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I meant to say there's a such a miniscule chance of that happening that it's not rational to worry about. On the other hand, you'll never have 100% certainty. So you should practice accepting that "maybe" the car alarm will go off. And you can deal with that. Accept the uncertainty! We all live with different kinds of uncertainty; it's only people with OCD who blow them out of proportion. I struggle with it too, so don't think I'm up on a pedestal. I know it's hard
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- 5y ago
It's like me leaving the house and irrationally thinking I didn't lock the door, when in fact I know with 99.999% confidence I did. Instead of obsessing over 100% certainty, I just think "eh. oh well. if I get robbed then I can deal with it." It's an uncertainty that's inevitable. In some sense getting robbed (or having your car alarm go off) is better than being crushed under OCD ?
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- 5y ago
Thank you for the thoughtful feedback, you are right, there is a very narrow chance that the situation were to happen. I’ll have to work on accepting the uncertainty.
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- 5y ago
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- 5y ago
I was obsessively checking my automatic car windows so bad to make sure that they were closed that I broke the switch. Now I've had to use another switch to close it. I don't check anymore because I fear that I will break another switch. I stopped pulling hard on the door knob (I have had intricate rituals involving the door knob)because I don't want to break it. If I feel the need to check, I just tell myself, "Once is enough. It's another OCD trick. Moving on..." Still having problems with checking the stove, though.
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- 17w ago
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- 14w ago
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- 12w ago
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