Guest guest Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 , Welcome to the group. I hope folks will be able to help you find someone willing to help you get started--or work with you directly--somewhere near you. Two suggestions, though, as you start into brain training. First, I found years ago that it was much more valuable to define your training goals without diagnostic categories. Someone may have told you that you " have " obsessive-compulsive disorder, or maybe you've just decided that for yourself based on family history or reading on the internet. The bottom line is the " OCD " is just a name given to a batch of behaviors, moods, symptoms. It really says nothing at all about what is the cause of them. With brain training, you should focus on identifying those issues that are most problematic for you and which you most want to change. Some will fit into OCD, others may not. But when you have listed those things in detail and specifically, then a trainer can help you look for the brain activation patterns that fit with them--and test training approaches that can help you change them. Second, when you use the word " cure " --much as when you use the diagnostic shorthand--you are placing yourself mentally in a way of looking at problems which is almost the opposite of brain training. If you " have OCD " , then you have a " disease " . Nothing YOU can do about that, right? It's not your " fault " , and it's outside your ability to impact. You need to find someone to " cure " the disease, even knowing that mental health disorders aren't generally " curable " . If you focus on identifying the behaviors, moods and performance issues that would make your life better or easier or more enjoyable, then you leave the door open to the option that YOU can change those things. Make no mistake: in brain training--even if you work with a great trainer--it's not the trainer who makes the changes--it's YOU! Your brain learns new ways of dealing with the demands on it. That's not a " cure " . It's a set of changes you made in your own life. My best wishes to you as you start along this road. Pete I am new here and new to EEG and all. I am looking into getting some equipment here very soon to use on myself etc. Has anyone ever heard of using EEG to cure say OCD, I know it works for ADD and all. Second question I have guys is does anyone know of anyone close to the panhandle florida that could show me how to operate the equipment? As of lately I am having a real hard time processing information when I read and for some reason I tend to go over the information like a robot or get stuck on one word until it sounds perfectly pronounced. This could be due to school burnout but I would think my mind would be expanding rather then it getting harder to read. I look forward to everyones comments. ..-- Van Deusenpvdtlc@...http://www.brain-trainer.com 305/433-3160The Learning Curve, Inc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Hi , Welcome! I totally agree (once again) with Pete's comment. The only thing I want to add is that you may have in mind that is not safe to get rid of the OCD without working with a mental heath professional by your side. As they know, OCD works like a defense mechanism, kind of self protection, and if you just take that out (which is mostly possible) with training you could get to a worse problem because you're letting yourself without that mechanism that your own body creates for certain reasons. Hope this contribute to your question. Regards, Re: Hello Everyone , Welcome to the group. I hope folks will be able to help you find someone willing to help you get started--or work with you directly--somewhere near you. Two suggestions, though, as you start into brain training. First, I found years ago that it was much more valuable to define your training goals without diagnostic categories. Someone may have told you that you "have" obsessive-compulsiv e disorder, or maybe you've just decided that for yourself based on family history or reading on the internet. The bottom line is the "OCD" is just a name given to a batch of behaviors, moods, symptoms. It really says nothing at all about what is the cause of them. With brain training, you should focus on identifying those issues that are most problematic for you and which you most want to change. Some will fit into OCD, others may not. But when you have listed those things in detail and specifically, then a trainer can help you look for the brain activation patterns that fit with them--and test training approaches that can help you change them. Second, when you use the word "cure"--much as when you use the diagnostic shorthand--you are placing yourself mentally in a way of looking at problems which is almost the opposite of brain training. If you "have OCD", then you have a "disease". Nothing YOU can do about that, right? It's not your "fault", and it's outside your ability to impact. You need to find someone to "cure" the disease, even knowing that mental health disorders aren't generally "curable". If you focus on identifying the behaviors, moods and performance issues that would make your life better or easier or more enjoyable, then you leave the door open to the option that YOU can change those things. Make no mistake: in brain training--even if you work with a great trainer--it's not the trainer who makes the changes--it's YOU! Your brain learns new ways of dealing with the demands on it. That's not a "cure". It's a set of changes you made in your own life. My best wishes to you as you start along this road. Pete On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:51 PM, mr_bmw01 <mr_bmw01yahoo (DOT) com> wrote: I am new here and new to EEG and all. I am looking into getting some equipment here very soon to use on myself etc. Has anyone ever heard of using EEG to cure say OCD, I know it works for ADD and all. Second question I have guys is does anyone know of anyone close to the panhandle florida that could show me how to operate the equipment? As of lately I am having a real hard time processing information when I read and for some reason I tend to go over the information like a robot or get stuck on one word until it sounds perfectly pronounced. This could be due to school burnout but I would think my mind would be expanding rather then it getting harder to read. I look forward to everyones comments. ..-- Van Deusenpvdtlcgmail (DOT) comhttp://www.brain- trainer.com305/433-3160The Learning Curve, Inc. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.