OCD Recovery Fence-sitting Feeds Your OCD
Jul 21, 2024
The podcast discusses the importance of choosing between seeking reassurance and committing to recovery in OCD. It highlights trusting the recovery process and prioritizing long-term progress by resisting the urge to react to OCD triggers.
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Choose Recovery Over Reassurance
- Choose between recovery or reassurance every moment a thought arises.
- Prioritize recovery, even if it means temporary discomfort, over seeking immediate relief.
Perfectionism Is Not The Goal
- Perfection is unattainable in OCD recovery.
- Focus on consistently choosing recovery over reassurance, even if mistakes happen.
Trust the Process
- Trust the recovery process, even if it's uncomfortable.
- Avoid seeking reassurance, as it hinders true recovery.