Overcoming PTSD & OCD: Powerful Routines of a Nigerian Creative | PT 5

Harnessing the Power of Visualization: Overcoming OCD

Visualization is a vital skill, needed by every creative mind.

The ability to sit with an idea, develop its components and expand its potential mentally, will serve you beyond words of affirmation. 

When you speak a thought into existence, holding vivid images will help the manifestation process, as emotions get involved - creating the experience of fulfillment in the mind. 

Ever wonder how Nigerian creatives manage to dominate their field of endeavor, with total disregard for all signs of oppression, marginalization, or depression?

With mental health awareness way below average, Psychotherapists have once labeled Nigeria to be the world's happiest country, even without depression treatment.

The visualization of success practiced by an average Nigerian hustler in Lagos or the UK (home and abroad) should be a case study in psychiatry, as Nigerians lead the world in many fields.

From entertainment to academia, Nigerians leave a huge trail of incredible legacies, despite the Bipolar disorder brought about by the PTSD of living under the Nigerian Flag.

When you use your mind for creative visualization, you stretch your imaginative capacity and develop a sharper mind. 

USING OCD FOR CREATIVITY

Write Regularly

Our ideas are fleeting and practices such as journaling might become necessary, as we strive to maintain what's left of our attention span since the introduction of social media.

Post-traumatic stress disorder might make us miss out on a lot of wonderful ideas, as our mind hops from one thought to the other so frequently.

Self-development books might not do us much good, as we obsess over details, feigning perfectionism to mask our insecurities. 

Journaling might help us remember to apply the nuggets we learn from these powerful books, helping us develop relevant routines in our daily lives.

Say we get inspired by great tweets on World Mental Health Day for example, journalling remains the best way to capture inspired thoughts from unknown sources.

Capturing as many ideas as possible, we can repurpose them to reap their benefits.

When we look back at some of the ideas we caught, we often wonder how we came up with them in the first place.

Blogging helps you share some of these journals with your audience.

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Script Your Process

Scripting is another highly beneficial routine practiced by content creators who take their growth seriously. Scripts organize our thoughts into cohesive blocks of ideas, helping you deal with ADHD, OCD, and other forms of mental disorders.

You will flow better when your thoughts are guided by an outline, prepared before any performance.

Winging it might be okay sometimes but delivering a great performance without a script is rarely possible if you're dealing with trauma. Scripts help keep our thoughts on track which is beneficial for maintaining attention and growing an audience, as a black African.

We become savvy, professional, and precise in our delivery, winning the hearts of the world, as Nigerians have demonstrated. We don't drift all over the place like the Nigeria Stock Exchange, prolonging our delivery time.

We respect the attention of our audience and they value us for that. 

No African time - the most neglected resource on the African continent.

Fall in love with penning down your ideas, for your own sake. Great things happen in your mind whenever you pick up an old journal.

When you discover how much growth can be tracked by note-taking, you'll be amazed at people who don't utilize this great edge... a tool in the arsenal of creators used daily.

When you write it down, you make it real and long-lasting. When you trust your memory, you gamble with the idea's existence.

Honing your writing skills will serve you well, as you develop authority in your field of endeavor. Experiences are best crystalized by writing about them, and storytelling is never going away.

Written from the heart, we connect to the world, in your own way. 

You learn better when you teach on a topic you are researching. Blogs are a wonderful source of feedback to calibrate lofty ideas and opinions. Imagine a version of yourself, in a world where you documented stories of your day-to-day experience, like Kanye West did.

You look back on those posts and realize how different your mind has become, helping you detect any mental disabilities as well.

Guess you would like that.

Writing keeps your mind decluttered as it is tasked with remembering less information.

"Keep your fingers busy with ideas - but maintain an empty mind." - Provoe