OCD is when a person has obsessive thoughts and/or compulsive behaviours. OCD can take over your life, sometimes stopping you from doing things that you want to do. According to the NHS, “an obsession is an unwanted and unpleasant thought, image or urge that repeatedly enters your mind, causing feelings of anxiety, disgust or unease. A compulsion is a repetitive behaviour or mental act that you feel you need to do to temporarily relieve the unpleasant feelings brought on by the obsessive thought.”
Symptoms of OCD
OCD can present itself in a variety of different ways including constantly checking doors, locks, windows before you leave home, the urge to constantly clean, or wash hands, or needing items to be in exact places.
How can Solution Focused Hypnotherapy help with OCD?
OCD can take over your life, sometimes stopping you from doing things that you want to do. Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is known to help OCD sufferers by breaking the pattern of negative and repetitive thinking. If your stress bucket is full and you’re spending a lot of time in ‘fight or flight’ then you can become obsessive as your brain thinks you’re in some sort of danger. Solution Focused Hypnotherapy will work to reduce your anxiety so you spend more time in your intellectual brain where you can be rational and less obsessive. You’ll be able to find new, more appropriate ways to deal with stress and we will help you to focus on the positive things in your life and break the pattern of negative and obsessive thoughts. We use guided relaxation at the end of every session to help consolidate these small steps and create new positive thinking patterns.