, or worrying about the kids on their scooters and stuff like that, now it's happening a lot more frequently about more and more different things