JuliusFawcett wrote:It is not possible for a truly positive thinker to have intrusive thoughts, as they simply would not attach a negative label to any thought that came up. Even a neutral thinker could not have an intrusive thought.
"Oh, there's another neutral thought, oh well"
I diagree with this Julius.
Negative thoughts are said to rise up from your subconscious to hassle you. IMO this rubbish. There is no evidence, it is just a say so.
The two important things to understand are:-
1. Some thoughts are only perceptions and not our selections.
2. Thoughts are not in business for themselves.
Intrusive thoughts are suggestions made, often under concealed threats, by a closely related party. It is most often done for one of three reasons.
Either to gain power and influence so as to manipulate and control the other party, or to punish, hurt the other party or lastly to gain narcissistic supply, i.e., to get pleasure from the other person's suffering.
Recognizing that intrusive thoughts are suggestions that one perceives mentally, one can simply discharge them. I would agree with your positive thinking in this case one one count and that is that one can best discharge them by replacing them with something positive.