Well I’ve just heard that today is Global Hand-washing Day. There does seem to be a day for everything lately! Global Hand-washing Day is to promote washing hands with soap as it is the most effective and inexpensive way to prevent many diseases spreading. It makes sense, and is a great way to prevent the spreading of germs and it’s being promoted especially in schools and developing countries across the world.
You may wonder why I am speaking about this – well it is because washing hands is a usual everyday activity for most people but it can also become a problem for people suffering with OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This is when an action, like washing hands, becomes a compulsion and something that has to be repeated and repeated due to the worry of contamination. Some sufferers find everyday tasks or interactions with people almost impossible, because the worries and anxieties around contamination are too much. This leads to the sufferer being a slave to their compulsion and their world becomes smaller and smaller.
Within Solution Focused Hypnotherapy I work on reducing the anxieties in ones life by helping the person work the part of their brain (the Left Prefrontal Cortex) which looks for solutions – it’s the part of you that is your boss. The part of you, that knows what to do and how to do it. So if you are suffering with OCD and want to get your life back why not consider hypnotherapy, it is a rewarding journey and it feels great to get back in control and get your life going in the direction that you choose.
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