It wasn’t until I stopped reacting to my intrusive thoughts and started accepting uncertainty that OCD lost its power over me. Final Thoughts OCD is a disorder of doubt. It convinces you that you need certainty, but the more you chase it, the further away it feels. The way out isn...
You try to feel absolutely sure that they're false. Even though you've never experienced these problems in the past, you want somehow to be certain that they will never happen in the future. You treat it like DangerYou end up treating the thought as if it were a mortal threat, a mad...
I let myself be lazy in this compartment. I fully embraced that this laziness was ok. This can apply to something simpler (but with equal importance, because with OCD everything is the most important thing) like the dented garbage can. This, to the brain battling OCD, feels like laziness...
You see, it’s not just those outward physical manifestations (which I still have) that you associate with quirky TV show characters, it’s also very much internalized and that was not something I was aware of until now. It makes sense of a lot of things that have gone on in my life...
If I could go back in time and treat my chair differently. If I could go back in time and consistently be more gentle with my chair… I’d still be sitting in a chair that feels the same. 5. This has to be fixed today.