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Hello OCD warriors, if you are on

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recovery journey with OCD and anxiety

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is for you, it is not a topic I have talked about yet and I know it is very important and here we are going to go over why. Giving yourself Grace and self-compassion really boosts your recovery process. I'm going to show you how to do it correctly. How it looks. Do you ever feel like you're on a roller coaster of self-criticism and frustration. I mean everything you see around you. You are the bad things that are happening, maybe you are doing well for a while and then one morning you wake up and the dreaded OCD has returned, you start giving in to the compulsions even though you haven't done them for a while, but hey, don't worry, that's it. life, what happened to all the good things that happened in the last few months, days or hours, why are we focusing on that?

Picture this, you're working hard on your OCD

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, but wow, you stumble, maybe it's a compulsion that slipped by you, it's an intrusion. I thought that got the best of you. You thought about it maybe a little more than you needed to. It happens, but here's the magic. It's how you react. I want you to do something for me. Tell me about a time when shame and guilt changed everything. trajectory of someone's life h, I remember Johnny, he made tons of mistakes, he continually called himself a fool, all the worst names he could think of, he was no good, he was never going to be able to stop this, he said, I'm worthless , I have no hope, I will never understand.

Better, since he was so mean to himself, he overcame these mistakes and now he is the CEO of a major company and lives in a mansion. This is all because he punished himself for all the mistakes he made. Wait a second. It sounds good, no, so if we know that there is no point in punishing ourselves, why do we do it? I think it's quite natural. Our brain has some mechanism there, so let me remind you that you didn't do well today. in this so that we can learn from the experience, but the thing is that people often forget about the second part, what can we learn from this experience?

It's just that you're an idiot. I can't believe you did this again. Oh, it's useless, no, no. No, we don't do that anymore, we can actually challenge these thoughts. Imagine a friend coming to you with the same struggles as you. Would you judge them or offer them a helping hand, most likely for most people? they will help you they will give you completely different answers than they would give themselves and they will guess what you deserve that same kindness think about recovery from OCD it is like riding a bicycle you are going to wobble maybe you are going to fall but here is the key get back up treat yourself with compassion compassion is like those training wheels on the bike that will support you and guide you through this journey embrace the stumble because it is actually a step forward, each slip is an opportunity to learn, grow and hone your focus now is the time to show yourself some serious Grace and self-compassion it's easy to just say oh yeah, be kind to yourself oh yeah, that's all you have to do, but no, here's a step by step. -Step guide number one acknowledge it first the first thing is to recognize that you have had a small setback no shame no guilt just recognition oh yeah I didn't do as well as I would like today number two no judgments Mcjudgerson stop judging yourself seriously no Don't beat yourself up, you're human, humans make mistakes, embrace it, I believe we are here on this Earth to make mistakes and learn from them, let's do it number three, breathe, inhale, exhale, give yourself a moment to breathe, it's not the end. of the world is just a detour, think of it like you just have to turn this around right now, figure out what went wrong number four, reflect, don't stop, take a quick look at what happened, what triggered you and what you can learn.

From this stumble, we may have to write all this. In fact, I want you to write it down. Remember that this is not living, this is growing. Number five, positive talk, now talk to yourself like you would to your best friend. What encouraging words would you share? with them even if you have to interpret this do it, offer yourself the same kindness you deserve the rules are no different for you number six adjust your course you stumbled but guess what you're still moving forward adjust your

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plan if necessary stay on track road transport number seven celebrate progress, you've come a long way and even if you haven't come a long way, focus on what you've done, even the little, little, little, little things, progress is progress, man number eight , connect with support, reach out to your support systems your friends your fame a therapist share how you're doing let them be your cheerleaders if you're not sure where to find them man check out my OCD ninja groups super super affordable like a dollar a month there are people there supporting each other i will link it in description number nine self love ritual oh that sounds weird i said ritual treat yourself to a little love it could be your favorite activity a warm bath drink your favorite drink because you deserve it it's something you do to reward you just for life man, life is hard number 10 remember your strength, you're dealing with OCD head on, that's hard, the deal is hard, but remember your strength is your strength, you're resilient, but this is really the biggest extra step of all. you are going to act the ACT you are going to walk the path you are going to act like the person you want to become I celebrate my mistakes they are opportunities to learn whether you have been doing it for 15 years compulsions obsessions or you are just starting to learn learn learn it doesn't matter give yourself Grace for committing mistakes giving in to compulsions giving in to obsessions what am I going to do differently next time I will fully accept this mistake right now I'm showing it to you I love it it's okay to give yourself a hug if you need it it's actually okay to have some OCD mantras I'm amazing I'm amazing I can do hard things I'm stronger than OCD nothing will get me down if I falter I'm calling you A friend, when earlier I talked about challenging your thoughts, what that really means is that when you're mean to yourself or it's worthless or whatever , many times we jump to conclusions, we are labeling ourselves.

I stood in front of Judge Judy and had to prove this thought to be true. This has no remedy. I will never improve. I'm an idiot. I have to prove it. May I try it on? This is a mistake I made. I did it 15 times. I'll never get better, she's going to say: do you have a time machine? can you go to the future? did you see yourself? Did you take a video in the future? that you never accomplished this and you came back and you can show me the video in court that you never could do it no so why am I sorry acting like it's true? no, we're not going to give in that we can, that's my favorite way to challenge a thought if I can't prove this to Judge Judy, even if I can't prove that I'm an idiot.

I'm the only one who said this. Hundreds of people I have interacted with have never said this. Maybe one person in my life did. a person also controls the thoughts of others H yes I'm not going to win this court case I'm not sorry I don't think so I'm not going to give in so if you found this video helpful please help me. that thumbs up and subscribe button because really what it does is spread it to other people who need this self-compassion. Plus, you'll need to know these tips here if you want to take advantage of beating this OCD once and for all. for everyone, go watch these videos, thank you so much, they are amazing, amazing, I love you, keep going and thank you so much for watching and I'll see you next time.