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Ways To Leave OCD Behind
An OCD self help method, like all genuine transformation and healing,
is about higher consciousness. Even if you don't know what higher
consciousness means stick with me as I explain how to achieve it.
Higher consciousness really means greater consciousness. It means
having greater awareness of what is happening right now. For
example at the moment breathing and digesting are happening for you,
but you are not aware of this, you are not conscious of it.
How Do I Become More Conscious?
You become more conscious by watching without judgment what occurs in
your life. Breathing happens whether you want it to or not.
You can simply notice breathing without working out...
why it happens
how it happens
what you can do to stop it
When you watch with impartial awareness that you are breathing you are
more conscious of what is happening right here, right now.
The opposite of this would be doing what you are doing but your
attention, your awareness might be on a conversation that happened last
week or a conversation that you imagine might happen tomorrow.
So you see in these moments you are not aware of what is really
happening in life now. Instead you are completely unconscious of
the now experience of life.
How Do I Apply This To OCD Symptoms?
Awareness is not something you do it is what you are. Awareness
gets covered up by all the mental chatter, internal dialogue and mind
games you play. The goal is to become more aware of being awareness. Do
you see? This is healing and transformational.
Just as you can watch your breathing with impartial awareness so you
can watch your mind. Your mind is NOT you! We think we are
the mind but you are the watcher! Be the watcher of everything
you experience.
Watch your mind like it was a naughty child (but don't tell it off,
just watch it). Watch it run patterns of thought. Watch it
like you watch a movie. Watch the emotions and feelings that
arise within you. Don't do anything to try and stop what you
notice or change it but rather know you are the watcher watching the
mind.
When you do this the OCD symptoms will find it more and more difficult
to play out. It is just as if the OCD symptoms and the whole OCD
disorder are misbehaving children. When children are not watched
they misbehave. When the mind is not watched it runs
unconsciously with all the strategies and techniques it has used since
childhood to feel a little more in control and ease any hurt that was
too big to deal with back then.
So the idea of OCD self help is to do everything consciously and
mindfully. When you do this anything that is no longer beneficial
for you will stop acting out.
Is It Easy?
By doing this there may be times when you need support and reassurance
that everything will be OK as old feelings are released. Please
make sure you have a therapist or counselor to talk to if you
experience anything that is difficult for you.
Another OCD self help method I recommend is EFT (Emotional Freedom
Technique). There are many practitioners around the world if you
search the internet in your area.
Do you have experiences you would like to share?
I and many others would like to hear any stories you would like to contribute. Hopefully it will help people who are experiencing what you went through and your story can provide hope and help.
