I have nearly dissolved my OCD thoughts, without CBT, but with a different explanation for the symptoms, different practices and finally the inside that the OCD thoughts definitely sit on top of trauma, and consequently concentrating on treating trauma. Start to look out for explanations for what you are going through and for the adapted (self-)treatment. Don‘t believe this talk „CBT is the only way to go“ too much. That‘s what I wanted to share

First of all it‘s necessary to keep searching for a convincing explanation - „it‘s a mental illness“ is not. That is just a label. Look in your own history, keep the eyes open...practically I did tapping, meditation, TRE for Trauma release, many things. But no one size fits all. But when I found out and remembered my trauma a lot was changing for the good. Though still you need something to adress the thoughts first, directly. But they can settle when you treat the causes behind...I followed also a program by John Glanvill , you can find on Patreon

@Jin Yeah there was some trauma in my life walked into the house to find a knife on The kitchen table walked into the room and found my wife laying on the ground she hadn’t used a knife were taking pills then about seven months later I had a nightmare about stabbing her to death that’s why my OCD started specifically my Harm ocd. I haven’t press from it maybe some symptoms but not enough to be diagnosed with ptsd

@Jin Why does is it’s a mental illness not a convincing explanation ? It is that and it can be hereditary as well and trauma can set off that predisposition to it. Has finding the answer helped you in your recovery?

@Dre83 Hey Dre83, that is a tough experience you had! I think nearly all „mental illness“ is made by experience and what we make out of it. Or trauma, which involves an automatical reaction. Well, the diagnoses in the manuals of psychiatry, they offer no real explanation. They basicallly say: you have the symptoms because you have the illness xyz. But what they call the illness xyz is defined by nothing than those symptoms. It‘s a fundamental question if we believe the „experts“ or if we take our search and our need to understand (ourselves and our lifes) in our own hands. For me, I only started to get better when I stopped trusting and hoping for the experts. And yes, and important factor was and still is: remembering and underdtanding the root of my OCD harm thoughts.

How long have you been dealing with ocd?

No worries. Thanks for your response and insight

@Dre83 if you like check out also Eugene Gendlin and his Focusing (on youtube), it‘s not symptom specific but was a game changer for my obsessive thoughts .

@Jin Awesom man I appreciate it!