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OCD and Anxiety Problems It's not nice struggling with obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours; the apprehension, anxiousness and feelings of having no control can make them seem too powerful to deal with ... but it doesn't have to be like this. There is a new way to understand what is really happening with these problems, and why we get them. A unique insight we can use to cure the underlying cause of obsessions and compulsions and stop them completely and permanently. A way to become truly free from OCD. The wrong way? Current explanations of the cause and cure of problems involving such things as: extreme nervouseness, high anxiety and panic; obsessive thinking and compulsive behaviour; phobias and depression have failed millions of people looking to understand and overcome these problems. Beliefs about illness / medical / genetic causes, and treatments based upon these beliefs have helped very few people to really cure them. Yet when we look closely at these problems, we can see that they are not:- • Diseases • Mental illness • Due to chemical imbalance • Caused by our genes Indeed, these problems are not even 'disorders' (our mind and body are totally ordered in what they are trying to do) and they most certainly aren't irrational - they exist for the most rational reason there will ever be. We can spend a lifetime looking for the right cure for our 'illness' - if only we can find the right pill or method. Unfortunately, in doing this, we are looking at these problems in totally the wrong way. The real cause... When we look at the backgrounds of large numbers of people with OCD, they are often strikingly similar in many ways. Negative life experiences and subsequent feelings involving self worth and insecurity occur across the board with such regularity and are so similar that it is hard to see how they cannot possibly play a major role in these problems. Far from being an illness, something strange that has happened to us, or something that is wrong with us, we can see exactly how we become so obsessive and compulsive. It follows a predictable psychological progression based on our life experiences and learning, and we can map out exactly what happens to cause it. The events in our lives and the effect they had on us; how they conspire to bring us these problems. How experiences, thoughts and feelings interplay with deep-seated survival instincts to form anxiety-related problems. The potential to develop anxiety problems lies within us all, it is a part of human nature, and it only takes the right (or 'wrong') set of experiences to bring them out. ***** Let's look more closely at OCD. OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder): OCD is classified as an anxiety disorder; it involves the constant performing of routines or rituals (known as compulsions - eg. hand washing, ordering, reciting) to relieve the anxiety caused by recurring thoughts (known as obsessions - eg. fear of being contaminated, contaminating or harming others) along with anxiety symptoms, panic and depression. We are driven to the compulsive behaviour to allay the anxiety associated with the obsessive thoughts. |
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| . | Anxiety: Anxiety is a protection mechanism that has evolved over millions of years; it serves to warn us that we are about to be hurt and to prepare us for action. It does this in 2 main ways:- 1. Our thoughts: We think about potential situations before we get to them - the greatest form of protection is not to get into the situation in the first place. This is something seen in many anxiety-related problems, where we will often avoid situations that make us feel afraid. 2. Our Body: Prepares us for action: the fight-or-flight response. We are charged with energy ready to fight or flee. This response is responsible for all the physical symptoms of anxiety that we experience. . |
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The obsessions in OCD are associated to that first action of anxiety - the thinking about potential dangers. Obsessive thoughts aren't random, they are all based on a common theme: our self-worth and security (or that of loved ones):- - we are bad, or 'not good enough' - or we are doing something bad - that something may happen to us (or a loved one) - or that something bad may happen because of us. All based on self-doubt about our worth and security. Compulsions too, come from learning and the natural way our mind and body works in certain circumstances. Many compulsive behaviours are linked to the obsessive thoughts, for example - obsessions about contamination lead to compulsive behaviours involving cleaning. Here, the compulsive behaviour eases some of the anxiety surrounding the thoughts, it gives us a sense of control, a sense of 'doing something to prevent' what might happen (the thing we are obsessed about). And note, there is a good reason why many obsessions and compulsions involve cleanliness. Cleanliness lies deep within the human psyche and it's not surprising that many attempts to regain order and control involve being clean. Other compulsive behaviours: rituals and reciting, ordering and checking, reflect how our minds work - how we try and get control over something that seems uncontrollable. In reality, obsessive and compulsive problems are not illness or genetically programmed, they are not due to an imbalance of certain chemicals in our brain - they develop for one reason ... to protect us. It is the reason our inner-self feels we need this protection; the reason anxiety comes to us so quickly and so strongly we need to understand to truly cure obsessive compulsive disorder. When we understand this reason, we can cure these problems at their very core and become truly free. >> MORE
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