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'''Compulsive thinking''' is a mental pattern where a person feels an uncontrollable urge to repeatedly focus on certain thoughts, even when they are unwanted. These thoughts can feel intrusive, distressing, difficult to control, “sticky” and the person often struggles to let go of them despite recognizing that they are [[Irrational thinking|irrational]], unhelpful, or excessive.<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=compulsive+thinking&oq=compulsive+thinking&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyDggAEEUYJxg5GIAEGIoFMgwIARAAGBQYhwIYgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyCAgDEAAYFhgeMgoIBBAAGAoYFhgeMgYIBRBFGDwyBggGEEUYPTIGCAcQLhhA0gEIOTY0NGowajGoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Compulsive thinking]</ref><ref>[https://chatgpt.com/share/68a92f18-0504-800a-9dd6-69c301393e8a Compulsive thinking]</ref>

Characteristics of compulsive thinking:<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=compulsive+thinking&oq=compulsive+thinking&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyDggAEEUYJxg5GIAEGIoFMgwIARAAGBQYhwIYgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyCAgDEAAYFhgeMgoIBBAAGAoYFhgeMgYIBRBFGDwyBggGEEUYPTIGCAcQLhhA0gEIOTY0NGowajGoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Compulsive thinking]</ref><ref>[https://chatgpt.com/share/68a92f18-0504-800a-9dd6-69c301393e8a Compulsive thinking]</ref>

* Repetitiveness – the same thoughts, patterns and themes cycle over and over.

* Intrusiveness – thoughts push into mental awareness without being invited.

* Difficulty stopping – trying to suppress or ignore them often makes them stronger.

* [[Anxiety]] caused and driven – they often create or relieve anxiety (e.g., “If I don’t think about this throughly, something bad will happen”).

* Connection to compulsive behaviors – in mental conditions like OCD, compulsive thinking is often associated with compulsive actions (e.g., mental checking, counting, reviewing conversations, handwashing).

* Sense of being mental stuck and in a rut – it feels like the mind is on a mental loop and hard to shift elsewhere.

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