through the practice of mindfulness we try to reinforce the notion that our thoughts are not us they are simply passing apparitions which do not necessarily indicate anything about our nature identity or the world around us however ocd convinces us time and time again this is not the case it convinces us that we must resolve the causes and implications of each thought and moment of our lives it can be defeated through several moments of heightened clarity for our fears are often not real at all and they are absolutely not our identities