442 What 99% of People Get WRONG About Intrusive Thoughts

442 大多数人对强迫性想法理解的误区

Your Anxiety Toolkit - Anxiety & OCD Strategies for Everyday

2025-07-14

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In this episode, Kimberley Quinlan breaks down the most common misconceptions about intrusive thoughts and shares powerful, compassionate strategies to help you respond in a way that reduces anxiety and stops the OCD cycle.
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  • If you've ever had an intrusive thought and it caused you to panic and make you wonder what is wrong with me,

  • you're not alone.

  • But there is a chance that you're responding in a way that is not helpful.

  • And my goal today is to change that.

  • Today,

  • we're setting the record straight and we're addressing what 99% of people get wrong about intrusive thoughts and we're talking about what to do instead.

  • Welcome.

  • My name is Kimberly Quinlan.

  • I'm an anxiety specialist.

  • You're here on your anxiety toolkit where we give you a virtual hug and all the strategic,

  • helpful, effective and compassionate skills to help you manage anxiety.

  • So whether you have OCD, perfectionism, it doesn't matter.

  • Our goal today is to help you manage those intrusive thoughts so that you suffer less,

  • you're kinder to yourself, and you don't get caught in OCD's trap.

  • So let's go.

  • Okay, so let's first start with the main point.

  • You're not here for the fluff.

  • You want to get straight to it.

  • Number one, what is an intrusive thought?

  • Because this is often what people get wrong.