Sentence examples for distressing thoughts from inspiring English sources

Repetitive distressing thoughts?

I couldn't harm myself physically to rid my mind of distressing thoughts.

Most importantly, if your mood is very low or you are having unusual or distressing thoughts, seek help immediately!

Experienced psychotherapists know that even in well-conducted therapy, patients may sometimes react with distressing thoughts or suicidal ideation.

In obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a person is troubled by intrusive, distressing thoughts (obsessions) and feels the pressure to carry out repetitive behaviors (compulsions).

They are safe even though she has distressing thoughts - a result of all the grim things she has seen in the past.

However, brooding in this way does not purge our feelings, it does the opposite -- it increases the urge to think about the distressing thought and deepens the distress we feel when we do.

It was such a distressing thought that we changed the subject almost immediately.

According to the most distressing thought, three different groups were formed and compared: autogenous obsession (n= 34), reactive obsession (n= 76), and worry (n= 142).

LAKELAND, Fla., March 20 - As the third home run of the third inning soared over the right-field scoreboard at Joker Marchant Stadium on Monday, a distressing thought gripped Mike Mussina: He had parked back there.

Hume seems to find this a distressing thought, but allows that we "must distinguish betwixt personal identity, as it regards our thought or imagination, and as it regards our passions or the concern we take in ourselves" (T I.4.6 253).