Obsessive compulsive behavior seems very hard to understand at first. Let alone beat. You need to realize that most people make things that they don't fully understand much more complicated than they really are.
Forget all the complexities and all of the fears and emotions that swirl around your dizzy head and fearful face. Think about all that is good within and around you. Taking on a grateful attitude removes and lifts this dark cloud that once did cover you.
Your emotions are all just habits. We can change what we wish, we desire what we want and a man who sets his mind on the desires of his heart relentlessly will gain these things.
What then should you do this day so that you may be free from obsessive compulsive behavior? You should first observe that there are those in the world who do not suffer with obsessive compulsive thoughts. Is there something wrong with you? Do you have mental issues? No. You have a habit.
I myself have quit smoking and drinking, drugs and OCD. I have also had great leaps and bounds regarding the facing of anxiety and these are my victories. I know they are real, not because I read about them in some book, but rather real world experience.
I don't know about you, but I would rather learn from someone who knows what it's like, who's felt what it's like and has beaten it. I have freed myself from this disgraceful, distasteful malady and I'm finally free.
So after you have observed that it's possible to have freedom of the mind, what then? Decide for yourself that you too can and will have mental freedom, that you too will taste this delicious freedom! Decide in your heart, make it a goal and chase it relentlessly.
What then, do we do to keep motivated. Every time you slack on trying to not perform rituals, think about how bad your OCD was, think about how bad it is and say to yourself, "I am getting over it right now!" "No more OCD!"
The third thing that I would consider is to practice what you preach. Be a man/woman of your word. Do what you know in your mind to be right. Do some self soul searching and think about the things that you know you should change. Ask yourself what it is that is holding you back. What are your constraints to becoming OCD free?
Tackle those constraints head-on. They could be fear, they could be lack of faith that it's possible. These all need to be cleared up one by one. Do it step by step and not all at once and you will see great results.
Take action: Observe that others have gotten out of a deep suffering with OCD, believe that you can to, resolve to make the change, create bite sized goals, and relentlessly and religiously complete your goals. If you do these things, it's virtually impossible for you to fail, period! You can do it and I know this because I was in horrible shape and I did it! So I know you can!
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Obsessive Compulsive Behavior - A Simple Solution To Your OCD
Obsessive compulsive behavior is very tough to deal with sometimes, especially when you have no clue what's going on. One of the best things that you can do right now is to do just a bit of research on it so that you can know more about it. The more you know about it, the more brave you will be concerning it.
The more brave that you are concerning OCD, the less power it will have in your life. What some people do is to keep trying to fight the thoughts over and over again thinking that if they just fight enough that the thoughts will go away. This is not true, the more you fight thoughts, the more they persist.
When you fight something, you focus on it and when you focus on a thought, it becomes stronger and stronger. Have you ever sat there and tried to not think of something? It's nearly impossible. What we resist persists. Remembering this statement will go a long way in your recovery from OCD. Make sure that you realize that obsessive compulsive disorder is not a mental illness.
There are no physical changes in your brain as a result of OCD. It's just thoughts. If you can learn how to divert your attention, you can divert your thoughts and if you can divert your thoughts then you can become OCD free. The reason that you must divert your thoughts is so that you can control what you focus on. We cannot control what we think about, but we can control what we focus on. We must look in our minds and decide what kinds of things that we want to think about.
So many people think that thinking is an involuntary process completely and that we have no control over our thoughts. This is just not true. It's about being a participant in your thought life and a director of your thought life instead of just a spectator. Once you have this paradigm shift, you will learn that it is not as hard as you think to become free from obsessive compulsive behavior. It just takes patience and practice. You know how they say that practice makes perfect? Well it's true.
You can focus on key principles when considering creating your game plan on how you are going to get rid of your obsessions. Write down what your fears are and then create a plan of how you are going to face each of these fears. You should not need anyone to hold your hand to write these down, no one knows more about your fears than you do. They don't know your limitations and strengths the way that you do either, so you'll have to trust yourself on this one.
