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 ...

After giving birth to her second child, NPR's LA Johnson struggled with scary thoughts that didn't seem to go away. She ...

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

This is Everyday Science with Clare Wilson, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single week, y ou can sign up here. Hello, and welcome ...

Shiffrin tells PEOPLE she "crashed into a gate" but isn't even sure how she sustained the wound Mikaela Shiffrin had to overcome more than the physical pain of a puncture wound to her abdomen when she ...

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.

Rohan’s nighttime fears of being robbed and abducted began at five years old. At nine, Rohan was still sleeping in his mother’s room plagued by nighttime obsessions. “I feel like we’re going to get ...