These are big questions that need to be answered. You need to know where you are going or how are you ever going to get there? You need to create direction in your life by deciding right now that you are going to make some positive changes in your life. You need to understand that there are things you can do right now to create that necessary change.
Now that you know that you can decide what it is that you are going to do, you have to just do it. You are able to and don't ever let anybody tell you differently. No matter what kind of credentials they wear. We let people who are perceived as professionals to tell us what to do and where to live and how to act and to tell us what we can and can't do.
Do you find that you are asking yourself, "What if this, what if that?" You gotta stop doing that. That is the first thing that you need to do. People with OCD are plagued by this 'what if' scenario in their heads. If you can let go of this mental gambit, you will be way ahead of the game.
Do you find that you are always over analyzing everything that you think, say and do? Do you think that you will ever be able to become OCD free if you keep doing this? Don't you know how much work it is to have OCD? Do you want to stop? You can!
I tell people that have OCD that they have to learn how to be mentally lazy when it comes to obsessions. You need to think, "this is just too much effort to analyze and I don't feel like doing it!" That is something that will also put you way ahead of the game. People in the professional fields will never tell you things like this because they simply don't know about it because they never had OCD.
So what are you going to do? Who are you going to believe? Someone who learned about OCD in a class or from a set of books written by others who didn't have OCD? You have to realize that the only way to get over OCD is to learn from people who have had OCD, know what it's like and who have beaten it. That is the only way, period.
So now you have a decision to make. You can go and frequent the OCD forums and join the pity party or you can go and do something about your OCD. Another thing that you should know is that once you stop associating with other people with OCD, you will start to get better and only then, period!
Everyone performs habitual actions, like in looking left and right before crossing the road, but when our habitual behavior loses rationality and upsets our day to day existence and normal functional ability, it is compulsive behavior. What is compulsive behavior? Compulsive behavior gives respite from inappropriate anxieties. The compulsive action is the payoff. The urge to alleviate or dispel the anxiety, stress and fear is the root cause of the compulsion. The anxiety can be due to obsessions: just as when perpetual fear of dirt and bacteria leads to ritual, compulsive cleaning. Compulsive behavior can also be triggered unintentionally such as when nail biting without being aware of it. Everyday compulsions include counting, cleaning, adjusting and checking things more than once to ensure peace of mind. If these actions are exaggerated as when needing to check that the gate is secured numerous times each time you leave home, the compulsion uses up time, adversely affects one's everyday life, and may be a symptom of a compulsive disorder. What is an obsession? Obsessive ideas are the apprehension and preoccupations that give rise to anxiety. The obsessions are the force behind compulsions. Compulsive acts stop the anxieties for a while until they increase and have to be alleviated yet again. Using the term loosely, it could be said I have an obsession about attending the gym as often as I can, but if my motivation is to take part in a tournament, my going to the gym stems from a beneficial thought process. If my motivation for going to the gym is for emotional reasons, to alleviate emotional distress, and I'm always fretting over working out and feel anxious or nervous if I can't attend the gym, then I probably have an obsession. The obsessive thought has to be alleviated by attending the gym, which is now a compulsion. The compulsion is the expression of the obsessive thoughts, resulting in an interval of relief from the feelings of fear and anxiety. What is an addiction? Addiction in the traditional sense refers to a substance-related disorder demonstrated by inability to stop in spite of physiological damage. Tolerance to the substance and withdrawal effects are two signs of addiction. Addiction can be seen as a psychological and/or physical compulsion typically indulged in for pleasure-seeking. Actually, neurologists maintain that any process that works on the reward systems of the brain can be termed addictive. In this respect, addiction includes such habits as overeating and overexercising. Though perhaps not thought of as addictions, and sometimes classed as types of impulse-control disorder, withdrawal effects can arise if ever the compulsive behavior cannot be carried out. Compulsions and addictive behavior show common ground since they each comprise shortcircuiting of certain centers of the brain. The behaviors are shortcuts to alleviating anxiety and tension. Each of us is hardwired for addiction that can be compounded by social and psychological influences. Treatment providers approach cases differently, but to produce results the therapy has to broach the basic reasons for the anxiety that is driving the compulsive behavior.
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