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  1. U don't need to change, improve, avoid or get rid of discomfort. U do however, need to be able to watch it
  2. Example:my chest is tightening, my heart is racing, I feel tingling in my arms. The observing self watches the discomfort but doesn't engage
  3. Generate discomfort, then write down the physical elements. Run through them in ur mind so that when they arrive, U can run through the list
  4. Get to know your discomfort & spend time with it. How does it feel? Where does it manifest? What is the texture & intensity?
  5. In your quest to observe your internal events (particularly discomfort) get to know what they look like
  6. So today b in the moment, let the bigger picture take care of itself, just as if it was entirely out of your control (which of course,it is)
  7. "but my life will be chaos" u might say. Actually if you make each moment count, the future will take care of itself
  8. Making the best of each moment becomes your goal, not some arbitrary future goal which is outside your control
  9. So the need to become involved in the future: evaluation, benchmarking, forward-based control & analysis are redundant
  10. All you can do is live moment to moment & respond as elegantly as u can to whatever occurs
  11. For one day set yourself free. Live in the total conviction that your life has already been written, predetermined by a force other than you
  12. Steer your mind away from the constant evaluation & commentary on how you feel. You feel how you feel. That's it.
  13. Let the emotion be. Return your attention back to whatever you are doing and let your feelings/emotions stay. They are perfect as they are.
  14. Realise that u can't improve on that situation where you feel an emotion, however bad. That emotion is exactly what it should be.
  15. Make space for it to be there. You don't need to do anything. You don't need to know why it is there. You don't need it to go.
  16. Allow yourself to feel each emotion fully. Don't fight or resist any discomfort: anger, anxiety, sadness, shame, guilt
  17. Today, use the same approach as yesterday with your emotions. Problems only occur when we fight or resist how we feel
  18. Your clever remarks, solutions or counter arguments may leave a mark but your understanding will create a bond not easily broken.
  19. It is at this point that healing takes place, conflicts are resolved, empathy is created & one heart truly speaks to another
  20. Don't try to come up with counter arguments. Respect all they have to say. See it from their point of view.