It still blows my mind that the key to coping with our horrible obsessive thoughts is to Do Nothing and let them happen...basically don't try to get rid of them, just get used to them and say "ok whatever" (even if you think you just went too far- you're still supposed to say "ok whatever." I tried for years to fight these thoughts, renounce them, pray over them etc....That just doesn't work for the OCDr. But doing NOTHING works. I find the paradox quite amazing from a psychological standpoint, but so HARD nonetheless to execute personally. So when I'm in church on Sunday nobody but me will know how many times I just had to say "ok whatever." So often it is my little secret that I rarely share unless I am talking on this forum. I am so grateful to all of you that I can tell you these things.
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