Balloon Room - OCD

Begin with your favorite induction and a staircase deepener from Hypnotic World.

And as you reach the bottom step you find yourself in a room, and facing you are three doors.  Each door is a different color, each door is closed.  Notice what the doors are made of - the size of the doors - the handles - the color of each one.

You walk closer to the first door and push it open carefully - the door is difficult to push and gradually you realize why.  An enormous balloon is filling the whole room so that there is very little room for you inside.  As you try to enter the room you feel just the way you feel when someone tries to stand in your way.  You are pushing against a force and can feel the aggression inside you beginning to build up.

You feel squashed inside the room - the balloon is pushing up against you, so you decide to go outside.  It's easier out here, but there are still two more doors to explore, so you walk over to the middle door and push it open.

The second door opens and there is another balloon in here - so tiny and all alone in this vast room.  It reminds you of all the loneliness you felt from OCD - the feeling small and thinking no-one cares or really wants to know.  You can see and feel these things before you leave this room.

(Pause).  The third door now begins to open for you and as you enter the room beyond, you realize that the balloon doesn't fill the room - the balloon IS the room.  And the door is the opening of the balloon.  You enter the balloon and as you do, you see the nicest colors in here, you feel the loveliest of feelings - safe and calm - and a really nice fragrance all around you.  There is a certain sound - or perhaps no sound at, but it's nice and makes you feel good and you know that everything will be alright. 

Everything that you don't want is left behind.  If you like, you can tie the balloon by closing the door - realizing now that your OCD doesn't need feeding - but your happiness does.

Proceed to Count Up