A Special Health Report on OCD

Compulsive behavior is defined as the irresistible urge, often against one's conscious wishes, to do something. In psychology, the term is often teamed with the word "Obsessive" such as in "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder" (OCD, for short). People who suffer from this disorder are addicted to uncontrollable and irrational behaviors that disrupt their lives on many levels.

Causes of OCD: Tied to Anxiety: Some people act compulsively in order to relieve the anxiety stemming from certain obsessive thoughts. These people may feel that performing these repetitive actions will somehow prevent a horrible event from occurring or that it will force the event from their minds. Whatever the motive, the sufferer's reasoning is so distorted that it results in significant distress for the sufferer or to those around them.

The disorder has also been linked to abnormalities with the neurotransmitter serotonin, a chemical substance in the body thought to have a role in regulating anxiety.

I happen to work using a specific kind of behavior modification process called Left-Right Brain Learning and Suggestibility, that I created in the 1960s, which is based upon how the brain functions. The brain is divided into two hemispheres, right and left. The right side of the brain controls the left side of the body and vice versa. But also, the left side of the brain is generally responsible for logic and analytical thinking processes, whereas the right side of the brain is responsible for intuitive and emotional responses, among other things. When I know a person’s learning tendencies, I can better address their needs and facilitate behavior modification because I gear it toward those natural tendencies. For example, a person who relies more on left brain thinking will respond better to implied suggestions whereas a person relying on right brain thinking tends to respond better to literal suggestions.

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