This is where I blog about all the new OCD stuff that I learn about every day. I will provide you with my best and must up-to-date information on what I think is useful in becoming OCD free! Enjoy ;p

Friday, February 26, 2010

OCD Teen Help and How to Find it

OCD teen information you have read or heard about in, but not necessarily limited to books, magazines, and forums do not always provide you with long-term, big picture goals such as curing the unwanted thoughts and patterns altogether. Instead, many of the sources, even in some hospitals, tend to aim towards simply treating obsessive compulsive disorder for the short-term, suppressing and calming as opposed to removing outright. A notable reason for this is due to most practitioners, authors, etc not having OCD on a personal level, which is really a requirement for seriously dealing with the problems at hand.

A bit of information I can offer to help you along the way is to fully understand what obsessive compulsive disorder really is. It's not a sickness, or even an actual disorder. In reality, it's a strong mental habit, with a much more notable degree of influence over your everyday thought patterns and habits. The sooner you come to fully realize this, the better in shape your mind will be as you will now be in the proper mindset to begin countering it. OCD teen habits must be treated as they are, and not what people think they are.

What you need to understand if you are serious about overcoming your obsessive compulsive disorder is that this task will not be accomplished overnight. It is a real goal to work towards, and while I do have an excellent solution available which I offer to anyone who wishes to accept it, effort must be placed forward if you wish to MOVE forward. You must come to terms with the fact that there is no magic pill or some elixir that will instantaneously cure the problems that come with OCD teen thought patterns and habits, despite wanting one. If you really want to beat it, you must be willing to do your best!

Although reading and understanding all the above information will no doubt increase your awareness of the task at hand while putting you in a better stance to overcome OCD teen habits, you still need one more thing on your side. You need to focus hard on your goals! As much as you can, avoid the temptation to use multiple methods of treatment, visits to a counselor or practitioner's office, etc, until you have completely finished the program you agreed to partake in, be it mine or another individual.

Please keep in mind that although not every source of information you find on the topic of obsessive compulsive disorder is bad, not all of them are correct either. You need to check into the author and ensure that they too have undergone what you or a loved one has gone through, and thus have the means to truthfully provide you with real, excellent assistance. Remember that OCD is a habit, not a disease, and once you understand this you will be in a better state of mind to stand against it. Be patient, and know that although you will not be able to cure OCD teen symptoms over the course of a day, every day will move you closer to your goal.

I hope you accept the great information I have for you below!

To get cutting edge techniques to beat OCD permanently click here: Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "OCD Teen Help"

Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether. Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

OCD Forum - Changing Your Diet to Decrease OCD

Do you eat junk food all the time and call it food?

I used to.

McDonalds (tm) is not food. Tv dinners are not food. Chips are not food.

Organic Vegetables, fruits, nuts, meats ARE food.

Why organic? Because chemicals in other "foods" affect the brain and impair the ability of your cells to perform to their optimum level. Since your mind is made of cells, don't you think that they will be able to handle stress better if they are able to function better? It's a no-brainer, seriously.

Food is fuel that is put into your body, your cells work together to create your body, the vehicle.

If you put crappy fuel in your body, you'll get crappy performance from your cells and this includes your brain.

On the other hand, if you feed your body premium fuel, i.e. organic food, you'll get optimum performance out of your cells and guess what. This includes your brain!

So here are some tips that you can put in your pocket...

Go to the store and buy organic fruits and vegetables and meats. I don't think it's necessary to become a vegetarian and I wouldn't recommend it myself. I do however feel that meat is only good to eat if it's organic and not pumped with chemicals and preservatives which impair the ability of your cells to perform to their optimum level.

Drink organic drinks, not sugared down juices or juices from concentrate. Only drink "not from concentrate" organic juices and only drink distilled water or natural water, don't buy water that says "drinking water" on it! That is water that has been treated to be made safe to drink, which means it probably wasn't before. Distilled water is filtered by a process that almost guarantees purity, but a lot of the natural minerals, if not all of them, are gone. Natural organic water is the best because it has the trace minerals that are good for the body.

Did you know that natural organic foods like vegetables and fruits have chemical compounds in them that are good for the body that scientists don't understand yet. All we know is this, This is the best food and the best fuel you can put in your body period. So why settle for anything less than the very best?

Take action: By quality organic food only and I guarantee you'll see a difference in how you feel and how you're able to handle the stress of not doing rituals. I bet this will cut your time in half as far as getting over OCD and I'm dead serious!

For more instantly usable free information click: Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "OCD Forum"

Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

OCD Forum - Curing OCD For Good, Getting in the Right Direction

Getting started in the right direction in curing OCD is not that hard.

You've just got to realize that to cure OCD, you first have to know that you have OCD. Then you've got to believe that it can be cured.

That is a little tougher for most people cause they have preconceived ideas about what OCD and most people think it's something that you have to struggle with for life, but nothing could be farther from the truth!

Then what you should do is do some research on OCD to find out good programs that will help "cure" OCD, not "treat" it.

