Practicing patience and perseverance from "summary" of The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD by Jon Hershfield,Tom Corboy
Patience and perseverance are essential qualities to develop when working to overcome OCD. This is because recovery from OCD is like a marathon, not a sprint. It requires a long-term commitment to practicing mindfulness and exposing oneself to uncomfortable thoughts and situations. Patience involves being able to tolerate discomfort and uncertainty without immediately seeking relief through compulsions. It means being willing to sit with difficult emotions and thoughts without trying to make them go away. Patience allows you to observe your OCD symptoms with a sense of curiosity and openness, rather than reacting to them impulsively.
Perseverance is the ability to keep going even when things get tough. It means not giving up in the face of setbacks ...
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