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Many people do not realize that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder. Understanding this bit of knowledge is the first step to overcoming the disorder naturally. Many people relate the disorder to excessive cleanliness or being a perfectionist. This is not a disorder, bur rather a personality type. Understanding this difference is crucial in learning how to overcome OCD naturally.
One way of understanding anxiety is to view it almost as an over-active flight response. With OCD, instead of flight or fight, a person is stuck in a third reaction type, that of prevention. Instead of facing the fear, or running from it, a person with OCD obsesses about the possible danger, and develops some kind of ritual to keep it at bay.
This ritual may be an action, thought, or urge. In their mind, what they are doing is absolutely essential to prevent some kind of danger. The ritual then begins to interfere with the everyday functions of life, such as going to work or going outside. Once the ritual begins to take up at least an hour a day, cumulatively, it is considered an actual disorder.
Understanding the problem is the first step one can take to overcome OCD naturally. Next, change the way you look at being obsessive compulsive. You are trying to avert a danger. In many circumstances, your anxiety can heighten your awareness and keep you safe. So, learn to harness the ability so it does not rule you.
Maybe instead of driving around the block 6 times to make sure there is no one down the street, challenge your mind. OCD is a cognitive disorder, and when your mind cannot produce the scenario it keeps trying to play out, you begin to break the compulsive habit. Stick your hands in mud don't wash them for a whole day. Prove nothing will happen as a result.
It's all about exposure and response prevention. Even if you cannot control the feeling, you can learn to control the response. OCD is a type of anxiety disorder, and the best way to overcome anxiety naturally, without medication, is e
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