So now that you know what you are looking for, you can begin.

The next part is you've got to realize that if your OCD is hindering you from going to work and other places that are necessary that you may want to consider talking with your doctor and a therapist so that you can get medicine to help with major forms of OCD,

The next part whether you have to take medication or not is to start to deal with it. You've got to face the fear that is driving the anxiety, which is causing OCD. There are things that you must understand about OCD. Here's one thing: It's an addiction.

Why it is is beyond the scope of this article, but that's how you approach it, and basically, you've just got to "quit" performing rituals, and you will be well on your way to becoming OCD free for good, period.

Take action: Go and do research about OCD, find out about it. Don't do too much unless you want that to be another form of OCD. Just like 15-20 minutes a day. The more information you have on getting over it, the easier it will be. Don't study about OCD itself as much as studying how to get over it!

For more instantly usable free information click: Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "OCD Forum"

Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Intrusive Thoughts and How to Stop Them

Intrusive thoughts lead people to seek help from a multitude of sources. One such source is the use of heavy medications, oftentimes encouraged by hospital personnel. This unfortunate occurrence is because most medications are aimed towards simply treating and suppressing OCD-like thoughts and habits, as opposed to outright removing them. Long-term use of medications can lead to unwanted side effects, and when you decide to stop taking them, there is a chance that your unwanted thought processes and habits will become more powerful than they were before you started. In order to avoid this, you should seek solutions which utilize little to no drugs.

Many people say they wish to be rid of OCD, but nowhere near as many actually do what is necessary to complete that wish. You must be persistent, and be willing to put forth effort if you are serious about ridding the intrusive thoughts that plague your mind. Secure yourself a working, quality solution and stick with it until the entire course has been run, from start to finish. If you give up treatment after only partially completing it, you will benefit little to none, and your time will have been wasted. Focus is very important.

Another step you can take to locate a helpful and accurate source of treatment is to speak with someone who has already beaten OCD and has the personal experience needed in order to help another to do the same. I congratulate you on locating this article, because I have already overcome OCD and other intrusive thoughts. I now offer that assistance to you, and if you accept, you will be able to learn many tricks which can help bolster your efficiency in curing yourself of obsessive compulsive disorder.

What a large number of individuals do is leap from one treatment method to another, without completing the ones before. Little to no good can come of this, even if the right answer is amongst them. When you bombard your mind with a multitude of solutions, each one trying to provide your mind with a different means of curing intrusive thoughts, your brain does not understand which one to take, and becomes more and more confused. Focus is a key part of removing the influence that OCD holds over your daily life. Find a good, solid method of treatment, and stick with it from start to finish.

Medications should only be used when you fully understand their effects and in moderate amounts. You should use them to bolster your efficiency as opposed to rely on them completely. It is important that you find a working solution, with backing by an experienced author or form of practitioner who can help you develop your own personal method of treatment. Once this is done, you will be able to focus on the goal of curing your mind of intrusive thoughts, and be on the way to living a life with much more peace of mind.

I very much hope you accept and enjoy the cutting-edge information I have for you below!

To get cutting edge techniques to beat OCD permanently click here: Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "Intrusive Thoughts"

Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Repetitive Thoughts

Repetitive thoughts can be a symptom generated by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, repetition is a common thing to experience when dealing with OCD, the severity of this depends on the person but even the less severe manifestations can be hard to deal with due to it's very nature. A person that suffers from OCD with this symptom experience a feeling like they are compelled to do a specific task multiple times, even if they are completely aware that they are doing so and that what they are doing isn't really doing anything for them whatsoever, even so they feel like they have to because their mind makes them feel that it needs to be done.

Repetitive thoughts as the name suggests cause a person to think thoughts repeatedly, the nature of said thoughts vary from person to person, it can be irritating naturally as one can imagine but it can become rather alarming in certain situations. If you have repetitive negative thoughts such as thoughts of violence for instance, this may naturally raise some flags in your mind. Luckily these irritating thoughts generally don't cause you to actually act on them, dwelling on them however does bring with it a fair amount of stress, especially if what you are dwelling on is offensive to you.

Repetitive thoughts as it is a part of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder can be treated with the various ways used to treat OCD, a short term solution to help you reduce and perhaps rid yourself altogether of your repeated thoughts is medication. Medication as an approach varies in efficiency from person to person, some will take to really easy and the effects will be profound, some find themselves naturally resistant to medication and may have a greater difficulty utilizing this approach than other people who are less resistant by nature.

Utilizing medication to treat your repetitive thoughts is a viable solution but it is a short term solution, attempting to use it long term is possible but that way you will be using meds for an unforeseen amount of time and your body can adjust to the drug so that it becomes inefficient after a while, in this way it is better to seek a long term solution while utilizing the short term one to keep you going in the present. Long term solutions include mental exercises as well as therapies. There are various methods that can be utilized to help you without the aid of medication.

