Thoughts stick because you have placed great emphasis on them, no other reason. Just because you see them as something out to get you. But they're only thoughts, thoughts can't hurt you or make you "lose it".

"The problem with most nervously ill people is that they expect cure to happen quickly.  Unfortunately, it takes time to heal the state they are in.  There is no magic switch."

Most people suffering from sensitization (anxiety state) refer to their thoughts as some outside force that is attacking everything they love! There is no "scare voice" just your thoughts, you are doing this to yourself.  Stop feeding these thoughts, let them come and let them go.  Stop holding onto them and adding second fear to them.  But more importantly, stop being bluffed by every thought you have.  You're being tricked into believing them by your strong physical reaction to them.

You will always have memories of these obsessions, but you cope with memory by accepting it as well.  Memory can only bring thoughts in a wave, you must keep them alive.  When they no longer matter to you, they don't show up. I think most of you are trying TOO hard to forget them.  Stand aside and let your body do the healing.

I get a lot of emails from readers, here is my response to a reader (I will not post his message for privacy).  He is obsessed with his breathing, afraid he will stop breathing, etc.  My response:

Watching yourself breathe has become an obsession for you because you're trying to control it.  But breathing isn't under your conscious control, neither is moving your muscles, sleeping, or swallowing.  You're trying to control the uncontrollable. Hold your breath for as long as you can, go ahead and try it.  Put food in your mouth and chew, don't swallow, just chew, you will see eventually when you move food to the back of your throat, your body takes over and swallows it for you.

There's no battle to fight, except of your own making!  Reaction to thoughts is what keeps people constantly sensitized. They become so afraid of their own reaction to the thought that they will do everything they can to fight it, to try and stop it from coming. But, this is impossible. People cannot stop that first thought from coming. Just like they can't stop their heart beating or their hair from growing. Heck, they can't even make themselves have a panic attack. 

But, they can stop adding to the thought. "Oh my God, I'm going crazy or losing my mind." This is the habit and this is what must be stopped. You're not allowing it to "be."  If you allow it to be, it will not be so terrible, in fact, you will soon forget it.  They should let the first thought flash.  Leave it be, leave it unresolved and go on with whatever they were doing. This means to float through the first thought, don't analyze it, don't try and figure it out.  STOP adding constant second fear to the thought.  This is what frightens. This produces anxiety and feeds the body with an excessive outflow of adrenaline, keeping them sensitized, keeping their nerves ready to fire panic. 

So what should one do? 

Question from an OverPanic.com reader:

I'm very afraid of medicine, I think that my antidepressants are causing my panic attacks.  Could this be possible?  What if I'm having a reaction to this medicine?  I've been in a constant panic attack for the 3 months or so.  Should I try another medication? Please help!

Obsessive thoughts. Oh, how lovely they are.  If it's not about medication and side effects, it's about going crazy, or having something unknown wrong with you, afraid you'll lose your mind.  This is what you tell yourself constantly.

If you weren't so sensitized at this moment to your own thoughts. You would see how irrational they are. When you're caught up in the fear, adrenaline, fear cycle. It's easy to lose contact with the outside world and spend all of your time examining yourself. You need to accept these thoughts, let them become you.  Is it possible you'll go crazy?  Yes, it is.  Is it likely?  No! No one ever went crazy from a panic attack.  Even at the peak of your panic in a social situation, I'm sure you would still find the ability to say, "Excuse me, please."  

You can't medicate everything away.  You're still you, and these thoughts, although disturbing, are still born from your physical and emotional reaction to them. Until you take responsibility that you're doing this to yourself.  You'll stay in on the spin cycle.  It's impossible to have a "constant" panic attack.  Panic attacks go to a peak then they always die down.  This is a physiological fact.  I think you're describing high anxiety from your constant introspection and asking the question, "Is there something wrong with me?"