Obsessive thought patterns can plague anyone of us at almost anytime, unless we learn how to control our own experience. You see, most people are just along for the ride. What I mean by this is that they simply let whatever happens happens and they are just a spectator in their lives. Meanwhile leaders are not merely spectator in their lives, but they are participants and influence rs and game changers. If you want to have the life that you dream of, someone is not going to come over to your house and just hand it to you, you must work for it. If you want to become OCD free, you must work for it, period.
When it comes to obsessive thought I must tell you that you are causing your own Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and I know that that is not very encouraging, but at the same time it is because if you have control over it, that means you can do something about it, don't you agree? So what is it then that we can do about OCD so that it is not a problem for you anymore and so that you will never ever have to suffer from it again? We must believe that it is possible. Then what we must do is act on this belief. Do your research on this belief. Your belief about OCD will determine the kind of help that you look for. You will after all find what you are looking for, but you must first ask yourself if you are looking for the right thing. Are you looking for treatments or are you looking for cures?
When I think about my clients and their obsessive thought patterns, I can assure you that these thoughts greatly hinder their positive experiences in their lives and in the lives of the people around them. You see, it's not easy for anyone to live with someone who has OCD, even if they have it themselves! So you must know that not giving into a ritual will not kill you. Did you know that? Do you honestly believe that? Do you act on this belief or do you act on a different belief? Do you do things just to get "piece of mind" even though you know that you are giving into your Obsessive Compulsive Disorder like a puppet? It's all determined by how you interpret the thoughts that you have.
Most people that I work with and mentor with greatly disturbed by the obsessive thought patterns that they have. Not much encourages them, that is until they find out that they can do something about it and when I tell them all the things that they can do about it and explain these things to them one by one and then let them practice them over time until they are ready for more things, they start to see a different life that is possible for them and for their family. I want to help you get rid of your OCD too, but you must understand that it is not a pill or a type of therapy or surgery or anything weird that will cure you of your OCD. No, instead, it will be from your hard work and dedication and no it does not have anything to do with "willpower" or "just don't give in" bs that simply does not work. I have some great free information for you below, enjoy!
Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "obsessive thought"
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, August 17, 2009
Compulsive Thoughts - How Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is Killing You
Compulsive thoughts, when it comes to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, are really a bigger enemy than they might appear to be at first. See, how OCD starts is by little quirky actions such as Robert in the show Everybody Loves Raymond, where he touches his utensil to his chin before he takes a bite of the food on it. These types of things can easily turn into Obsessive Compulsive Disorder if this person goes through something that is very distressing for them.
You gotta understand that the compulsive thoughts can and will destroy your quality of life if you continue to indulge them. Just the same that that you indulge yourself and eat ice cream every time you feel like it is bad for you, so is giving into these quirky thoughts whenever you have them! Anything in excess in nature is bad, we have seen this when we have rain, it's good, but when there is too much, there is flooding and damage! When we have dryness it's good because it balances out the rain, but when there is too much, our crops die and fires start up and other disasters.
The same principle takes place in our brains when it comes to our compulsive thoughts. You must not give in each and every time. If you truly want to be free from these thoughts, you must be willing to not give in to them. It's odd, but when it comes to OCD, you feel like you need to control something, whether it be your exposure to germs or if you will get that job or not. So you will do rituals to try to control or influence the outcome or prevent something bad from happening. These rituals do not affect the outcome directly, but rather, they affect the way that you think about things which will change the way that you react to things, which will change things that will affect the outcome.
I know that this seems like a lot of information here, but you can see these things in real life. For example, lets say that you have compulsive thoughts about landing a job. So you have a thought that you must touch the car door handle three times when you enter and when you exit or something will happen where you will be rejected. So you touch the car handle this many times. Then you get the job, you may wrongly think that this action influenced your good fortune. However, if you had not touched the handle and got the job, what would you think then?
Most people with compulsive thoughts rarely test this out out of fear. I challenge you to not give in and see the results, otherwise, how else will you know? You see, compulsive thoughts will really ruin your life by making you do all these necessary things that you will feel like you need to hide and this also will make yo feel insecure and miserable inside, which will ruin your quality of life, which will ruin your mood, which will take away your joy, which can cause health problems, which will kill you. In this way, it really is a life or death decision, when you give into OCD, you are starting a chain of events that leads to a miserable life and a quicker death as opposed to the alternative, a happy and longer life by not giving into rituals, which do you choose? Below I have information that will help you learn how to choose the second option with success without using "willpower" which doesn't work!
Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "compulsive 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.
You gotta understand that the compulsive thoughts can and will destroy your quality of life if you continue to indulge them. Just the same that that you indulge yourself and eat ice cream every time you feel like it is bad for you, so is giving into these quirky thoughts whenever you have them! Anything in excess in nature is bad, we have seen this when we have rain, it's good, but when there is too much, there is flooding and damage! When we have dryness it's good because it balances out the rain, but when there is too much, our crops die and fires start up and other disasters.
The same principle takes place in our brains when it comes to our compulsive thoughts. You must not give in each and every time. If you truly want to be free from these thoughts, you must be willing to not give in to them. It's odd, but when it comes to OCD, you feel like you need to control something, whether it be your exposure to germs or if you will get that job or not. So you will do rituals to try to control or influence the outcome or prevent something bad from happening. These rituals do not affect the outcome directly, but rather, they affect the way that you think about things which will change the way that you react to things, which will change things that will affect the outcome.
I know that this seems like a lot of information here, but you can see these things in real life. For example, lets say that you have compulsive thoughts about landing a job. So you have a thought that you must touch the car door handle three times when you enter and when you exit or something will happen where you will be rejected. So you touch the car handle this many times. Then you get the job, you may wrongly think that this action influenced your good fortune. However, if you had not touched the handle and got the job, what would you think then?
Most people with compulsive thoughts rarely test this out out of fear. I challenge you to not give in and see the results, otherwise, how else will you know? You see, compulsive thoughts will really ruin your life by making you do all these necessary things that you will feel like you need to hide and this also will make yo feel insecure and miserable inside, which will ruin your quality of life, which will ruin your mood, which will take away your joy, which can cause health problems, which will kill you. In this way, it really is a life or death decision, when you give into OCD, you are starting a chain of events that leads to a miserable life and a quicker death as opposed to the alternative, a happy and longer life by not giving into rituals, which do you choose? Below I have information that will help you learn how to choose the second option with success without using "willpower" which doesn't work!
Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "compulsive 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.
Compulsive Obsessive Disorders - Obey This One Rule to Stop OCD For Good!
Compulsive obsessive disorders can be catastrophic to your way of life. When we look at the things that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder can do to your life and to the lives of the loved ones around you, you'll start to see that this needs to be fixed. You can truly see that there is a problem there but when you really think about it, it is completely silly that millions of people suffer with this useless malady. You see, OCD is just a habit and there are a lot of results which support this view. The facts speak loudly for themselves. I have been helping people with OCD for several years and I can tell you from experience that the fact that OCD is just a habit has been proven to me over and over again.
So what is it that makes compulsive obsessive disorders such a monster? Why are people having such a hard time getting rid of OCD? It's simple. In their current perception of reality, the pain of not giving into a ritual far outweights the pain of giving into a ritual. Your brain will naturally choose the lesser of two pains each and every time without fail! It would only choose the more painful option if it perceived that there would be some type of great pleasure at the end of it! Do you see the power of this? Our beliefs will even lead us to do something painful if we believe there is a sufficient enough reward at the end. That is why most Americans actually go to work in the first place!
So how can you apply this principle into your compulsive obsessive disorders? You've got to understand that you have to change your interpretation of the data around you in your world so that you perceive that there will be more pain if you give into a ritual than if you don't. It is really that simple. If you can achieve this, then you will have no problem finding something to replace your OCD habit with. I find that it is helpful for my clients to have a hobby or something that they love to do to replace their OCD habit just like smokers can sometimes find that gum can be a healthy alternative to their cigarettes.
I want you to understand that "willpower" is useless! That is why so many diets simply don't work! They rely on the fact that you need to use willpower to stick to it. Willpower is useless! So what can we do then knowing that willpower will fail us almost every time? We can change the way that we perceive the data around us, the way we interpret it. We have control to do this and here is an example: A guy bumps into you in the subway and you fall and spill your contents. You go home and complain about this jerk. Then you find out in the news that he was being chased by someone trying to kill him and his family. Now in your mind he is no longer so much of a jerk is he! See, interpretation of the data. To learn how to use this to change how you feel about OCD naturally instead of trying to force it with willpower which never works, read below!
Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "compulsive obsessive disorders"
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.
So what is it that makes compulsive obsessive disorders such a monster? Why are people having such a hard time getting rid of OCD? It's simple. In their current perception of reality, the pain of not giving into a ritual far outweights the pain of giving into a ritual. Your brain will naturally choose the lesser of two pains each and every time without fail! It would only choose the more painful option if it perceived that there would be some type of great pleasure at the end of it! Do you see the power of this? Our beliefs will even lead us to do something painful if we believe there is a sufficient enough reward at the end. That is why most Americans actually go to work in the first place!
So how can you apply this principle into your compulsive obsessive disorders? You've got to understand that you have to change your interpretation of the data around you in your world so that you perceive that there will be more pain if you give into a ritual than if you don't. It is really that simple. If you can achieve this, then you will have no problem finding something to replace your OCD habit with. I find that it is helpful for my clients to have a hobby or something that they love to do to replace their OCD habit just like smokers can sometimes find that gum can be a healthy alternative to their cigarettes.
I want you to understand that "willpower" is useless! That is why so many diets simply don't work! They rely on the fact that you need to use willpower to stick to it. Willpower is useless! So what can we do then knowing that willpower will fail us almost every time? We can change the way that we perceive the data around us, the way we interpret it. We have control to do this and here is an example: A guy bumps into you in the subway and you fall and spill your contents. You go home and complain about this jerk. Then you find out in the news that he was being chased by someone trying to kill him and his family. Now in your mind he is no longer so much of a jerk is he! See, interpretation of the data. To learn how to use this to change how you feel about OCD naturally instead of trying to force it with willpower which never works, read below!
Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "compulsive obsessive disorders"
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, July 8, 2009
About OCD - What You Need To Know About Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
What I would like to really impress upon you when it comes to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is that it is a habit and nothing more! You need to understand that the use of medications is a mask to the actual problem. What you should understand about OCD is that even though it is like pure hell, there is an answer that does not involve medication and this answer is permanent!
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder can hide in people for many years before the person even knows that they have it. They usually think that something is wrong with them first but they don't know what it is and then that is when they start to do research online like you are right now and try to find out what is wrong with them. Let me tell you about OCD. There is nothing wrong with you and there is nothing wrong with your brain. A lot of people seem to think that there is something wrong with yoru brain if you have OCD because that is the only way that they know how to describe what's going on.
I can understand that when an "expert" tells you about OCD, they will show your brain scans of where blood flow is going when a person has certain thoughts. But these tests are really irrelevant. As everyone's OCD is different. We are all like snow flakes, there are no two alike. Some poeple would be petrefied to touch a door knob, while you may suffer with walking on cracks and could care less about a door knob or touching one for that matter! If we scanned your brain, we would show that the the fear center in the brain of the person who has a problem touching door knobs would not show fear when exposed to someone else's fear of walking on cracks. Many people fear that if they hear other people's maladies that they will take on those fears, but it does not work that way. One thing you should know about OCD is that it lies to you.
What you should definitely know about OCD is that it is called the doubting disease. You will probably doubt everything you read in this article. You will doubt things that a doctor tells you and think to yourself, "my situation is different!" No, you are not that special. You are not anymore special than any of the other millions of people who suffer from OCD. About your OCD, you are unique but your situation is not a special case, it is an OCD case, which is a habit, which can be stopped.
What would be really great for you to know about OCD is that you can actually stop it if you simply change the habits that you have associated with it. I felt that if I pointed my shoes in a certain direction that it would help prevent bad situations with my girlfriend, in reality, there is no way that would make any sense and so someone that sees my struggle with this who suffers with OCD would still laugh at me, while the thing that they struggled with I would laugh at. Think about this, someone that does not have OCD would laugh at both of us at that time! I now look back, remembering how I had OCD and how silly it was, I simply laugh at the silly things I did to try to prevent real things from happening with immaginary thinking! Once you learn how to see the difference between what is real and what is imagined, then you will be free from OCD for life, period.
