Coping Skills

My mom is a professional therapist for 5 years now. She's said one of the best ways of coping with ocd is calling it out. Like saying "you're just ocd. " to it. Or whenever you get a thought thats like a what if thought. Say "oh that's just ocd" or u can even say "maybe? "

I haven't had therapy for a while but the first time I did I remember documenting my compulsive thoughts and trying to come up with counteractive things to convince myself that it isn't true and that it is just a lie.