Re: Accepting rather than killing OCD

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> At some point though, perhaps they need to accept these thoughts,

> allow them, not run from them or " kill them " . Research has shown

that this type of resistance may actually reinforce the obsessive

thinking.

Actually, , one of the approaches my son's therapist uses is to

tell Aiden that " the thoughts are just thoughts " and kind of let them

go on by like a boat down the river.

Jule