I need to push invasive thoughts out of my mind created by other people.

Start noticing every thought that seems to be triggered from external sources and choose to pay more attention to the ones you like + swiftly overwrite a negative thought with something inspiring and growth-promoting. The thoughts you don't like will thin out with time and will have no more power over you. Emotions and mood swings will help you catch and transform these intruders ;) A thought that was once your enemy, can in the end, work in your favor, if you mold it well :)

I have read multiple books by a woman named Byron Katie..she is a genius. She says our thoughts are NOT our thoughts. They stream in unaware, unconsciously, and WE are not the ones thinking them. Its so true, half my thoughts are truly of a source I do not know. Fearful ones, strange ones etc. And I used to think it was ME thinking these spiraling thoughts. It was a load off of me and YEARS of horrible anxiety ABOUT my thoughts when I realized how right she was. Nothing is personal. That is a quote by her as well. So I don't know that we can ever control thoughts but we can watch them...and let them go. They are NOT PERSONAL.

By greediness. Don't let anyone live rent free in your head. 😆

I wish I knew the answer to that. Last night, I read someone else's philosophy of life just before bedtime, and my reaction was sadness to the point where I started to fall into the black hole of depression. I had nightmares for hours... I do wish there was an OFF switch for unwanted thoughts, especially those which aren't my own.

A little bit every day. It's a strength you build. Eventually it stops. Just know that once your mind has space your thoughts will fill it 😆