If intrusive thoughts are significantly affecting your daily life, or they involve thoughts of hurting yourself or others, it's important to seek help from a mental health professional.

With PTSD, a traumatic event in the recent or distant past can cause a prolonged reaction to the traumatic event, resulting in intrusive memories, flashbacks and nightmares, unexpected outbursts ...

Have you ever had a disturbing thought pop up into your head? Thoughts that are distressing, repetitive and unwanted are ...

Serious intrusive thoughts can be a feature of several mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, PTSD and obsessive compulsive disorder.

Are intrusive thoughts controlling your life? Having tools to better manage them can save a lot of time and energy.

Mikaela Shiffrin says she has dealt with "intrusive thoughts" and symptoms of PTSD after crashing during a race in November 2024 She suffered a five-centimeter-deep puncture wound to her abdomen ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop after experiencing a traumatic event. Symptoms include intrusive memories, flashbacks, avoidance of triggers ...

It can also help veterans and their loved ones adjust their thoughts and beliefs about PTSD and relationship challenges. Another family resource is the VA’s PTSD Family Coach app.

Playing Tetris after trauma could help prevent PTSD by disrupting memory formation. Discover the underlying science and how to use this simple tool for mental resilience.

Research suggests that children can learn to think differently about sticky, intrusive thoughts so they don't feel controlled by them.