Take action: Today, what you should do is focus on what things that you want to think about and then when you struggle with Obsessive thoughts, think about these things. When you feel anxiety, know that it's not going to hurt you and that it is just sensations. You can do it, I believe in you!
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The more brave that you are concerning OCD, the less power it will have in your life. What some people do is to keep trying to fight the thoughts over and over again thinking that if they just fight enough that the thoughts will go away. This is not true, the more you fight thoughts, the more they persist.
When you fight something, you focus on it and when you focus on a thought, it becomes stronger and stronger. Have you ever sat there and tried to not think of something? It's nearly impossible. What we resist persists. Remembering this statement will go a long way in your recovery from OCD. Make sure that you realize that obsessive compulsive disorder is not a mental illness.
There are no physical changes in your brain as a result of OCD. It's just thoughts. If you can learn how to divert your attention, you can divert your thoughts and if you can divert your thoughts then you can become OCD free. The reason that you must divert your thoughts is so that you can control what you focus on. We cannot control what we think about, but we can control what we focus on. We must look in our minds and decide what kinds of things that we want to think about.
So many people think that thinking is an involuntary process completely and that we have no control over our thoughts. This is just not true. It's about being a participant in your thought life and a director of your thought life instead of just a spectator. Once you have this paradigm shift, you will learn that it is not as hard as you think to become free from obsessive compulsive behavior. It just takes patience and practice. You know how they say that practice makes perfect? Well it's true.
You can focus on key principles when considering creating your game plan on how you are going to get rid of your obsessions. Write down what your fears are and then create a plan of how you are going to face each of these fears. You should not need anyone to hold your hand to write these down, no one knows more about your fears than you do. They don't know your limitations and strengths the way that you do either, so you'll have to trust yourself on this one.
Take action: Today, what you should do is focus on what things that you want to think about and then when you struggle with Obsessive thoughts, think about these things. When you feel anxiety, know that it's not going to hurt you and that it is just sensations. You can do it, I believe in you!
Obsessive compulsive help!
Friday, September 19, 2008
3 slick tactics on how to curb your obsessive compulsive disorder
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The first slick tactic on how to curb your obsessive compulsive disorder is to recognize that you are having OCD thoughts. You'd be surprised at how many people that have OCD don't really know how many thoughts of theirs are actually OCD.
I get questions all the time from my clients who tell me that they are having OCD thoughts and when I listen to them, they are not. Fears are not OCD. OCD thoughts are only when you perform either mental or physical rituals. Taking an umbrella with you everywhere you go so that you don't get soaked is not OCD. Taking it everywhere you go because you think that something bad will happen if you get wet is OCD.
So how can we apply this? How can we use the tactic of recognition? When you are questioning whether a thought is an OCD thought, ask yourself this, "Do I feel like I have to perform a rituals because I feel like something bad will happen?" If you can answer yes, then it is OCD.
The second part to this is, what if you are having OCD thoughts and you are not even aware of their existence? You can ask yourself this, "Do I perform any rituals or do anything that most people don't do?" Odds are you may be able to isolate a few things that you did that you did not even think about and then you can start working on those things. These are the easiest things to work on because they don't disturb you as much. Getting little victories under your belt is very powerful in helping you to curb your OCD.
The second thing that you want to do is to plan times when you are going to attack these different OCD's. Work on one at a time. This is the most effective and it will help you to get the flow for how things should go as far as beating your OCD. You will learn valuable skills. Don't start with the hardest one, start with a more easy one and that way you can build up your strength and your bravery. You need to make yourself brave to face your OCD and you can easily do this by learning more information. The more information that you have, the more brave you are, period.
The third thing that you can do is to start to replace your obsessions with healthy ones. Like providing for your family, working on your hobby. Having something to replace that time that you used to spend on your OCD will help you to stay OCD free. It's very implortant to find things that you are passionate about and beating obsessive compulsive disorder will be much easier than you think!
Take action: Today what you want to do is to go over all of the things that we have talked about today in this article and realize that knowing something is useless unless you can use it. So now that you know this information, you need to teach yourself to use it and you will be on the road to becoming OCD free in no time!
Obsessive compulsive disorder help!
