Wolfram

Date posted: 20w

Altered states or consciousness for ocd

If there was a possibility of curing your ocd, would you be willing to enter an altered state of consciousness? This can be done through breathing meditations, polyvagal therapy and psilocybin mushroom use in a professional and guided setting. It may be a very negative and intense experience and feel worse than any exposure you've ever done for ocd, but if done right, you'll come out ocd free. Would any of you be interested in that?

julianofnorwich

Date posted: 20w

No because I have a family history of schizophrenia

Wolfram

Date posted: 20w

You would be within the "at risk" group, so good answer

julianofnorwich

Date posted: 20w

@Wolfram So wait, you had psychosis but now you don't have ocd?

Wolfram

Date posted: 20w

@julianofnorwich I had a psychotic episode, and after I don't show any ocd symptoms. I think my brain was rewiring. I was messing around with different states of consciousness and was doing it blindly 😬 ( just to add, no drugs involved)

julianofnorwich

Date posted: 20w

@Wolfram Omg you did that without any doctor help? Wow! Well.im glad you're better now!

Wolfram

Date posted: 20w

@julianofnorwich Doctors helped me get through the episode. I definitely needed help then. Been treated for psychosis but I call it kundalini syndrome. East and West treat what I went through very differently. Felt like a very spiritual experience 😅

s_____

Date posted: 20w

absolutely. I would take the risk because it would be 1000% worth it if I didn’t have to question every single thought I had or the physical sensations I have. OCD is already hell so why not go through some more pain and suffering if it means I’ll be ocd free?

Wolfram

Date posted: 20w

Even if it meant risking a possible psychotic episode as a side effect?

s_____

Date posted: 20w

@Wolfram hmm I guess for me it depends on how likely it is for that to happen

Wolfram

Date posted: 20w

@s_____ 50/50

s_____

Date posted: 20w

@Wolfram dang okay maybe living with ocd doesn’t sound so bad 💔

Wolfram

Date posted: 20w

@s_____ Yeah, it's a tough one 😅 since my episode I've not had ocd symptoms

s_____

Date posted: 20w

@Wolfram I’m so sorry that happened to you, psychotic episodes are awful

Wolfram

Date posted: 20w

@s_____ I consider it a good trade off. 1 month of hell to be ocd free for the rest of my life. I just wish I had guides to help me through it, and my family is vulnerable to psychosis I think

s_____

Date posted: 20w

@Wolfram I’m glad you’re better now! And wow I’ve never heard of this so it’s cool to read about your experience in the replies

HadOCDsince2003

Date posted: 20w

I was scared to have reiki but I’ve had lots of sessions for my sciatica. I didn’t feel anything odd with that. Breathwork, kundalini yoga & mediation can all activate your pineal gland ( 3rd eye). In my religion it teaches us to meditate but after being initiated properly into the religion ( ie practicing it). The reason for the initiation is because once you go inwards you need someone to guide you ( prophet). If you start going inwards without a guide it can lead to all kinds of mental issues. Obviously as mentioned above you can do it without a guide by breathwork etc but things can do wrong.

Wolfram

Date posted: 20w

The diet and meditation was all about regarding the pineal gland. There's a lot of videos online about it but they got some info wrong as I found out in my own research. I was looking into ancient Egyptian stuff and Buddhism. The closest breath work to my meditation is called holotropic. I spoke to some experts in it and they confirmed I achieved the same results. I also spoke to someone from the biocybernaut company and they were surprised I managed to train myself to do what their project does. It was all validating info but didn't make the experience any less scary. It made ocd feel tame in comparison.

HadOCDsince2003

Date posted: 20w

I’m not initiated so I will do hot yoga for relaxation but not kundalini yoga. Breath work I’ve not done but if I will do it, it will be in its simplest form, nothing to heavy. I’m scared to delve into something that I can’t handle. However the promise of it curing your ocd is quite tempting.

HadOCDsince2003

Date posted: 20w

Bagar nerve stimulation is good but not tried it, I would like to try hypnosis. However if I believe these practices will mess me up , they will. If I believe nothing will happen, nothing will. I weren’t bothered with reiki or scared and I was fine

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 20w

I wouldn't do this actually. Sounds concerning to me

HadOCDsince2003

Date posted: 20w

What did you do? With regards to activating your kundalini without guidance- I’d be scared to try that as psychosis can be a side effect. I’ve head MDMA ( it’s illegal) is really good for trauma but in the presence of a doctor. I would love to get over ocd but I am scared of messing with things I don’t know about. What did you do ?

Wolfram

Date posted: 20w

Was diet and a breathing meditation I made up. I think I did some self hypnosis by accident too. Also had polyvagal massage and reiki. The main things were the breathing meditation and diet. I won't share because I feel it's dangerous to do alone. I was lucky to have a supportive family

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