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Fantastic help Jonny, thank you

Great stuff Jonny

Meditation is something you do after you have followed, for a long period of time, the precepts and sorted out your basic ethics and morality. In the west you all jump into meditation with all your wrong-mindedness, vices, habits, and unscrupulous volitional activities intact. Then you wonder why your minds crack when you force it into a mold into which it cannot possibly fit. You need to prepare the vessel before you fill it with meditation practice. Leave meditation until you have studied Dhamma, understood deeply the core philosophical concepts, and you are living a virtuous life free of intoxication, sexually wrong behaviour, lying, stealing, and harming. Then, approach meditation. Namo Buddhaya.

What a brilliant balanced and compassionate video, thank you

Feels so real...I know that feeling. I found out I had OCD when I was 15, and it didn't make sense to me, because I always thought OCD was just silly stuff, like repetitively checking things, being a germ freak, and organizing/arranging things a certain way to your preference. It never would've occurred to me that OCD can be pretty dark. SO many times in a crowded place, my younger self wanted to shove people out of my way because they were invading my personal space and access (though I never did it). Once, it _felt_ like I attempted to risk an old woman's safety when I thought "screw it" and went ahead past her. Immediately I felt guiIty. I didn't bump into her and she was fine, but the possibility that I took the risk---it felt so real. Did I _consciously_ plan it out of frustration? Or was there a conscious/subconscious confusion *_in the moment?_* I would NEVER hurt an elderly woman; I would've apologized immediately if I had knocked into her and helped her up. I felt like a bad person. It made me wonder if I would grow up vicious and shove people or hurt them. I'd had my thoughts in the crowds, but they were self-venting in image. Now, I'm just confused. OCD is both comedic AND dark? Sometimes you're worried about something silly and lame, sometimes you're worried you did something eviI? The combo for a disorder is just so random and contradictory.

I found out that struggling with more concrete threats like a possible new world war, climate change or ressource extinction is difficult to handle, at least for now, I wonder if there is a special kind of OCD about existential threats

I’m so lost please help me. What therapist specifically should I get for this? I fear I did something irreversible after a retreat and like you said extremely un grounded. I’ve been looking into CBTp but they specialize more in psychosis like, I’m very aware of what’s happening to me it’s just out of my control unlike psychosis :(

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Thanku very much sir, you helped me a lot , I just have 1 question I am slowly recovering from my Existential OCD I can see that but from past few days i have been too much obsessed about OCD videos what should i do about it

It's not that some of our thoughts might be true, but how workable are they to our lives in the moment. ACE...huge influence RH has had. 😊

Thank you so much for this video ❤️

Thank you. Scarily, the more I read and watch about it, the more I realize that my OCD extends to many more thoughts, behaviours, considerations that I have than I ever imagined- I generally played down OCD symptoms for the last 12 or so years of my life, until I was recently formally diagnosed with it, but now wherever I look I find more new things, such as this "existential OCD" that I just thought is me being reflexive and curious (and anxious about it)

The more work I am doing on my recovery, the more I understand just how brilliant you are in this practice; my brain has intensified the more I am doing the work, and I am learning even when I can't defuse, it's okay, I can continue through the discomfort, through the uncomfortable, the goal is not to get rid of it. My brain has thrown depersonalisation and derealisation, panic attacks, and anxiety attacks. It's all the same: acceptance. I love how you even address that resentment becomes a compulsion, anger becomes a compulsion, and we are fighting and creating more and more suffering. I refuse to give in to OCD; I do not need certainty in life. And thanks to you, Jonny, I am seeing that more and more, and I am okay if OCD comes in total volume tomorrow, it's a part of the journey. And I will say this openly: I have experienced EVERY SINGLE THEME. The themes do not matter, it is all the same. Sticking to the values repeatedly , dedication, loyalty, commitment , adventurous, loving, and living, to name a few. Also watch out for when your brain says you do not need to practice skills, often its OCD wanting you to back down, get back to the skills and practice and practice Thank you Jonny

From the age of 19 I had an intrusive thought of “what if I am gay” since then through constant self testing I began to over time develop the arousal and even attraction feelings that I didn’t want yet the only thing missing is pleasure which reminds me that this isn’t what I want yet when I get caught up in the testing I get so confused because the feeling I don’t want seem to happen when at the beginning I was getting reassurance from these tests it’s just so distressing how it all came from one doubting thought that opened up this conversation in my mind which has taken on a life of its own

Thanks Jonny, you cannot know how this video helps me now, I'm so grateful for your time and explanations

Thank you for putting this video out for everyone to access. Such a great resource for this dealing with existential OCD.

Thanks for this. Ive struggled with ocd for decades. Now in my 50s. Ruminating wears you out definitely. Ive recently had a knee surgery and a bereavement. Felt very vulnerable and ruminating more. Yep my hubby just distract himself and doesnt loop on these topics. Whats really helped me is getting into the Indian philosophy of Advaita vedanta and theb concept of non doership. I think talking to others who as you say dontvreally think abput all these things, can make me me feel worse because they can minimise how i feel so i dont talk about it to them. I like the analogy to auto immunity. Ive discovered not believing my thougts has helped. And as you say practically looking at the usefulness of things helps. Defo i relate to feeling envious that some others dont think of these things!

