Tell yourself,"That's just my stupid obsession.It has no meaning.That's just my brain.There's no need to pay attention to it."Remember,you can't make the thought disappear,but neither do you need to pay attention to it.You can learn to go on to the next behavior.
Refocus your attention:When you are experiencing OCD thoughts,try shifting your attention to something else.You can exercise,jog,listen to music,walk,read,browsing the web,play a video game,knit,make a phone call.The important thing is to do something you enjoy for at least 16 minutes,in order to delay your response to the obsessive thought.
Say to yourself,"I'm experiencing a symptom of OCD.I need to do another behavior." Work around the OCD thoughts by focusing your attention on something else,at least for a few minutes.Engage yourself to another work.
Tell yourself,"It's not me,it's my OCD,"to remind you that OCD thoughts and urges are not meaningful,but are false messages from the brain.You must realize that the intensity of the thought is caused by OCD.It is probably related to a biochemical imbalance in the brain.
Lastly train yourself to say,"I don't think or feel that my hands are dirty.I'm having an obsession that my hands are dirty."Or "I don't feel that I have the need to wash my hands.I'm having a compulsive urge to perform the compulsion of washing my hands."Recognize that the instrusive obsessive thoughts and urges are the result of OCD.
Refocus your attention:When you are experiencing OCD thoughts,try shifting your attention to something else.You can exercise,jog,listen to music,walk,read,browsing the web,play a video game,knit,make a phone call.The important thing is to do something you enjoy for at least 16 minutes,in order to delay your response to the obsessive thought.
Say to yourself,"I'm experiencing a symptom of OCD.I need to do another behavior." Work around the OCD thoughts by focusing your attention on something else,at least for a few minutes.Engage yourself to another work.
Tell yourself,"It's not me,it's my OCD,"to remind you that OCD thoughts and urges are not meaningful,but are false messages from the brain.You must realize that the intensity of the thought is caused by OCD.It is probably related to a biochemical imbalance in the brain.
Lastly train yourself to say,"I don't think or feel that my hands are dirty.I'm having an obsession that my hands are dirty."Or "I don't feel that I have the need to wash my hands.I'm having a compulsive urge to perform the compulsion of washing my hands."Recognize that the instrusive obsessive thoughts and urges are the result of OCD.
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