OCD or obsessive compulsive disorder is something that impacts millions of people around the word every day. It’s often misunderstood and feared by some people, as we naturally will fear that place where we feel we can lose control over our minds and behaviour.

If you are suffering in this way at the moment, check out some of the ideas below and see if they can help heal your symptoms.

1. allowing the thoughts in

As difficult as it maybe to cope with in the moment, the only way to start to get relief is to let the thoughts into your mind as best you can. This may seem painful, because we will naturally resist pain in our lives, but it is your only hope if you want to get some peace. The simple act of; letting the thought in can have a relaxing effect on your psyche and can really settle things down for you.

2. Holding off on the compulsive behaviour

If you have OCD, then the chances are that you seek to cope with obsessive thoughts by engaging in some behaviour to try to stop the impact of the thought on your psyche. This compulsion can be mental or physical in nature. I know from experience that it can leave you feeling powerless and out of control and it’s kind of like being stuck in a prison. One way to get back control is to start hold off on the time before you engage in the compulsive behaviour. This can be hard at first but it can give you back some confidence and help you feel more in control.

3. Looking for the wound

There is a chance that if you are suffering from OCD that something happened to set this behaviour off in your life. There may have been some emotional wound that you experienced that drove you to be compelled to carry out this compulsive behaviour, and as a result of which, you started something that you can’t stop.

If you do know what wound caused this behaviour, and you feel it come up every time the emotional wound is triggered, and you are compelled to carry out some type of behaviour, you can use emotional freedom techniques to free the stored emotion and get on with your life.