Tips to manage and overcome intrusive thoughts effectively.

Don’t make the mistake of trying to prove them wrong and reassuring yourself as you end up getting stuck and the thoughts then feel very real.

Weirdly the advice is to let them ruin you. They are all mouth and no trousers and all of their threats are empty. You need to call their bluff little by little. I hope you get all the advice you need.

Stop giving intrusive thoughts attention, and your time to figure out what they mean and instead live your day to day life. And ket OCD be in the background.

I've got a few tips. How do you try and deal with them at the moment? It usually helps knowing what doesn't work and why too

I make a joke out of mine. Last night I thought my pet hermit crabs were dying so I decided to go with it like "okay maybe they're all dead and the tank is rotted and I bet there's gonna be vultures outside my house" like I just ran it into absurdity and it helped me take a step back and think "ok im just being dramatic" I hope that makes sense! Best of luck