POSTPONE OBSESSING

The Rationale – if you respond to your obsessions by attempting to get rid of them instantly, to have them gone NOW and FOREVER, you will probably fail at the task. It’s just too big a change to make
Instead take a smaller, more manageable step in order to gain control of one more part of the obsessional process. Let yourself have the obsessions – Make a commitment to pay attention to your worries. SIMPLY TAKE CONTROL OF WHEN YOU DO WORRY!
The essence of this technique is to stall the obsessions. You decide not to ignore your worries. However, you are simply going to postpone attending to them for a bit.
Stalling tactic benefits
1. postponing your worries for a limited period you don’t get into the vicious cycle that stems from fighting them; rather you allow other momentary interests to replace the obsessions and occupy your attention. Time spent on these other interests may also diminish your changes of returning to your original obsessions.
2. Even if the other interests don’t continue to occupy your attention and you return to your original obsessions, you have broken your rigid pattern of becoming completely consumed with worry whenever an obsession enters your mind

Postponing Obsessing:
a. Mentally agree to pay attention to the obsessions
b. Choose a specific time in the future when you will return to them
c. as the time arrives either start obsessing or consider postponing the obsessions to another specified time. Whenever possible, CHOOSE TO POSTPONE.