Jay4557
- Date posted
- 1y
How do you accept bad thoughts?
Do you just be like yeah this could happen? Do you just be like yeah this is possible?
Robyn🪴🧘🏻♀️🧠Robyn🪴🧘🏻♀️🧠
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y
I try to not label the thought “good” or “bad”. I believe labeling it gives it power. Try to really notice you are having the thought. “I am noticing I am having the thought that…”. Notice it, and engage with your physical surroundings and continue to do what you were doing. Hope that helps you!
Steven55!Steven55!
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y
You need to accept uncertainty and stay in the present: "Maybe it will happen, maybe it won't, I don't know the future, but it's not happening now, and I'm not planning on making it happen, and I always have a choice." These are two ERP tools you can learn with a trained OCD therapist.
Wolfram Wolfram
- Date posted
- 1y
It's kind of like a "yeah, whatever, sure, you do you" kind of response. It's not so much a conversation but imagine someone talking to you and you're in the middle of something and busy and it's that half automated response. That kind of feel to it
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