{"id":992,"date":"2013-08-06T06:30:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T06:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/?p=992"},"modified":"2024-05-23T04:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T10:14:02","slug":"hypnosis-for-ocd-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/hypnosis-for-ocd-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Vital Reasons Why I Use Hypnosis For Treating OCD \u2013 And Why You Should Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(If you are looking for hypnosis to help you with OCD, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hypnosisdownloads.com\/anxiety-treatment\/ocd-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see my OCD hypnosis download here<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a thief. It steals your life.<\/p>\n<p>Great dark rings etched beneath Sheila&#8217;s eyes betrayed just how much time had been lost worrying her life away. Reddened calloused fingers spoke of the millions of seconds wasted away pursuing her obsession. A toneless unhappy manner of speech denoted relentless mental torture.<\/p>\n<h3>Prefer to watch instead?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch 3 Vital Reasons Why I Use Hypnosis For Treating OCD \u2013 And Why You Should Too\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5I2_wP01UEU?si=M3W9usnKDWh4xHC4&amp;rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can be hard to treat. The first time I saw Sheila, she arrived 20 minutes early and promptly went up to the bathroom. Here she spent those 20 minutes frantically checking my taps were turned off after using them.<\/p>\n<p>She <em>could<\/em> walk away&#8230; almost&#8230; moving away from them&#8230; no&#8230; having to go back to check&#8230; <em>just one more look<\/em>&#8230; are they <em>really<\/em> off&#8230;?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;<strong>Sheila!<\/strong> That&#8217;s enough! I want to talk to you!&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#b9b9b9;border-radius:10px;-moz-border-radius:10px;-webkit-border-radius:10px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#d3d3d3;border-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;border-radius:10px;-moz-border-radius:10px;-webkit-border-radius:10px;\"><strong>Click the play button to listen to this article in audio format<\/strong><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-992-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/3-Reasons-why-I-treat-OCD-with-hypnosis.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/3-Reasons-why-I-treat-OCD-with-hypnosis.mp3\">https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/3-Reasons-why-I-treat-OCD-with-hypnosis.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/3-Reasons-why-I-treat-OCD-with-hypnosis.mp3\">Click here to download the mp3 and listen later<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>The miserly slave driver<\/h2>\n<p>Sheila sat down. She described how she hated her OCD but couldn&#8217;t live without it. How it had arisen when she was a child. How it sometimes lessened in intensity, but never went away entirely. How stress would get it flaring up like some festering rash that lies dormant but never goes away.<\/p>\n<p>OCD can express differently in different people, but the <em>underlying mechanism<\/em> is the same.<\/p>\n<div class='essb-ctt essb-ctt-modern' onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=OCD+can+express+differently+in+different+people%2C+but+the+underlying+mechanism+is+the+same.&amp;via=marktyrell&amp;related=marktyrell&amp;url=https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/hypnosis-for-ocd-treatment\/', 'essb_share_window', 'height=300,width=500,resizable=1,scrollbars=yes');\">\r\n    \t\t\t<span class='essb-ctt-quote'>\r\n    \t\t\tOCD can express differently in different people, but the underlying mechanism is the same.\r\n    \t\t\t<\/span>\r\n    \t\t\t<span class='essb-ctt-button'><span>Click to Tweet<\/span><i class='essb_svg_icon_twitter'><svg class=\"essb-svg-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M28.75 9.5c0 0.25 0 0.563 0 0.813 0 8.688-6.625 18.688-18.688 18.688-3.688 0-7.188-1.063-10.063-2.938 0.5 0.063 1.063 0.063 1.563 0.063 3.063 0 5.938-1 8.188-2.813-2.875 0-5.313-1.938-6.188-4.563 0.438 0.125 0.813 0.125 1.25 0.125 0.625 0 1.188-0.063 1.75-0.188-3-0.625-5.25-3.313-5.25-6.438 0-0.063 0-0.063 0-0.125 0.875 0.5 1.875 0.813 2.938 0.813-1.75-1.125-2.938-3.188-2.938-5.438 0-1.188 0.375-2.313 0.938-3.313 3.188 4 8.063 6.625 13.5 6.875-0.125-0.5-0.188-1-0.188-1.5 0-3.625 2.938-6.563 6.563-6.563 1.938 0 3.625 0.813 4.813 2.063 1.5-0.313 2.938-0.813 4.188-1.563-0.5 1.5-1.563 2.813-2.875 3.625 1.313-0.188 2.563-0.5 3.75-1.063-0.875 1.313-2 2.5-3.25 3.438z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i>\r\n    \t\t<\/div>\n<p>Obsessive thoughts lead to obsessive actions such as turning taps on and off, or hand washing, or cleaning, or anything.<\/p>\n<p>Like a miserly tyrant forcing his slaves to work unrelenting hours for a pittance of reassurance that might last no more than a few minutes, OCD was brutalising Sheila&#8217;s life. It was tearing down her marriage and ripping away her happiness and her capacity to mother her dearly loved children.