Obsessive compulsive disorder is one of the mental disorders that some people suffer from. This disorder is seen in both obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder, although some people suffer from both. As the name implies, obsessive-compulsive disorder includes bad habits such as repeatedly checking the door lock or turning the stove off or on. Practical obsession is also more common in cleaning and washing, but a person who is sensitive to the type of arrangement of items also includes people with practical obsession. For example, such people are sensitive to the symmetry of the position of objects or the distance between them, which must be exactly the same. Also, people who are obsessed with keeping extra and useless items and at the same time like that they are all always available and have a chaotic order include people with practical obsessions. Such people always believe that each of those objects will one day benefit him.
The most common type of obsession is the obsession with washing. A person with this obsession doubts the cleanliness of everything. Annoying thoughts always bother him. Thoughts that make him over-wash. Most likely, the person himself is not willing to put his thoughts into action, but there is a complementary thought next to those thoughts that insinuates to the person that if he does not do what his thoughts ask him to do, something bad will happen. For example, such a person thinks that if you wash your hands less, you will lose a family member.
Maybe it's funny. But in fact, the intensity and power of these thoughts are so great that they overwhelm the person and take control of his mind. Such a person, only as an obedient person, fears that something bad will happen, acts on each of his thoughts and surrenders to them.
Excessive hand washing, prolonged bathing, frequent changing of clothes, extreme cleaning of the house and furniture, avoiding unclean things such as garbage, or even the multiplicity of such things for the person are some of the things that the person does. Obsessed with washing.
Although the person calms down for a moment by acting on obsessive thoughts, but this calmness does not last and disappears again with another thought attack. These thoughts are like a snake that has entered a person's mind and is not like a tick. It is enough for a person to act on the obsessive desire of his mind only once, it is over. These thoughts do not leave his head and do not remain silent until they take the full power of the person's mind from him.
In every moment and place, the mind of the obsessive person is busy with these thoughts, there is no peace and there is always a kind of turmoil inside him.
But what is the solution? Is such a person supposed to be obedient to his obsessive thoughts for the rest of his life?Not . Despite all the difficulties to get rid of these thoughts, but it is not impossible. The first step to liberation is for the person to be tired of the situation and really want to get out of it. The second step is to get help from the family. Of course, if the severity of the obsession is high, he should seek help from a psychologist or even a psychiatrist. Sometimes the negativity of the disease and not seeing a doctor in time causes the disease to spread so much that not only can the person not cope with the disease on his own, but even with medication he does not get much results.
Of course, one should not be disappointed. We have to face our problem with all our strength and with the help of family and doctors.
Simple solutions to obsessive-compulsive disorder include:
- Resist your obsessive thoughts and do not act on them all. Although difficult, the human mind has the ability to do anything. A mind that can accept irrational and ridiculous thoughts, so it can certainly easily succumb to logical thoughts. Avoid acting on your obsessive thoughts over time.
- Endure the anxiety and stress caused by not acting on obsessive thoughts. At first you may think that everything is impure and the world is filthy. But if you put up with it a little, your anxiety will gradually decrease and you will eventually calm down. When you see that nothing has happened and everything is in place, your mind can make rational decisions and the next time it resists and overcomes annoying thoughts.
- Do not be afraid and trust in God. Rest assured that nothing bad will happen. The bad thing is that we destroy ourselves and our future by giving in to such thoughts.
- Try to replace your negative thoughts with positive thoughts. In such a way that when doubt comes to you, think of cleanliness. For example, you can imagine the word clean in front of your eyes, and thus you feel clean about that object or place. Or you can even distract yourself when an obsessive thought comes to you so that the thought gets further and further away from your mind. Do not pay attention to the extra thoughts caused by not paying attention to the initial obsessive thoughts and be indifferent to them. Focus on one task or another. Like thinking about your desired life in the future, engaging yourself in a task.
It is very important that the obsessive person is not unemployed. Because if such a person has no preoccupation, the influx of obsessive thoughts will be more, and in fact these thoughts will have more opportunity to fit in the mind. So it is important to keep yourself entertained with something that is especially on your mind, such as office work, or you can even work at home with a computer and work with it. For example, by typing your thoughts on the computer, you can somehow occupy your mind and hands, and by writing obsessive thoughts, you can reduce their intensity and impact.
It's a scientific method that reduces the power and impact of negative thoughts when they are written. When you see your problem directly with your own eyes and in front of you, you realize that your problem is not as big as your mind gave it wings and you see yourself in front of it. Trust your eyes, I think the only member you can trust the most is our eyes. Because it shows us the reality as it is. It is neither extremist nor deviant. Look carefully at objects or places that you doubt are clean, and focus all your attention. You will see that these thoughts are not true and are, in fact, the product of our imaginative minds.
If your obsession is too intense, you may not trust your eyes either. In such a case, one looks at everything differently. He does not know whether what he sees is true or not. It seems that everything is impure from his point of view, unless it is proven otherwise, or in most cases, he will doubt the cleanliness of the object or place until he himself cleans it. Hence, he cannot trust his views. Sometimes the severity of the obsession is so great that a person does not even make sure that the object or place is completely clean even by washing it with his hands, and if he cares about all his thoughts in such cases, he may take hours to wash it and easily Can not stop washing. In this case, I suggest you get help from your family.
That is, when you can not decide for yourself, ask them if this object or place that you doubt is clean from their point of view. Of course, you have to trust them and listen to them. Although you are not self-reliant in this state, but over time, as the power and amount of obsessive thoughts decreases, you can also trust your eyes. Another recommendation is to avoid water and washing as much as possible. This means that if you do not have to, do the housework yourself and ask your family to do it for you.
Because obsessions are more common among women, they may not be able to get help from others because they are housewives and have to do the housework themselves. For such people, seeing a psychologist and, if necessary, medication will be very helpful. But girls who are not yet married and have such a problem are not alone and can get help from their families and have a better chance of getting rid of this problem.
One of the motivations that can help obsessive girls get rid of it is that in order to be able to get married in the future and achieve happiness, they have to get rid of the problem as much as possible and have no way out. Because marrying a girl who is obsessed and suffers both herself and those around her and can not manage a life well will not last long.
So it is better not to ruin our lives and our families because of empty thoughts.
Closing remarks:
Let us not bow down to any disease or problem and know that we humans have extraordinary power that these problems are a small particle in front of us that we can easily control. Of course, if we want. Do not forget to rely on God and always seek his help.