Something that really has helped me...
I've been learning how to NOT JUDGE my feelings, to just let them be. I don't have to like them, I don't have to approve of them, I don't have to act on them. They just are.
When I DON'T want to think about something, DON'T want to feel something...the more I try to push it away, the more energy I give it. Try to NOT think about pink elephants! Now - what just came into your head? If you got a pink elephant - that's what I'm talking about. When I try NOT to think about something, I'm automatically going to think about it.

No judgement. Just thoughts. Just feelings. Transient, impermanent. Just let them be and let them float off. No need to invest our limited energy fighting. No need to act on them. No need to do anything other than notice them and let them move on.

I have all SORTS of "inappropriate" thoughts and feelings and desires. Some of them are very persistent, and some may never disappear entirely. I used to think "I shouldn't think that" or "I hate it when I feel that". The more energy I put into denying those thoughts and feelings and impulses, the stronger they got and the worse I felt. As I practice not judging, as I practice letting them go, I find myself less bothered by them and less troubled.