and stop acting like you’re interested in what she has to say. Crazy people love and crave attention. The more you give, the more they want. After while, she’ll leave you alone.
Maybe not right away, but it will. Exercises like that teach you how to control your negative thoughts. You also learn how to balance out your thinking and how to catch yourself when your thoughts are racing million miles an hour. Part of my exercise in changing my negative thinking was rewarding myself. Always reward yourself for something that may seem insignificant at first. In the long run, you’ll see that when you learn how to fix little things, you’ll be able to fix bigger things or just ignore them. You’ll also be able to ignore or avoid unrealistic thoughts. Sometimes, in order to stop my racing thoughts, I picture a train running in my head, and I pull the emergency break.