So we can see that now that I could care less where my shoes are pointed, I also have eliminated that fear from my life so now if you took a scan of my brain, when I take my shoes off, you would see that the fear centers of the brain are no longer activated! Guess what, I took no medication to get rid of my OCD! One thing that you should know about OCD is that it is easier to get rid of than you think, but it's very tedious. I know that is not what you want to hear. You can either continue to believe the lies of the drug companies that tell you about OCD and that thier drugs cure you. Think about this, if the drugs cured you, why do you have to keep taking the drugs for the rest of your life in ever increasing doses?
So when we look at these pills, the only way that I would consider them a cure is if you took it once just like antibiotics and then OCD was gone. Just like if you take a course of pencillin, then the cold or whatever you had is gone forever. Even then it can come back. Not so with the techniques that I have discovered and thousands of others have discovered that if you learn these skills, OCD can never come back because you know the truth and you have conditioned your brain to know that there is no real danger therefore there is no fear. I would love to teach these skills to you, they are secrets of the mind that will make you look at your world in a whole new way. Seriously.
Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "About 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.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder can hide in people for many years before the person even knows that they have it. They usually think that something is wrong with them first but they don't know what it is and then that is when they start to do research online like you are right now and try to find out what is wrong with them. Let me tell you about OCD. There is nothing wrong with you and there is nothing wrong with your brain. A lot of people seem to think that there is something wrong with yoru brain if you have OCD because that is the only way that they know how to describe what's going on.
I can understand that when an "expert" tells you about OCD, they will show your brain scans of where blood flow is going when a person has certain thoughts. But these tests are really irrelevant. As everyone's OCD is different. We are all like snow flakes, there are no two alike. Some poeple would be petrefied to touch a door knob, while you may suffer with walking on cracks and could care less about a door knob or touching one for that matter! If we scanned your brain, we would show that the the fear center in the brain of the person who has a problem touching door knobs would not show fear when exposed to someone else's fear of walking on cracks. Many people fear that if they hear other people's maladies that they will take on those fears, but it does not work that way. One thing you should know about OCD is that it lies to you.
What you should definitely know about OCD is that it is called the doubting disease. You will probably doubt everything you read in this article. You will doubt things that a doctor tells you and think to yourself, "my situation is different!" No, you are not that special. You are not anymore special than any of the other millions of people who suffer from OCD. About your OCD, you are unique but your situation is not a special case, it is an OCD case, which is a habit, which can be stopped.
What would be really great for you to know about OCD is that you can actually stop it if you simply change the habits that you have associated with it. I felt that if I pointed my shoes in a certain direction that it would help prevent bad situations with my girlfriend, in reality, there is no way that would make any sense and so someone that sees my struggle with this who suffers with OCD would still laugh at me, while the thing that they struggled with I would laugh at. Think about this, someone that does not have OCD would laugh at both of us at that time! I now look back, remembering how I had OCD and how silly it was, I simply laugh at the silly things I did to try to prevent real things from happening with immaginary thinking! Once you learn how to see the difference between what is real and what is imagined, then you will be free from OCD for life, period.
So we can see that now that I could care less where my shoes are pointed, I also have eliminated that fear from my life so now if you took a scan of my brain, when I take my shoes off, you would see that the fear centers of the brain are no longer activated! Guess what, I took no medication to get rid of my OCD! One thing that you should know about OCD is that it is easier to get rid of than you think, but it's very tedious. I know that is not what you want to hear. You can either continue to believe the lies of the drug companies that tell you about OCD and that thier drugs cure you. Think about this, if the drugs cured you, why do you have to keep taking the drugs for the rest of your life in ever increasing doses?
So when we look at these pills, the only way that I would consider them a cure is if you took it once just like antibiotics and then OCD was gone. Just like if you take a course of pencillin, then the cold or whatever you had is gone forever. Even then it can come back. Not so with the techniques that I have discovered and thousands of others have discovered that if you learn these skills, OCD can never come back because you know the truth and you have conditioned your brain to know that there is no real danger therefore there is no fear. I would love to teach these skills to you, they are secrets of the mind that will make you look at your world in a whole new way. Seriously.
Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "About 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.
Friday, July 3, 2009
OCD in children - How To Help A Child With OCD
OCD in children - How To Help A Child With OCD
OCD in children is tough for both the child and for the parents. If you are a parent trying to help your child with OCD, there are many options that you can take. Being well informed will help you to make the best decision. One of the things that you can do right now is to ask your child what they are afraid will happen if they don't give into their rituals.
