So intrusive thoughts?
And OCD,
Obsessive compulsive disorder.
A thought lands that horrifies you.
It could be.
.
.
Violent,
Taboo or just wrong.
And then there's panic because the mind judges the very thought that it's given you in the first place.
Why would I think that?
Like,
What is wrong with me?
What does this say about me?
I'm a terrible person.
For a start,
That judging that the mind does is normal,
And so when it judges the judging,
That's also normal too.
And actually intrusive thoughts are part and parcel of being human.
Everybody has them to a greater or lesser extent.
But when it comes to OCD,
There's more of an exacerbation of this.
They've come to a level where We do things to try and control patterns of behavior that don't actually serve us,
That keep us kind of trapped.
But I really want to normalize this because if you've tapped into this video because you can relate to intrusive thoughts,
Then this is going to be helpful,
I hope.
It might well be that you've seen OCD and you might have a diagnosis and so I also hope that this is going to be helpful and I really want to emphasize and re-emphasize the fact that We all have unhelpful thoughts.
And it's not our unhelpful thoughts that's the problem.
It's the relationship to them that is the problem.
It's when we get caught up in the judging of the judging and then think that we're terrible and then naturally we don't want to experience them.
So we're doing things to try and escape.
This feeling and these feelings that we've got.
So it's a cruel twist.
Fighting a thought tells the brain,
Hey,
This thought is dangerous.
I can't have it anymore.
And actually what happens is it returns louder because we're resisting it.
As the classic old saying goes,
What we resist persists.
So,
As I've said,
It's the struggle that is the problem and our relationship to the thought that is actually the problem.
A thought is not an urge.
It doesn't mean that we have to act upon it,
Right?
It doesn't mean that we have to take it absolutely seriously.
But if you are listening to this video and you do have OCD,
Of course,
By the time you've had a diagnosis,
It's really become debilitating.
But there is a way out of this.
There is a way out of this.
And we do it gently.
We work on it gently now and again.
So we can soften that relationship that we have to ourselves and to our minds that's giving us these thoughts.
So we can't stop the thoughts arriving,
Even though that's what we want.
If I had a magic wand,
I would do it for me.
I would do it for everybody,
Right?
But we can't stop them.
But we can stop giving them our energy.
We can stop feeding them.
So the freedom isn't in eradicating these.
It's basically changing the way we relate to them.
And there's a lot of There's a lot of tips and tools that are around that can really help you with that.
You might want to look at some of my work called Never Mind Your Mind that actually helps us learn.
About the human mind and why it does what it does and how it trips us up in a way that helps us soften and start to form a kinder relationship with our mind that's giving us these thoughts that it seems like it's being the enemy.
So.
.
.
If this is really gripping your life.
I want you to know that there is a way out of this.
And I've seen it many times before.
And you don't have to be alone in this.
And it can actually help you to develop a deeper,
Kinder relationship,
Not only with your mind,
But with yourself.
And that is the way out of this.
I hope this video has been helpful for you.
Yeah,
Like I said,
Maybe check.
Search here on Insight Timer for Never Mind Your Mind and check some of my work in that regard.
And it could be really helpful for you.
