A Recipe for Suffering
It’s unfortunately all too easy to create our own suffering using the tried and true formula of Pain x Resistance = Suffering.
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Show yourself some love!
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.
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Shower Scripting
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.
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3 questions about impact of media on mental health
The pandemic has reinforced my OCD’s twisted, negative view of the world. As I’ve been working to identify what could help me strengthen the healthier worldview I gained through ERP, one activity has risen to the top: changing my intake of news and social media.