How do you deal with intrusive thoughts of contamination? Please suggest some strategies (other than exposure therapy).
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Contamination - help!
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What I've found with OCD is the problem isn't the thoughts. It's our reaction to them. The more you react to the thoughts and try to push them away, the more they will come. It you allow them, or even welcome them, they will pass. This is part of exposure therapy though.
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