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Posted on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 by Michael Parker, LCSW
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It’s often a challenge to remember that we have a choice when things are feeling out of control! But we can always find some space to take ownership and responsibility for how we are doing/feeling/thinking/acting and this effort to boss our brains back, while tremendously difficult, is also tremendously helpful: when we own a small part of our day we start owning a small part of ourselves again! You’ve got this power of choice and control both in this moment and in all the others!
OCD can keep you spiraling forever; it prides itself on keeping the uncertainty high and questioning the certainty that rituals create or maintain. It’s why rituals never seem to solve the problem—there are too many equations and the solutions, according to OCD at least cannot be simple or logical! When OCD isn’t driving behaviors, solutions can be simple again!
So often, people come to therapy with the expectation that it should be a relaxing and pleasant experience. Therapy is not showing up for a massage. Therapy is about doing the hard work to make personal changes! In particular, exposure and response prevention will only work if you’re feeling uncomfortable!

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