Over Reliance on Possibility
Cars break down all the time therefore mine will probably break down.
Reverse reasoning
Normally, when we reason we start with an observation in realilty, something we can see, here, touch etc and then come to a conclusion. For example, you see a door hinge loose so you wonder if the door may come off.
But with reverse reasoning we start with an idea and then comes up with a conclusion about what is there.
Layer upon layer of Obsessional Doubts.
It starts with one, and then there are Obsessional Doubts that follow about the compulsions not being done correctly. The whole time, the senses are being dismissed.
Double Jeopardy
Germs exist so I must have germs on my hands.
Out-of-Context Facts (Irrelevant Association)
This trick says that if X is true, therefore Y is true.
Using reasoning categories out-of-context.
Maybe my hands are contaminated? Compulsion-washing hands. Then but maybe I touched the sink when I washed them, may be they are contaminated again-repeat compulsion
Double Jeorpardy
“Maybe I could be sick. Now my throat hurts.”
Living in fear
The doubt causes you to have feelings as if the doubt is happening. For example, if OCD convinces you that are ill, you might start feeling nauseous.
This is when an imagined possibility then simulates reality.
“I know that every time I checked the door in the past it was locked, but maybe this time, it will be different.
Maybe This Time (Dismissal of Actual Evidence):
This trick uses the dismissal of senses in the here & now, including common sense that this particular obsessional doubt has never been right in the past, and relies on an imagined possibility instead.
“My brother got sick from eating a salad, so maybe I could get sick from eating a salad too.”
Mismatching (Irrelevant Association):
This trick cons you into believing that if X happened elsewhere, so Y can happen too.
Taking the personal experience and hearsay reasoning categories from Module 2 out-of context.
“I love my husband, but maybe I really am attracted to women and so I need to think about this more because it must mean something! How can I resolve it?”
Let’s Discuss It (Dismissal of Actual Evidence):
All of the information the you need is in front of you, but they dismiss this and instead think that if you ponder the doubt some more, you can resolve it.
This happens when a you decide to test out your imagined possibility and then they use that as evidence to support the original doubt.
Testing it out.
“Well, maybe this thing I ate today will cause cancer in 10 years.”
Maybe Later (Dismissal of Actual Evidence):
This trick uses the dismissal of common sense and relies on a future-forecasted catastrophe.
I heard this story about someone hitting someone and not realizing it. So I may have hit someone and not noticed.
Mismatching
“My hands look clean, but if I had a microscope, I would see that they are not.” “My skin looks like there are no ticks on it, but if I look harder, I might find one
Going Deep
All of the information that you need is in front of you, but you dismiss it and instead believe that if you looked harder at the situation, you could find evidence to the contrary.
This trick keeps you looking to justify conculsion.
I am worried I might be attracted to girls other than my girlfriend. I better hang out with other girls to make sure.
Testing it out.
This happens when a you decide to test out an imagined possibility and then use that as evidence to support the original doubt.
My eyes say that the door is locked, but maybe it isn’t.
My common sense tells me that I don’t need to pray twelve times, but maybe I do.
Distrust of the Senses- Dismissing evidence
Discounting information coming in from the senses.(5 senses plus common sense and self sense)
These examples, dismiss sight and common sense.
People get sick form undercooked eggs, so I better check again to see if they are cooked enough.
Mismatched data used out of context, when you can see with your eyes that they are cooked.
My common sense tells me "bad numbers" couldn't cause my mom to get cancer but just to be safe I am gong to wait for a different time.
Distrust of the Senses
(Dismissal of Actual Evidence): Common sense
"I could be a bad person, so I will see how I respond thoughts about hurting people." (Did not check in with sense data to come to conclusion
Testing it out.
What if it’s true this time!? "I know my senses say it's fine and OCD hasn't ever been right about this before, but what if this is the time it is
Maybe This Time
"Germs exist on surfaces, so I could get sick from touching this faucet.
Out of context facts
But what about later? "Nothing shows me I need to worry now, but maybe it will affect me later."