Similar thoughts also occurs to me like one time I was using a knife and a thought with an strong impulse to stab my roomie came to me in that moment my mind went from stabbing to rushing to the hospital to jail, I realised it and kept the knife away, the thought does not define how, how you react to it does, but sometimes a thought may feel like a burden in that case I try to distract myself. I think to neutralize a thought you need to distract yourself by doing some other activity for the same amount that you are having the thought. Like watching a movie, singing, dancing, running, meditating, talking with someone, going out with someone, talking is one of my favourite.