@theanxietyparadox: Do you see how these behaviors are the flip side of the same coin? “oh look at that bad thing that happened. Better make sure it doesn’t happen again, so let’s err the side of caution, cast a wide net and assume everything else could lead to that potential outcome.” Generalization. “ oh look! I did xyz and NO bad things happened! Better keep that up! I better be real specific about the thing I do, and do it exactly the same, cut and paste, over and over again to make sure that no bad things happen.” Hyperfixation. Do you see how both of those are opposite, but the same? With the same goal of safety, and with the same control agenda? #hyperfixation #generalization #magicalthinking #control #ocd

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