Brain Lock

STRIATUM: The stratum is composed of two parts, the putamen and the caudate

always say OCD is like a friendly enemy.

tress, we know, exacerbates OCD symptoms.

it feels like it might be OCD, it is OCD! If it were reality, it wouldn’t feel like it even might be OCD.

When you are overtaken by the urge to perform a compulsion, you try to wait fifteen minutes.

you can’t make it go away, but you don’t have to act on it

By Reattributing the pain to this medical condition, you strengthen your certainty that it is not your will, not you, and that it won’t take over your spirit

you have a glitch in your brain—

Now that you have an understanding of Step 1: Relabeling—calling OCD what it really is—I will introduce you to the Reattributing step. In essence, Reattributing is nothing more than placing the blame for OCD symptoms squarely where it belongs—with your sticky brain.

Step 1: Relabeling—calling OCD what it really is—I will introduce you to th