The first technique to diffuse yourself from the thought is actually telling your mind that you are having a thought. For example, instead of saying that I am feeling anxious, say to yourself that I'm having a thought that I'm feeling anxious. This trick district district worked for me. When I was facing a lot of anxiety, the most prominent parameter factor indicator of my anxiety was restlessness in my body. So whenever I felt restless, my internal dialogue was like, Oh, no, here it comes. Again.
I am feeling restless. I'm feeling restless. And I started to worsen that kind of sensations. So after coming across this concept, I told myself Oh, I am getting a thought that I am feeling restless. Now. Okay, I am getting the thought that I am feeling restless now.
So, what it does is it creates a distance between you and the thought between you and the actual fact because you have to realize that thoughts are not facts or the thoughts are not facts, you have to maintain a distance you have to or tell yourself that this is not the reality I am not feeling restless, my mind is thinking about something which is restless. So, this way, the indirect approach will give you certain relief