What is the #1 thing that helps you fight OCD?

I keep going about my day as if I have no ocd. What would I do with my time if I wasn’t obsessing? That helps send signals to your brain and body that there’s nothing to fight. I think OCD makes you want to “do” something about it. I see recovery as the absence of doing. It’s BEING. don’t try to act or think your way out of it. Just focus on the present moment and try to be fully present in the thing you were already doing before OCD crept in. I also have found stepping back and observing my ocd like I’m a scientist helps take me out of it. “Hmmm, I noticed that was an uncomfortable thought. My chest feels tight and my mouth is dry. That sucks, but I’ve been through it before”. Acceptance is key.

look back on times when u think something awful was gonna happen and it never did. Think of what bad is happening now, and apply the same thing. "Why was I ever so worried?!"

I imagine me in the future laughing at these thoughts and how unreal they are But what works for me might not work for others!!

Choosing to get my life back

Remembering how my life is without OCD . Remembering that this doesn’t last forever. It always goes away. I just need to give it time for the intrusive thoughts to fade far far away so I can feel like myself again

ALSO, guided meditation helps sooo much. Theres many on youtube specific to so many situations. Helps you stay in present moment and not your head. Also working out, whether a walk, physical activity helps so much.

This is something new I’ve been trying which I have found works quite effective for me lately - when my OCD is triggered by something (in my case contamination OCD) instead of immediately acting on the urge to react to the response (in my case wash my hands/get clean) I instead sit with the feeling for a while and acknowledge the discomfort. Instead of immediately reacting I give myself time to acknowledge what happened and ask myself if my reaction is justified and required or not. I then see how long I can go and find after a while the initial panic I felt from the trigger is much smaller and I can continue going about my day. I have only tried this with smaller triggers for me so far but have found it to be quite effective in fighting my OCD :)

Sometimes i think, “I dare you [myself] not to do it [the compulsion].” This can help with ERP, although i would say the number one thing that helps is knowing that my Creator doesn’t want me to live controlled by OCD, and seeing the negative effects it has had helps motivate me to keep going.

When I am ruminating about something, I say to myself, "maybe, maybe not."