Don’t give your OCD, or any other mental illness, an inch. If you give it an inch, it will take a mile out of your life. A land another mile, and another, until you’re so deep into giving into your OCD, you feel hopeless.

This isn’t to say you can’t ever get out. No, you absolutely can. But why give your OCD an inch at all in the first place? 

Do the complete opposite of what your OCD wants you to do. That’s the first and best step to take in your recovery process.

Motivational Message : Do Opposite Of What OCD Wants

I feel like this advice could be counter productive to someone who is really struggling 

I think that it’s good advice for someone trying to prevent relapse, but yeah it might be a bit too much pressure or scare someone that’s just starting recovery.

Then don’t take the advice and do whatever you want to do. But at the end of the day, it’s advice people need to hear whether it’s comfortable for you or not. 

Recovery isn’t comfortable a lot of the time; it’s hard. But that doesn’t mean you stop trying or give up completely. 