Utilizing a natural means to treat a mental symptom will likely include you learning what you respond to and how to change the way you respond to things that you deal with, the way you view things and the way you react to a situation have a great impact on the way you will feel as a result of your actions. You may feel that if you fight your repetitive thoughts that you are going to be that much more miserable, perhaps in some cases that would be true but that would also be because of how you attempted to resist, if done right you can fight it while training yourself to resist it.

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Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Stopping OCD - You Must Do This One Thing in Order to Be Successful in Stopping OCD!

Stopping OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is not as easy as people make it out to be. How do I know this? Because I have OCD and I beat it. Stopping OCD takes dedication and effort. It takes a goal. I found out through trial and error that there is really only one thing that everyone with OCD must do, but most people don't.

What that one thing is is realizing that no matter how you go about it, you have to, at some point, stop doing your rituals. There is no getting around it. There is no magic pill or magic cure that will allow you to avoid the hardest part of the process, but if you forget about looking for a quick fix and actually start taking action now, you'll be OCD free way before someone who is looking for that magic bullet.

You have to be dedicated to the process. What do I mean by that? I mean that you must stick with a decision that you have made. Many people will go and buy a program that claims to help them in stopping OCD, but they never follow through. I have found this to be true, not only in OCD sufferers, but also in people of every kind of walk and problem. Don't just learn information, focus on how you can use this information.

So how can you use this information here? Well most people are under the impression that there is this big secret to stopping OCD that can be summarized in a sentence or two and if I tried to summarize it in a sentence, you would not have nearly enough information to do anything effective in regard to your OCD. Trust me, if you really want to be successful in stopping OCD, you'll have to take on a mindset that says that it is not instant and that to get lasting results, it will take time.

That is why people that become OCD by perfecting the art of stopping OCD, it's virtually impossible for them to suffer with it again because they know how to deal with it and on top of that, they know how to stop the thought process that traps and tricks so many people.

Are you one of those people? Are you one of the people who has fallen for OCD? Are you one of the people who suffers with it everyday and say to yourself and to God, "Why me?" I am here to remind you of the obvious, that you are going about it the wrong way, and that reading random articles about OCD does not cure it, if that were the case, why are you still looking for OCD information and why are you reading this article.

You really should consider how you are handling your OCD. The difference between someone with OCD and someone with out OCD is how they react to their thoughts. How do you react to your thoughts? How do you talk to yourself when you have OCD thoughts. Most people are saying the very things to themselves that are actually making their OCD worse. Stopping OCD is a process, if you want it to be real, if you want it to be permanent, know that this is what it will take. Check out what I have below for you below, you'll be glad you did!

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Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Pure OCD - How to Put an End to Pure OCD With No Therapy Or Medication

Pure OCD is when you do not do rituals like wash your hands or anything outwardly, rather it's a kind of OCD where you do the repetitions in your head, whether it's counting, or other repeating thoughts.

You should be aware that the thoughts that you focus on are what determine your emotions. These emotions in turn, will determine what you do and all your other actions.There are millions and millions of people who suffer with pure OCD thoughts so you are not the only one that has experienced this before.

Beware of what you will find in the online forums and tribes when it comes to pure OCD or any kind of OCD for that matter. All you will be doing is surrounding yourself with people who love to complain and who reject anything that is different than what they've already heard.It's great that you understand this are here reading this article then over there participating in a complain fest. You will get much better results as a result of this

The way that I got rid of my pure OCD is by simply changing the way that I think about the thoughts that I have or the things that I experience. Pure OCD is not some kind of disease that is permanent. I feel bad for those who are misinformed and think it is permanent. I had it and now I don't so I am living proof that you can indeed get rid of it!

I would avoid the negativity of the message boards and focus on finding people like me who have beat their Pure OCD. Then just have us teach you how to stop it. It is a process and it will not happen over night. But in a few short months, you'll see a dramatic difference, even if you've had OCD for over 20 years.

So what is it that you should do in this point? I would make sure that you realize that you do not have to limit your beliefs to those of therapists or psychologists who learned about OCD from books written by people who learned about OCD from books or experiments.

You see, you cannot claim to know anything about Pure OCD unless you had it. Just like you would be offended if someone who never gave birth to try to tell you about that. So don't make the mistake of asking people who have never had OCD to actually teach you how to stop it. How could they know?

Beware when your psychologist cannot tell you a plan that you can follow to stop your pure OCD! You'll hear them tell you to take medication and that you'll be ok. Make sure that the number one thing you are looking at when you are working with someone to help you stop your pure OCD is the results. The results will tell you to stay with the person or not!

I believe that if you have found a therapist or psychologist that is helping you get great results, then continue working with them by all means as some people have a knack for helping people. But make sure that you understand that this is more rare then you think. Don't just think that because someone is a therapist or psychologist that it means that they can help you! I know this is sad, but it's so true. This is the truth straight from my clients' mouths!

Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "Pure OCD"


Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Top Tricks, Techniques and Strategies to Stop OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is tough I'll be honest with you. OCD can come and go in individuals all around the world. There are places that are more susceptible to it and I believe this is largely due to the stress in that country. So make sure that you understand that having a life that has less stress will increase your chances of being free from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I really feel that people all the around the world should have the information they need to get rid of OCD and I'm going to give it to them!

