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Allow it to be there and not give it any value. It’s just a thought.
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Jeff please mine just come all the time once it come do I try to ignore orhow please explain.
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@Giftyoy It means to allow thoughts to come without reacting to them. Don’t try to avoid the thought, let the thought be there but don’t try to do a compulsion to get the thought out of your mind or to engage in an argument with the thought. You can also agree with the thought or say “maybe” . This is not reacting because you are just accepting
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@Sasha This is difficult for me coz I have a very small bathroom and deres also a toilet in it yuck!so one day a tot just came that I bath in d toilet and this got me more irritated and that was how OCD was triggered I can even open my bathroom door 20times a da
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@Giftyoy Yes it’s not easy, but it works. You have to get more comfortable being uncomfortable
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@Sasha Agreed.
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No just let it come in and out. Don’t focus on it though. Basically, do nothing.
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I heard that you let the intrusive thoughts be there and don't perform the compulsion for ERP. I'm stuck on the "let the intrusive thought be there" phrase. Does this just mean let the THOUGHT be there, or does it mean to make the contents of the thought to be there and become real?
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Please how can an intrusive thought be distinguished from our own thoughts ?
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When you get an intrusive thought and intentionally try to ignore it and act as if it doesn't exist, you only validate it's existence. This is a common issue when learning how to deal with them
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