A Simple Motivation Trick: This Before That
Having trouble motivating yourself? Try the simple yet effective “this before that” technique!
Shala Nicely, LPC OCD Treatment with ERP Therapy
Having trouble motivating yourself? Try the simple yet effective “this before that” technique!
It’s unfortunately all too easy to create our own suffering using the tried and true formula of Pain x Resistance = Suffering.
When you have OCD, you might not have had a lot of practice in demonstrating self-love. Knowing your love language can give you a starting point for how to best communicate kindness and compassion to yourself.
When life throws curveballs (as it’s been doing to all of us lately!), sometimes I need to either proactively or reactively remind my OCD that I can use scary content as a weapon just as easily as it can. This is when I do an exposure and response prevention (ERP) exercise I call shower scripting.