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Lexicon78 said:
Crazy? I highly doubt it, although it may feel that way at times. I completely understand the intrusive thoughts because I used to get them all the time.

My suggestion would be to try to keep your mind as busy as possible right now. Do anything that requires complex thinking on anything but those intrusive thoughts. When they enter your mind again, refocus on what you were working on and keep going. Each time you get another intrusive thought, refocus on what you were doing in the moment, not on the intrusive thought again. It may get very tiresome, but it's worth it. You may even train your brain to refocus automatically in the future.

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Lexicon is right. Keeping the mind busy is part of it. I had my worst moments while I made breakfast in the morning and they would come in the silence of the house. They'd pop in and I would allow them to stew in my brain till whenever it was most convenient to cause a ruckus with my spouse. Many times we argued on the way to work. Then one morning I realized it was the silence and wandering mind that allowed them in in the first place. So I brought a radio into the kicthen to fill the air. It worked pretty good too I might add. I've had to do other exercises to keep them silent, and yes, they slowly go away. But the biggest breakthrough came when I realized why I had them.