Ask a professional psychologist to help me see if I am obsessive-compulsive or cursed by terror.

Your problem is obsessive-compulsive disorder. If it's serious, you need psychotherapy.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental illness, and the best treatment is psychotherapy and drug treatment. Almost all friends with obsessive-compulsive disorder have a large history of psychotherapy and medication, and many people have lost confidence in treatment. In fact, as long as you persist, obsessive-compulsive disorder can be completely adjusted. You should know that the past is not equal to the future, and the unsuccessful treatment in the past does not mean that the future treatment will be invalid. Here are some self-treatment methods for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Of course, it will be difficult to operate by yourself, which can only rely on your own determination, willpower and understanding.

First of all, let's learn about the two stages of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The first stage:

When an idea, idea, thing or situation co-appears with one's anxiety, pain or fear, these ideas, ideas, things or situations are associated with one's anxiety, pain or fear. Through conditioned reflex, these thoughts, ideas, things or situations have the ability to make people anxious, painful or afraid. When these thoughts, ideas, things or situations are invasive, that is, unpredictable and uncontrollable, they break into our brains and form compulsive thinking.

stage Ⅱ

In order to alleviate this kind of anxiety, pain or fear, avoidance and evasion behaviors are produced. If avoidance and evasion behaviors successfully alleviate this kind of anxiety, pain and fear, these behaviors will be strengthened and maintained. As mentioned above, forced thinking is often intrusive, so it is difficult to really avoid many situations that lead to forced thinking. At this time, we will take a more active way, such as ritual behavior, to alleviate anxiety, pain or fear. These ritual behaviors persist because they can temporarily relieve anxiety, pain or fear, and we will think that these ritual behaviors are the only effective way to relieve anxiety, pain or fear. Eventually form a compulsive behavior.

Although anxiety, pain or fear are temporarily relieved after compulsion, we immediately regret and blame ourselves, which makes anxiety, pain or fear increase again. Because of regret and self-blame, we will try our best to control and stop the compulsive behavior before the next time, but in the end, we failed to implement the compulsive behavior and fell into a vicious circle of regret and self-blame again. This intense inner conflict is the biggest source of pain for friends with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Nowadays, more and more people suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder, which brings a lot of unnecessary troubles to daily life. And if people don't pay attention to the causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder in time, it may easily bother you. Therefore, it is necessary to know the causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder in advance in order to prevent the occurrence of this disease in time.

How to self-treat obsessive-compulsive disorder

The incidence of obsessive-compulsive disorder is very high, almost everyone may suffer from it, but many people don't realize it. However, people generally do not pay attention to the prevention methods of obsessive-compulsive disorder, which may make the disease easily enter life. Therefore, everyone should understand the prevention methods of obsessive-compulsive disorder in order to live a healthy life.

The prevention of obsessive-compulsive disorder are:

1, have a correct and objective understanding of their own personality characteristics and diseases, and have a correct and objective judgment of the actual situation. To get rid of mental burden, we should reduce insecurity, learn reasonable stress handling methods, enhance self-confidence and reduce our sense of uncertainty. Don't aim too high, but don't pursue Excellence too much to alleviate its imperfection. The prevention of these obsessive-compulsive disorders is more common.

2. If self-regulation can't solve the problem, please ask a psychologist or psychiatrist for psychotherapy, such as behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy and psychoanalysis. Systematic desensitization therapy can gradually reduce the number and time of repeated behavior of patients. This also belongs to the prevention method of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

3. Learn to enjoy the process and don't care too much about the results. Doing things with an appreciation, feeling and experiencing happiness, paying attention to the process with enthusiasm and not paying too much attention to the results are very important for the prevention of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Self-treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Studies have shown that "exposure without response" is an effective method to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. In addition, under the professional guidance, patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder learn how to expose themselves under the stimulation of obsessive-compulsive thoughts. And learn how to resist compulsive thoughts and impulses. For example, instructing a patient who is too afraid of being dirty not to touch dirty things or wash his hands is called "exposure without response". You will learn to avoid habitual compulsive behavior and replace it with new healthy behavior.

Step one, reconfirm.

The first step is the most important, learn to "recognize" the thoughts and behaviors of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Maybe you don't want to do this at all, but you must work hard and be fully aware, so that you can understand that the troubles at the moment come from compulsive thoughts or behaviors.

