268 Simply effective group cognitive behaviour therapy a felt urgency to immediately wash clothes. It is therefore useful for OCD sufferers to tackle not only the army of besieging thought/images bOCD but also more generally any dips in mood. 5. Managing your MOOD To help you manage your pass them through the MOOD chart (Table 2). The first letter of MOOD, 'M', stands for monitor your mood, the second letter, 'O', stands for observe your thinking, what it sounds as if you have said to yourself, the third letter, 'O', is for objective thinking, more realistic second thoughts, and the final letter, 'D', is for deciding what to do and doing it. Tab e 2 MOOD chart Monitor mood Observe thinking Objective thinking Decide what to do and do It 1. Mood I'll have to get the Everyone has to Get on and do dipped arriving washing done, do washing when the washing, if I back home here I go again they come home start to get from holiday. getting from holiday, I plagued by obsessed used to do it it I will use the about the even before my bOCD form. washing. OCD. 2. Mood dipped hearing that I The time off won't I will arrange have got to I am going to be help, but they do some practice reapply for my unsuccessful know I am very role plays with own job. with the time I conscientious, my have had off for maybe too much boss. the OCD. of a perfectionist for my own good. Colleagues are in the same boat.
268 Simply effective group cognitive behaviour therapy a felt urgency to immediately wash clothes. It is therefore useful for OCD sufferers to tackle not only the army of besieging thought/images bOCD but also more generally any dips in mood. 5. Managing your MOOD To help you manage your pass them through the MOOD chart (Table 2). The first letter of MOOD, 'M', stands for monitor your mood, the second letter, 'O', stands for observe your thinking, what it sounds as if you have said to yourself, the third letter, 'O', is for objective thinking, more realistic second thoughts, and the final letter, 'D', is for deciding what to do and doing it. Tab e 2 MOOD chart Monitor mood Observe thinking Objective thinking Decide what to do and do It 1. Mood dipped arriving back home from holiday. 2. Mood dipped hearing that I have got to reapply for my own job. I'll have to get the washing done, here I go again getting obsessed about the washing. I am going to be unsuccessful with the time I have had off for the OCD. Everyone has to do washing when they come home from holiday, I used to do it even before my OCD. The time off won't help, but they do know I am very conscientious, maybe too much of a perfectionist for my own good. Colleagues are in the same boat. Get on and do the washing, if I start to get plagued by it I will use the bOCD form. I will arrange some practice role plays with my boss.
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