by Sunil Punjabi | Jan 19, 2023 | Overcoming ROCD - Book, Section 3
When you have an obsession about whether your partner is right for you or not, or whether your partner loves you enough or not, you inadvertently find yourself engaging in a debate. The question that your mind always seems to ask you is ‘Do I love my partner?’ or...
by Sunil Punjabi | Jan 19, 2023 | Section 3
Think back to when you have had a baseless, futile argument with someone. Who wins a baseless argument? The person who doesn’t listen to the other side. The person who does listen to the other gets so caught up in the other person’s arguments that he believes some of...
by Sunil Punjabi | Jan 19, 2023 | Overcoming ROCD - Book, Section 3
In this chapter, we shall understand the concept of agreeing without accepting. We start off by reiterating that Kay is a liar. Kay is not interested in making you feel better. Kay is only interested in pulling you down. So, Kay will always lie to you. Always! Kay may...
by Sunil Punjabi | Jan 16, 2023 | Overcoming ROCD - Book, Section 4
We often say I got triggered by this or I got triggered by that. But what actually are triggers? Triggers in ROCD are those events that bring about obsessions, which in turn lead to compulsions and keep the cycle of ROCD alive. Identifying triggers will prepare us...
by Sunil Punjabi | Jan 16, 2023 | Overcoming ROCD - Book, Section 4
Obsessions are thoughts that cause anxiety, are intrusive and disturbing (Goodman et al., 2014). Obsessions in ROCD may take many forms. They may take the form of a thought. Thoughts could be in the form of doubts or questions. For example, ‘What if I don’t love my...
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