Recently, I saw this passage in the "People's Daily": The best way to treat anxiety compulsion is not to take medicine, but mindfulness. This is also the core of what I want to share with you today.
1. Practice is the key to healing
All obsessive-compulsive disorders (anxiety disorders) stem from an over-preoccupation with changes in one's own heart and an over-belief in the ideas in one's head.
People try to restrain themselves with the help of some rigid rules in order to control the outcome of real life.
However, it is important to know that in the adult world, it is not like children who pursue grades, and they can achieve their wishes by putting in their best efforts.
If you really want to change, you don't have to worry too much about it, just put it into your efforts. As for the result, whether it is good or bad, it can only be accepted calmly, and there is no other way.
In the same way, emotions and thoughts change rapidly, and there is never a moment when they stop changing.
In my later stages, I often felt that I was close to success, and I seemed to understand all of them. However, once put into practice, it is difficult to stick to it even for a second.
In the book "Overcoming Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder", it is mentioned that only the experience gained through practice is good wisdom, and the rigid truth is only bad wisdom.
And I speculate that the thoughts that make us suddenly realize at the time of the epiphany are different, and they all have a unique perspective that is combined with our own situation and helps us to be aware.
In addition, many of Morita's theories that I had read before I recovered were truly integrated into myself through the practice of "Overcoming Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder" and "Emotional Self-Help".
It can be seen that even in this article, if you only agree with the truth but only think about it, your symptoms will never be reduced in the slightest.
But if you continue to practice these articles, you will surely have a moment of enlightenment.
And your enlightened way of thinking must be different from mine,
But that's the really beneficial conscience and experience that comes from your own actions.
Therefore, since it is already so painful, since it can only save itself, even if it is extremely frightened, it is necessary to muster up great courage to feel the anxiety and continue to live.
2. Mindfulness therapy
Mindfulness therapy is the fundamental treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (including anxiety and depression), because it has the same root cause and different symptoms, but as long as you understand the root cause, it can be effective.
You don't have to think that mindfulness therapy is unfathomable because of the word "therapy".
Rather than embracing mindfulness, I just read a few books on mindfulness, such as Overcoming Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Emotional Self-Help, and that's it.
Also, when reading, it is a way to pick the key points and discard the things that are not interesting.
Moreover, both books do not require a basic knowledge of psychology or a high level of literacy to read.
The presentation in the book is simple and plain, not fancy, but to the point.
When I first read the symptom examples, I realized that this was not a true portrayal of me, because there were people in the world who could understand my situation.
At the same time, his tone and expression always reveal a deep understanding and sympathy for this group.
It conveys a very understandable train of thought, but people with OCD have never thought of it before.
So I think that even if you are cured, you can still read it from time to time.
Because it's like an old man talking to you about the trivial things of daily life,
It contains an indifferent, relaxed but tenacious and enterprising attitude towards life.
And before you know it, some of your thoughts will quietly change.
(For specific practice methods, you can refer to the two books "Overcoming Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder" and "Emotional Self-Help", believe me, the truth is known a thousand times, not as much as a practice.) ）