Disturbing Thoughts

Everyone has dark thoughts from time to time which can be upsetting or strange, not making a lot of sense, but this is normal as long as you don’t act on them.  Intrusive thoughts have a way of popping into our heads all the time, like they are coming out of thin air.  Most people can’t help what their minds think about and although we are aware of a tiny fraction of the thinking that goes on in our minds, we can only control a tiny part of our conscious thoughts.  The vast majority about 95 percent of brain activity related to our thinking efforts goes on subconsciously.  Unwanted thoughts are an extremely common symptom of anxiety disorders.  Problems, stress and frustration have a way of bubbling over and manifesting into our thoughts and our brains tend to spit out the most inappropriate things.  It’s part of human nature to…