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👩‍⚕️ Dr. Sara Brungardt | CalmOCD

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🧠OCD & Anxiety Specialists

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02/21/2026

🧠➡️😨 OCD wants panic

😂 Try humor instead

🚫 Not mocking yourself — just not taking the bait

🥱 “Real original, OCD”
😐 “Cool cool cool”
🙄 “Is that all you got?”

📏 Humor = distance from thoughts

🪝 Stop taking them so seriously​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

02/21/2026

💫Sexual orientation OCD involves intrusive thoughts, images, or urges that make you question your sexuality not because you’re actually confused, but because OCD has latched onto the uncertainty.

❌The more you try to figure it out, the louder it gets.

This isn’t a sexuality crisis.

It’s OCD doing what it does best: making you doubt yourself.

Treatment helps you reduce your compulsive behavior so you can feel aligned with your identity again. 🫶

02/18/2026

💭➡️😂 Terrible thoughts = exactly why humor works

🧠📚 Every NER teaches your brain: thoughts don’t need your time & attention

😂😱 Humor triggers a new fear: “what does it say about ME if I can laugh at that?!” → just enter another NER

🔄 As new fears arrive, keep using the same skills

⏳✨ Over time you’ll learn: engaging with thoughts isn’t worth it & never gives the certainty your brain promises​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

02/16/2026

🧠 Intrusive thought hits → 💓 Body freaks out → 🤔

Can you be kind WITHOUT engaging?
YES! 💪

When thought + physical panic collide, practice self-compassion:
✨ “Makes sense this bothers me. I don’t need to do anything about it.”
✨ “This thought targets what I love most. I can still move forward.”

🎯 Key: Acknowledge WITHOUT analyzing or fixing

💙 Be gentle. Keep moving. That’s the work.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

02/15/2026

🧠💭 → ⚡️😰 → 🚨 Body screams “DANGER!”

✋ Skill: Recognize the why

“My body is demanding a response”

🎯 Choice: “I’m choosing NOT to engage

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02/14/2026

Day 14 🎉

⚠️ OCD thought appears

🔄 Engaging keeps you stuck

🚪 Accepting sets you free

📍 Know the difference

02/13/2026

Day 13🎉

🌀 Why OCD spirals happen & how to STOP them
❌ What NOT to do:
∙ Answer the “what if”
∙ Prove thoughts wrong
∙ Seek certainty
✅ 3 ways to respond instead:
1️⃣ “That’s an interesting thought, OCD” 🤔
2️⃣ “That’s one way to look at it, OCD” 👀
3️⃣ “Okay that would be weird, OCD” 🤷‍♀️
💡 Key point: Do the OPPOSITE of what your brain wants
🎯 Goal: Break the rumination cycle (it’s like a full-time job!)
⚡ These simple steps pull you OUT of the spiral​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

02/13/2026

Day 12 🎉

What does “accepting thoughts” actually mean? 🤔

It doesn’t mean you like it ❌It doesn’t mean you want it ❌
It means: You stop treating it like a problem that needs to be solved. 🛑

You stop arguing with it.

The more you fight intrusive thoughts, the louder they get. 📢

02/11/2026

Making space for a feeling doesn’t mean drowning in it 🌊

Think of your emotions like weather passing through ☁️ Making space means you stop slamming the door on them, you let them exist without resistance.

Don’t fix it, justify it, or push it away
Just let it be there ✨

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10245 E Via Linda; Suite 225
Scottsdale, AZ
85258

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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