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Just about to head to bed and these intrusive thoughts are driving me nuts

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My whole day consists of intrusive thoughts just constantly running through my mind from when I drive to work and when I drive home. I don’t understand why these thoughts are overwhelming me because the consequences are so obviously not in my favor but I still get the urges. On my drive to work I constantly think about crashing. Whether it’s a slight bump during a traffic stop or driving off course or into other cars on the highway. It’s a though about 60% of the time and I alway try to distract myself with music I work construction and working with power tools is a mentally draining with constant thoughts of cutting fingers off and other violent thoughts. And I have contemplated quitting my apprenticeship before I accidentally act on them. Before I started working I had these thoughts but they weren’t as intense as they have been for the past 2 months and I need to find a way to minimize them a lot more. I tried the “tell yourself it’s an intrusive thought” method but it hardly works. And was wondering if anyone had good tips that worked or making visiting a physiatrist might help. I’m writing this before bed just to clear my mind and I appreciate any advice that I can read during breakfast tommorow, thank you guys in advance. I’m lucky I haven’t acted on any yet and obviously don’t plan on it and it just confusing because I’m seen as so calm and gentle but my mind is quite the opposite sometimes.

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Feb 12, 2026 at 5:34 AM UTC
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