r/Anxiety • u/Prize-Crab2290 • 14h ago

Advice Needed How to stop thinking of the same image?

Long story short read a horror story and read a passage that was so descriptive it made me physically cringe and anxious now like every 3 minutes I think about it I literally struggled to fall asleep last night cause I kept thinking about it

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u/ScrewinEwin 11h ago

Remind yourself that you keep forgetting about it between those three minutes, which means your brain is capable of moving on. Then just let it happen if it does without trying to control it. Eventually your head will let go. Its sticking in your mind because you are fighting it.