How I personally deal with negative thoughts depends on where these thoughts stem from.
If there is a particular person, place or thing that is triggering such feelings, I will typically begin distancing myself from those things, then start healing or moving on. When you are able to pinpoint where the negativity is coming from, and yet choose to not make any sort of change, you will find yourself in a loop of insanity. Lord knows my level of stubbornness when it comes to change even when it benefits me lol.
If the negativity is manifesting itself in intrusive thoughts that may not have any understandable beginning point, the best thing for me is prayer. These overwhelming and instantaneous fears seem to always hit me in the dead of night. Everybody else is asleep so I am quite literally alone. Except, not really lol. God does not need to sleep so He is ALWAYS available for us to reach out to Him. In fact, He craves that relationship with us because He loves us so much. Think of it as a child wanting to call their loving dad when they think they see a monster up underneath the bed. In God’s case, He would never leave us hanging and alone.
I have personally noticed when I become a bit loo lax in my prayer life, God will allow these instances to happen just so I reach out to Him once again. Yeah, it stinks having to go through this cycle all the time, but realistically, that is my own fault. I begin to fall back into the mindset of thinking I can have full control over my thoughts and emotions. That is about the biggest lie I continuously tell myself, let me tell you lol
Ultimately, prayer, Bible reading and figuring out what small changes I can personally make are the main ways I deal with emotions.
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