Play music really loud.
Make noise, get busy, play a game, learn a dance, or be around a friend. I hope some of this helps

I really wish I knew something to help for this. I suffer from the same insane thoughts also. Just ignoring the thoughts doesnt work really. I just keep telling myself these thoughts are from my disease depression and not myself.

I'm wondering if you may be stuggling with OCD, not sure...Thats just one of the symptoms..intrusive thoughts....and they can be horrible.

Don't laugh...I talk to myself...I say positive things out loud...I yell them if I need to! I do this until the stupid negative thoughts go away. After doing this for a while, it trained my brain so I no longer had to talk out loud or yell anymore. (thank goodness...people were looking at me funny)

You pretty much said it yourself.. Insane thoughts.. At least you recognize them as insane.. If you didnt then I would be worried. You need to look in the mirror and tell yourself all the good things about yourself.. Write it down. Write the positive things about you on one side and the negative on the other. Not the negative things that others tell you but the ones you truly think about yourself.. Work on the negative a little bit at a time and see if you can not get one negative thought sent over to the positive side. Just my opinion.

Some really good thoughts so far! I have this very same problem and find that if I have a plan of action for the day with specific goals to achieve I'm able to focus on those things and have positive thoughts when I achieve the days goals. The only thing is to set realistic goals each day or it doesn't work. Really gage where you are to assess what you can do in one day- but also push yourself some too.

My two cents on this is that you need to challenge those thoughts. They're just thougths - not facts.

How would you talk to a friend or your kids? Would you talk to your kids the way you talk to yourself? What would you say to someone if they told one of your kids that they were worthless?

I know its easier to beleive good things about others, but you deserve the same consideration. I know if feels real, but its not. Its just a thought, not a fact. Challenge it.

If you're goig to do affirmations, make sure that its something you believe. Otherwise (as my therapist says) its like putting frosting on shit.

Be gentle with yourself. (((HUG)))

I dont know if this will help you but when I get like that I try and do something fun and silly with my girls, they always lift my spirits, they know I am mentally ill but for us it is something we make light of and they love me anyway. Do you have people you can be around that love you, friends, family? I think for alot of us these people are the reason we are still here.