Best way to beat OCD/intrusive thoughts.

Hey, guys! I would like to thank you if you're reading this b/c a lot of you guys have helped me through this whole OCD thing as well as my own psychologist, friends, and family as well. I'm going to stop coming here b/c it is a compulsion to seek/look for any reassurance and I feel like I am so close to ending all these thoughts that I don't want to take any footsteps backward instead of forward.

A lot of people have suggested a lot of different help/cure or w/e you want to say it on here and from my own personal experiences and stuff like that: the best way to beat OCD/intrusive thoughts are to accept them as thoughts. It doesn't matter if you're dealing with HOCD, TOCD, POCD, ROCD, or w/e type of OCD you're dealing with they are all fear and anxiety in the very end. They have taken our life away, makes us anxious, sick, and angry. We keep asking ourselves, why do we have to be the one stuck with these thoughts? Those type of questions are going to feed the thoughts.

Look at the thoughts as a scary monster. The more you keep feeding the monster, the more stronger it'll be. The only way you can beat this is to starve that monster, kill it, don't feed it no matter what it tells, yells, screams at you. Accept your thoughts as thoughts, don't give it any power. Don't come online looking for reassurance, answers, or research. Stop using porn b/c that's a very bad compulsion which will feed the monster like crazy.

Keep being who you are and don't let these thoughts stop you in life. Accept them as just, thoughts. That's the only way you can beat OCD. Starve that monster. So whatever thoughts you have, "OMG, am I gay?", "OMG, am I attracted to children's??", "OMG, am I turning transgendered?" <-- That's my daily thought. Once these thoughts pop up, say okay, that's fine. Don't look into your childhood, past, or w/e. Just accept them. I promise if I can beat HOCD, I'm sure you can too. Trust me. Just follow that one rule. Accept.

Good luck Osh!

good luck to you too Oshawott