First, I want to acknowledge how much courage it takes to put this into words. Living with a thought that loops like this — especially one as cruel as “tu stupid hai, tha aur rahega” — and feeling that burning, explosive quality when it peaks… that is a genuinely painful way to exist. You deserve to be heard, not just diagnosed.
From an IFS lens, what’s likely happening is this: there’s a “wounded part” carrying a deeply painful belief — possibly absorbed from early experiences — and another part that has become a relentless “fixer”, searching for permanent resolution. The cruel irony is that the more the fixer seeks closure, the more attention and energy flows to the original thought, amplifying it. This is a classic parts conflict driving the rumination loop.
Your instinct about OCD is worth exploring. The pattern you describe — intrusive thought → distress → compulsive mental searching for relief → temporary reduction → return of thought — is consistent with Pure-O OCD, where the compulsion is internal (mental reviewing) rather than behavioural.
Next Steps
Connect with a psychologist who works with OCD and trauma. Approaches like IFS or EMDR (for the deeper self-critical wound beneath it) can genuinely transform this — not just manage it. You can book a session with us if it resonated with you.
Health Tips
The goal of therapy won’t be to fight the thought or force it away. It will be to help you build a different, calmer relationship with the part of you that generates it — so it loses its power over your life.