OCD Symptoms - The Top 5 Toughest Things About Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

I have been helping people with obsessive compulsive disorder for a while now and I have begun to notice a few trends in the questions that are asked me. The first trend that I have noticed is that people complain that their OCD morphs.

That it changes and it feels like right after one thing doesn't bother you anymore, another thing takes its place. I get asked, "Why does it keep changing?" The answer is that you have not been treating the cause, you've been treating the symptoms.

Another trend that I have noticed is that when you have a scary thought, you panic and dwell on it. You try to banish it out of your mind. A thought that you resist persists, so stop trying to force it out. The harder you try to force an unwanted thought out, the stronger it will be.

Another trend that I also have noticed is that you'll ask yourself the "what if" questions. "What if this never goes away?" "What if I hurt someone?" "What if this will bother me for the rest of the day?" Start to flip that around and ask, "What if this does go away?" You know it will go away because it morphs, remember?

"What if I am worrying for nothing and I don't hurt anyone?" "What if it goes away sooner than I thought?" Start to ask yourself questions in a way that will completely change the way you look at it. This is called challenging your faulty OCD beliefs.

Another trend that I have noticed is guilt for having these thoughts. We cannot control what thoughts "pop" into our minds. We must develop the ability to handle any thought that comes up. If you have a disturbing thought come up out of nowhere, just say to yourself, "I will handle it."

When you realize that you have the ability to handle thoughts and choose how they are important they are, then you'll start to believe more so that you can truly become OCD free.

Another thing I have noticed is that people are mislead thinking that they cannot get rid of OCD and are conditioned to believe that they have to live with it for the rest of their lives. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm living proof and my case was not mild! I could not work or go anywhere because of all the rituals I had to do!

A few years ago, I had these horrible migraines. When I went to my doctor's office, he said that I would have to take migraine medicine for the rest of my life. That was unacceptable to me. So I did some research and found out about chiropractors. So I went and sure enough, after a couple months, my migraines were completely gone and I didn't have to take medication anymore!

I applied this same thing to my OCD. I found other people who got rid of their OCD and learned how they did it! That is the way to do it. Find someone who has done what you want to do and get them to show you how, step-by-step. It's really Easy to implement. Tough to follow through, but if you take it in baby steps, it's not that hard, and the reward is mental freedom!