Sometimes I start thinking about OCD from an outside perspective and it seems innocent enough, but before I know it I am thinking about my obsessions in terms of how I would communicate them to someone else. It’s only a step away from this to an intrusive thought that triggers anxious rumination and now I’m inside the obsession. The problem is that I don’t recognize this process until it has happened and I am anxious. How do I keep it from getting to this point? How do I recognize the passive rumination before it turns into compulsive rumination?