How can I stop judging my thoughts while recognizing bad actions?

People say dont judge the thoughts. How?

I understand you dont say "thats a bad thought" cause its just a thought, theres no bad or good thought, but the action is bad. I usually judge the action, my mind says to something terrible and i say "that would be a bad thing to do, not what i value". And its automatic that you know something is bad to do so you judge it still. If i would stop judging it and see everything the same thing than im afraid that i would act on the thoughts cause i dont remind myself thats a bad thing to do, not what i value. Then how to not judge them?

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Username: Steven55!Steven55!

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

My therapist told me that I should never concentrate on the content, rather, concentrate on how I react to it. If you get anxious or stressed out, you just bought into what OCD wants you to do. That's why ERP works; through habituation you eventually realize it's only a thought and you begin to blow it off, you begin to realize that a thought is just a thought, not a threat. A therapist specializing in OCD can help you work through it.

Username: AdoooAdooo

Date posted: 1y ago

Don't be afraid to don' t judge them. The thoghts are saying you bad things, I know, but you must just "ignore" them. When you ignore them you'll feel a annoyng feeling, and then you must let them go out of your mind. The feeling that you will have when you ignore the bad thoght is hardest on it, but the thoght will be more painful when you'll say it's bad thoght. Wish you good day, and lot of sucess with beating of OCD! 🙂

Username: amandoneamandone

Date posted: 1y ago

They mean don’t be so hard on yourself for having intrusive thoughts. Don’t beat yourself up over a thought that may set you back.

Username: PRIV8PRIV8

Date posted: 1y ago

I dont beat myself over, i just say this would be a bad thing to do, and i feel that i get more stressed

Username: Anon456

Date posted: 3y ago

How do you just “ignore the thoughts”. Say a thought pops up what do you say to them or do?

Username: Fear and Hope 🌼

Date posted: 3y ago

It’s one thing to think something bad, because thoughts aren’t actions but how do you deal with actually doing something bad? The guilt is consuming me.

Username: canigetawitness

Date posted: 3y ago

I dont understand how we're supposed to ignore "intrusive thoughts", when they honestly feel so real. I mean, how am I supposed to just accept the thoughts, when my brain/body is telling me something IS wrong. It genuinely feels like something needs attending to & my thoughts dont come in the form of "what if", they come in the form of "something is wrong and you need to do something". How are you supposed to know if something needs to be done or not?? I dont get how we're supposed to dismiss fear when it's telling us to do something.

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