Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts

Sally M. Winston, Martin N. Seif

Weird, scary thoughts are universal and meaningless — they only stick because you fight them. Learn to let them be there without engaging.

A CBT- and ACT-informed guide to disturbing, ego-dystonic thoughts (violent, sexual, blasphemous, or bizarre) that shows why fighting them makes them stickier and how to change your relationship to them.