How do you accept bad thoughts?

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!

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.

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