Part 6: Becoming OCD free

Remember that OCD is based on a fear that you have. Remember that fears by themselves are harmless.

Keep in mind that everyone has fears, it's part of life and they are there for good reason. It's good that we are afraid of snakes or spiders, as some of the can be poisonous. Good thing we are afraid of lions or bears, as they can kill us. So fear has a productive function.

But today, people have fears about social things more than anything else. We develop this fight or flight response off things that do not warrant it. We don't live in the jungle anymore, but our genes don't seem to know that.

So we have got to retrain our minds into thinking that fears are now mostly useless. We've got to know when a fear is legitimate or not and we can know by asking ourself this simple question, "Is mine or someone else's life in real danger here?" "Is there anything that I can realistically do about it?" If the answer is no to both, then you need to put the fear aside and think about something you love and are excited about.

Think about what you have to do that day and think about how you can squeeze some adventure into your day. Let the unwanted thought linger and it will go away faster than if you try to force it out, just focus more on your adventure for the day and the quality of your life will raise greatly!

until next post,

Derek

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