How to overcome obsessive thinking?

You must have seen this kind of people. They must check again and again whether they have locked the door before going out. When using their mobile phones, they must make sure that the battery is kept above 80%. Once it is not enough, they can't wait to charge it immediately. We would say that these are manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder, or compulsive thinking. So how do we overcome these unnecessary obsessive thoughts?

Obsessive thinking: also known as obsessive idea, refers to the repeated appearance of a certain idea or concept in the patient's mind, accompanied by a subjective feeling of compulsion and pain. The patient is fully aware that this thought is unnecessary or absurd, and tries to drive these thoughts out of his mind, but he cannot freely interfere with or control this thought. Therefore, he often has the experience of "out of control", accompanied by irritability and anxiety, and self-compulsion and anti-compulsion.

Eliminate tension and improve psychological compulsive thinking. The emergence or aggravation of it often occurs when there are mental tension factors or psychological pressure or psychological contradictions. Compulsive thinking is difficult to get rid of and aggravates psychological conflicts, leading to a vicious cycle and easily causing anxiety or psychological pain. Therefore, when people feel the psychological pressure is increasing, they should pay special attention to mental health, especially those who already suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder should strengthen their awareness of prevention. This is not only a problem that individuals should pay attention to, but also the family and society, relatives, teachers, and colleagues should pay attention to it, especially those who provide psychological support, guidance and help them to make psychological adjustments, which can prevent or alleviate the occurrence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Downplay your fear and talk appropriately about the symptoms of your obsessive thinking, let it be and don't take it to heart. Either ignore it or downplay its existence. Do not let the existence of obsessive thinking bring about psychological conflicts and anxiety. Do not regard the existence of obsessive thinking as a serious problem. Don't be afraid of it. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a paper tiger. If you are afraid of it, it will show its ferocious side. The more you are afraid of it, the more it will be like a real tiger. If you are not afraid of it, it is just a piece of paper. If you are not afraid of it, you will naturally cut off the vicious cycle it causes. If we ignore it, it will lose its market and its ability to stir up trouble.

Diverting attention Diverting attention from obsessive-compulsive disorder is actually a kind of transformation, that is, focusing your attention on work, study and hobbies. Especially when obsessive-compulsive thoughts appear, if you can pay attention to other things in time and engage in activities that you are most interested in, you can divert your attention from obsessive-compulsive thoughts and avoid psychological conflicts and pain.

A large amount of clinical data on self-psychological adjustment suggests that obsessive-compulsive disorder is more likely to occur in individuals with poor personality and psychological quality. It manifests itself as weak will and lack of effective control over one's own thinking activities by consciousness and reason. It also manifests itself as weak psychological adjustment ability, difficulty in avoiding the psychological contradictions brought about by obsessive thinking, and inability to get rid of obsessive thinking and the vicious cycle it causes. The key to overcoming obsessive-compulsive disorder lies in yourself. We need to hone our personality and enhance our psychological endurance and ability to adjust ourselves in order to fundamentally overcome obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Psychological help can specifically include two aspects: one is appropriate drug help, such as taking clomipramine, etc., and it is advisable to start with a small dose. Clomipramine should be taken from 25 mg/day and gradually increased. The maximum dose should not exceed 200 mg (8 tablets)/day (divided into several doses). Must be taken under the guidance of a doctor. The second is psychological help. Receive counseling from a psychologist and receive necessary psychological treatment. For example, the Morita therapy created by Mr. Shoma Morita has significant effects on the treatment of neuroses such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, and can be implemented under the guidance of a psychologist.