The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts

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There is no counting, no hand-washing; those afflicted with intrusive thoughts OCD will instead lose months and years hiding behind a nervous smile, attempting to scrub clean the contaminated brain. One reads this book with the sense that the author has a depth of clinical experience allowing him to state, in clearly understandable language, the key elements in obsessional thinking about which sufferers are concerned. Intrusive thoughts are thoughts that are unwanted and distressing and are in opposition to our core values. By slow degrees our sickness, and dizziness, and horror, become merged in the cloud of unnamable feeling.

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It does not relent in heightened circumstances, in school or work or church, during exams or funerals or sex—because such circumstances only make you more vulnerable to its disruptive powers. It’s reassurance, which can be a compulsion, but I’ve felt that understanding what’s going through my head has helped a lot. This book delves into the Imp of the Mind, that thing that makes people think of the worst possible thing they could do. The text was often referred to me by my colleagues and is noted on many therapist back channels as a popular referral for clients.One wonders how many people presenting with obsessive thoughts today, whatever their nature, are at risk of getting labelled with ASD and then dismissed without any actual support or help.

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To stop these thoughts, either I speed up and pass the pickup truck, or I slow down and drop a few car lengths behind, until the dog is out of my sight. And if you have wrestled with nearly-continuous intrusive thoughts for years, the duration of that obsession itself starts to feel like definitive proof of dangerous mental instability. Baer's view is that drugs should be a last resort rather than a first resort and realised that helping people understand more about how their mind works is often the key to success.Including special sections on the prescription medications that have proven effective, it is "a beautifully written book that can be a great help to people who want to know what to do about obsessions" (Isaac Marks, M. He parallels this with the admonition that individuals should not fear to seek help or even to attempt self-help because a great deal is understood about their condition and it is eminently treatable.