How to Acknowledge Intrusive Thoughts?

lilaclemonade

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I’ve read that “acknowledging” an intrusive thought helps with processing it, but how does one exactly do that? Many of mine stem from my own traumas and a lot of the time they just stop me in my tracks and I divert my attention because they scare me. What does acknowledging intrusive thoughts look like for you?

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Erai

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I've heard that you just tag it in your head as what it is then move on but not forcefully. When people try to meditate, they literally think 'thought' if a thought pops up and 'emotion' if an emotion pops up and it actually worked for me the time or two I tried it.

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Riptide95

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If they're trauma based you should look in to EMDR therapy. I tried to face mine head on by myself and felt like it was just a loop.

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