None of us can escape intrusive thoughts, the random and usually off-putting musings that include visions of shoving your hand through the center of a beautifully decorated cake or a bridge collapsing ...

You may have noticed a lot more chatter on TikTok these days about intrusive thoughts. While some people use the term to describe their random impulses to, say, open and close their fridge door ...

Source: By Christopher Craig from Fredericton, NB, Canada. Wikimedia Commons. “There is no institution more powerful than the institution of your mind.” —Naide P. Obiang Intrusive thoughts are ...

In response to our book, Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts, we get hundreds of emails asking for clarifications and additional explanations. One of the largest group of messages concerns some ...

Cohen calls intrusive thoughts a form of "mind babbling" or "random, involuntary and unintentional thinking" that can be relentless and difficult to quiet down. "While not all the 'babble' is harmful ...

The relationship between intrusive thoughts and OCD is complex, with intrusive thoughts serving as the driving force behind ...

Intrusive thoughts, according to the Anxiety and Depression Society of America, affect six million Americans. Mental health experts in TIME describe these troubling reflections as unwanted and ...

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Many of us have wild thoughts that pop into our heads out of nowhere. But what if those thoughts were harmful and seemed to ...

Are bad thoughts barring you from sweet dreams? California ER doctor Dr. Joe Whittington, who goes by Dr. Joe MD on Instagram, has taken to the platform to share a simple hack for falling asleep when ...

You might wonder why anyone would ever think about harming their own children. Only a monster would do that, right? Turns out, that's not exactly true. It turns out, having passing thoughts about harm ...