This of course is dependant on the fact that you know what your child's ritual is. You see, it's important to be able to recognize when your child is performing a ritual, that way you know what to talk about when you talk to your child about OCD. It's also best to not talk about it all the time. It's good for you and your child to both decide on a time a few times a week when it's ok to talk about it. Of course you want to tell your child that they can tell you when something is especially difficult, but if not, it should wait until the agreed upon time.
You see, this uses some psychological tools. If you keep trying to talk to your child about his or her OCD, they will not want to talk about it and will close off to you. However, if when they want to talk about it, you ask them if it can wait until the scheduled time, this will at first discourage them, but then when they have the chance to talk about it, they'll be way more open to opening up to you. You must remember that as a parent, you must let the child know that they have just as much say about their OCD as you do and that you are to work together to stop it.
OCD in children is tough especially when it gets really bad and sometimes when it gets rough, you may consider using a medication as an emergency kit. Just as you would not be able to focus on an OCD eliminating program when your OCD is through the roof, the same for a child. Sometimes it's best to get them on some medication and then have them on for a few months before weaning them off. Only you and your doctor can decide what is right for him or her medically, but in my opinion, I feel the most effective treatment for OCD is to use medication for a few months, while teaching the client how to handle and dispell it without medication.
Then, to wean the client off the medication, and the situation will not get back to where it was and for peace of mind, you can always put them back on the medication if it gets unbearable. However keep in mind that the more time that is spent not giving into a ritual when it's really hard not to, the more powerful the person will become over their OCD. OCD in children is not easy, but with the right guidance and structure, your child should see a marked inprovement within only a few short months. The things that your child will learn will be with them for the rest of their lives, making it harder for OCD to come back into their life, therefore making the healing from OCD permanent!
Click here to stop OCD in your child >>> OCD in children
OCD in children is tough for both the child and for the parents. If you are a parent trying to help your child with OCD, there are many options that you can take. Being well informed will help you to make the best decision. One of the things that you can do right now is to ask your child what they are afraid will happen if they don't give into their rituals.
This of course is dependant on the fact that you know what your child's ritual is. You see, it's important to be able to recognize when your child is performing a ritual, that way you know what to talk about when you talk to your child about OCD. It's also best to not talk about it all the time. It's good for you and your child to both decide on a time a few times a week when it's ok to talk about it. Of course you want to tell your child that they can tell you when something is especially difficult, but if not, it should wait until the agreed upon time.
You see, this uses some psychological tools. If you keep trying to talk to your child about his or her OCD, they will not want to talk about it and will close off to you. However, if when they want to talk about it, you ask them if it can wait until the scheduled time, this will at first discourage them, but then when they have the chance to talk about it, they'll be way more open to opening up to you. You must remember that as a parent, you must let the child know that they have just as much say about their OCD as you do and that you are to work together to stop it.
OCD in children is tough especially when it gets really bad and sometimes when it gets rough, you may consider using a medication as an emergency kit. Just as you would not be able to focus on an OCD eliminating program when your OCD is through the roof, the same for a child. Sometimes it's best to get them on some medication and then have them on for a few months before weaning them off. Only you and your doctor can decide what is right for him or her medically, but in my opinion, I feel the most effective treatment for OCD is to use medication for a few months, while teaching the client how to handle and dispell it without medication.
Then, to wean the client off the medication, and the situation will not get back to where it was and for peace of mind, you can always put them back on the medication if it gets unbearable. However keep in mind that the more time that is spent not giving into a ritual when it's really hard not to, the more powerful the person will become over their OCD. OCD in children is not easy, but with the right guidance and structure, your child should see a marked inprovement within only a few short months. The things that your child will learn will be with them for the rest of their lives, making it harder for OCD to come back into their life, therefore making the healing from OCD permanent!
Click here to stop OCD in your child >>> OCD in children
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Treatment For OCD - Popular OCD Advice and Why it Sucks For You
So what are some of the most popular pieces of advice that people are given when it comes to OCD?
I'll tell you right here and right now that most of the "advice" that is going around about OCD is absolutely stupid. Really. Here are some of the things that I have heard that I just could not believe as I shook my head in disappointment. The first one, Just think about something else. Lol. How do you apply this?
