E
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Maybe,MaybeNotMaybe,MaybeNot
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It’s our brains way to protect us from uncertainty
NicaNica
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It’s a brain malfunction.
NicaNica
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@Europe2018 You can clearly see how people with no mental illnesses and people with mental illnesses are different if you do certain brain scans. They’re not the same physically.
NicaNica
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@Europe2018 I don’t even know what you’re arguing for at this point. OCD can be caused by genetics or an extremely traumatic event. There’s also post-pardum OCD (which stems from hormones going haywire after having a child). Mental illnesses are brain malfunctions due to the things listed above. If you don’t like that term, then don’t use it personally, but the term “brain malfunction” is one of the closest phrases one can use to describe OCD— and mental illnesses overall. I use it because I don’t mind the term at all.
lola2214lola2214
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I have decided to take a more holistic approach to this after reading the book “the wisdom of anxiety” Which talks a lot about how anxiety and intrusive thoughts are a call to deal with unresolved stuff in our past/our self perception/self trust etc. it’s helped me reframe and look at it as less of a thing to get away from and shun and I think it’s really helped me as you probably know the more you try to stop thinking something or label it as bad, the More likely it is to persist
EE
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Could you explain in more detail :) how shoukd i reframe what i am going through?
lola2214lola2214
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@E I’d start by reading everything by Sheryl Paul. Start here. https://conscious-transitions.com/this-is-what-is-hidden-inside-intrusive-thoughts-and-how-to-break-free/
EE
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@lola2214 This was super helpful. Thank you so much :) you should share this with the OCD community, i found it super super insightful
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