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Agree with your intrusive thoughts no matter how disturbing they are. They will pass almost instantly and you won’t need to see reassurance for anything at all because you will have done the work (very brave work) all by yourself.

I would say the biggest thing that helped me overcome my reassurance compulsion was learning how to be uncomfortable. Yes, I know how gross and yucky it feels, but the more you allow yourself to have these feelings, you will learn that you can handle them and they will pass without you needing to get reassurance in order to make them go away. It's all about retraining your brain. I find it amazing that no matter how old you are, you can rewire your brain to make new patterns!