When the thoughts get too much I like saying "Yeah okay, go on - I’m listening" in my head. They usually shut up after that. You just have to give them room.

I know the solution is to always say “yeah that could be true, but I am choosing to live my life anyway.” However, I feel like my biggest issue is my brain always assuming that it is immediately true when I do that. Like if I say “maybe I’m attracted to teenagers, it’s possible,” then my brain INSTANTLY starts rationalizing that thought and defending it and being like “oh okay so you think this now and it makes sense because xyz, and now that’s who you are and your real desire is now and always will be teenagers.” I feel really alone in this area of feeling like my brain “accepting the thoughts” means my brain immediately accepts them as true. I obviously don’t want to think they’re true but I feel so stuck now.

sometimes my brain is thinking of every thought you could have all at once and it makes me insane and i keep telling myself in my head to shut up and i try to stop thinking but it doesn’t stop

As you try to fall asleep, what exactly are you supposed to do? Most advice would be “just allow it but don’t engage” ok that sounds great but if it pulls you right out of sleep just as you’re drifting off, it’s hard not to engage. It’s like another person waiting for you to just fall asleep and then they purposely wake you up. Just let it keep happening? And yes, my mind is doing it on purpose. 🙏?