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| I don't have OCD but we all get stuck in loops sometimes, and occasionally I'll talk to my subconscious, which I think of as a cute little monkey that gets scared sometimes. And I might say <soft, calming, voice>"It's okay monkey. That sounds scary, and it's a real thing that could happen, but it's //really// unlikely and we can't do anything about it anyway so we'll keep it mind but we're gonna get on with life in the mean time. Thanks for your concern."</soft voice> and while that seems weird it can help. You're not a single entity, you're a collection of brain processes that are all trying to help, but they don't understand the world and sometimes they get excited about the wrong things. It easier to calm them (ourselves) down if we don't identify with their excitement and if we acknowledge the concern, but also that it's misplaced. | I don't have OCD but we all get stuck in loops sometimes, and occasionally I'll talk to my subconscious, which I think of as a cute little monkey that gets scared sometimes. And I might say <soft, calming, voice>"It's okay monkey. That sounds scary, and it's a real thing that could happen, but it's //really// unlikely and we can't do anything about it anyway so we'll keep it mind but we're gonna get on with life in the mean time. Thanks for your concern."</soft voice> and while that seems weird it can help. You're not a single entity, you're a collection of brain processes that are all trying to help, but they don't understand the world and sometimes they get excited about the wrong things. It easier to calm them (ourselves) down if we don't identify with their excitement and if we acknowledge the concern, but also that it's misplaced. |
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