What are some of the things that really make you upset about your Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? You see, there are many factors that play into getting rid of your OCD. You need to understand not really where it came from or how it started really, but how are you perpetuating it now and how you can decrease it now. These are what's really important. It is a big mistake for people to believe that they have to talk about their childhood to get rid of their OCD! You know how I know? Because I did not talk about my childhood to get rid of my OCD! I took action steps! What a concept! I took action and I know that if you take action, you will get rid of your OCD too!

Talking about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is one thing, but when you go out and take the action that you have to, that's when you're really cooking! That's when you know that will actually get rid of your OCD because you are putting in the work that is required! I'm telling you, it is not easy but it is effective and it is permanent! One of the things that you must realize is that it is hard enough to do what you have to do without giving into a therapist's scam where they have you come back for years at a time and drag it out so that they can get as much money from your insurance as possible! I know that there are many well meaning therapists out there but the sad reality is that most of them simply don't know how to effectively help you!

This may sound weird but I don't want you to take my own word for it! Go and see for yourself. If you have to see a therapist for more than three months and you still suffer from your Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and you have been doing everything that they said then it is not working my friend! It should not take that long! I'm telling you from experience that learning how to get rid of OCD from someone who has no clue what OCD is like because they never had it themselves is like learning how to drive from someone who has never driven before! It's like going to cooking school to learn how to drive! You gotta learn to think for yourself and stop waiting for some "profession" to tell you what to do! If you want to get rid of OCD, find someone who had it and who beat it, find someone who did that which you aspire to do and copy them! I have some great information for you below to help you with your OCD, enjoy!

Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"

Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Monday, February 15, 2010

OCD Forum - Different Kinds of OCD Part One - Excessive Hand Washing

As with most forms of OCD, the action is based in logic.

Washing your hands keeps them clean.

Germs do exist in this world and some germs can kill you.

Washing your hands is a good practice for good hygiene.

Here's where the problem is...When it gets out of control.

When you are washing your hands more than normal people with good hygiene would.

Sometimes we have to say, "who cares." To our impulse to wash our hands, period.

You may have thoughts that go like this...If I don't wash my hands, I could contaminate whatever I touch, if I touch the counter, it's contaminated, now, the dishes and everything the counter is touching is contaminated.

Another line of thinking could go, as long as I wear gloves I won't get germs on me so that I won't get contaminated by this dirty world.

We have to look at this situation logically knowing that OCD impulses are based on trying to control something, trying to avoid a pain or to receive pleasure.

Everything we do is for two purposes, to avoid pain or to receive pleasure.

Even though our actions and thoughts are based on emotion, not logic, our emotions are based on some kind of logic. Becoming OCD free is correctly faulty logic, which in turn will correct our emotions, which in turn will change how we are driven and what we feel driven to do.

So let's look at the example of hand washing:

After you wash your hands thoroughly once, you do not need to do it again, and just refuse to do it. It's going to be really annoying and you might even think that you did not do it good enough the first time, then you would do it again because you washed twice and two is an unlucky number and three is, etc. etc.

Recognize that this is all just magic thinking.

You must realize that your brain is not going to stop and your OCD will always continue to morph. Even though I cover different types of OCD, getting to the root cause is the only answer.

For more instantly usable free information click: "OCD Forum"

Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Obsessive Compulsive Children - How to Help Your Child With Their OCD

Obsessive compulsive children have the hardest time because they are not as readily capable of thinking logically when they suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This is tough because sometimes they just don't have the experience and background to effectively convey how they feel or what they are thinking. One of the most important things that you can do with a child as a parent is to be patient with them. I have worked with parents of children and it's usually the parent that actually gets more frustrated because they want for their child to get better, but they are not being patient about it and this makes them uneasy. In order to expedite your child's recovery, you must be willing to go at their pace, not yours.

Working with obsessive compulsive children you'll find that sometimes they don't like to communicate the things that they are going through because they may feel embarrassed or they may not want to think about it so they will avoid even talking about it, this is OK. When they are ready they will talk about it with you. You should not try to make your child talk about it because they will then not come to you when they have a problem as readily as if you let them come to you. At the same time you must tell them that you do care and that you want to talk to them about it but only when they are ready. If you treat your children like you trust them, then they will trust you back. Children hate when their parents throw their authority as a parent around just because they can. Do you want to reiterate your control, or do you want to truly help your child?

I would like to tell you that if you make yourself available for your child, but give them their space, you will create the best environment for them to come to you with a problem. At the same time there are obsessive compulsive children who will try to talk to you about it too much, I was one of these! What you need to do in this instance is limit them by agreeing on times that you both can sit down and talk about it. Say listen, "I love you but I need you to understand that talking about it all the time makes it worse. What we need to do is agree to talk about it for a few minutes each day or every other day and that's it. Just let them talk and get it out of their system. You will need to either get a program for them or bring them to a specialist who has gotten results. Being a therapist does not mean they are qualified to help your child.

