It's good that you recognize intrusive thoughts for what they are. Most people go through life believing they're at the whims of whatever thoughts enter their head, when really, the opposite is the case.
You can control your thoughts, but it's a habit like anything else. Intrusive thoughts are a defense mechanism driven by anxiety: there's some unknown that exists based on the thought that your mind is bringing up to remind you for your own safety.
To dissolve the anxiety, you have to "reason out" the thought by thinking on it for a little while, so that the unknowns are settled and that spike of fear won't return.
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It's good that you recognize intrusive thoughts for what they are. Most people go through life believing they're at the whims of whatever thoughts enter their head, when really, the opposite is the case.
You can control your thoughts, but it's a habit like anything else. Intrusive thoughts are a defense mechanism driven by anxiety: there's some unknown that exists based on the thought that your mind is bringing up to remind you for your own safety.
To dissolve the anxiety, you have to "reason out" the thought by thinking on it for a little while, so that the unknowns are settled and that spike of fear won't return.