Post by anon,irresp. on Sept 21, 2003 11:48:09 GMT -5
1. OCD IS CHRONIC
potential it will always be there
will run risk of relapse
2. TWO OF OCD'S MAIN FEATURES ARE DOUBT AND GUILT
sufferer may doubt even most basic things about themselves.
Doubt : is one of the maddening qualities. It can override even the keenest intelligence. It is what causes sufferers to check things hundreds of times, endless questions of themselves or others. Even when an answer is found it may only stick for minutes, only to slip away as if it was never there. *only when sufferers recognize the futility of this doubt can they begin to make progress.
Guilt: another excruitating part of the disorder. its is easy to make sufferers feel guilt about almost anything, as many of them already have a surplus of it.
3. ALTHOUGH YOU CAN RESIST PERFORMING A COMPULSION, YOU CANNOT REFUSE TO THINK ABOUT AN OBSESSIVE THOUGHT.
--don't think about it less, think about it more. fears must be confronted. people w ocd do not stay w the things they fear long enought to realize the truth that the fears are unjustified, and that the anxiety would have gone away anyway without a compulsion or neutralizing activity.
4.COGNITIVE/ BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IS THE BEST FORM OF TREATMENT
behavior treatment: relaxation training, thought-stoping (snapping rubberband against your wrist and saying the word "stop" when get obsessive thought)
Exposue response prevention: best, gradually confronting your fearful thoughts and situations, while resisting compulsion. goal is to stay with whatever makes you anxious long enough so that you will learn that if you take no protective measures, nothing at all will happen. **you can't be bored and scared at the same time.
5. WHILE MEDICATION IS A HELP, IT IS NOT A COMPLETE TREATMENT IN ITSELF
6. YOU CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT DEPEND UPON THE HELP OF OTHERS TO MANAGE YOUR ANXIETY.
7. THE GOAL OF ANY GOOD TREATMENT IS TO TEACH YOU TO BECOME YOUR OWN THEREAPIST.
8.**YOU CANNOT RELY UPON YOUR OWN INTUITION IN DECIDING HOW TO DEAL WITH OCD/CSP.
-while compulsons start out as a solution, they soon become the main problem itself taking over your life.
-sufferers never stay with what they fear long enought to find out the fear isn't true
-only by doing the opposite of what instinct tells you will you be able to find this out.
9.GETTING RECOVERED TAKES TIME
-need to work on rehabilitation of their lives after csp/ocd under controll
-it is crucial to see process throught to the finish
-no such thing as partially recovered. those who beleive they can take on only those symptoms they feel comfortable soon find themselves back at square one.
-untreated symptoms have a way of expanding to fill by those that have been relieved.
10. RELAPSE IS A POTENTIAL RISK THAT MUST BE GUARDED AGAINST.
-another cause can be an individual believing that they were "cured" and stopping treatment without telling anyone.
-vital to remember no one is perfect, nor can anyone recover perfectly.
-extremely important to live a balance life, with enough sleep, proper diet and exercise, social relationships, and productivity of some type.
potential it will always be there
will run risk of relapse
2. TWO OF OCD'S MAIN FEATURES ARE DOUBT AND GUILT
sufferer may doubt even most basic things about themselves.
Doubt : is one of the maddening qualities. It can override even the keenest intelligence. It is what causes sufferers to check things hundreds of times, endless questions of themselves or others. Even when an answer is found it may only stick for minutes, only to slip away as if it was never there. *only when sufferers recognize the futility of this doubt can they begin to make progress.
Guilt: another excruitating part of the disorder. its is easy to make sufferers feel guilt about almost anything, as many of them already have a surplus of it.
3. ALTHOUGH YOU CAN RESIST PERFORMING A COMPULSION, YOU CANNOT REFUSE TO THINK ABOUT AN OBSESSIVE THOUGHT.
--don't think about it less, think about it more. fears must be confronted. people w ocd do not stay w the things they fear long enought to realize the truth that the fears are unjustified, and that the anxiety would have gone away anyway without a compulsion or neutralizing activity.
4.COGNITIVE/ BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IS THE BEST FORM OF TREATMENT
behavior treatment: relaxation training, thought-stoping (snapping rubberband against your wrist and saying the word "stop" when get obsessive thought)
Exposue response prevention: best, gradually confronting your fearful thoughts and situations, while resisting compulsion. goal is to stay with whatever makes you anxious long enough so that you will learn that if you take no protective measures, nothing at all will happen. **you can't be bored and scared at the same time.
5. WHILE MEDICATION IS A HELP, IT IS NOT A COMPLETE TREATMENT IN ITSELF
6. YOU CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT DEPEND UPON THE HELP OF OTHERS TO MANAGE YOUR ANXIETY.
7. THE GOAL OF ANY GOOD TREATMENT IS TO TEACH YOU TO BECOME YOUR OWN THEREAPIST.
8.**YOU CANNOT RELY UPON YOUR OWN INTUITION IN DECIDING HOW TO DEAL WITH OCD/CSP.
-while compulsons start out as a solution, they soon become the main problem itself taking over your life.
-sufferers never stay with what they fear long enought to find out the fear isn't true
-only by doing the opposite of what instinct tells you will you be able to find this out.
9.GETTING RECOVERED TAKES TIME
-need to work on rehabilitation of their lives after csp/ocd under controll
-it is crucial to see process throught to the finish
-no such thing as partially recovered. those who beleive they can take on only those symptoms they feel comfortable soon find themselves back at square one.
-untreated symptoms have a way of expanding to fill by those that have been relieved.
10. RELAPSE IS A POTENTIAL RISK THAT MUST BE GUARDED AGAINST.
-another cause can be an individual believing that they were "cured" and stopping treatment without telling anyone.
-vital to remember no one is perfect, nor can anyone recover perfectly.
-extremely important to live a balance life, with enough sleep, proper diet and exercise, social relationships, and productivity of some type.