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OCD Plan - Coggle Diagram
OCD Plan
Core parts of brain involved
Amgydala
The amygdala communicates through bodily reactions and emotional responses, and the thoughts that we have about anxiety and fears are not part of the amygdala’s language, but come from the cortex’s interpretations. The amygdala is not logical; it learns on the basis of pairings, not reason
How to: keep it calm and less likely to activate the defense response
Sleep
Exercise
Meditation
ACT
How to: Calm it down when activated
Deep breathing
Progressive muscle relaxation
Meditation
The amygdala has been called the “relevance detector” (Sander, Grafman, and Zalla 2003) because it is constantly scanning whatever information your senses receive for any evidence of something that is relevant to your well-being. It monitors whatever you see, hear, feel, or smell to determine whether it is something that your attention should be directed to.”
People with OCD have an amygdala that is more likely to react strongly
Teaching it to respond differently
ERP
Cortex
As the cortex tries to make sense of the feelings produced by the amygdala using logical explanations, it can actually make the amygdala more activated. For example, your cortex may come up with a logical explanation for why you don’t want to ride in a car with a friend: “I’m afraid to ride in the car, not because I don’t trust you as a driver, but because I can’t predict what other drivers will do.
Cognitive fusion is believing in the absolute truth of mere thoughts. This is one of the most basic cortex-related processes that makes OCD occur.
How to: Calm the cortex
Cognitive restructuring
Changing interpretations
Replace thoughts