Break Free from OCD: Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with CBT

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OK, I get it. And that’s fine if you insist. But the fact remains that for many people a low dose of medication, prescribed over a limited period of time, is extraordinarily helpful. The result is that certain thoughts, or behaviors, are repeated again and again until a sense of perfection is acquired. This may take a few minutes, or it may take several hours.

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But at a gut level, it feels as though they are pressing in from all sides. A sense of dread and urgency mix together forming a final certitude that unless perfection is acquired, horrible consequences will follow. When it is stimulated it dials things down. Including anxious feelings. True story. Why do you think so many Eastern meditation practices including repeating a mantra in a near humming like incantation? It is because the vibrations set up through humming stimulate the vagus nerve which in turn dials down anxiety and leads to greater calm. The next step you wrote down was to limit yourself to ten hand washings a day no matter how many doorknobs you had cozied up with. There is a saying among neuropsychologists (who are known for pithy sayings, and for their mouthwatering fruit cake recipes). It goes like this “Neurons that fire together wire together.” That is, brain cells that interact to form a thought, a feeling, a behavior, or combination of those three, begin to form stronger connections with each other over time. It is easy to read, absorb and understand with definitions introduced slowly, clearly and repeated at intervals, along with real examples to perhaps identify with... I would not hesitate to recommend this book to anyone dealing with a young person with OCD.Would that be terrible? Of course. Did he desire to hurt his parents? Not at all. They had a close, loving and healthy relationship. Had he ever threatened anyone with violence? Never. Did he fantasize about getting revenge on others? Negative. Despite the extreme anxiety he felt when boarding the plan his flight was uneventful, and in many ways he thought it entertaining (due to his good fortune of being seated next to someone who shared his passion for golf). Going to sleep at night can be delayed indefinitely when your nightly prayers need to be said with a pure heart…. And you always find some way in which your heart remains impure. Some of our users are reluctant to buy products like books because of their actual OCD fears, for example some people feel they cannot receive books through the post. You can however, access many of the books online via Kindle which can be read via a Kindle device, or any smart phone or tablet.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Self-Help Book

The second thing to keep in mind is that is that medication can be extremely helpful in overcoming OCD. Many people who read that last sentence will immediately think “Never! Not in a million years.”

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Put her at the gate of an airline, bag in hand, ready to board and her vision will blur, beads of sweat will appear on her face. Her heart will be racing, palms perspiring and her stomach will be ambivalent about keeping a tight hold on lunch. In this marvellous book the authors provide the key information that teens and families need about OCD and its treatment. Highly recommended not only for patients but also for practitioners looking for material to use in their practices. This book does none of that. This book is written by people who know their shit and I highly recommend this book to anyone who suffers with OCD or is interested in OCD or wants to understand what someone they love is going through. Some of what's in this book I already knew from my time at CBT but some of it gave me that lightbulb moment of 😮 oooh yeaaaahhh, to explain some of my behaviours. It also made me feel a little less... mad.