Tamma Ford – Freedom from Compulsive Behaviors

TAMMA FORD – FREEDOM FROM COMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS

It’s controlling anxiety.

The mind can become enslaved in the effort to control anxiety and emotional pain. They don’t let go without a fight because they seem to be controlling anxiety once the obsessive compulsions take hold.

If I carry out the ritual, maybe my anxiety and emotional pain will leave me alone. The process of living a normal life can be taken over by obsessive compulsive patterns, leaving sufferers unable to think about anything other than the ritualistic agenda.

People with obsessive preoccupations feel like they have no choice but to comply with their demands. It seems that Obsessive Compulsive thoughts and activities bring comfort first. Something terrible can be averted if I do this.

The more you do, the more you have to do. Fifty hand washes turn into seventy and so on.

While obsessions and compulsions are connected, they are not the same thing. Occasionally, many of us are obsessed. The extent to which we can relax about our obsessive imaginings and witness the process objectively determines the likelihood that we won’t end up with obsessive thoughts.

There are common obsessive thoughts.

The focus should be on orderliness and symmetry, as well as dirt and germs.

There are common obsessive actions.

Repeated hand washing or bathing, Arranging the surroundings in a specific way, repeating certain words or phrases, andContinually checking things, such as that doors are locked.

Why do people develop obsessive-compulsive disorders?

It is important to consider the needs of the person. Some people don’t like their usual state of mind. During times of obsessive ritual, some people report feeling disassociated from difficult feelings. We escape from our usual worries when we enter a trance.

A vital human emotional need is to feel in control of our lives. If I do this, then that will or won’t happen! Disasters can be avoided. It can be controlled. The obsessive compulsions control the person who has them.

When people are in the throes of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, their whole life can start to focus on their crazy agenda.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is healing.

Find the underlying need.

2. Stop and think about what is happening to you.

3. Do you know what the OCD is trying to do for you?

4. Listen to what it is trying to do for you.

5. Write down the three ways you could feel more in control of your life outside of the OCD.

6. What arguments do you use to convince you to waste time?

7. What are the techniques it uses?

There are 8. It seems to promise you something.

There are 9. What lies do it tell you?

It’s important to separate your condition from your identity. Externalization supports detached observation skills.