Lesson 6: Managing Cravings And Urges - Slide 8
What Are Obsessions?
- Intrusive, unwelcome, distressing thoughts and mental images
- An obsessive thought harasses you and annoys you
- You wish for the thought to go away but it does not
- These thoughts always cause distress and anxiety
- If you see a beautiful woman and can’t get her out of your mind, that’s not an obsession that’s a
rumination, it’s normal and even pleasant
- Rumination: to go over in the mind repeatedly
and often casually or slowly
Notes:
Pg. xiv-xvi, Schwartz, Jeffrey, M., 1996, “Brain Lock, Free Yourself From Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior, A Four-Step Self-Treatment Method To Change Your Brain Chemistry,” Regan Books/Harper Collins Publishers, New York.
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