![]() ![]() I lay out a number of ways of changing the way that you relate to your thinking. All of your failed strategies to control your thinking and eliminate “unwanted” or “odd” thoughts and images are because of your theory of your mind. You also have a problematic theory of how to make things better. Your perfectionistic theory of your mind is that you should only have pure thoughts, pure feelings, certainty in what you think, comfortable feelings, and control over what you imagine. In my new book, Anxiety Free: Unravel Your Fears Before They Unravel You, I help you understand that OCD is largely a problematic theory of your own mind. Thought control and thought suppression don’t work. Just as you can’t run away from your hips, you can’t get rid of your thoughts. But what can you do about this? In one of my posts, Those Damn Unwanted Thoughts!, I describe your “failed strategies”, and why they fail. You probably have seen a lot of your own thinking in this. In my previous blog How do Obsessive Compulsive People Think? I describe eleven characteristics of OCD thinking: Your OCD prevents you from living freely, including using public restrooms, shaking hands, feeling comfortable and satisfied with your work, and having the feelings, thoughts and images that the rest of us don’t worry about. You feel persecuted by your thoughts about making mistakes, contamination, harm, or losing control. If you are like millions of people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ( OCD) you know how your OCD has created problems for you.
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