If you want results with your obsessive compulsive children, you need to find someone who has gotten the results that you are seeking and then work with them. This is the most important thing that you can do as a parent is make sure that the person that is working with your child can help them. Don't look at their degrees as much as their results. I have some great information about OCD for you below, enjoy!

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Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

OCD Program - Stop Your OCD So That You Can Live a Better Life!

When you go to use an OCD program to get rid of your OCD it may be very tough at first because now you've got to sit down and learn everything and then apply it. See to it that information overload doesn't get you and what I mean by this is that if you are studying something, study it in smaller chunks so that you can remember what you learned. Otherwise all the facts get blurred together and you cancel out what you learned in your mind.

One of the things that you can do to make sure that you have the best OCD program available is to make sure that it has a structure to it that you can follow. I would also make sure that the customer service is up to par, otherwise what will you do when you have a question? Another thing that you should think about is the cost, make sure that it isn't thousands of dollars! It does not cost thousands of dollars to get rid of OCD if you learn from the right people!

When you look at an OCD program make sure to realize that most of them will not work that well simply because it is written by people who have not actually had OCD. You also need to realize that the programs that claim to be a one size fits all cure for ocd, anxiety, phobias, etc. are not the best either because these conditions are not the same as eachother and are all approached the most effectively in a different way. Most programs I bought in the past just had a few pages on OCD. How can a couple pages realistically help people who have not had the proper paradigm shifts? The program also needs to be long enough so that you can take people through the mental changes that have to take place!

The OCD program that you decide that you want to go with should cover the following things: It should be short enough so that you'll actually start and complete it. The next thing is that it should be long enough to get you through the paradigm shifts necessary for you to actually "get" what you are supposed to be learning. The next thing is that it should be straight and to the point and not filled with fluff, filler, esentially garbage.

What may be of interest to you when you are looking at and cosidering an OCD program is the track record of this program. You want to make sure that other people have gotten great results. Don't be anyone's "guinea pig!" Make sure that you know that the author who has had OCD and beat it is the absolute best author that you could be learning from! Know that the person who is wisest is the person who learned from experience and not from a book or class!

Avoid at all costs how simple a program may claim to be, my program tells you that it will take at least a few months to have great results. I've actually had some people get rid of their OCD completely in a few months! These are people that had it for over 20 years! This is a great achievement on their part because they stuck with it and that my friend, is all it takes!

Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "OCD Program"


Derek J. Soto is an expert in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder who had it himself and beat it and now teachs others how to do the same.

http://www.ocd-gone-in-seven-days.com is where you can get your free OCD Q&A e-book where I answer your OCD questions. Derek J. Soto is an expert in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and having been an ex OCD sufferer himself, will show you how to get rid of your OCD for good.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Cure

Obsessive compulsive disorder cure is searched by those who believe that it's possible or are open to the possibility. This is something that you should be proud of, the fact that you searched for it tells me that you are someone that can actually receive the information that I can give you, so here it is. I want you to know that there are a lot of negative, limited minded people out there who refuse to even try to find a cure because they simply don't believe it's possible. I know that it's a stretch for some people, but I can tell you from personal experience that there is a cure and that I know this because I had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and beat it. I know that you may have even heard this before but was skeptical because it goes against everything that you were taught but I can assure you it is as real as the air you breathe or the computer screen that you are looking at right now.

So if there is a obsessive compulsive disorder cure, why is it not all over the media? The same reason that the cure for most anything else is not, it's money. You know as well as I do that if you put on the TV, you are going to spend almost as much time on commercials as you are on the program you are watching! This is no accident; it's all about the ad revenue from these companies that suck us in with their mesmerizing ads. Have you noticed recently that some companies started playing two commercials back to back to utilize the repetition principle? What this principle is that our brains learn by repetition, we remember something more easily if it is repeated back to back! So it's driven by money, there is simply much more money in "treatments" then there are "cures!" This makes sense to you I'm sure.

However, I am not one of those companies who could care less what happens to you so long as you give me your money, no, the obsessive compulsive disorder cure is something that you need to learn, you can't take it in pill form, you can't learn it in a few articles, there just isn't enough room in an article to train you. Plus, no matter how much reading you do about OCD, it won't help you get rid of OCD, it just doesn't work that way. There are action steps that you must take. Who do you think is a better guitarist, someone who reads about how to play guitars all day or someone who reads about how to play guitars and then goes and practices more than he reads? I think you know the answer to this!

What is it that you can do to get the obsessive compulsive disorder cure? You can learn about OCD, but not just learn how horrible it can make you feel but rather what you can do so that you can stop it. Make sure that you don't just ask what you can do to stop it, but what can you do to stop it for good? Enjoy the cutting edge OCD information I have for you below!