The first slick tactic on how to curb your obsessive compulsive disorder is to recognize that you are having OCD thoughts. You'd be surprised at how many people that have OCD don't really know how many thoughts of theirs are actually OCD.
I get questions all the time from my clients who tell me that they are having OCD thoughts and when I listen to them, they are not. Fears are not OCD. OCD thoughts are only when you perform either mental or physical rituals. Taking an umbrella with you everywhere you go so that you don't get soaked is not OCD. Taking it everywhere you go because you think that something bad will happen if you get wet is OCD.
So how can we apply this? How can we use the tactic of recognition? When you are questioning whether a thought is an OCD thought, ask yourself this, "Do I feel like I have to perform a rituals because I feel like something bad will happen?" If you can answer yes, then it is OCD.
The second part to this is, what if you are having OCD thoughts and you are not even aware of their existence? You can ask yourself this, "Do I perform any rituals or do anything that most people don't do?" Odds are you may be able to isolate a few things that you did that you did not even think about and then you can start working on those things. These are the easiest things to work on because they don't disturb you as much. Getting little victories under your belt is very powerful in helping you to curb your OCD.
The second thing that you want to do is to plan times when you are going to attack these different OCD's. Work on one at a time. This is the most effective and it will help you to get the flow for how things should go as far as beating your OCD. You will learn valuable skills. Don't start with the hardest one, start with a more easy one and that way you can build up your strength and your bravery. You need to make yourself brave to face your OCD and you can easily do this by learning more information. The more information that you have, the more brave you are, period.
The third thing that you can do is to start to replace your obsessions with healthy ones. Like providing for your family, working on your hobby. Having something to replace that time that you used to spend on your OCD will help you to stay OCD free. It's very implortant to find things that you are passionate about and beating obsessive compulsive disorder will be much easier than you think!
Take action: Today what you want to do is to go over all of the things that we have talked about today in this article and realize that knowing something is useless unless you can use it. So now that you know this information, you need to teach yourself to use it and you will be on the road to becoming OCD free in no time!
Obsessive compulsive disorder help!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Very amazing new ways to beat your obsessive compulsive behavior
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There are so many things that I hear about beating your obsessive compulsive behavior. There are few times when you will read about how to get to the root of the origin of your OCD thoughts.
When you recognize that you are having an OCD thought, that is the beginning of stopping the OCD cycle. Simple enough right? We all know when our thoughts are OCD. Make sure that you are aware when you are having these thoughts. Don't look for OCD thoughts, just be able to recognize when they occur.
The second part is to tag this thought as such. After you recognize a thought as being an OCD thought, then you must consciously say to yourself that this is an OCD thought and you will treat it as such.
Part three is once you have noticed that you have an OCD thought, tag. You treat it as such. You cannot choose what kind of thoughts pop into your head but you can choose which ones to focus on."
The fourth part after shrugging off an OCD thought like someone who doesn't have OCD is to think about something that you do love. You've got to assign the weight that you wanted to assign to that OCD thought to a productive thought. So think about something else important to you, like that test you took in school, or your job or living situation.
Think about a problem that you have, something you are concerned about. Then think about what you are grateful for. When you think about your blessings, your thoughts are more productive and make you happy. You will find that these processes and these steps will greatly help your cause in beating OCD. Don't give into the temptation of reacting to your OCD thoughts with fear. Ask yourself where you are giving into that fear.
Often you'll see a smoker quit smoking by replacing that habit by chewing gum, you should do the same thing with your OCD. Then it will be easier to break the new habit. So instead of "quitting cold turkey" so to speak, you can switch from being addicted to OCD, to let's say, chewing gum. quitting OCD itself is harder than quitting chewing gum. You can trick your brain by replacing your habit with something easier to quit!
See looking at it this way, by not focusing on something, you bypass all the resistance. Read this a few times if it doesn't click the first time, it's profound and very powerful.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder help!
There are so many things that I hear about beating your obsessive compulsive behavior. There are few times when you will read about how to get to the root of the origin of your OCD thoughts.
