Do you feel like you can't control your brain?

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What I mean by that is there are certain situations that arise where I tell myself not to be angry or jealous or say the wrong things but my brain sabotages me and do those things anyway. It's very frustrating. I wish I had more control.

Yes. I can control my reactions at times to what my brain is thinking but not what it is thinking

Yeah, a lot. People tell me to snap out of depression, or to stop feeling anxious, and I know they mean well and are just trying to reassure, it still doesn't work. Stress and depression is not something I can just switch on and off like a light switch. If it were something that could be switched on and off, then I would obviously not ever be depressed or anxious again.

I sometimes feel like my brain is battling me, attempting to obstruct any progress I make.
About a year ago I asked some family members about how they filter/socially scan their thoughts, and not say them to someone else, the gem of advice I received was "just don't say those weird things". But how do I know whats weird before I say it? "If you think its weird just don't say it" But to me it's a perfectly reasonable thing to say? "It's not, how do you not know these things? Did you talk like that in work?....etc"

Solution? Just shut up.

Anxiety and Depression are my brains foes, it feels like I'm always trying to recognise their effect on my perception of the world, compensate for it, and know that what I'm feeling is not rational. They make filtering the brain to mouth thoughts much more difficult.

I know what you mean. I embarrass myself all the time. I don't "edit my thoughts" enough.

Just don't listen to those people who tell you to "shut up." They've got problems of their own, probably. Maybe they're jealous that you're such a "free spirit" with language.

That's why I can't have a decent conversation with my mother; she expects things to go according to some plan. I don't really have a "plan" when I say something. I say things off the top of my head, and I try to be appropriate to the situation....BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS COME OUT LIKE THAT.

In my opinion, it is the job of a friend to adjust when things "don't come out like that," according to some "plan."

I felt like that sometimes before my OCD was treated. My brain kept thinking of things & 2nd guessing myself & other things which caused me to do things I knew I didn't need to or really want to do.

I think this is perfectly normal. Try meditating, and see how much attention your brain pays to your commanding it to stop thinking. Your brain will do pretty much what it likes.

But who is the "I" that can't control my brain, if it isn't my brain?