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Coping with OCD Intrusive Thoughts

Are you a person who is experiencing some sort of uncontrollable uneasiness, fear, worry, and repeated association of anxiety and you don’t know why? How about when you are about to leave your home? Have you noticed that there are times that you open and close the door several repetitions before you finally leave and you don’t know why? Are you obsessed with someone you really love? Do you have a feeling that you want to have a lot of wild sex with someone and you are about to get on the verge of losing your control over it?

If your answer is yes to one or all of those questions, probably, you are having some signs and symptoms of OCD or other known as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Do you want to raise your awareness about this kind of disorder and do you want to know the tips on how to cope with OCD Intrusive thoughts? Good thing that you are reading this page right now. Here you can get some important ideas about this matter as you go along.

What is OCD?

OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is an angst or anxiety disorder being characterized by an intrusive thought which produces worry, fear, apprehension or uneasiness by aiming repetitive behavior at reducing combination of compulsions and obsession and associated anxiety. OCD symptoms may include an excessive cleaning or washing, checking repeatedly, hoarding extremely, religious or violent thoughts, preoccupation with sex, obsession towards relationship related situation, aversion towards particular numbers and tense rituals like closing and opening a door for several times before leaving or entering a room.

These symptoms are time consuming and be alienating that often causes severe financial and emotional distress. People with OCD may act potentially psychotic or paranoid. But this people has the ability of recognizing their compulsions and obsession as irrational that makes them more distress because of the realization.

How to Cope with OCD Intrusive Thoughts?

1. Since you’ve been reading this, you probably been diagnosed having OCD or you might be thinking that your suffering it. The situation is open to you and your about to seek solutions to your problems. Well, it’s best to diagnose properly this condition, seek the aid of a psychologist for professional advices and treatment. Nothing is more important than with dealing the problem toughly.

2. Have thorough understanding about compulsion, stress and obsession pattern. This will help you solve your problem while your psychiatrist is away. You need to gather yourself since the only person that could help is nothing but you. As much as possible, motivate yourself not to be stress all the time and avoid the feeling of obsession towards your loved ones. Trust them fully; this is one move to get away with the obsession. These are great ways of cutting off the patterns.

3. Face your phobia or fear. The more you expose yourself to it this makes yourself numb and successfully overcome it. Avoid associating negative experience or feeling in every object. Start being optimistic, this will eliminate all the fear you have inside.

4. Do not let OCD control yourself, instead write down all good qualities that you possess. This will help you realize that you’re more than OCD. Never forget congratulating yourself on every achievement that you get, feel proud and compliment yourself.

Remember that OCD can be overcome. It’s just a matter of motivation and you need to believe in yourself for sure success. If you knew or leaving with someone that suffers from this, give them support and tell them frankly what you feel. In that way, their eyes will be opened and realized their incapacity and change eventually.

Jul 9, 2014-Flow Psychology Editor
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