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OCD can be divided into several categories. Intrusive thoughts fall under, what Abramowitz et al. (20101) called taboo categories.

Types of intrusive thoughts

FAQs

If you believe that thinking something makes it more likely to happen or that simply having the thought is practically the same as carrying it out, this is known as thought action fusion.

Having intrusive thoughts does not mean that you are a bad person. The thoughts are in fact obsessions and are part of OCD.

Thoughts can create feelings in your body, but that does not mean the thought is true.

Thoughts feel real.

 

Articles that will help your understanding of intrusive thoughts

Treatments

All content on MoodSmith is written and researched by Dr Elaine Ryan and uses only peer-reviewed research on journals, government bodies, universities and professional bodies to support the article. 

 

  1. Abramowitz JS, Deacon BJ, Olatunji BO, Wheaton MG, Berman NC, Losardo D, Timpano KR, McGrath PB, Riemann BC, Adams T, Björgvinsson T, Storch EA, Hale LR. Assessment of obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions: development and evaluation of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Psychol Assess. 2010 Mar;22(1):180-98. https://doi: 10.1037/a0018260. PMID: 20230164.