Everyday consciousness is almost automatic and superficial. "Wholehearted awareness" is deeper and more detailed, which can only be achieved through dedicated efforts. Remember, it may take weeks or months to change the biochemical changes in the brain to reduce the impulse of obsessive-compulsive disorder. If you want to get rid of these obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a few minutes or seconds, you will be disappointed! In fact, it will make the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder worse! In behavioral therapy, you should learn to control your reactions to obsessive thoughts, no matter how disturbing they are. The goal is to control your response to obsessive-compulsive symptoms, not compulsive thinking or impulses.

Step 2: Re-attribution

I said to myself, "this is not me, this is obsessive-compulsive disorder!" " "Obsessive thinking is meaningless, it is the wrong message from the brain. You should deeply understand why rushing to check or "why my hands are dirty" is so powerful that people can't stand it. If you know these ideas are unreasonable, then why do you react to them? Understanding why compulsive thinking is so strong and why it is impossible to get rid of it is an important key to strengthen willpower and enhance resistance to compulsive behavior. The goal of this stage is to learn "re-attribution": the source of forced thoughts comes from the biochemical imbalance of the brain.

There is a place in my brain called the "lateral nucleus", which is where I get sick and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The head core is the place where information is filtered, just like the transmission of a car. It receives information from the forebrain, which is a place for planning, thinking and understanding. If there is disorder in the head nucleus, obsessive-compulsive symptoms will appear, so thinking and action will not be smooth. The forebrain becomes too active and consumes too much energy, just like a car stuck in the mud, spinning its tires, but getting deeper and deeper. That part of the forebrain, called the frontal cortex of the eye, got stuck in the mud because of the wrong detection of reflux. This may be the reason why obsessive-compulsive disorder makes people feel "a little strange and lingering". You must get this car out of the mud. Repair the faulty transmission with manual gear instead of automatic gear. We now know that we can change the biochemical balance of the brain, which takes weeks or even months. At this time, understanding the role of the brain in causing obsessive-compulsive disorder will help to avoid the most frustrating incorrect idea of "trying to get rid of the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder completely". Although you can't make big changes right away, remember: "You don't have to respond to obsessive-compulsive disorder right away!" " The most effective way is to learn to put aside forced thoughts and feelings, and then do other things, so as to help yourself and change the biochemical reaction of the brain.

This is what we call "shifting gears": doing other behaviors! If you try to get rid of compulsive thinking, it will only increase your stress, and stress will aggravate obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Using "re-attribution" can help you avoid using ritual behavior to make yourself feel better, such as the feeling of completion. If you know that these compulsive thoughts come from the imbalance of brain biochemistry, you can learn to ignore these impulses and continue to do what you should do. Remember: "that's not me, that's obsessive-compulsive disorder!" " "If you resist following the impulse or resisting the reaction, you will change your brain and reduce the feeling of obsessive-compulsive disorder. If you react to the impulse, you may be relieved temporarily, but soon, the impulse is bound to get worse. This may be a lesson that OCD patients need to learn most! This will help you avoid becoming a nerd or being deceived by obsessive-compulsive disorder.

"Re-confirmation" and "re-attribution" are often done together, so patients will have a deeper understanding of the causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder. First of all, I fully realized that obsessive-compulsive disorder was forcing me, and then I realized that it was caused by brain lesions.

The third step is to divert attention.

Entering this step is really for work! The initial psychological construction is: no pains, no gains! What you have to do in this step is: you must shift gears yourself! You use your hard work and dedicated mind to do the natural and simple work of your brain. For example, it is natural for a surgeon to brush his hands from beginning to end before surgery, and naturally he feels that he has brushed enough. But obsessive-compulsive disorder patients brush again and again, endlessly! The automatic mechanism of his brain has been destroyed. Fortunately, these four steps can fix it.

Distraction is to divert attention from the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder, even for a few minutes. First, choose certain behaviors instead of compulsory hand washing or inspection. Any interesting and constructive action will do. It is best to engage in your hobbies, such as walking, sports, listening to music, reading, playing computer and basketball.

When you have obsessive-compulsive thinking, you first "re-confirm" that it is obsessive-compulsive thinking or impulse, and "re-attribute" that it comes from your disease-obsessive-compulsive disorder, and then "divert your attention" to do other things. Remember not to fall into habitual thinking. You must tell yourself: "My obsessive-compulsive disorder has been committed again, and I must do something else." You can decide not to respond to compulsive thinking. You should be your own master, not a slave to obsessive-compulsive disorder!