With obsessive-compulsive disorder, there are some obsessive situations or thoughts that cannot, or are in principle impossible, to be practiced in real life, since they may be illegal or life-threatening. What to do then in such cases? And this is where the “imaginary exposure” technique comes to the rescue. With OCD, there are quite severe obsessive thoughts and actions, for example, fear of harming someone, beating someone, poking someone with a sharp object, hitting someone with a car, fear of experiencing sexual violence, getting cancer, committing a crime, causing someone's death or going to hell, and so on. With such obsessions, it is not ethical, illegal or unacceptable to carry out the exposure in real life. And some consequences are simply impossible for a person to face in his life. And that’s why imagination comes to the rescue. And the “imaginary exposure” technique works really very cool, because it makes it possible to work through all these forbidden obsessive fantasies, images and thoughts that a person is trying to avoid. This technique helps to learn how to experience anxiety and stress without losing self-control, and also being able to bear negative emotions in a controlled manner. And what is important, it allows a person to imagine in his imagination a complete chain of events that frighten him, which lead to the consequences that he fears. Which leads to the fact that with regular repetition, a person begins to get used to stress and feel a gradual decrease in the level of anxiety that caused obsessions. It’s like watching a horror movie, for example, several times in a row. When we have watched a horror film several times, many frightening plots already become predictable, and therefore less alarming, and after some time they become boring. How often do I tell clients that “Your thoughts are not facts” and this technique helps to understand the presence of some frightening images and thoughts and not make them reality. And what is very important is for a person to understand that when performing rituals and trying to avoid bad thoughts, he still will not be able to prevent these consequences. The client and I choose one of the frightening intrusive thoughts or images and I ask him to imagine a scenario that includes the worst case scenario in this situation. I ask him to do this with as much detail, brightness and realism as possible and try to experience it, assessing the level of anxiety from zero to 100%. Thus, the first obsessive thought is taken, the second, the third, from the least weakly expressed to the most powerful, and plus homework is given for independent work. So that you continue to read my useful articles, I will be glad to receive your support.)