Accepting Uncertainty (Part 1):
Accepting Uncertainty is an absolutely crucial tool to have when it comes to recovering from OCD. This is because OCD demands certainty, and thrives off of your need for it. In fact it demands absolute certainty.
About OCD
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Reacting to OCD Thoughts (Part 1):
In a previous article, I introduced the idea that responding to OCD thoughts is a mistake. As I am unable to reliably tell which thoughts are caused by my OCD, and which thoughts are ‘natural’, this means that any of my thoughts could be an OCD thought, and should be treated as such. In the first part, I will talk about how I was reacting to OCD thoughts, what is…
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Intrusive Thoughts (Part 2):
In the previous part, I started to talk about what intrusive thoughts are, what types I have, what they mean (or rather, don’t mean), what can trigger them, and how they can make me feel. In this part, I will mainly be focusing on those thoughts that lead me to doubt my morality. I will also start to talk about how I was responding to them and the effect that…
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Intrusive Thoughts (Part 1):
At their most basic, I would describe Intrusive Thoughts as being involuntary, unwanted thoughts that I am unable to control.
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How OCD Twists the mind: When your thoughts can no longer be trusted
my judgement and emotional reaction to these thoughts cannot be trusted