Reframing OCD: How to Externalize and Manage Intrusive Thoughts | Praise Podcast

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00:00:01 --> 00:00:03 OCD isn't your voice.

00:00:03 --> 00:00:05 It's an intruder.

00:00:06 --> 00:00:07 This OCD Awareness Week,

00:00:08 --> 00:00:12 learn how to fight back with faith and a bit of ingenuity.

00:00:12 --> 00:00:13 Tune in for more.

00:00:16 --> 00:00:17 Hello,

00:00:17 --> 00:00:19 and welcome to Momo 634,

00:00:19 --> 00:00:23 a bite-sized podcast that's chock-full of inspiration,

00:00:24 --> 00:00:25 motivation,

00:00:25 --> 00:00:26 and positivity,

00:00:26 --> 00:00:29 straight from the intersection of faith and mental wellness.

00:00:31 --> 00:00:33 Please like, share, and subscribe.

00:00:34 --> 00:00:38 Momo 634, motivational moments just for today.

00:00:49 --> 00:00:53 It may have been during our last OCD Awareness Week together

00:00:53 --> 00:00:54 when I shared the

00:00:54 --> 00:00:59 excellent advice from a fellow traveler on OCD Road.

00:01:00 --> 00:01:03 Don't say my OCD.

00:01:04 --> 00:01:05 So recently,

00:01:05 --> 00:01:09 I gave the OCD that lives inside my brain a name,

00:01:09 --> 00:01:11 a full name,

00:01:11 --> 00:01:12 a first,

00:01:12 --> 00:01:13 middle,

00:01:13 --> 00:01:14 and last name.

00:01:15 --> 00:01:19 You knew you were in trouble as a kid when you heard your full name,

00:01:20 --> 00:01:25 and I plan on holding this OCD squatter accountable often.

00:01:26 --> 00:01:26 In fact,

00:01:27 --> 00:01:27 recently,

00:01:28 --> 00:01:30 when an incredibly distasteful,

00:01:30 --> 00:01:31 intrusive thought appeared,

00:01:32 --> 00:01:37 I told OCD that I did not share her opinion and that her values

00:01:37 --> 00:01:38 did not align with

00:01:38 --> 00:01:39 mine,

00:01:39 --> 00:01:41 and went on with what I was doing.

00:01:42 --> 00:01:45 That was incredibly liberating.

00:01:46 --> 00:01:50 OCD tends to hold us hostage with reassurance checking.

00:01:51 --> 00:01:53 Do I really feel that way?

00:01:53 --> 00:01:56 Am I going to be held accountable for that thought?

00:01:57 --> 00:02:01 Ruminating hour after hour about what a horrible person you

00:02:01 --> 00:02:03 must be for thinking that thought.

00:02:04 --> 00:02:05 So I called her out on it.

00:02:06 --> 00:02:09 I'm trying to do that more and more.

00:02:11 --> 00:02:14 If I treat the OCD as an unwanted,

00:02:15 --> 00:02:16 uninvited third party,

00:02:17 --> 00:02:19 the proverbial third wheel on a date,

00:02:20 --> 00:02:21 it doesn't define me.

00:02:22 --> 00:02:26 It's not integrated into the fabric of who I am, essentially.

00:02:28 --> 00:02:29 That's not to say that I have an out,

00:02:30 --> 00:02:34 that having a mental health condition means I have an excuse to

00:02:34 --> 00:02:35 do whatever I want

00:02:35 --> 00:02:35 because,

00:02:35 --> 00:02:37 as Flip Wilson used to say,

00:02:37 --> 00:02:38 the devil made me do it.

00:02:40 --> 00:02:40 No,

00:02:40 --> 00:02:42 it means despite this thorn in the flesh,

00:02:43 --> 00:02:46 I need to live my best life in Christ,

00:02:47 --> 00:02:50 actively fighting against the obstacles in my life,

00:02:51 --> 00:02:55 knowing God's grace is sufficient for me and that he will meet

00:02:55 --> 00:02:56 me where I am as

00:02:56 --> 00:02:58 long as I'm making the effort.

00:02:58 --> 00:03:01 2 Corinthians 10.5 says,

00:03:02 --> 00:03:06 We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the

00:03:06 --> 00:03:07 knowledge of God,

00:03:08 --> 00:03:09 and we take

00:03:10 --> 00:03:15 captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

00:03:15 --> 00:03:18 2 Corinthians 12,

00:03:18 --> 00:03:19 9 and 10,

00:03:19 --> 00:03:21 which you've heard me quote often on this podcast.

00:03:23 --> 00:03:24 But he said to me,

00:03:25 --> 00:03:27 My grace is sufficient for you,

00:03:27 --> 00:03:30 for my power is perfected in weakness.

00:03:31 --> 00:03:36 Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weakness,

00:03:36 --> 00:03:39 so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

00:03:40 --> 00:03:44 That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses,

00:03:45 --> 00:03:49 In insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.

00:03:50 --> 00:03:55 For when I am weak, then I am strong.

00:03:56 --> 00:04:00 We've also often talked about running our thoughts through the

00:04:00 --> 00:04:00 truth gauntlet.

00:04:01 --> 00:04:03 found in Philippians 4.8,

00:04:03 --> 00:04:04 which says,

00:04:05 --> 00:04:05 Finally,

00:04:05 --> 00:04:06 brothers,

00:04:06 --> 00:04:08 whatever is true,

00:04:09 --> 00:04:10 whatever is honorable,

00:04:11 --> 00:04:12 whatever is right,

00:04:12 --> 00:04:14 whatever is pure,

00:04:14 --> 00:04:15 whatever is lovely,

00:04:16 --> 00:04:17 whatever is admirable,

00:04:18 --> 00:04:21 if anything is excellent or praiseworthy,

00:04:21 --> 00:04:23 think on these things.

00:04:25 --> 00:04:29 If you struggle with OCD or know someone who does,

00:04:29 --> 00:04:32 be sure to share this podcast with them.

00:04:33 --> 00:04:36 How are you commemorating OCD Awareness Week?

00:04:37 --> 00:04:38 Chime in below.

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