The first truth: A lot of professionals will tell you that OCD cannot be cured. Nothing could be further from the truth. If you really want to learn the secrets of becoming OCD free you have to open up your mind to the fact that it’s possible.
The second truth: I know it’s possible because I’ve done it myself. I guarantee that if you are not becoming OCD free right now, you don’t have enough information, and that is your only problem.
The third truth: In fact the truth about OCD is it takes work to become OCD free. It took OCD awhile to develop in your life and you can’t get rid of it overnight. Don’t become prey to programs that tell you that you can become OCD free instantly or within an hour. You can however, get rid of it quickly through massive action toward your goal.
The fourth truth: The cure of OCD required mental exercises that you must repeat so that you can change your bad habits, your habits of performing rituals.
The fifth truth: You must train your mind to think like someone who does not have OCD. People without OCD spend little or no time thinking about OCD whatsoever.
So here are the five truths: one: believe that it is possible to become OCD free. two: You need to get the right information so that you can know how to become OCD free. three: It takes work to become OCD free, there is no magic pill or magic wand or hypnosis that will have lasting results. four: You need to perform mental exercises that you can use to help you change your habits of performing OCD rituals. five: You must learn how to think like someone who does not have OCD.
If you apply what is listed in the above truths, I guarantee that you will start to become OCD free. You must realize that most people are simply too lazy to do what it takes to become OCD free and so they are stuck. I have met people who are just used to their OCD and they really don’t want to become OCD free, they feel like they are part of a group.
Don’t associate with the online OCD communities, this will just keep your OCD around you and make it stronger in you. These people enable each other and will keep you down. The intentions of the authors of these communities are good willed, but the results that they wanted usually are the opposite. If you keep talking to other people who have OCD, what makes you think that you’re suddenly going to become OCD free?
No, instead, surround yourself with people who don’t have OCD and you will find that you are the equivalent of the five people you hang out with the most, so if you want to become OCD free, you have to hang out with people who don’t have OCD.
Take action: Do what is listed above and get around people who are OCD free. You will then be able to model their actions and see how they think about things and how they approach and react to things and this will teach you some ways to change your thinking.
Can you reveal some exercises that we have to do to be OCD free? Do the exercises vary according to what kind of OCD one has? Washing ritual, praying rituals etc
By: Jasmine on September 8, 2008
at 6:35 am
No, when I had OCD I struggled very badly and my life was a total disaster, I just got to the point where my rituals were to hard to keep up with and I just got overwhelmed. I just quit, I just got too lazy to do them.
When it was hard, I would remind myself that I am just too lazy to do the ritual and that I don’t care. When you tell yourself that you don’t care, after a while, you really don’t care, it’s powerful stuff.
When you feel anxiety after not performing a ritual, say to yourself, I am strong, I am healthy, I feel strong I feel healthy, I am brave, I am normal and I love living normal.
These affirmations really help and you can tweak them to fit your unique situation. Just make sure they have a positive connotation.
Don’t say, I don’t have anxiety, saying the word will remind you of it and give you anxiety, rather say, I am happy, I am calm and I am healthy. Say the things that you want and claim them and they will be yours!
By: Derek J. Soto on September 8, 2008
at 1:44 pm
Hi Derek,
The only time I ignore my ocd is when I had serious stress and depression. I am unable to eat at that time and I do not do my ritual. I was too stress that time. Then I go overseas and study and my ocd become very mild. However, my ocd come back recently (after 2 years) and it was so bad that I really think of ending my life. It become worse because I hope to be like a normal person and I avoid places that will trigger the ocd and constantly think of it. Now it become a habit that no matter where I go, I first think of if the place will trigger my ocd and it become so bad that about 90% of my time, I think about it.
I am not sure how can I reverse the process. It affect me so much that I hate to think because thinking now trigger my anxiety and I had to do my ritual. It affect my work so much that my performance is really bad. Is it possible to reduce this?
By: Jasmine on September 9, 2008
at 4:15 am
Hi Derek,
I also find that my ocd is worse when I am stress with my work. Should I change the nature of my work? I am a Software engineer.
By: Jasmine on September 16, 2008
at 2:19 am
The fourth truth: The cure of OCD required mental exercises that you must repeat so that you can change your bad habits, your habits of performing rituals.
What are the mental exercises that you mean? Think Jasmine has ask you this question but you did not answer her.
By: James on October 8, 2008
at 8:47 am
some mental exercises that you can do right now to help with your OCD is to visualize yourself without it.
How can you get to where you want to be if you can’t see yourself getting there and if you don’t follow a plan to get there?
so once you’ve pictured yourself OCD free, when you have an obsessive thought, ask yourself how someone without OCD would handle this type of thought. You could also ask someone without OCD how they would handle the thought.
Then tell yourself that the thought is useless and unproductive and you refuse to do it.
here’s where the exercise comes in. It’s like going to the gym, when you lift weights after you haven’t in a while, it’s tedious and hurts a bit. You can do it though.
Phil 4:13, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
If you believe in God, you can draw on His strength to help you, however if you are not a religious person, you can rely on yourself and your own strength, it’s tougher, but doable.
So when you try to refuse to perform a ritual you’re going to “feel the burn” so to speak, but if you persevere and get through that mental pain, you not only learn some valuable coping skills, you also start to develop a thick skin to obsessive thoughts.
However, this is how i did it, however my program and techniques are not the only ones under the sun. The important thing is that this is part of how I got over my OCD and I almost was admitted to an institution because of it so I know what I’m talking about.
However there are many programs out there. Choose the one that you feel will give you the best results and the secret is to just stick with it, period.
By: Derek J. Soto on October 8, 2008
at 12:14 pm
how about when you are attempting to keep yourself safe by doing said rituals and then you are convinced that it may happen you have false feelings of the things you are doing the rituals to avoid?
i procrastinate and procrastinate doing things that i don’t get to doing them or when i wanna do them, and i miss certain simple fun things from it…it’s the is the ocd right or no feeling i am talking about you know,thanks
By: cda031076 on December 5, 2008
at 4:07 am
i also take luvox and clonapin but i don’t take the luvox or clonapin as am told because of the ocd
By: cda031076 on December 5, 2008
at 4:09 am