Law of Attraction & OCD

[metaphy6]

Hi all, just need your opinion. I have OCD for quite a while but I'm not usually sad, but I'm feeling a bit down since the past few days. My OCD are obsessive thoughts that intrude my mind, a habit, a mental addiction, and it's very hard to ignore those obsessive thoughts, and those are negative thoughts that create anxiety. I don't really have a major compulsive behavior though, just mild ones sometimes. I'm in the process of trying to overcome my OCD but in the meantime it's still there.

Lately, I've been thinking, the law of attraction says that what you focus on or think about most of the time will become reality. Does this apply to OCD obsessive thoughts too? Will those negative obsessive thoughts become reality. Appreciate your comments greatly. Thanks

[The David]

From my knowledge, the LoA is a philosophy that you will get what you expect, not what you think about. I'm sure most of us have fantasized about things we could never get, and according to the LoA, we don't get them because of our beliefs, not because we aren't thinking about them enough. Negative beliefs will cast a shadow over positive thoughts, rendering them ineffective. This applies to 'LoA-ers' and 'non-LoA-ers' alike (and fence-straddlers like myself).

So yeah, the last thing you need is another source of stress, so just focus on the OCD right now.

[Alfonso Crawford]

I agree with metaphy on this one: the obsessive thoughts are your main problem. I've been hit with the same thing as you. Unfortunately, I can't offer you much except for a bad joke. Think of it this way: if OCD-thoughts could manifest themselves, wouldn't life be a little... insane? When I was younger I literally couldn't stop thinking about cartoons and whatever catastrophe that was on the news: combine those two things together, toss in the LoA as you're imagining it, and we'd all be neck-deep in fireball-throwing rabbits and misfired nukes. Stop and think what your unstoppable childhood mind-rants would've done to us all if they turned into reality!

I told it was gonna be bad, folks.

If you overcome your OCD, send a few tips my way: I can only work around it for now, and I've only got so much anime to distract myself. I wish you the best of the best of luck, David. Kick this pig and get on with your life!

[dave marshall]

Hi,

I have worked with people with ocd in the past and for those it was related to fear and habit. I just wanted to encourage you to say that you can resolve this issue, you have the natural resources within you.

all the best

Dave

[Parthon]

From my experience, Law of Attraction is a Law much in the same way as the Law of Gravity, or Law of Physics. You don't need to believe in them they just happen. Even if you don't believe in physics you will still get hit by that bus coming towards you. The Law of Attraction states that you attract into life that which you focus on, believe in and think about. It's not a question of belief, it's only a question of how much you notice the law working.

As for the question: Yeah, your obsessive thoughts will affect reality, but they already are. Becoming more aware of your thoughts is all you need to do, which leads to gaining control over them in the long run. Scattered thoughts and focus don't manifest anything strongly, and if what you are anxious over is rather mild then there it doesn't matter anyways. What David said was spot on though: focus on the OCD, and let the Law take care of itself.

Work on pruning your thoughts and the garden will blossom how ever it wants to. Just without weeds for a change.

[ScottJMurray]

In my spare time I research and treat disorders like OCD, which tend to fall into the same category as most psychosomatic illnesses. My own work is based upon the work of Dr. John E Sarno. His most famous OCD patient was Howard Stern, who actually piloted the idea that OCD is an equivalent disorder to Tension Myositis Syndrome. The website I run has basically all the information you need to make a full recovery. Not a lot of people know about this method of treatment, which has proven ridiculously effective for not only OCD but a large number of other previously "untreatable" medical phenomena.

If you'd like to talk one on one about this, you can drop me an e-mail. I can help.