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OCD- Self Care Tips
| Posted on June 26, 2016 at 4:58 PM |
OCD and its associated disorders are chronic neurobehavioral problems which
appear to have genetic origins and learned behavioral components. While medication and cognitive-behavioral
psychotherapy can have a significant impact on OCD up to 25% of persons improve
very little. For others, improves comes
very slowly and painfully. With such a
difficult disorder, crises and setbacks are normal. As the person continues in therapy they need
to develop self-care behaviors that work for them, remember these behaviors
(via journaling) and then repeat them when in crisis. Below are some general ideas that can be
helpful to attend to when an adult, or child with OCD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Hypochondriasis or
Trichotillomania is having a difficulty on their journey. (1) Above
all RELAX. OCD can be painful, but very,
very seldom causes permanent physical or mental harm to the person. Since OCD results from high anxiety it always
makes sense to continually remind oneself to relax. This includes the caregivers and helper
involved with the person.
(2) Consider
a temporary increase in medication, augmentation with another pharmacological
agent, addition of an antianxiety agent (benzodiazepine, etc.) or change in
medication.
(3) Reduce
pressures related to life change by:
(4) Increase
physical activities which are not OCD-laden such as:
(5) Encourage
a “Just be and don’t think.” approach on a continual basis. OCD lives in the mind. Redirect the person to experiences versus
thoughts. (6) Change
the setting. Take a day off and go to
the beach, grandparents, visiting friends, hiking, etc. Make note of positive changes experienced and
take these experiential learning’s back to the regular routine. (7) Remember
that anxiety drive or fuels OCD. Find
ways of relaxing actively and deliberately such as:
(8) Encourage
the person to feel and express their feelings (tears, anger, fear). Try and redirect attention away from:
(9) Focus
on the positive progress and behaviors that you have achieved rather than the
OCD. (10) “Overperform”
the ritual in order to drive it into extinction. (11) Provide
rewards for any and all progress. (12) For
obsessional slowness and getting “stuck”:
Christian R. Komor, Psy.D. is
a clinical psychologist who combines 12 years of clinical experience treating
OCD-Spectrum disorders with discoveries from his personal recovery from
OCD. Dr. Komor is the author of The
Obsessive Compulsive’s Meditation Book (2000), OCD and Other Gods
(2000), and The Power of being (1992). Dr. Komor is the founder of the OCD
Recovery Centers of America based in Grand Rapids. The Clinic can be reached by telephone at
616-954-2727 or e-mail at [email protected]. For more information visit the RCA web site
at www.mindbodyconsult.com |
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