Ruling Thoughts

When dealing with fears, anxieties, worries, and obsessions, it’s quite likely you may have organized your actions around those thoughts. Moving forward, I’ll refer to those thoughts as ruling-thoughts.

Do your best to catch them and ask yourself “how do I want to respond to this ruling-thought?

What’s the ruling-thought you’re holding onto and what are the behaviors associated with it?

Ruling-Thought #1:
I need to know, for real.

Ruling-Thought #2:
If my obsessions are repetitive, that means they’re important.

Ruling-Thought #3:
I have to do something about this obsession right now, right here.

Ruling-Thought #4:
Because I think about it, it means I want to do so.

Ruling-Thought #5:
I need to make sure I don’t have weird thoughts.

Ruling-Thought #6:
My obsessions are so real, that “I know they’re dangerous.”

Ruling-Thought #7:
No one has weird thoughts, so something is off with me.

Ruling-Thought #8:
Because I think so, it makes me so.

Ruling-Thought #9:
Not doing anything about it, is the same as causing it.

Ruling-Thought #10:
I can’t handle it.