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acuozzo on June 17, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Hair Dryer Incident (2014)

Hacks like this often work wonders.

Reducing the burden of OCD is necessary to get in the frame of mind required to make breaking cycles a habit.

Taking a daily photo of the stove dials with my iPhone helped break the cycle for me and was the first step I took on my long road of (successful!) recovery.

teucris on June 17, 2021 [–]

That’s awesome! It’s funny because taking pictures was one of the major compulsions I had to break.

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