@alegrakastens: So you compulsively reassure yourself that the obsessions are not true but reassurance doesn’t satiate OCD — reassurance fuels it 📣 A hallmark of OCD is pathological, irrational doubt: you doubt what you know to be true (that you don’t fancy your father, let’s say). You already have that information available to you (hence why it’s REassurance) and are not trusting in it. . Reassurance doesn’t magically make OCD go away. The reassurance ends up reinforcing that obsessions are dangerous, meaningful, and important to pay attention to when they’re not, which results in more obsessions and distress. Compulsive reassurance fuels doubt. It doesn’t extinguish it. . A goal of OCD treatment is to recognize and treat something as obsessional WITHOUT convincing yourself of it and without compulsive rituals (no matter how real the OCD feels). . #ocd #ocdtherapy #ocdhelp #ocdawareness #ocdrecovery

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Wednesday 19 August 2026 22:33:26 GMT