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athousanderrors) wrote2017-10-04 08:08 pm
athousanderrors) wrote2017-10-04 08:08 pm
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Take Photos of Stove Dials Before You Leave for Vacation
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queerly-tony:
thegirlinthebyakko:
ntro9:
bessiesbrainblog:
…before leaving the house, take a photo of your stove and oven dials—or your thermostat, or your iron, or anything else you worry about accidentally leaving on. If your brain starts to play the “Did I really turn it off” game, you can simply tap your photo app and see for yourself
Reblogging to save a life
this is a good strategy
I can imagine this being incredibly helpful for some people with OCD, as well as folks like me with anxiety disorders combined with ADHD (so lack of executive function which leads to frequently forgetting things which leads to legitimizing the fears from the anxiety since a lot of the time I DID forget The Thing…)
I can’t find the original post but I remember reading about someone who’s anxiety disorder/OCD manifested as being sure that they’d left their hair straighteners on and their house would burn down.
And their therapist said, “take them with you. Take them in your car or your bag, or wherever you need them to be to know that you didn’t leave them on.”
And it’s so simple, and so perfect.
(Your picture was not posted)
queerly-tony:
thegirlinthebyakko:
ntro9:
bessiesbrainblog:
…before leaving the house, take a photo of your stove and oven dials—or your thermostat, or your iron, or anything else you worry about accidentally leaving on. If your brain starts to play the “Did I really turn it off” game, you can simply tap your photo app and see for yourself
Reblogging to save a life
this is a good strategy
I can imagine this being incredibly helpful for some people with OCD, as well as folks like me with anxiety disorders combined with ADHD (so lack of executive function which leads to frequently forgetting things which leads to legitimizing the fears from the anxiety since a lot of the time I DID forget The Thing…)
I can’t find the original post but I remember reading about someone who’s anxiety disorder/OCD manifested as being sure that they’d left their hair straighteners on and their house would burn down.
And their therapist said, “take them with you. Take them in your car or your bag, or wherever you need them to be to know that you didn’t leave them on.”
And it’s so simple, and so perfect.
(Your picture was not posted)