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Uncertainty can be a daunting experience for anyone, but for those struggling with OCD and anxiety, it can be particularly challenging. The feeling of not being in control and not knowing what may happen next can trigger intense anxiety and distress. But there are ways to sit with uncertainty and manage these feelings. In this blog post, we’ll explore some practical strategies for sitting with uncertainty and regaining a sense of calm.

If you have OCD or anxiety, you know how real your fears can feel in the moment. You can logically know all of the things and have all of the evidence in the world to say otherwise, yet it still *feels* so real.

This feeling can pull us back from committing to ritual prevention, make us avoid exposures, and ultimately hold us back from living the life that we want and deserve. As a result, OCD and anxiety make our worlds smaller and smaller because we feel that everything is getting scarier and scarier. The more we avoid, the scarier things feel, and the more we avoid – and so it goes.