Obsessions and Compulsions

These conditions are treated as separate entities with hypnoanalysis, as it is unusual to be both obsessive AND compulsive.

Obsessive Thoughts

Obsessions tend to come in the form of involuntary thoughts, feeling or impulses which take many forms.

They are often difficult for the sufferer to control and include violent or sexual thought processes and the fear of acting them out. Excessive concern with routine and safety, often concerning the home or daily rituals. Also concern with contamination or dirt. These are constant and frequent thought processes that can dominate the mind and cause distress.

Frequent obsessions include: fears about dirt, germs and contamination, fears of aggressive thoughts, sexual thoughts, fear that things are not safe and so on. These are automatic and frequent responses which the individual finds difficult to control.

Symptoms include:

Checking or counting rituals
Certain ‘magical beliefs’ or rituals that have to be performed
Negative thoughts
Concern with hygiene, dirt and the possibility of contamination
Chronic insomnia
Persistent jealous thoughts

Compulsive Behaviour

These are the way a person reduces the anxiety they feel from an obsession. This might include: excessive washing and cleaning, checking, over/comfort eating, excessive gambling, drinking alcohol to excess, repeating certain words & phrases, counting & touching objects, hoarding, ritualistic behaviour, wearing only certain colours and many more.

The main features of compulsions are that they are repetitive and stereotypical actions that the person feels compelled to perform without conscious thought.

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

People with OCD cannot ignore unpleasant thoughts and pay undue attention to them. They may be good at concealing the problem and appear to function quite normally; hence it has often been called the ‘secretive disorder’.

People with OCD are not ‘mad’ or dangerous. They know their thoughts are excessive or irrational, but the anxiety they feel makes those thoughts difficult to ignore.

It is estimated that about one person in about 70 has OCD.

As with all forms of therapy, we cannot guarantee results or a ‘cure’. However, Alan will do his utmost to resolve the client’s presenting symptoms. As a specialist form of hypnotherapy, hypnoanalysis is extremely effective at resolving the underlying anxiety that drives the obsessive thought and compulsive actions.

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