Both my therapist and google have told me that to get over my obsessive thoughts is to “sit with the feeling” and “accept them as they are”. I’m quite at a loss as to what this actually means? If I sit with them and accept them, that usually means acting upon them or crying my eyes out. I’m planning to ask my therapist in our next session as well, but I just wanted to post on here in hopes of hearing about other people’s experiences.

How do you deal with your intrusive thoughts? How have you gotten over them if you ever did?

TL;DR intrusive thoughts currently kicking my ass and I don’t know how to stop them but therapist says to just “accept it”.. what does that look like lol?