How do you just “ignore the thoughts”. Say a thought pops up what do you say to them or do?

I had my first appointment with my ocd therapist last Monday and she said to say “maybe, maybe not …” or “I totally agree…”. I like I totally agree bc it makes the thought sound silly but some ppl like the other. You’re going to be extremely uncomfortable but just don’t do the compulsion. And go on with your life with it in the background. I usually make to-do list of things I need to get done anyway. This morning I had a bad trigger & to help me calm down a little I watch the SOS video on this app.

You don’t ignore it so much as accept it.

I kind of just shake my head and move on. It’s not worth paying it any more attention

You cant ignore Them you will get to the point where it just won’t matter to you anymore and your anxiety will go down that’s when you will be able to learn how to handle them better

Thoughts, feelings- they are just sensations and brain stimuli. There is no reason to respond to them. You could live the rest of your life without responding to them and be perfectly fine. You are just not used to this, especially with OCD. You have to learn to train your brain to observe a thought or feeling without reacting to it. Allowing it to be there, and giving it space. It will vanish and another thought or feeling will take its place. But if you react to it, you will retrigger it. And that’s when the serial begins

I have gotten to a point where I am just “numb” and they’re kind of just buzzing around in there. I don’t reallllly react. It’s like just letting them buzz around. I don’t converse with them anymore. And I am bored of trying to figure them out. So they’re just sitting in there. I still don’t feel normal but that’s expected

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You don't because that will just start a spiral. Arguing, talking back to or trying to reason with an OCD thought only reinforces and strengthens the OCD thought.