Changing how you THINK about
your obsessional THINKING..
CATCH IT
The first thing you need to do is IDENTIFY the underlying thoughts you are having ABOUT your thinking. It is these ADDED thoughts that are the ‘real’ source of the problem.
CHECK IT
The second step is to QUESTION the evidence of what you are fearing about your thoughts.
CHANGE IT
Then you can begin to change how you think about obsessional thinking using your new understanding and coping skills.
TEST IT
And finally you can PROVE to yourself that what you fear about your thoughts will never actually happen by conducting a series of Behavioural Experiments – see chapter 3.