Some things that helped me with OCD: • Exposing yourself to your fears, like really exposing yourself fully, helps (I haven’t done professional ERP, just my own exposures). You might be fearful you’re going to “like” your thoughts, but that’s just OCD trying even harder. Try exposing yourself. • Lots of “mental health advice” you might hear or see doesn’t always apply to people struggling with OCD. In fact, most things I read (like “trust your intuition”), definitely does not apply. • Humans have anywhere between 12,000 and 60,000 thoughts a day, and MANY of them are negative! Truth is, 99% of thoughts are automatic or random, and don’t mean anything about who we are.