Time for a paradigm shift!

Everyone with OCD starts off believing that the thoughts make us monsters--and that the thoughts are dangerous. However, this viewpoint only feeds the insidious cycle of OCD. I know it's counter-intuitive, but the only way to defeat the thoughts is to ALLOW them to be there. We have to stop caring if they are there or not. Do you want to defeat OCD? You have some decisions to make. See below: -------------------------------------- 4 KEY DECISIONS TO DEFEAT OCD 1.) Make a decision that the thoughts are not dangerous. They may FEEL evil and scary. But they are just wisps of smoke 💨 that exist in your mind. 2.) Make a decision that the thoughts mean NOTHING about you as a person. Again, they feel evil and scary. But you have to understand that that is the nature of the disorder. This is part of the disease called OCD. I know the thoughts make you feel like a monster. But you have to understand that the thoughts mean ZERO about you as a person. 3.) Make a decision that the thoughts have ZERO connection with the real world. I know that when we have OCD, we always think our thoughts have connections to real life (sometimes even magical connections). But remember, they are just wisps of smoke in your mind 💨 4.) Make a decision that you are not going to fight the thoughts off. You have to ALLOW them to run freely through your head. This is the only way to take away their power. You have to stop caring whether they are there or not. You see, the more you fight, the worse they will get. Your only way out is to ALLOW them and to stop caring if they are there. -------------------------------------- Now, I know how hard it is to make these decisions. I know that OCD is called a DOUBTING disease for a reason. Your brain will always say that it is not safe to make these decisions. Or your brain will say there must be some caveat, or "what if this?", or "what if that?", blah, blah, blah. I don't know how else to say it, but you have to ignore all the noise and "man up" and just make the decisions out of faith, and out of a sheer effort of will. You will never feel okay about making these decisions. You will always have doubt. Make the decisions anyway. Make them out of sheer will. Make them like a blind person makes a step in the dark, out of faith and nothing else. You WILL gain back functionality in your life if you do these things. You WILL start conquering the OCD if you do these things. It is the pathway to freedom. This is why I love ERP so much. A good EEP therapist will train you in all of this. I learned these things on my own journey, but they lined up with ERP. Take a step. You can do it:):):)