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What Would Change if You Got OCD and intrusive thoughts Right?

Explore what shifts when you reframe intrusive thoughts through ancient wisdom. Discover powerful reflection prompts to transform anxiety into insight and

Patanguide
What you’ll practice

This is a reflective practice guided by Patan. It gives you one honest question to sit with — the kind that moves you from thinking about an idea to working with it.

The reflection itself unfolds in conversation with Patan, where it adapts to your situation — so you practice it together rather than reading it off the page.

Practice this with Patan
Begin the reflection in a coaching conversation, where it meets what you’re actually working through.
Understand first
Viveka: Discrimination Between Real and Unreal ThreatsIshvara Pranidhana: Surrender of Compulsive ControlSamadhi: Unified Attention Beyond Thought ConflictVritti: Mental Modifications and Thought PatternsSattva: Mental Clarity and Witness Consciousness
Go deeper
OCD and intrusive thoughts: Start HereOCD and intrusive thoughts: What Nobody Tells YouWhy OCD and intrusive thoughts MattersOCD and intrusive thoughts: A Deeper LookThe Examined OCD and intrusive thoughts
Peri
New to this practice?

Peri can explain what this practice is for, help you decide whether it fits what you’re working through, and point you to the right place to begin.

Ready to practice this?

Begin the reflection with your coach, or tell Peri what you’re working through.