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A Mind With A Mind of It's Own
Your mind is never quiet. You feel you are a slave to it's whims. You stay busy, trying to drown out the sound of your own thoughts with activity. At night, you lay in bed while your mind critiques every action of the day. It's impossible to turn off. You begin to believe you are either bad, crazy, or both.
OCD Symptom: Repetitive and Intrusive Thoughts
Thoughts pop into your mind. You don't know how they get there. They have no purpose. You have no intention of acting on them, and they keep repeating over and over. Maybe it's a thought about hurting someone or a lustful thought. You try to ignore these thoughts, push them down, and override them. The emotions that come with the thoughts you also push away. Eventually, you find a behavior that helps relieve your anxiety.
OCD Symptoms: I Feel I Must Do
These Things
You do odd things that have little purpose. It happens often throughout the day, and you have to repeat the behavior more than once. You have little power to stop it. It could be a mental activity, such as counting, or a physical behavior such as sorting or cleaning. Either way, if you don't do it, you feel tense, worried, or distracted until you finally perform the action.
Treat Your Brain to Counseling
Take your brain to counseling and see what the counselor can do to help. We often have a few tricks up our sleeve to help the brain calm down. The truth is, your brain is trying to keep you safe, but it's going a little overboard! A counselor can help you learn how to get your unruly brain back under control. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance Therapy, and Exposure and Response Therapy are all proven ways to help with symptoms of OCD.
Talk to a therapist today to learn more about whether or not your symptoms could be OCD.
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