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Razzer. Just for the record, EVERYONE has those unwanted thoughts that you are talking about, so you aren’t on your own.
The unwanted thought is NOT the problem, it’s the associated thoughts about it, that is the problem. That is, when the unwanted thought comes up, we have to nip it in the bud before it escalates down a path that we do not want to go down. It’s a bit like stopping a small snow ball rolling down a hill and becoming enormous by the time it gets to the bottom.
What works for me is to acknowledge the thought and say, “actually I don’t need to think about you right now”. And then STRAIGHT AWAY i bring to my awareness another thought that is pleasant, which in turn, takes me down a different path instead.
I’ve been doing this for years and it really does work. Painful thoughts do not stay in my awareness for very long. But it does take a lot of practice.
Hope this is helpful.
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