Tolerance & Patience: Where OCD Goes to Die
From OCD Straight Talk by Chris Leins, MA, NCC, LPCC-S
February 20, 2026 · 16 min
About this episode
Chris discusses the importance of tolerance and patience in managing OCD through ritual prevention.
Chris presents a combination of actions or attitudes that he doesn't often discuss together on OCD Straight Talk. Ritual prevention is the key to managing the system; and that means tolerance. But tolerance with patience is a strong offense.
People in this episode
Host: Chris Leins
Topics covered
- OCD management
- tolerance
- patience
- ritual prevention
- mental health
Keywords
- OCD
- tolerance
- patience
- ritual prevention
- mental health
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