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| jaya |
Posted - 11/17/2010 : 06:08:02
just curious, how many of you on the forum suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder? if so what are your "hang-ups" or rituals,
compulsions etc? |
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| mk6283 |
Posted - 11/30/2010 : 08:33:28
Howard Stern credits Dr. Sarno with curing both his chronic back pain and obsessive-compulsive disorder. I think most TMS sufferers have an obsessive compulsive personality type. Those with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) suffer with this to a far greater extent where it begins to negatively impact their quality of life. Like other forms of TMS, the cure lies within. Good luck.
Best,
MK |
| walnut864 |
Posted - 11/18/2010 : 18:30:51
I was diagnosed with OCD when I was in my mid teens. I was diagnosed with OCD b/c I liked to bite the inside of my lip 4 times. I always done it four times. I didnt become uneasy or anxious if I didnt do it 4 times so I dont see how the psychiatrist got OCD from that.
Later in life I became very afraid of anything I thought could harm me like chemicals used to clean with i.e., tire and wheel cleaner, degreaser, bug spray, ant killer. It didnt matter if it had a caution label I was afraid to use it. I had to wear mask and gloves.
Some of that stuff its smart to wear protection but tire and wheel cleaner or greased lightning is not really that big of a deal. But it would cause so much inner distress that if I didint wear protection I would suffer from severe anxiety for hours even days.
I beat most of that and have a healthy sense of awareness about chemicals now. I still get freaked out when having to spray bug sprays even when I wear protection.
Also, Im not as bad as I used to be about the "health anxiety" and the constant checking of physical symptoms. When I have a physical symptom my nervous system reacts before I can conciously tell myself that whatever feeling I had was nothing to worry about.
I like to say I have an oversensitized nervous system.
The worst part of my OCD for me was the "intrusive thoughts". Intrusive thoughts are: Intrusive thoughts are unwelcome involuntary thoughts, images, or unpleasant ideas that may become obsessions, are upsetting or distressing, and can be difficult to manage or eliminate.[1] Intrusive thoughts, urges, and images are of inappropriate things at inappropriate times, usually falling into three categories: "inappropriate aggressive thoughts, inappropriate sexual thoughts, or blasphemous religious thoughts".
I read a free article on Ezine that helped me defeat intrusive thoughts. It was by Joe Barry McDonagh. I dont remember how to find it. I also read BrainLock by Dr Jeffrey Schwartz M.D. That was very helpful also.
I still have never put alot of effort into beating my OCD or my TMS. I seem to always do enough work to see some success and feel comfortable then I begin to procrastinate again. |
| wrldtrv |
Posted - 11/17/2010 : 19:44:22
Yes, in the sense of health anxiety and all the checking and monitoring that goes with that. Obsessing about the possible causes of the ailment of the day, thinking that if I analyze it enough I can figure it out, which never happens. Feeling compelled to take some ameliorative action, eg ibuprofin, icing, avoiding this or that...those things rarely work either; all they do is keep me fixated on the ailment. |
| heelsdown |
Posted - 11/17/2010 : 13:14:43
I never really thought I might have ocd until I learned about tms. I guess I don't have ocd in the typical sense where I have to wash my hands a certain number of times, etc. But I realized that I was constantly trying to asess my level of pain. I had an eating disorder, so that has to be a type of ocd. I just realized that I CANNOT stop picking at my face/squeezing pimples. I know that is gross. But ughh. I didn't think it was actually a problem. I thought I just liked to do it. But now since I am trying to stop, I realize that it is pretty much an irresistable urge. Is that ocd? |
| Back2-It |
Posted - 11/17/2010 : 07:37:39
I suffer from OCD, specifically having to do with Health Anxiety.
Some of my hangups:
I was constantly reaching around to my back to see and determine the status of the knot there. Now that it has decreased or been eliminated, I am still reaching back there.
In addition, because I have abdominal pain, too, when I stand I am tensing all my muscles in my chest and abdomen, sucking in my gut, and kind of twisting as well. I am trying to unlearn all of that.
I also have OCD in that I am constantly thinking about how I feel, the pains and movements to relieve them. Sarno said something about this behavior, something like "it's the first thing they think of on waking and the last thing at night".
It's a barrier to cure. It plain sucks.
I also think that my frequent visits to this forum represent OCD, and I'm going to really cut back on that, too. |
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