OCD

Whatever the nature of the compulsion, it stems from an anxious response deep in the brain.

The amygdala are a cluster of neurons in the brain’s medial temporal lobe that play a key role in processing emotions. 

In people with anxiety, the amygdala is found to be working overtime. 

Our neuron patterns are stuck in a continual state of excitement, so constantly stream out into our awareness. 

If our amygdala is in overdrive due to frequent intermittent stress, then the content of that incessant ideation is going to centre on obsessive worries and compulsive tendencies.

Beeja meditation can play a crucial role in OCD therapy. It naturally de-stimulates the nervous system and allows the level of excitation to begin calming down to more natural levels. The strength of the neuronal projections decreases, and with time we start to build newer, more progressive inter-neuronal connections.

The amygdala also becomes less active and begins responding to the world in a more appropriate way. It ceases to colour our thoughts in such a negative way.

The way we receive, process and store serotonin is connected to repetitive thought patterns. The hormonal balance we find in meditation helps to harmonise the serotonin, leaving us feeling calmer and more balanced. 

As a result, we break through our ingrained patterning and begin to settle down to a much more relaxed, more functional mode of being. From there, we can begin to thrive.