Thanks sir.Very helpful and practical tips..loved the technical part 😊🙏

Thanks sir 🙏

thanks for the information.. where did you become educated with the knowledge your sharing?

Thank-you so much for addressing this aspect of OCD. You don't hear as much about "testing" as some of the other OCD related topics and there can be a certain about of shame surrounding this topic. As someone who has done mental testing, it's a relief to hear it addressed and normalized as part of OCD.

Great insight Jonny & covers so much. Life is going very well cant thank you enough for our work years ago. still dip in & out stream also on work & other life stuff nowadays. & erp also. Lots of ACT techniques to diffuse from anything really. 🙌🏻

Thanks for this video. I am 48 years old, at the age of 17, I suddenly had a sudden existential depression that made me fall deeply into a nihilistic pessimism that was difficult to bear on a daily basis. After more than 30 years of untreated depression with more or less severe episodes, a permanent existential OCD, I have the impression that the vision I have of life will never change again, I will die with this vision, whether by suicide or because I will be able to endure the suffering until I die of old age. I am desperately looking for reasons to change my "glasses" on life, because I suffer every waking minute, but I can't find anything. Good luck to all.

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Thanks Jonny! I've been listening to you a lot on here and the OCD stories. You are INCREDIBLE. I love your approach and you seem to be a very smart, kind man. Thank you. I have very stubborn OCD and you help me a lot with your insights. Please keep up the great work. I'm sure you are a brilliant friend to your close ones too 👏💪 Best regards from Johannesburg, South Africa 🙏

Thanks gents. Jonny, I've been listening to you a lot on here and the OCD stories. You are INCREDIBLE. I love your approach and you seem to be a very smart, kind man. Thank you. I have very stubborn OCD and you help me a lot with your insights. Please keep up the great work. I'm sure you are a brilliant friend to your close ones too 👏💪 Best regards from Johannesburg, South Africa 🙏

Thanks very much 🙂

Sir make video on difference between acknowledging and checking( ocd)..because while doing acknowledging part, i keep drifting in compulsions of checking and monitoring and holding my attention there again and again

Jonny when I try to deep breath I also sometimes get my self suffocated is there anything else I can try at high time of anxiety

Hello, I had side effects from meditation, I remember starting with episodes of anxiety when somewhere I heard about meditation to improve anxiety, but this made everything worse, after the first time I meditated I started to feel depersonalization, I thought that Nothing around me was real, I couldn't sleep, I was very afraid of this sensation, I literally thought I had gone crazy. I had to take psychological therapy and after a year I felt better. It was a nightmare for me.

I want to take sessions from you johnny, what is the process to it.

Wow. After years of internet researches, this video finally resonates the most with my struggles. I'm 48 years old and I **think** I have Existential OCD since my late teens. Sometimes I think I have existential nihilism depression too. I don't know if those things are related. Anyway, the words you said to describe the mental struggle about everything (to see a beautiful flower = think about withered flowers = think about death), that is exactly what I'm living for so so so many years. So I stopped living, I just survive in a state of mental prostration. And it very often made me to want to kill myself... So I guess it's time to practice my present moment muscles.

Thank you for this clear, concise and accessible video about DPDR, which is clearly not researched or understood enough; even though, as you rightly point out, many people suffer brief, transient versions of this in their everyday lives. It's great that you are raising awareness about what I suspect is a more common condition than is widely talked about. And even better that you offer some useful information about how to help yourself, and find appropriate support, for those suffering from this challenging experience. Thank you for your good work.

That's amazingly explained! Keeping to your values really helps. Thanks!!!

That's amazing!!

I liked this explanation. I dealt with the perfectionism symptom for decades. Now I'm a lot better, I don't even care as much, it took mindfulness and some therapy. I like that mindfulness book called 30 Day to Stop Obsessing by Harper Daniels, and the Tao Te Ching for reminding myself that the present moment does not require perfection. Perfectionism is a hard thing to live with.

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Thank you for this, Jonny. Your voice is unique and deeply valuable; there's always interesting, helpful nuggets to pick up. Incidentally, I think I've heard 95% of the OCD Stories podcast, and you are easily my favorite guest (among a wide array of knowledgeable and compassionate people). Cheers from Norway

Thank you!

How do you handle OCD on a real event, that did, happen?

Thank you a lot for the video!

Just wondering, how long did it take you to get so comfortable with living life while noticing your sensation, that it didn't bother you anymore?

sir kindly give any book recommendations for mindfulness and ACT.

Anyone with OCD, this is one of the top three people on TH-cam you should listen to.

The concept of insight hoarding is very interesting! I had never heard of it, but it does sound like something I had to overcome in my recovery

Thank you for sharing that! The rollercoaster is tough, but definitely gets better with time, learning, and compassion.

What a cool video, thats the attitude to work towards

I liked the exercise but it is too bad that you broke it up with ads it took me out of the moment.

Are you a Christian?

Can pocd create false feelings of attraction, ect??