Chris reminds listeners that 'It's easier to act yourself into a new way of thinking than to think yourself into a new way of acting.' And addresses listeners who think that Exposure work is only effective if their anxiety falls.

Be encouraged and keep fighting.

Chris shares parts of his present experience with Relationship OCD, and his realworld struggle with, and against compulsions. He describes a moment when intrusive thoughts seemed to fade and counterintuitive strategy he used to trugger this.

He also shares his thoughts of loved ones' involvement in the OCD system.

Chris tackles what he believes the greatest and most uniform challenge facing anxiety and OCD sufferers around the world today.

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Chris sits down with Christina Byington, LCSW to discuss the "exposure lifestyle," and all things therapy for OCD.

Chris walks through an informal, recent history of the OCD treatment industry, and duscusses 2 big challenges facing OCDers around the world.

Chris breaks down a case and shows 2 important tasks or overlapping stages in most every treatment process for OCD.

Chris introduces a new sponsor to OCDST, shares a story of a recent session in which a patient balked at the shorthand directive, "Stop compulsions;" and responds to a listeners kind message.

Chris sits down with Zach Westerbeck to discuss OCDSpace.com, and Oscar - - the world's very first clinically trained AI OCD coach. Start your 7-day free trial today.

Chris presents a combination of actions or attitudes that he doesn't often discuss together on OCD Straight Talk. Ritual prevention is the key to managing the system; and that means tolerance. But tolerance with patience is a strong offense.

Chris provides examples of how he logically works through the maze of objections and obsessional responses as patients try to resist compulsions and actually use uncertainty to do it.