ok this is kinda stupid but it helps me. i read this post once about pretending intrusive thoughts are like a backseat driver. you give it a name (mine is joe) and whenever you get intrusive thoughts yell 'shut up joe' or 'joe who said you could speak.' i know it's probably not that helpful and it makes me feel kind of stupid but it always makes me laugh and gets me in a better mood. idk i find it hard to take joe seriously anymore.

@styx I don't think that's stupid at all, that sounds freaking great. I basically do that minus the personification (basically it's "shut up, societal norms pushed upon me, causing me to stray into this line of thinking," rather than "shut up, joe")

Meditation helped me- yes it’s very hard at first it took me weeks to get there.