Practical Steps To Handle Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts
- Acknowledge and label these thoughts as bad or negative, creating a distance between you and the thoughts.
- Write them down, to have it in front of you on a piece of paper, as you reflect on it and stop the worrying in the process.
- Recognize that the thoughts are real and are an unpleasant problem.
- Recognize and validate your own emotional response to the thoughts.
- Do not brood over them, and try to redirect your attention to something else, which is pleasant.
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