Lesson 6: Managing Cravings And Urges - Slide 26
Refocusing Means:
- Put your obsessive thought aside and work around it by putting your mind in another place
and doing another behavior that is
more pleasant and functional
- It can be any activity: taking a walk,
doing needlepoint, shooting a few
baskets, listen to music, cook
- Early on, physical activity seems especially helpful
- Whatever activity you choose it must be enjoyable
- Do the activity for at least 15 minutes
- Then do it for another 15 minutes
Notes:
Pg.70-71, 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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