this is so perfectly explained thanks after 2 weeks of hardly any ocd momentum sure is amazing once you’re in it thoughts are popping up here and there begging to be ruminated over asking for that sweet sweet reassurance thanks for reminding me that that’s not the way to go from your experience when not engaging in these thoughts and therefore teaching your brain that they’re not important have you found that certain topics overall they pop up less or do you just become better at dismissing them ideally i’d hope for the first to happen but i guess in reality it’s more about the second… it’s not like people without ocd are incapable of ever thinking something unpleasant they’re just better able to let it pass and disregard it