Have you noticed that most advice that is given is watered down generic pieces of advice? Have you noticed that people regurgitate the little nuggets of perceived wisdom that they have heard and they actually have no idea what they are talking about. Seriously. I have to apologize for their mistakes, as they have lead you astray and have given you essentially useless information.
What about another one: "You just gotta fight it." Wow, how do we apply this? Now before I go ahead and give you some good OCD tips or what not I think that you should first see how the existing common knowledge is so wrong. So let's look at this for a second, how do you fight your OCD thoughts? Do you focus on not having OCD thoughts? Here is the truth, the thoughts that you focus on become stronger and the thoughts that you do not focus on become weaker, it's simply how the brain works.
What about this ignorant line, "I am going to focus on getting rid of my OCD before I actually move on with my life." Whatever you focus on will become stronger. Absolutely do not focus on your OCD. Period. What do you think is going to happen if you sit there and focus on OCD, it's just going to get stronger. Now I can hear people saying, "Well, I gotta do something about it!" Yes you do, but focusing on it is not one of those things.
What about when people say, "I'm just going to go to a therapist and they'll heal me." Wow, don't tell me you're that simple. Seriously, I cannot count how many people have come to me for help with their OCD because their therapist, psychologist or any other fancy sounding profession could not help them.
Let's go ahead real quick and cover why the "professionals" will probably not be able to help you. They focus on OCD! They then string you along talking about your traumatic childhood. That is a good scam, as they can keep you there for years without real results. Now there are therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists that can help and are very good at what they do, but they are not as common as you think. So do your due diligence if you decide to go that route and find out what their results were for their clients and how long it took them to get those results. Results are all that matter, period.
Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "treatment for OCD"
I'll tell you right here and right now that most of the "advice" that is going around about OCD is absolutely stupid. Really. Here are some of the things that I have heard that I just could not believe as I shook my head in disappointment. The first one, Just think about something else. Lol. How do you apply this?
Have you noticed that most advice that is given is watered down generic pieces of advice? Have you noticed that people regurgitate the little nuggets of perceived wisdom that they have heard and they actually have no idea what they are talking about. Seriously. I have to apologize for their mistakes, as they have lead you astray and have given you essentially useless information.
What about another one: "You just gotta fight it." Wow, how do we apply this? Now before I go ahead and give you some good OCD tips or what not I think that you should first see how the existing common knowledge is so wrong. So let's look at this for a second, how do you fight your OCD thoughts? Do you focus on not having OCD thoughts? Here is the truth, the thoughts that you focus on become stronger and the thoughts that you do not focus on become weaker, it's simply how the brain works.
What about this ignorant line, "I am going to focus on getting rid of my OCD before I actually move on with my life." Whatever you focus on will become stronger. Absolutely do not focus on your OCD. Period. What do you think is going to happen if you sit there and focus on OCD, it's just going to get stronger. Now I can hear people saying, "Well, I gotta do something about it!" Yes you do, but focusing on it is not one of those things.
What about when people say, "I'm just going to go to a therapist and they'll heal me." Wow, don't tell me you're that simple. Seriously, I cannot count how many people have come to me for help with their OCD because their therapist, psychologist or any other fancy sounding profession could not help them.
Let's go ahead real quick and cover why the "professionals" will probably not be able to help you. They focus on OCD! They then string you along talking about your traumatic childhood. That is a good scam, as they can keep you there for years without real results. Now there are therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists that can help and are very good at what they do, but they are not as common as you think. So do your due diligence if you decide to go that route and find out what their results were for their clients and how long it took them to get those results. Results are all that matter, period.
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Treatment For OCD - Enough is Enough With This Obsessive Compulsive Disorder!
Treatment For OCD - Enough is Enough With This OCD!
If you are like me, you are probably to the point where you gotta scream, "Enough is enough with this OCD!" As you can see, someone who has OCD or someone that has had it like me, understand these feelings. It's really hard to describe the kind of hell that OCD is even if you have it.
I just had to think, wow, Only when I started saying "enough is enough" did I actually started to see my OCD get smaller and smaller. I started to see that the treatment for OCD was actually deciding that you are done with it. When you get to the point where you just don't care anymore, that's when you start to see changes.
What people everywhere who suffer with OCD need to understand that OCD cannot be cured by reading a few articles. You don't know how important the understanding of this is. If that were the case, then why is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder becoming more and more of a problem? It's because there is a certain set of behaviors that you have to repeat on a daily basis in order to become free of it.
