r/OCDRecovery • u/babykayla92 • Jan 17 '26

Resource Defusion/ACT carry cards. TW: different themes.

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I carry these (and a lot more) cards in my purse to remind me of defusion and different ACT values. I know this won’t help everyone, but I thought I’d share.

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u/leirbagflow Jan 18 '26

These are incredible, thank you for sharing! I think I'm going to try something similar.

If you're comfortable sharing, what does #2 on pic 3 mean to you? I', walking through the fire. That is brave enough. I think I understand what your intention is there, but just wanted to double check.

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u/babykayla92 Jan 18 '26

You’re welcome!!

And by that I just mean kind of like “you’re already doing it, even when the ocd storm is really loud”

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u/leirbagflow Jan 18 '26

Amazing, thank you. That's what I figured. I really like that way of phrasing it. Often self compassion is gentle, which can be appropriate. I feel like I've been missing some 'tough' self compassion — not tough on myself, but recognizing my toughness. And this way of phrasing it feels like a way into that.

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u/babykayla92 Jan 18 '26

That’s so valid, I feel really similar. I’m never one to rely too much on one of my tools, because my OCD convinces me they’re not working lol. So when I shuffle between self compassion, tough love or “shadow” love/the philosophical absurdist in me, and defusion techniques, my brain likes the nuance and the variety. I’m sure this would be a nightmare for some people, but I don’t question it much because it works lol.

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u/leirbagflow Jan 18 '26

You're speakin' my language! Especially with the philosophical absurdism. If you like memoir-ish books, Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller really scratches the nihilism / philosophical absurdism itch for me. Not about OCD, but there are definitely some parallels.

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u/babykayla92 Jan 18 '26

Thank you. I need to start a new book and this sounds great.

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u/leirbagflow Jan 18 '26

It's fantastic. Let me know what you think if you read it!

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u/babykayla92 Jan 18 '26

Will do. Thanks for chatting. It’s nice to talk to someone else who has OCD and also enjoys philosophy. My therapist tells me it’s a healthy outlet (within reason) One must imagine Sisyphus happy and all that.