Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:53 pm
I know many of you probably have heard some very scary things about OCD...I am no professional, but, I do NOT buy into what some of the professionals say causes this disorder!!!
I think this is a "learned behavior"...I believe that it usually begins in child hood!!! I do NOT believe that it is any type of mental disorder, nor, will I ever believe that one!!!!
I used to suffer from OCD...I would check and re-check everything I did...I also thought everything had to be a certain way. I also had fears of different objects and just "scary thoughts" which I knew made no logical sense at all to me..
I thought the table mats had to be lined up just directly in front of the chairs, and that the chairs had to be pushed in a certain way....
I could just go on and on with my thinking pattern...
I was just a "perfectionist" thinker, who thought at times, that something bad would happen if I didn't do this or that over and over again!!!
I did not go to therapy to overcome these behaviors...I had not even received the program, as of yet!!!
I just made a "conscious" decision not to torture myself in this way any longer...
Life is just too short, and I was determined to loosen up a little, and not allow the trivial things in life to get to me!!!
I just stopped those behaviors, one by one...
I don't even remember which one, that I quit doing first...
If I could stop those behaviors on my own, without professional help of any type, then, how could these type of behaviors be anything but "learned behaviors"?
I think we just get into the habit of doing things a certain way, and we tend to think we need to continue doing so, for whatever reason!!!
If I can unlearn these "learned behaviors" by just stopping myself from doing them, then, they must not be anything at all to concern oneself with...
This is my take on "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"
I think too many labels have been placed on how we think and feel...It is high time we take control of our own thoughts and actions, and stop allowing others to "label" us with "this" or "that" disorder!!!!
Personally, I feel we are just highly sensitive individuals, who care a lot about a lot of things, as well as, people, and that is a good thing!!!!
I think this is a "learned behavior"...I believe that it usually begins in child hood!!! I do NOT believe that it is any type of mental disorder, nor, will I ever believe that one!!!!
I used to suffer from OCD...I would check and re-check everything I did...I also thought everything had to be a certain way. I also had fears of different objects and just "scary thoughts" which I knew made no logical sense at all to me..
I thought the table mats had to be lined up just directly in front of the chairs, and that the chairs had to be pushed in a certain way....
I could just go on and on with my thinking pattern...
I was just a "perfectionist" thinker, who thought at times, that something bad would happen if I didn't do this or that over and over again!!!
I did not go to therapy to overcome these behaviors...I had not even received the program, as of yet!!!
I just made a "conscious" decision not to torture myself in this way any longer...
Life is just too short, and I was determined to loosen up a little, and not allow the trivial things in life to get to me!!!
I just stopped those behaviors, one by one...
I don't even remember which one, that I quit doing first...
If I could stop those behaviors on my own, without professional help of any type, then, how could these type of behaviors be anything but "learned behaviors"?
I think we just get into the habit of doing things a certain way, and we tend to think we need to continue doing so, for whatever reason!!!
If I can unlearn these "learned behaviors" by just stopping myself from doing them, then, they must not be anything at all to concern oneself with...
This is my take on "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"
I think too many labels have been placed on how we think and feel...It is high time we take control of our own thoughts and actions, and stop allowing others to "label" us with "this" or "that" disorder!!!!
Personally, I feel we are just highly sensitive individuals, who care a lot about a lot of things, as well as, people, and that is a good thing!!!!