Self-Help Tips For OCD
Here are some tips to help with your OCD:
- Learn and practice a relaxation techniques, deep breathing, mindfulness meditation
- Be proud of your efforts, how far you have come and how well you are doing
- Never analyse obsessive thoughts
- Always face up to the anxiety & don’t be fearful of it
- Remember the thoughts were irrational the last time you had them, so they are now
- Use these coping tips at any time, and in any place
- Never be complacent and take your OCD recovery for granted
- Know obsessive thoughts will pass so remain calm and take your mind off them
- Don’t rely or expect others to push you or motivate you
- Remember the problem is the compulsions not the anxiety
- Remind yourself at the beginning of your day to focus on your coping techniques you may need that day
- Always tell your therapist if new thoughts appear
- Trust your own reactions to how you think and never analyse
- Don’t be surprised when old or even new obsessive thoughts occur
- Never tell yourself that one, two or more slips up means you are now a total failure
- Stay motivated even when things get difficult or you have a set-back
- Be patient and go at your own pace
- Never procrastinate. The time is now for you to move on
- Don’t be hard on yourself. Nobody is perfect
- Never seek reassurance as it can be a compulsion
- When you encounter a challenge, be positive, treat it as a opportunity and face it head on
- Always expect an obsessive thought at any time or any place & don‘t let it throw you
- Focus and take every day one day at a time
- Be willing to accept the anixety of risk and understand it is part of enjoying a normal life
- Tell yourself an obsessive thought isnt helpful right now, you can think about it later
- Always expect an obsessive thought at any time or any place & don‘t let it throw you
- Obsessive thoughts are never an emergency
- You deserve to be happy and not to suffer