When you recognize that you are having an OCD thought, that is the beginning of stopping the OCD cycle. Simple enough right? We all know when our thoughts are OCD. Make sure that you are aware when you are having these thoughts. Don't look for OCD thoughts, just be able to recognize when they occur.
The second part is to tag this thought as such. After you recognize a thought as being an OCD thought, then you must consciously say to yourself that this is an OCD thought and you will treat it as such.
Part three is once you have noticed that you have an OCD thought, tag. You treat it as such. You cannot choose what kind of thoughts pop into your head but you can choose which ones to focus on."
The fourth part after shrugging off an OCD thought like someone who doesn't have OCD is to think about something that you do love. You've got to assign the weight that you wanted to assign to that OCD thought to a productive thought. So think about something else important to you, like that test you took in school, or your job or living situation.
Think about a problem that you have, something you are concerned about. Then think about what you are grateful for. When you think about your blessings, your thoughts are more productive and make you happy. You will find that these processes and these steps will greatly help your cause in beating OCD. Don't give into the temptation of reacting to your OCD thoughts with fear. Ask yourself where you are giving into that fear.
Often you'll see a smoker quit smoking by replacing that habit by chewing gum, you should do the same thing with your OCD. Then it will be easier to break the new habit. So instead of "quitting cold turkey" so to speak, you can switch from being addicted to OCD, to let's say, chewing gum. quitting OCD itself is harder than quitting chewing gum. You can trick your brain by replacing your habit with something easier to quit!
See looking at it this way, by not focusing on something, you bypass all the resistance. Read this a few times if it doesn't click the first time, it's profound and very powerful.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder help!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Obsessive compulsive behavior: Now, you'll know what Pure O is...
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When you have Pure O, it means that you suffer from obsessions of the mind.
People who suffer from pure OCD can do physical rituals as well although they mainly perform mental rituals.
Another note that I would like to add is that I don't think it means much what kind of OCD you may have, as the cure is the same for all of them.
Although there are many types of programs, each with their own benefits, they all have something in common and that is they are helping to heal you.
No matter what therapy you use, this is what they all attempt to do. Some work better than others but here it is.
They all help you stop performing rituals and teach you how to think like a person without OCD. You will start to think like someone who doesn't have OCD if you take on their thinking patterns? You will no longer have OCD.
I know this looks like it's impossible at first and all that. The reason that I know these things are real is because I've done them myself.
If something has worked for thousands of people, odds are it could benefit you. You don't want to cut your own success short. You really need to get all the facts so that you can create in your life that which you want. Don't let people talk you out of your success by telling you that this technique won't work. OCD should be taken very seriously and only you and not anybody else can tell you what will work for you. there is a reason why all of these tips, tricks, and techniques are in my articles. They simply work. Not only did it work for me, but it has literally worked for thousands of people. I always share with you the best quality content that I have learned, period.
Take action: Take advice from someone who has had proven results and from someone who has been able to help other people with their same methods.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder help!
When you have Pure O, it means that you suffer from obsessions of the mind.
People who suffer from pure OCD can do physical rituals as well although they mainly perform mental rituals.
Another note that I would like to add is that I don't think it means much what kind of OCD you may have, as the cure is the same for all of them.
Although there are many types of programs, each with their own benefits, they all have something in common and that is they are helping to heal you.
No matter what therapy you use, this is what they all attempt to do. Some work better than others but here it is.
They all help you stop performing rituals and teach you how to think like a person without OCD. You will start to think like someone who doesn't have OCD if you take on their thinking patterns? You will no longer have OCD.
I know this looks like it's impossible at first and all that. The reason that I know these things are real is because I've done them myself.
If something has worked for thousands of people, odds are it could benefit you. You don't want to cut your own success short. You really need to get all the facts so that you can create in your life that which you want. Don't let people talk you out of your success by telling you that this technique won't work. OCD should be taken very seriously and only you and not anybody else can tell you what will work for you. there is a reason why all of these tips, tricks, and techniques are in my articles. They simply work. Not only did it work for me, but it has literally worked for thousands of people. I always share with you the best quality content that I have learned, period.
Take action: Take advice from someone who has had proven results and from someone who has been able to help other people with their same methods.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder help!
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