Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts

by Sally M. Winston PsyD

There is nothing wrong with you, just the way you are dealing with your thoughts.

trying not to think about carrots is a form of thinking about them.

The key is not to try harder to stop thoughts; it is in changing your relationship with the thoughts and your beliefs about them. Then, they don’t need to be stopped and are no longer fed the energy that maintains them.