CBT professionals?Help me please?!
Question:
CBT professionals?Help me please?
Help me!
i suffer from slight paranoia and delusion (as a result of my mood disorder) and i've got it bad today!
I went to the pub and played the guitar (cos thats what i love to do!) the people inside didn't know me but the liked my playing and gave me a free pint. then i got the HORRIBLE and disturbing thoughts...
... what if the person had AIDS and put the infection in the pint. bizzar? i know, but i cant shake the thought. Please, pleas help me sort this out. i'm gonna die. im gonna die
PS sorry if i've disturbed anyone
2 weeks ago
why did the pint taste so weird?
oh!!! why does this have to happen to me ...
Answers:
well u no im not a professional but...
-ppl do not try to give other ppl AIDS.
-u already clearly understand that this thought is a product of ur paranoia.
-there is no use even going over the fact that putting AIDS in ur pint-- possibly thru blood or semon-- is an impractical and ineffective method of transmitting the disease BECAUSE...
-nobody wud do it anyway.
-the fact that u think it tastes weird is likely in ur head
-tho its not like u HAV to drink it anyway-- u shudnt think to urself that by not drinking it ud be giving in to ur paranoia.
-remain calm about the choices u make as a result of ur thoughts, as long as they dont bring harm, and in some way comfort u.
-just remember that the reason u arent -for instance- drinking the pint is not because there actually might be AIDS in it (cuz there is NOT), but because not drinking it is wat u know will help u act calm in the situation.
-u are not going to die from AIDS, because u are not going to get it from something you drink.
-no one is EVER going to TRY to give u AIDS