Oh, I'm happy this helped! Yes, sometimes when we hear, that everything is an illusion, we take a "negative" approach and try to get rid of the illusion through denial.
As you said, this is not the way you want to treat something that is not there in the first place. Why should you try to get rid of something that is not there? 😀
If you got a headache, it won't help to tell yourself, that it's just an illusion. You will simply take some Aspirin and treat the illusionary headache with an illusionary medicine. This is not bad and by all means no proof, that you are not spiritual enough or whatever. This is just a normal thing to do. Blessings! ❤️