Understand and anticipate categories of trigger. While it might be easy to identify specific triggers or situational triggers, such as those above, try to see if you can isolate patterns to your triggers. This understanding can help you become more proactive about the types of things to avoid when trying to decrease sexual thoughts.
Do your triggers tend to be more visual or more verbal? Men, for example, tend to be more turned on by visual stimuli,[1] while women might be more affected by verbal ones.