You may have OCD and not even realize it!
I suffered from obsessive thoughts long before I realized that I was. I rationalized everything. We think of our thoughts as logical and normal, then after a while something happens and we realize that something is not quite right. We realize that maybe we may have a problem.
Are you constantly worrying about something that you used to not worry about?
Do you do things that don’t seem quite normal to you? Such as touching things repeatedly, saying mantras to yourself, or washing your hands constantly?
Do you do normal things that make sense but a little too much, such as: checking on your baby more than usual or more than what is necessary for good care?
Right here, OCD gets tricky because we justify what we are doing by saying to ourselves, “well, I want my baby to be safe, I am just being a cautious mother.” We soon realize that after a while, we are obsessively checking our our child and there comes a point that deep inside we know that it’s a bit strange.
Here’s how you can know:
If you feel a great sense of impending doom or a great sense that something bad is going to happen if you don’t do something, you probably have OCD.
So now that you know that you have OCD, how did you get it?
OCD is a coping mechanism, a way for your brain to deal with a situation and/or control a situation. It is a lack of trust that what you did was sufficient.
OCD develops over time and it usually feels like it ‘snuck up on you.’
Now that we know that OCD started by doing rational things, or things that seemed rational to you, then progressed into doing those rational things too many times, we can do something about it!
Take action: Now that you know how you got OCD and how to realize it, your next logical question will be, ‘well what can I do about it?’
Here’s what you do: The first step is to realize when you are doing an action too many times by using the information above. The next thing is to stop doing it so much!
When you feel the anxiety of not doing the action, know that you will not die, know that you will not harm anyone else. Think about something else. The key to not suffering from OCD anymore is to simply not think about it. I certainly could not cover everything that is required to become OCD free like I have, in this article, but this should get you started off in the right direction!
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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.
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