Comments on: OCD: The True Nature of Fear & How to Fight It

By: admin

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:25:03 +0000

Not at all – loving your insights here! And I suppose ‘acceptance’ is what I was talking about in the original post – acceptance of what it is, and that knowledge making it lose its power.

By: George Pendred

George Pendred — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:44:44 +0000

Some say that hope and fear are different facets of the same problem. They both happen when you feel utterly powerless to affect something. For example – most of us dont ‘hope’ we are going to eat tomorrow, because we know that we will.
So, bearing this in mind, in potentially fearful situations, some people would say that it is up to us to make the choice between hope and fear.
However, my view is that both of these stances (hope and fear) have the potential to be equally exhausting. Don’t get me wrong, we absolutely need our hope and our fear, but in the case of IRRATIONAL fear associated with ocd, I think there is a third choice we should aim for. . . acceptance.
(am I leaving too many comments?)

By: George Pendred

George Pendred — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:30:21 +0000

. . . even better if you can stab it in the chest with a wooden stake.

By: George Pendred

George Pendred — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:22:55 +0000

Fears are like vampires. . . You shine a light on them and they crumble to dust. x x x