Uncontrollable Repeating Behavior

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A common manifestation of excessive behaviors is repeating obsessions. For example, re-reading the same passage in a book over and over. One might read a page, and then worry that a sentence was missed, so the person with excessive behavior goes back and reads the page over and over, just to make sure nothing was overlooked. Maybe the excessive behavior sufferer is studying a textbook for a test, and then worries an important passage was overlooked. Like other forms of excessive behavior, people with repeating obsessions know that their fear is most likely not the case, but they will ruminate and then justify that since the test is important, the person thinks, "I will look again just in case." And next thing you know, there has been repeated checking, which then happens on every paragraph and page as the repeating behavior is reinforced. This also happens for re-writing, where excessive amounts of correcting is done. Other examples include repeating routine activities such as going in and out of the door, or getting up and down from a chair becasue it just didn't feel right.

Repeating may be done to assuage a fear. Someone may repeat saying the same thing over and over because they were are worried the person they're speaking to didn't understand. So, the fear of being misunderstood in this case is the obsession, and the repeating is the compulsion. Uncontrollable Excessive Behavior do not always have to be a specific fear however (although this is usually the case). Sometimes an action simply doesn't feel "right," and can be repeated to relieve this tension. So, someone may get up and down from a chair over and over simply because it didn't feel right.

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Common Repeating in Excessive Behavior

• Re-reading the same passage in a book repeatedly

• Re-writing (including excessive correcting of writing)

• Repeat routine activities (e.g., going in/out door, getting up/down from chair)

• Saying the same thing over and over

And many more...

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HYPNOSIS – DOES IT WORK?

You may have read about hypnosis in the media, perhaps heard of celebrities or friends who have used it to stop smoking or lose weight. There are many hypnotic approaches in treating issues and feelings and the standard, quick-fix methods of hypnosis that are often heard of aim to ‘restrict’, ‘suppress’, ‘manage’ a problem. They serve to change the way our mind works and reacts. Unfortunately, if you try to override the subconscious is natural way of behaving, the ‘change’ will eventually wear off and the old patterns will emerge once again.

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SO HOW CAN HYPNOSIS HELP ME RESOLVE MY OCD PERMANENTLY?

Hypnosis is a gentle, logical and effective method that works WITH the subconscious, not against it. We must first find out *WHY* you suffer from your obsessive compulsive disorder.

It can be very hard for those around you to understand your obsessions and/or compulsions, because they simply don’t have any part of them creating any intrusive thoughts or behaviours. They remain in complete control. It is virtually impossible to fight against your subconscious, which is why suggestion-based hypnosis will only help to alleviate your feelings temporarily. The fact that your Excessive Behavior is so intrusive and repetitive, begs the question WHY?

Curative hypnosis asks the subconscious why it *needs* your behavior. Once that subconscious need has been identified, using logic we can help to re-examine the mistaken information that lies behind it. As long as the misinformation exists, so will your excessive behavior. Once the subconscious believes, rather than being told, that disposing of your excessive behavior feelings are in your best interests, then it will actively to do so FOR GOOD.

If there is no longer any cause, there can no longer be an effect.

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