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One of my favorite ways to stop obsessive compulsive disorder is to say my fear out loud to disarm it. Here's a real example: I talked to someone that said they were afraid that someone was watching them through their web cam even though it was off.
I told them this technique and they said to themselves, "I am afraid that someone is watching me through my web cam even though it is off!" They later reported back to me that they couldn't help but laugh. I guarantee this won't be a problem for them anymore.
I find that it's the simple things and the little things that make the huge difference. There are no such thing as big things, as they are only just a whole bunch of little things put together. Great journey's start with one small step.
Telling a friend your fear out loud will also help to disarm it, they'll laugh and you'll laugh and this will teach your brain that this is something you don't have to fear anymore almost effortlessly.
The key is not to try to force the brain to change it's mind, rather give it enough social proof that what it fears is irrational, then it will change itself. You literally have to exert minimal to no force to create this change.
The days of using will power are over. It simply doesn't work, period. Spend most of your time on finding ways to change the way you think about something without needing will power.
I only started becoming free from obsessive compulsive disorder after I believed that I could be free of it. Here's another trick I use to get rid of pesky ocd thoughts: If I have an obsessive thought, I will close my eyes or even keep them open and envision how I would act if I didn't have the ocd thought.
I will actually daydream about it, I would picture myself acting normal, then I will tell myself that I am going to act as what I have just envisioned. Sometimes when we want to do something, we first need to play it out in our minds.
Athletes do this right before their competition, they envision winning and this prepares the mind and body to do what they have envisioned. After all, how can you get somewhere if you don't know where you are going? You'll end up exactly there, somewhere.
Too many people follow the tide and believe whatever they are told to believe. I would challenge you to challenge your beliefs and make decisions for yourself. We were created to create, not to blindly follow and go with the flow.
Going with the flow will keep you suffering from OCD, it will keep you unsuccessful and it will keep you poor. To be successful, rich and OCD free, you must learn to challenge what you have always believed. This is the only way.
Take action: What are you going to do to get rid of your obsessive compulsive disorder? I would recommend using the above material as a powerful foundation as these are some really powerful tools you can put in your tool box and they will serve you well just as they have done for me.
"No more OCD!"
Derek J. Soto is an ex-sufferer of OCD who will show you how to get rid of your OCD for life.
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