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When the same intrusive thought won't leave you alone

I have had the same intrusive thought loop playing in my head for six months and I feel like I am going insane.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind has become stuck in a recursive pattern that feeds on its own repetition, creating mental imprisonment through obsessive focus.

Ideas that help explain it
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