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Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Contamination OCD and How to Cope With It

Contamination OCD is a topic which has led many people to write books, magazine articles, and online discussion forum posts on. However, not all of those people have the firsthand experience which is truly necessary if there is intent to help sufferers of obsessive compulsive disorder. You need someone on a professional level, who can help you a step at a time through your problem, and aid you in meeting your goal of ridding your mind of unwanted thought patterns and habits for the rest of your life.

While many individuals make attempts each day to overcome the symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder, not all succeed for various reasons. One of those reasons is misinformation on the topic. Not all of it is caused on purpose, but some of the facts need to be set straight. You need to learn from someone that has already beaten all habits related to contamination OCD, so you can be completely assured that what you learn is truthful and will be able to help you along the way. This is a great way to sift through right and wrong informational sources, because if the author has not been through what he/she writes, how do you know it is completely accurate?

While partaking in an excellent method of treatment will certainly assist you in the goal of overcoming your thoughts and habits related to contamination OCD, patience is another very helpful asset. You will not be cured overnight, and as difficult as that may be, you must come to terms with it. You need to be willing to move forward a step at a time, and remain persistent in your goal, realizing that such a good thing will require time and effort. Though you may wish to charge through your treatment, your mind needs to take shorter strides!

Another excellent tool which you can utilize is focus. Find one type of treatment, and use it from start to completion. If you attempt to enroll in more than one method of assistance at once, such as counseling, visits to a practitioner's office, etc, you will only further the difficulty of your goal towards beating contamination OCD. By trying to accept multiple forms of help at once, you will not be able to reap the benefits of any, because you are forcing your mind to struggle and choose fact from fiction in several different instances, and this will cause your mind's ability to accept information properly to lessen.

Keep in mind that despite the many different types of information on the market, not all of them possess the best information available. You need to be assured that the author has personal experience so that you know you are learning real facts. Be patient, and take your treatment program one step at a time to make sure that your mind grows properly. Contamination OCD traits will be eliminated if you really want them to be, so focus on your goal and remember that winning is NOT impossible!

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Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Repetitive Thoughts

Repetitive thoughts can be a symptom generated by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, repetition is a common thing to experience when dealing with OCD, the severity of this depends on the person but even the less severe manifestations can be hard to deal with due to it's very nature. A person that suffers from OCD with this symptom experience a feeling like they are compelled to do a specific task multiple times, even if they are completely aware that they are doing so and that what they are doing isn't really doing anything for them whatsoever, even so they feel like they have to because their mind makes them feel that it needs to be done.

Repetitive thoughts as the name suggests cause a person to think thoughts repeatedly, the nature of said thoughts vary from person to person, it can be irritating naturally as one can imagine but it can become rather alarming in certain situations. If you have repetitive negative thoughts such as thoughts of violence for instance, this may naturally raise some flags in your mind. Luckily these irritating thoughts generally don't cause you to actually act on them, dwelling on them however does bring with it a fair amount of stress, especially if what you are dwelling on is offensive to you.

Repetitive thoughts as it is a part of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder can be treated with the various ways used to treat OCD, a short term solution to help you reduce and perhaps rid yourself altogether of your repeated thoughts is medication. Medication as an approach varies in efficiency from person to person, some will take to really easy and the effects will be profound, some find themselves naturally resistant to medication and may have a greater difficulty utilizing this approach than other people who are less resistant by nature.

Utilizing medication to treat your repetitive thoughts is a viable solution but it is a short term solution, attempting to use it long term is possible but that way you will be using meds for an unforeseen amount of time and your body can adjust to the drug so that it becomes inefficient after a while, in this way it is better to seek a long term solution while utilizing the short term one to keep you going in the present. Long term solutions include mental exercises as well as therapies. There are various methods that can be utilized to help you without the aid of medication.

Utilizing a natural means to treat a mental symptom will likely include you learning what you respond to and how to change the way you respond to things that you deal with, the way you view things and the way you react to a situation have a great impact on the way you will feel as a result of your actions. You may feel that if you fight your repetitive thoughts that you are going to be that much more miserable, perhaps in some cases that would be true but that would also be because of how you attempted to resist, if done right you can fight it while training yourself to resist it.

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Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Compulsive Obsessive Behavior - How to End OCD For Good!

Compulsive obsessive behavior causes a lot of heartache in millions of sufferers all around the world and I can tell you from experience that it is not as easy! You gotta understand that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a habit that can be stopped just like you can stop biting your nails or pulling your hair, etc. Forget all the fancy names that the "professionals" give these habits, when you get down to it, this is just what they are, habits! So you can either be ignorant and shake your head and say, nope, you can't cure OCD and be stuck with it for the rest of your life because of that belief or you can open your mind to the possibility that it can be cured and that there are people out there like me who have had it and real bad for several years and have beaten it!

I want you to understand that you need to realize that it is a problem that you don't have to live with for the rest of your life in order for me to be able to help you! Compulsive obsessive behavior is not a disease. If you can grasp this concept continue reading, if not, go read some propaganda written by a therapist who wants you to continue coming back to their office so that they can continue to charge your insurance ridiculous fees to talk about your childhood! Wake up! Stop being under the trance of social conditioning and think for yourself! I like people that think for themselves and challenge the status quo, these are the people that actually get things done!

