The Seven Steps to Freedom

From The Seven Steps to Freedom | myOCD.net,

The last of the “Steps” series (which was actually entirely accidental), the Seven Steps takes a much different approach from the “Twelve Steps” and the “Four Steps”. Contrary to the Twelve Steps, the Seven Steps focus on your own personal control over obsessive-compulsive disorder. Meanwhile, contrary to the Four Steps, the Seven Steps focus not on behavior, but instead on your thoughts themselves.  From Therapy247.com:

The Seven Steps to Freedom

1. Realize that you have OCD.
2. Believe that you can rid yourself of OCD.
3. Realize it is all in your head.  Although outside forces can have an influence, the problem itself exists in your brain.
4. Realize you create your OCD.
5. OCD is not real.  You invented it.
6. People without OCD don’t think about it.  This is the reason most people fail to understand why one man has to wash his hands twenty times in an hour, but it can also help you realize #6:  It’s not real!
7. Be aware that realizing the above steps is half the battle to becoming free from obsessive-compulsive disorder.

My first time reading through this, I found it redundant.  However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized how useful this list is.  Using basic logic to understand OCD can sometimes be enough to break yourself of it.

What is your opinion on the Seven Steps?  Have you found any more of these “step” programs that seem to work with treating OCD?  Share your thoughts in the comments.

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