Trigger Word!?

I've been writing the words & phrases on sticky notes and putting them all over my house. Every time I see one, I acknowledge it, read it (sometimes out loud), and use a non-engagement response / accept the feelings that come up. I say something like "yep, that could happen/be true". I started with some easier ones, have done it with some core fears, and am going to keep doing it with some of my harder themes. It didn't take long to habituate and need to change them up because they stopped eliciting anxiety.

I’m working with my therapist on this the main thing I was told was to take your thoughts to court, argue with them and rationalise it.

Yes, In that sort of situation I suggest sitting with the discomfort for a little while before engaging in any compulsion, the best thing to do would be to not do a compulsion, but I know how difficult that can be, so in my opinion try to disregard your initial anxiety. Remember that you are not alone, there are millions out there that struggle with ocd. I can relate to this sort of situation, I’ve struggled for years trying not to associate things with other things as if they were somehow connected ( they’re not ), ocd is just a tricky little monster that can make you feel anxiety about any silly thing that a “normal” person would disregard. The important thing here is to not stay fixated on your theme/s. You don’t have to distract yourself either, but choose to do something else that you like instead of focusing on ocd stuff. Things can get better for you mentally if you can differentiate yourself from ocd and choose yourself over ocd

Magical thinking OCD is definitely not cool.