Bad intrusive thoughts

Ik this is easier said than done but genuinely accepting the fact that they are normal and you don’t have to even acknowledge them because it says nothing about your morals or character whether you do or not, seriously helps. But, if you don’t think you’re in a position to do that quite yet, what helps for me if I’m ever struggling bad with them, is i sort of make a joke out of it to myself. The problem has brought me a lot of pain over the course of my life but sometimes instead of dreading the way my brain works, I like to just judge it in a funny way. Intrusive thoughts feel like having a parasite in your brain, and that was scary to me when I was really young, but now it’s just like when a person you really dislike approaches you and starts saying some bullshit. Obviously, I wouldn’t respond to much to it in the first place. But, normally what I do is just let it happen, think to myself “um ok I guess” and then, it feels less serious. If I took whatever was said seriously I’d be more curious than that. Being curious is good, I love that I am, but when it becomes too much I have to just let go. Over-analyzing loses the point of analogy once it becomes too much, if your brain can’t comprehend it then you will get absolutely nothing out of overwhelming it with information. Even if you do for whatever reason want to dive into why you have intrusive thoughts the chances of getting rid of them are I’m certain zero. To real help with the spiraling, this may also sound difficult because I know it was for me, but stop self isolating if you are. Hobbies definitely help as well, but being alone too much will drive you insane if you’re having thoughts like that. Im also pretty introverted and don’t have a lot to say in most group situations but I enjoy listening and being around people talking it distracts me enough. It’s important to find any group or even just a person that yaps your ear off to cope with what you can’t ignore. Finding people or a person who you feel secure enough with, and you feel confident reciprocates that feeling is amazing and I hope you can find that too. In general just try not to be by yourself all the time, I still struggle with isolation a lot but the thing is you can’t be human without having to face some kind of sadness or negativity in your life. Every second is a temporary state of time and you’re just trying to bring the percentage of good up, and bad down, but there can’t be good without bad, it’s how we all have to learn sometimes. This was very specific to my situation and how I helped myself but I hope you find it helps too.

I’ve been trying talking. When it’s really debilitating I repeat prayers in my head over and over and over. Kinda counterproductive to compulsive behaviors but it helps lesson the scary thought.