These steps are not just tiny little sentences in a sealed envelope somewhere as if it's the formula for nuclear fission or something. No, instead these steps must be matched with the specific person's own experience of the world. Most people think that when they learn a technique or trick that that is the cure. This is just not true.
The treatment for OCD is relearning how to react to your thoughts in a different way. This is a process and takes time. Don't expect that you are going to be able to just learn something and then be able to start out like a champ. All of us are green when we are new to something. Don't buy an OCD program and think for a second that it will be easy.
I really want you guys to understand this. There really is no magic pill! There is no magic formula! There are no big deep dark techniques that only a rocket scientist could understand. No, instead it's about learning basic principles and applying these basic principles in a repetitive and systematic fashion.
Back to the point that I was making earlier is that if you are content where you are and are not mad enough at your OCD, then how can you get rid of it? You have to feel a very strong need and motivation to get rid of OCD. If you are comfortable with it and are not bothered by it, then you need to make yourself motivated.
Think about the things that you could lose by not getting rid of your OCD. The treatment for OCD can be augmented by stirring a little bit of "fear of loss" into the mix. You see, the higher we can get your motivation to be, the quicker you will get over your OCD because you will become more desperate and will have the motivation to do what it takes no matter how you feel.
You always notice that those who are better at following directions and are doers actually get things done and are some of the most productive people in the world. When our desire and motivation is not high enough, we will look at a program someone made and have this inspector kind of mindset where we start looking for all the reasons why this program is not complete.
We have to put our pride away and become more strict with ourselves. We'll baby ourselves and try to wean off OCD ourselves. When you stop playing around and actually look at this as a life or death matter, that is when you'll start to see results.
Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "treatment for OCD"
If you are like me, you are probably to the point where you gotta scream, "Enough is enough with this OCD!" As you can see, someone who has OCD or someone that has had it like me, understand these feelings. It's really hard to describe the kind of hell that OCD is even if you have it.
I just had to think, wow, Only when I started saying "enough is enough" did I actually started to see my OCD get smaller and smaller. I started to see that the treatment for OCD was actually deciding that you are done with it. When you get to the point where you just don't care anymore, that's when you start to see changes.
What people everywhere who suffer with OCD need to understand that OCD cannot be cured by reading a few articles. You don't know how important the understanding of this is. If that were the case, then why is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder becoming more and more of a problem? It's because there is a certain set of behaviors that you have to repeat on a daily basis in order to become free of it.
These steps are not just tiny little sentences in a sealed envelope somewhere as if it's the formula for nuclear fission or something. No, instead these steps must be matched with the specific person's own experience of the world. Most people think that when they learn a technique or trick that that is the cure. This is just not true.
The treatment for OCD is relearning how to react to your thoughts in a different way. This is a process and takes time. Don't expect that you are going to be able to just learn something and then be able to start out like a champ. All of us are green when we are new to something. Don't buy an OCD program and think for a second that it will be easy.
I really want you guys to understand this. There really is no magic pill! There is no magic formula! There are no big deep dark techniques that only a rocket scientist could understand. No, instead it's about learning basic principles and applying these basic principles in a repetitive and systematic fashion.
Back to the point that I was making earlier is that if you are content where you are and are not mad enough at your OCD, then how can you get rid of it? You have to feel a very strong need and motivation to get rid of OCD. If you are comfortable with it and are not bothered by it, then you need to make yourself motivated.
Think about the things that you could lose by not getting rid of your OCD. The treatment for OCD can be augmented by stirring a little bit of "fear of loss" into the mix. You see, the higher we can get your motivation to be, the quicker you will get over your OCD because you will become more desperate and will have the motivation to do what it takes no matter how you feel.
You always notice that those who are better at following directions and are doers actually get things done and are some of the most productive people in the world. When our desire and motivation is not high enough, we will look at a program someone made and have this inspector kind of mindset where we start looking for all the reasons why this program is not complete.
We have to put our pride away and become more strict with ourselves. We'll baby ourselves and try to wean off OCD ourselves. When you stop playing around and actually look at this as a life or death matter, that is when you'll start to see results.
Click here to get my OCD e-book for free: "treatment for OCD"
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