OCD is becoming more and more common, and people are helpless about it and don’t know how to get rid of it. The most important factor in the creation of OCD is the self, so self-treatment of OCD is especially important. The most important factor is the self-treatment of OCD.
The “psychological guidance therapy” has achieved outstanding success in the treatment of this disease, specifically the “three no’s” strategy:
One, not afraid of it.
Many people are always “afraid” of OCD.
In fact, it can happen occasionally in normal people, but the person doesn’t care.
People with OCD are afraid of the reoccurrence of these thoughts, so the more they are afraid, the more they appear, and the more nervous they become, and the more they reinforce and consolidate this awareness.
Why do people in general not develop pathologies, but people with OCD do? The reason is that personality defects are at work.
So with OCD, the first thing the person has to do is change the mindset that everyone has had these thoughts, I have them too, and I am as normal as everyone else.
This will gradually build self-confidence.
With this, the person can stand up to the “paper tiger” of OCD, fight it, and beat it.
Two, ignore it.
Why do so many people struggle with OCD for years but are unable to overcome it? The reason is the inability to “go with the flow”.
For example, OCD is like patting a ball, and a bouncing ball represents pathological thinking.
So how do you make the ball stop, i.e., the symptoms go away? The answer is to stop patting the ball and it will naturally come to rest.
The same is true with OCD. The only way for the patient to ignore it is for the symptoms to slowly disappear.
Three, don’t pay deliberate attention to it.
Some patients may wonder if the symptoms will reappear after initial treatment, when they have greatly reduced or even not appeared for a long time. The first thing that happens is that the OCD symptoms do appear and bring a new wave of fearful obsessive thinking.
This kind of repetition is normal.
The attitude we promote is, “Come or don’t come! I’m not afraid of you if you do!
The first thing you need to do is to use the “three no’s” strategy for each repetition, and gradually figure out its “temperament” so that you can master effective ways to deal with it.