<\/p>\n<p>Why does it do this?<\/p>\n\n<h2>Superstition and ritual<\/h2>\n<p>Sheila felt that if she <em>didn&#8217;t<\/em> check taps by turning them on and then off again then &#8216;something terrible&#8217; would happen to her kids or husband.<\/p>\n<p>Once they were turned on, she could never feel <em>completely<\/em> sure she&#8217;d turned them off <em>properly<\/em>. Sometimes she would spend up to four hours checking &#8211; over and over. This OCD checking was meant to be an anxiety reducer, meant to give her a sense of control over events, meant to help her.<\/p>\n<p>But in practice it was doing the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>I saw Sheila three times and used hypnosis to help her finally reclaim her life and leave the OCD behind. This is why I used hypnosis, and why you should too if you ever treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.<\/p>\n<h2>1) Reason One: OCD <em>is<\/em> hypnosis<\/h2>\n<p>Every single one of the hundreds of OCD sufferers I&#8217;ve treated over two decades have described how, when they are obsessing or acting compulsively, they feel like they &#8216;space out&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>During any hypnotic state there&#8217;s a narrowing down of your focus of attention at a given trigger, a feeling of &#8216;time disappearing&#8217; during hours of (for example) hand washing. You become inwardly absorbed as the imagination becomes more &#8216;real&#8217; than external reality.<\/p>\n<p>OCD isn&#8217;t really a &#8216;thought disorder&#8217;. It&#8217;s a &#8216;feeling disorder&#8217; &#8211; even an &#8216;imagination disorder&#8217;. So it makes sense to treat a &#8216;hypnotic condition&#8217; with hypnosis.<\/p>\n<p>But there is also the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/conscious-and-unconscious-mind\/\">subconscious mind<\/a> to consider&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>2) Reason Two: Hypnosis communicates with the &#8216;problem part&#8217; of the mind<\/h2>\n<p>You might have heard the parable of the man looking for something in the street at night.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;What are you looking for?&#8221;<\/em> asks his neighbour<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve lost my key,&#8221; says the man.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Where did you lose it?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;In my house.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Then why are you looking for it out here in the street?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Because there&#8217;s more light to see by under this street lamp!&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Trying to work at the conscious level with someone when the problem really resides in, and is maintained, by, their <em>subconscious<\/em> mind is like the man looking for his key in the wrong place just because there seems to be &#8216;more light&#8217; in that place.<\/p>\n<p>But we can go further.<\/p>\n<h2>3) Reason Three: Hypnosis is a great way to extract the fear from OCD<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Sheila, how would you feel if someone physically prevented you from compulsively checking water taps?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;d be terrified. Even thinking about that makes me feel anxious!&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But what if it didn&#8217;t?<\/p>\n<p>What if Sheila could become totally relaxed with the thought of &#8211; and the reality of &#8211; <em>not<\/em> checking? The power would be taken away from the OCD right there. OCD is fuelled by fear.<\/p>\n<p>In treatment of OCD it&#8217;s both intelligent and practical to focus on taking the fear out of <em>not<\/em> carrying out some compulsive behaviour. We can use the hypnotic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/rewind-technique-course\/\">Rewind Technique<\/a> to decondition the anxiety around not carrying out OCD rituals. When we do this OCD can evaporate amazingly fast.<\/p>\n<p>There are many other reasons why hypnosis is great for treating OCD, but these are the three that I think really count.<\/p>\n<p>And while I&#8217;m not saying that other approaches such as CBT can&#8217;t or shouldn&#8217;t be used for OCD (of course they can), it is important to understand that, for genuine change to happen at the <em>feeling<\/em> level, hypnosis &#8211; a new way of focusing the mind &#8211; <em>must<\/em> occur.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, naturally occurring hypnotic states are likely to arise in any good therapeutic encounter to assist the therapist in their work, whether the therapist is aware of this or not.<\/p>\n<p>You will have an added advantage if you know what you are doing with hypnosis.<\/p>\n<p>For more on OCD, see <a href=\"\/blog\/4-great-therapy-techniques-for-ocd-2\/\">4 Great Therapy Techniques for Treating OCD<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every single one of the 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