So I know it's best to go to a therapist for these sort of questions but I don't have the recourses for that rn so I thought I'd just ask here for those who have experience. I've read books and gotten a lot of advice about dealing with intrusive thoughts and the most successful solution by far for other people has been letting the thought in as much as possible (so you're no longer scared of the thought and it starts appearing less). But whenever I tried to allow my intrusive thought in I
got more and more negative thoughts because of it. One intrusive thoughts lead to the other etc. Thinking about that thought opened doorway for
more negative thoughts. I did a few days of just allowing my thoughts and it made me so much worse then I ever was. So how exactly do you guys deal with allowing your thoughts in? I try my best not to actively try to avoid them or run away from them, but I try to be aware that it's just a negative thought so it scares me less and then keep myself busy with something else until it goes away (but then it comes back☠️ ). How do you
guys deal with this.