How To Handle Intrusive Thoughts

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]Intrusive thoughts can feel scary or disturbing, but here's the key thing to remember. That's okay. You don't have to fix them. You don't have to push them away. Let the thought come and let it go. Think of it like a door. The thought can come in and it can leave whenever it wants. You don't need to control it. You can even say, "Hi thought, thanks for being here." And then gently bring your focus back to what you were doing.

[00:00:21]Cooking, working, texting, talking to a friend. Just keep living your life. The more you stop reacting to the thought, the weaker it becomes. OCD gets stronger when you engage with it. It gets weaker when you let it be. You don't need to win the thought. You just need to not follow it. Overtime, its grip fades.

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