 You cannot just decide to ignore scary intrusive disturbing thoughts brains. Just don't work that way One of the questions I get asked quite often is how am I supposed to just ignore those thoughts when they scare me so much? Well, the answer is you can stop trying to ignore them because that's an unfair ask of your brain Overcoming intrusive unwanted scary anxious disturbing thoughts is not about stopping them or somehow not being bothered by them The object of the game is to acknowledge they are here. I am triggered and I am really scared But I can handle that feeling and I can work through the other side without taking special evasive action Overcoming reoccurring intrusive scary disturbing thoughts is about learning through the experience of not trying to save yourself from them That a thought really is just a thought no matter how disturbing it is So if you're struggling because you can't seem to find a way to ignore thoughts that disturb you so much You could stop trying to do that and if you can't do it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with you