Obsessive-compulsive disorder is referred to as a mental disorder. It can occur episodically or be chronic or progressive. It is manifested by the emergence of frightening, obsessive thoughts and various pathological phobias.
Instructions
Step 1
Obsessions fall into two categories. The first of these is akin to a ritual. For example, you are used to spitting over your left shoulder every time you think about something unpleasant for you. And after a while you notice that you have thoughts that if you do not fulfill this, then something bad is bound to happen. The second category has the peculiarity of focusing thoughts around one specific topic.
Step 2
Don't try to banish unpleasant thoughts from yourself. They will definitely come back again. Reprogram your mind. Try to turn the situation to your advantage. To do this, think more often about the positive things that have happened in your life.
Step 3
Don't reproach yourself for thinking negative things. The big difference is in thinking about something, perhaps immoral, and not doing it, and in doing such an act.
Step 4
Do not be afraid that at some point you may break loose and turn negative thoughts into reality. A person has his own scale of moral values. And if you often think about something bad, but at the same time really understand all the consequences of such a step, then the likelihood of this negative fulfillment by you is negligible.
Step 5
Keep in mind that it is not worth spending years trying to overcome your ritual habit. If it bothers you and badly affects the state of the nervous system, it is better to spend just a few hours talking to a psychologist.
Step 6
You may need to get cognitive behavioral therapy. It lies in the fact that the patient is explained the difference between justified and caused by his state of fears. And then, using the example of a person who is an authority for the patient, they show how a healthy person should behave in such cases.
Step 7
If you have depression or severe anxiety, see a psychotherapist who can help relieve your condition with medication. For this, antidepressants are used. And in chronic forms - atypical antipsychotics.
