12/18/2024
Reassurance: it might help for a little bit but the urge to seek more reassurance returns quickly. This can create a strong urgency for reassurance where people can’t proceed without it.
Ruminating: rumination in OCD can be compulsive and this is what we are wanting to teach clients they can step away from.
Challenging thoughts: OCD compels a person to focus on every detail and possibility, making it nearly impossible to counter their compulsive behaviour/thoughts with logic. Challenging thoughts = logic which an OCD brain cannot latch onto.
Normalizing client compulsions: people with OCD often think their compulsions/fears are “weird, silly, etc.”. We normalize their compulsions/fears. OCD can latch onto pretty much anything.
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