08/03/2026
Trying to think and logic your way out of OCD is about as helpful as using a calculator to check your spelling š«
The calculator isnāt broken. Itās brilliant at what it does. But spelling isnāt a maths problem, so no matter how hard you try, it cannot give you what you need.
Thatās exactly whatās happening when you try to think your way out of OCD.
Your brain isnāt broken. Your reasoning skills arenāt the problem. But OCD is not a logic problem. And treating it like one is keeping you stuck.
Because every time you turn the thought over, weigh up the evidence, try to find the answers you teach your brain that the question is worth solving.
So it keeps asking. A little louder. A little more urgently.
Recovery doesnāt live in the thinking šš¼
It lives in the moments where you feel the pull to analyse, to reassure, to go over it one more time AND you choose to do something different instead ā¤µļø
My free Rumination Response Scripts give you 15 scripts across 6 types of rumination so you can practice responding differently when the pull to engage hits.
Comment RESPONSE and Iāll send them straight to you š«
