Obsessive 'Compulsion' Disorder - (OCD)
A person suffering from a compulsion or compulsions (obsessive compulsion disorder) feels remorselessly driven to complete a task, usually repeatedly in response to an obsessional thought, and feels on completion an immediate sense of satisfaction for doing so. However this 'satisfaction' is often short lived as the next compulsion is usually soon to rise. Which is slightly different to OCD.
Once an compulsion (obsessive compulsion) has been fulfilled it is usual for a negative to have changed into a positive. For example a dirty car has been washed, an untidy desk tidied etc. This serves to temporarily lower a persons high levels of anxiety that would otherwise have 'gone-through-the-roof' and became unbearable if the task had not been carried out. Sufferers of OCD do not experience that relief.
This suggests that the person is remorselessly driven by anxiety. In effect, the anxiety within a person has been externalized and lowered by the task of turning a negative into a positive and hence gaining a sense of control.
For the person with a compulsion disorder, this is a vicious circle as the root cause of the anxiety within, has not been dealt with and the process starts all over again. To the sufferer however, compulsions can become very addictive as they provide temporary relief from the anxiety within.
This will often strengthen the urge to repeat the compulsive task. People who have compulsions often feel guilty for carrying out such a task, but cannot find a way to end the feeling that the task needs to be done. In extreme cases, a sufferer cannot see when a task has actually been completed.
Compulsive addictive behaviors include:
 Gambling addiction.
Drug addiction (including smoking cigarettes, joints, ecstasy, speed, GHB etc.).
Alcoholism and binge drinking.
Binge eating, comfort eating and over eating.
Nail biting.
Compulsive itching and scratching.
Cutting or burning oneself.
Cleaning (repeatedly either ones own body or such thing as kitchen surfaces).
Checking (repeatedly checking if the cooker has been left on etc..)
Counting strings of numbers for hours on end.
Arranging things such as furniture in a certain way.
Repeating words or sentences,
Hoarding (collecting useless objects).
Compulsions and compulsive activities can permanently be cured with a course of hypnoanalytical therapy. Compulsive activities are just expressions of great anxiety that is caused by bottled-up emotions. Free the bottled-up emotions and the anxiety and the symptoms of compulsions will permanently vanish.
Please don't hesitate to contact me now at the Yorkshire Hypnotherapy Clinic in Huddersfield so that we can arrange a fully confidential, no obligation and free consultation so that I can understand your specific needs and explain how we will work together to free you of these disabilitating symptoms.
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