Look at people like Bill Gates. He challenged the status quo and did not even finish college and he is the richest man in the world most of the time! Think about this, we have been told all our lives that in order to be successful you gotta get a degree from a college and then you can be somebody, but all the people that I know that are rich did not finish high school! I know of several marketers right now that make over 100 million a year and they never even went to college! Then the people that I know that finished college, make less than I do and I only went for two years! So challenge the status quo.

Again, I was told by a doctor that I would have OCD for the rest of my life and that I had to take Citalopram for the rest of my life to treat it! I refused to believe this and I searched for people who had OCD and got rid of it! I knew it was possible to beat compulsive obsessive behavior and guess what? I did! It really only boils down to what you believe you can do. I also used to suffer from migraines. When my neurologist told me that I would have to take migraine medications for the rest of my life, I refused to accept it! I went to a chiropractor and learned about ergonomics when I slept, now I have not had a migraine in years! So much for my smarty pants neurologist! Don't blindly take the word of "experts" however, think for yourself and you can do things that will appear as a miracle to the "sheep" or general population in this world.

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Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

OCD - Stop OCD Or it Will Stop You

Have you ever heard that OCD gets worse over time? Well it's true. The longer you let it go, the harder it is to reverse. Some people reach the point of no return. You don't want to get to that point. So what can you do to prevent that? You have to get yourself together, stop feeling sorry for yourself and take control of your destiny.

You need to stop acting like a helpless spectator in your life and actually take the driver's seat. You need to stop complaining about what is going on around you. Stop blaming people and situations for where you are in life. Followers blame, leaders take responsibility. You need to just decide that you are not going to suffer from OCD and that's that.

What are you going to do? No one is going to hold your hand and walk you to freedom from OCD. You need to get up and take some action. You did not get OCD over night and you are not going to get over it over night. Stop trying to find the magic cure or pill that's going to fix all your problems, there is none.

You need to be willing to put the work in to get rid of OCD. The reason so many people suffer with it is because they are waiting for someone to knock on their door and tell them that everything is going to be ok, that there is a miracle cure for OCD and all you gotta do is get a prescription. Sad to say it doesn't work that way, and thank God it doesn't!

I need you to look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself this question, "What am I doing?" "Why am I doing this to myself?" Then you need to slap yourself and say "Wake up!" You don't need to be punishing yourself like this over and over again, why? Exactly. Just do this and you'll see, life is greener on the OCD free side.

Now that you have motivated yourself, you need to take action. Becoming OCD free is not for the lazy. You cannot expect to get anything worth getting done without working hard at it. You are going to mess up, you are going to backslide. You need to get over it. Just like the late Aaliyah said, "dust yourself off and try again." You need to realize that you have to do this.

I am here to tell you that if I could do this, you definitely can do this! There is no question about it. You have to want it. You have to be hungry for mental freedom. Are you happy feeling self pity? Are you getting attention from people and special treatment because of your OCD. You have to realize that it's not worth it. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and make the best decision you're going to make this year!

Decide that you will no longer suffer with OCD and watch what happens. Watch how the planets align themselves to make it so. When your resolve is so strong and your actions are laser like to your goals, how can you fail? I didn't and you're not going to either!

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

CBT OCD - My Secrets Revealed

When I tell you about CBT OCD you probably already have an idea that comes to mind about what it is. Don't worry, this isn't the boring CBT OCD that you are used to. Your therapist may mean well, but they don't give you the whole picture. There can be two reasons for this, they either don't tell you the whole picture because they want you to come back so that they can make more money off of you. The second reason is that they simply don't know what the other vital parts are to getting rid of OCD. CBT OCD is a method that is used in a slightly misguided way, but don't worry, I will show you what I'm talking about below. Once you start to fit all the pieces of the puzzle together, you'll start to actually be able to get some results, and let me tell you, the results are fantastic!

CBT OCD methods can just give you false hope. I hope that you can see that you need to learn what the correct things are to say to yourself when you are trying to not give into your rituals. Of course you'll have to try to not give into your rituals, but if the person you are working with is good at this, they will give you the tools that you need to stop the anxiety that comes with not doing these rituals. They will help you change the way you think so that you do not have to use "will power" to try to quit. Think about a person trying to quit smoking. How effective do you think "will power" is at helping people quit? My program works in such a way that it actually makes it easier for you to choose non-OCD behavior instead of OCD behavior. No more suffering from the useless CBT OCD methods!

CBT OCD help can only go so far. The underlying thought processes are still there. What we must do is to help you realize that there are different ways of thinking and that the way that you "naturally" think right now is not necessarily the "best way" of thinking. You in fact can customize the way that you look at life and you can have great and powerful "paradigm shifts!" When I was first learning about CBT OCD, they never said anything about paradigm shifts. It was mostly about will power and other things that simply arn't effective. If the things taught in the psychology community were effective, then there would be a huge decline in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, not an increase! I want to help you, but you first have to drop all the non-sense that you currently believe or you will always be in the situation that you are in right now. How long do you want so suffer with OCD?

