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 ...

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 ...

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Ever had a scary or weird thought pop into your head that you just can’t shake? These are called intrusive thoughts, and almost everyone gets them sometimes. They can feel scary or make you worry ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...