99 Rules for Ignoring OCD A Practical Guide to the Art of "Starving the Monster" and Reclaiming Leadership of Your Mind from the Noise of Urgent Thoughts.

Dear warrior in the battle of thoughts...

I know you have heard the word "ignore" or "let it go" thousands of times from your family and friends, and perhaps you felt angry because you say to yourself: "If it were up to me, I would have ignored it, but I can't! The thought sticks to my mind like glue."

Your problem is not "weak will," but your "misunderstanding" of the meaning of ignoring. You think ignoring means "the thought doesn't come to you" or "stopping thinking by force," and this is impossible. Trying to stop a thought is like trying to stop a sea wave with your hand; it will drown you.

The ignoring we will explain in this book through 99 rules is the art of "non-reaction." It is allowing the thought to exist, to scream, and to threaten, while you finish drinking your coffee or talking to your friend, without giving it an atom of your attention.

OCD is a monster that feeds on your "attention" and "fear." In this book, we will learn how to cut off its food (ignoring), to kill it by starvation, not by beating. These rules are a practical "catalog" on how to practice the "art of therapeutic indifference" to reclaim your life.