OCD And The Fear of Death

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Hello Doc and Everyone,

 

I read you posting of how thoughts have a physical reaction and I really enjoyed

it. As a person who suffered and to a certain extent still suffers from

Obsesive Compulsive Disorder, I can harp on thoughts and find it hard to clear

them out of my mind especially the fear of death. I hate being afraid of death.

It stops me from helping others in need. For example, I have a friend who is

suffeing from several health issues. I'm afraid to hear her issues because I'm

afraid my mind will begin to obsess on them, I avoid her or when we talk on the

phone, I'm quick to pull the phone from my ear if she begins to speak of issues

that I don't want to hear. How can I become a true healer or be a true friend,

if I run away? I'm trying to heal my OCD but I know it stem from the fear of

death and dying.

 

The funny part is, I died for seven minutes when I was a child and as strange as

this sounds, I know death is not scary nor is it the end. When I talk like

this, most people tell me I'm crazy or turn away but it's true. Death is

actually very relaxing. Your body feels completely relax. After that

experience, as a child, I was never afraid but as the years past and the memory

of that event grows faint . . .

 

Any suggestions or comments you could offer would be appreciated.

 

Thanks everyone.

Kurt

 

 

--- On Fri, 12/26/08, docspeed2001 <docspeed2001 wrote:

 

> docspeed2001 <docspeed2001

> What & how you think causes

physical reactions

>

> Friday, December 26, 2008, 6:25 PM

> > Funny that you mention that. I have known for a long

> time that I

> >need what Diaphraghm Breath is supposed to accomplish,

> but I haven't

> >had much luck in getting it to work for me.

>

> I would strongly suggest you look for some secondary gains

> of why

> you " subconsciously wish to keep the problem " .

>

> >ribcage, etc., a LOT, and I think there's something

> I'm missing.

> >Though I just stopped typing and tried it again, and

> this time it at

> >least made a bit of a difference - just not a very big

> one... Just

> >realized that one reason I couldn't do it at all in

> the past was

> >that it immediately strained my neck,

>

> The above is a simple unconscious statement of " why

> you can't do it " .

>

> It's a negative hypnotic self-command of " because

> of X I cannot do

> Y " , which only will lead to much more of what you

> 'can't do'.

>

> >but I have made a lot of progress with my vertebral

> alignment, so

> >things don't get caught in my neck so easily (still

> not perfect,

> >though!).

>

> If you could do the head and neck rolls, how would you?

>

> If you could do the neck pressure drills that Donna

> teaches, how

> would you?

>

> >Thanks for the suggestion. I've known for years

> that my diaphragm

> >tends to get stuck

>

> Actually it never " gets stuck " BUT it does get

> UN-USED. When

> something is unused it stops working properly.

>

> >(yes, I do have some loss & grief issues - working

> on it).

>

> This sentence is another 'reason why you cannot do

> it' from the

> subconscious mind.

>

> If you approached it with a different magic question, there

> is a

> strong possibility of much good happening.

>

> John La Tourrette, PhD