14/10/2025
One of the hardest things I’ve learned through my own experience with OCD is that it targets what you love most.
It goes straight for the things and people that mean the world to you... your deepest values, relationships, beliefs, and sense of identity. That’s why intrusive thoughts can feel so shocking and disturbing.
If you’re kind, you might get violent or harm-related thoughts.
If you deeply value your relationship, your mind might say, “What if you don’t really love them?”
If you’re a caring parent, “What if I hurt my child?”
The mind does this not because you’re bad or broken...but because it’s trying (in a misguided way) to protect you.
It mistakes thoughts for threats, and in its effort to keep you safe, it traps you in loops of fear and doubt.
Healing, for me, has been about learning to let the thoughts be there without needing to analyse, fix, or neutralise them.. feeling the emotions (energy) underneath fueling them, and bringing compassion to the part of me that’s scared.
The less you fight the thoughts, the more space you create for acceptance, presence, and self-trust to grow.
Each time you do this, you begin to reclaim your personal power, strengthening your solar plexus chakra, the centre of confidence and self-trust.
As this energy flows upward into your heart chakra, you can anchor yourself in compassion, for yourself, for your thoughts, and for the part of you that’s simply trying to keep you safe.
Little by little, things start to feel lighter. Intrusive thoughts lose their power, and you don’t just come back to balance...you come back with wisdom in your being. ❤️
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