I'm not sure how much this will help, but I'll give it a go.
If I were personally in this situation, what I would try doing is just see if I can accept the thoughts, recognize them as what they are, and, instead of fighting them, just let them come and go while passively observing them, watching what happens, see if there are any patterns, see if I can learn anything interesting or fascinating about them I didn't realize before. They might be rather unpleasant, but in a LD it shouldn't be difficult to remember and recognize that they are only my thoughts, and I would make a plan to try to remember in the dream that I ought to be able to find a way, somehow, to control them… or failing that, just smile and see if I can't find a way to entertain myself with them (maybe find a way to admire the creativity or vividness, or something of that sort, hidden beneath the gruesome or horrifying content), armed with the knowledge that they are nothing more than something my mind is producing and that there's nothing inherently harmful or even wrong with them: It's always up to me to decide, consciously, what to do with those thoughts; that's all that really matters.
Meditation practice could also be helpful, as it trains one's ability to focus on desired thoughts more easily and to distract oneself from thoughts one doesn't want to think about, in a controlled, consciously-driven manner. This might also be something you may want to look into. It can be a valuable tool for dealing with difficult thoughts and stressful situations in waking life as well.
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