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Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Compulsive Disorder - The Details

Compulsive Disorder, this would be when you feel compelled to do things even when they don't make sense. It's in the same vein as OCD where you feel completely driven to do things, oftentimes you feel that if you don't do these things that something bad will happen or that you will go insane. Normal people often feel compelled to do things in their lives but this is that sort of drive taken to an extreme level. Normal people are driven by specific things with an understanding in their minds as to why they are driven most of the time.

For a person who suffers from a compulsive disorder, their brain compels them to act for reasons which they do not understand and that naturally makes it difficult for the person enduring this to understand the condition or to understand how to cure it. Many people wonder if they are losing their minds because they will do things and even hear things, voices in their head for instances, things that would not happen normally, if you do suffer from a compulsive disorder that scenario is not particularly uncommon so try not to jump to worse case scenarios, you likely are just dealing with one of the many OCD type symptoms.

People who deal with a compulsive disorder might feel compelled to act in strange ways, some examples of this would include: stepping around cracks in the ground, straightening out objects that appear to not be straight, keeping your area painstakingly clean, categorizing and organizing everything, to excess, pointing objects in particular directions, repeatedly looking at something to confirm in your mind that it is what you believe it to be, and other things as well. Another thing that people in this situation might deal with is hearing or saying things in your mind that you either wouldn't want to hear or wouldn't want to say.

People who hear these thoughts can encounter some rather disturbing ones depending on the case, some examples of this would be: being religious and thinking sacrilegious thoughts, thinking of hurtful things or statements toward people that you don't feel that way towards and wouldn't normally think that way towards, and others as well. Some might find themselves even imagining scenarios where they would do things that they wouldn't do towards people they wouldn't do them to, this can also happen in regard to generally unhealthy thought as well. Compulsive disorder has various effects on different people.

If you suffer from a compulsive disorder, you aren't alone, there is an incredibly large amount of people in the world that suffer from it and there are various methods that can be utilized to free yourself of it's grasp. The road to becoming free of OCD is generally a very long one and requires a lot of effort as well as patience, the rewards gained from sticking it out though rise way above the adversity if you imagine it. If you measure the difficulties of living with OCD your entire life against the adversity of fighting against it for an extended amount of time you will in all likelihood find it worth it to stand against it, especially if you are dealing with a particularly difficult form of disorder.

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Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Successfully

Treat obsessive compulsive disorder seriously if you wish to truly overcome it. You have likely checked many types of information and assistance, searching for ways to cure your mind of the undesirable habits which plague it. You may have even tried learning from a practitioner's office. However, not all practitioners have been through the same things that you have, which means they you may be better off seeking help by other means. As long as those means have accomplished what it is you seek to accomplish, you will be on your first step towards living with a clear mind!

A major contributor to why sufferers of OCD fail is because they sometimes move from one style of treatment to another, without even completing the ones before it. Not only does this prevent you from utilizing your mind to the fullest means possible, but it also means that even if there is an excellent method to treat obsessive compulsive disorder amongst the ones you partake in, you will be unable to reap any benefits because your mind is attempting to absorb too much information in too many different styles. It's very important that you focus, and refrain from using different methods at the same time.

Another very helpful trait which you can utilize is patience. I understand that you may be anxious to properly overcome and treat obsessive compulsive disorder at a quick pace, but it's important that you realize that the mind is a more delicate thing, and you must remain patient if you truly want to remove the effects of OCD from your life. You must be willing to move forward at a pace which benefits your mind, because it needs to time to utilize and accept the change which you are trying to give it.

Although this fact surprises some people, the truth is that many of our thoughts are strongly influenced by our emotions, despite how strong our sense of logic is. If you wish to treat obsessive compulsive disorder traits, it is important you understand that OCD is a problem which can feed on the influence which emotions hold over your brain and thought patterns at times. While your mind will be logically trying to tell your brain to not engage in a certain habit, sometimes OCD kicks in and circumvents that attempt. What I will be able to teach you in a later lesson is how to break the control that obsessive compulsive disorder holds over your brain, and then replace them with more beneficial thoughts.

Keep in mind that despite good intentions, not every source of help available to you will be as helpful as you want. You need to ensure that the person behind the treatment has experienced the same things you go through now, which will help put your mind at ease so you can better accept assistance. I strongly recommend that once you decide on a treatment method that you stick with it, and diligently utilize it from start to finish. If you stop halfway or keep trying different styles, you will not be able to treat obsessive compulsive disorder with any realistic results.

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Derek Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who teaches people how to overcome their OCD for good in a very short time using little known techniques which are usually ignored by the medical field altogether.

Derek Soto also mentors people on a wide range of subjects including how to control your thinking naturally, how to defeat anxiety, phobias and how to change your thought processes so that you will be happier and live a more fulfilling life, period.