OCD Thoughts

this may sound a bit wacky (like I care)

but a technique I was shown was to pat your shoulder and slowly work your way down your arm , your brain cannot do anything other than switch its attention if you like to what your doing , the ocd thought then trails off , at first you may do this for a while because of course you will be hanging onto that thought , but keep at it and eventually it works. :D


also in cognitive therapy you would be tought how to do the opposite of distraction and actually say the thought out loud , even if it scares the crap out of you ( I was unable to say things out loud for fear that would make it come true) but you have to say it out loud , repeatedly , and eventually it loses its power , again you have to stick with this.


someone wrote a thread the other day on here , he called you all homo's , so although he didn't tie pretty flowers around his message , he had a point ..less talking and more action is the only cure for all of this crap that some of us have on a daily basis, avoiding it , medding your self to the eyeballs etc ect will never chase away ocd , but desensitization will.
 

christinecanada

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believe it or not, but exposure works the best. Think about it, and set aside some time to think about it more. Its the pink elephant in the room technique. Lots of therapy groups use this method. It works for me, but admit, it's annoying
 
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