I'm from India. 30 female. I have had ocd since 8years or long. Currently facing horrible rocd n sexual intrusive thoughts particularly about 1 guy and almost anyone i meet. I didn't know how to change this until very recently through your videos. I started to ignore the thoughts and just go about my day and stopped feeling disgusted with them. It made me feel guilty about not feeling disgust. Yesterday i did an intentional exposure... i was eating burger n my brain went oh the mayo resembles a body fluid of someone who isn't my partner and I was like fck the thought ok f9 it resembles that but I'll still eat my lunch and the moment i took a bite i started to feel soooo guilty. I was like omg what did i do. How could i even go for it thinkg whatever i thought. M cheatg on my partner and etc etc. What should i do? I intentionally thought and went for it. If it would have been intrusive thought then i would have ignored. Is this how exposure should be?
I cant stop obsessing about the future. I get so wrapped up in the thoughts that it brings on big overwhelming emotions and is ruining my ability to enjoy the present moment 😭
I guess I thought I was alone, again. I'd shake my thoughts away, touch something or say a phrase to try and get me to stop, and of course it never would. This is the 3rd video to make me suddenly cry due to me realizing that I was not alone. Thank you so much for your help, I am in a better place because of it.
I've suffered with OCD and anxiety since childhood (I'm currently 25). My obsessions have taken many forms, from harm to religious. At 19 I admitted myself into a psychiatric hospital due to a severe spike in my anxiety (back to back panic attacks, daily). I've also been on a cocktail of medications since my adolescence; finally settling on an SSRI and an antipsychotic. I'd say I'm 75% better, though I have my bad days. I'm not financially stable enough to afford traditional therapy. So seeing a service like nOCD gives me hope. I've always been intimidated by therapy, also having the feeling that no one truly cares. However, I'd love to give the service a try someday. Perhaps reach that full 100% mental wellness. Thanks for making these videos, it makes me feel less alone in the world when going through the muck.
@@helenamodernocosta8257 People respond to medications differently. I've been on a ton of them that had no effect. Personally, I take 60mg of Paxil with 7.5mg of Zyprexa. This helps 80% of the time with me. But again, people respond differently to medications. Always ask your doctor or psychiatrist about possible combinations. It took me a long time to get over my OCD and anxiety. It just happens to be a mix of antidepressants and a antipsychotic.
I started having violent thoughts one month ago I’m 24 never had these thoughts before I was put on Prozac and an anti psychotic medication quientipine the thoughts come but they aren’t as frequent I’m only on meds 3 weeks so still anxious will have to give it another 3-5 weeks to fully work but I find the meds good
I used to have religious OCS where if I thought a sexual thought, for example, I’d try to stop thinking about it, pray compulsively, then go into an existential spiral when my thoughts wouldn’t leave about how I lacked the faith for my prayer to work. My therapist recommended this and it really helped to take away power from my OCD
Its so tiring. I sometimes have one word on repeat non stop makes me cry i dont know how to stop it. But your videos have been so wonderful and im so thankful for others here as well. I hope everyone is healing ❤
I'm so glad you make these videos. I was diagnosed with OCD less than a year ago, and did intensive outpatient for about 8 months. I'm at a point now where my compulsions are mostly thought based, and I wasn't given a lot of strategies to deal with those. So, your videos have been really revolutionary for me. Thank you!! I've been working with the "maybe, maybe not" strategy this week and it's already making a difference. This video was an awesome reminder to not put value on my thoughts, too, and I know that'll help in the long run. You rock. Thank you for doing what you do!!
A bit of a story about my own obsessive-compulsive disorder; I was diagnosed last February and on medication. I received a referral for internet therapy which was the best thing that happened in a long time. I learned how to challenge those thoughts with a realistic grip. For example, "What if I stab someone? --->" I can't hurt anyone with my thoughts "or" I can't make things happen with the power of thoughts " This is not a compulsion to me. I still need to feel those feelings that those thoughts produce. Here, too, internal speech helps; Emotions are not dangerous and will eventually pass.
God bless you..im just tired of being my hostage..i even dont want to move sometimes..im afraid..tired of compulsions..just running to the mirage..knowing it is..but cant stop..just broke my cycle right now thru this video..hope Ill be strong enough to break the whole process..
I have intrusive thoughts all the time but the worst is when intrusive thoughts sometimes doesn't feel "bad", it is like sometimes my brain tells me I like the thoughts when I really know that I DON'T like them.
I absolutely love your videos. Yesterday I saw a video of yours about anxiety, and I just loved how you explained everything and the way you speak. I never felt judged, which is rare for anyone who struggles with mental health. Genuinely, thank you for your work
It’s impossible to stop it, but sadly I still try. But doing something else like playing games or talking to others is working for a bit. Thank you so much you are a real life HERO!
Thank you Nathan . Literally your advices are giving me the taste of a joyful life. You are a God gifted person for my life or any other OCD patients. I've sensorimotor OCD. My parents specially my mom is saying the same words since my childhood which you've said, but always I create self doubts in myself. Should I say to my sensation "Stay all day long please please please ?"
This is the second video I watch from ur channel and you helped me eat last night without worrying about it. My fears and thoughts are consuming my life. I haven’t been able to work for 2 years already. Thank you!!!
I feel a lot better now and I accept the bad thought that brought me to this video I hope it comes back and I’m trying to turn it into a funnier version or think about it comically each time it comes back, which is like every 2 mins lol but that’s ok bc I love it and accept it, now I don’t feel alone either thank you man ❤
Intrusive thoughts are taking over my life at the moment. I’m really worrying at the moment thinking, what if I’m going mental? What if I end up doing the things my thoughts say even though I know I never would ? Anyone else / any advice ? 😔
You have to realize Barbara that OCD is just negatively focusing on the future, but no one could ever know the future so why worry about it … you have to practice exposure response therapy, Maybe I will do that … and Maybe I won’t (: and the more you practice in a room and do it like a certain time every day until your just like MAYBE AND MAYBE NOT and tired of saying it for like a few minutes you will see your anxiety is going down and you realize you can’t know the future so why worry about so yea maybe you will but at the same time maybe you won’t! You can never know!
My anxiety is literally so bad I can’t even sleep.. I don’t know what to do. My thoughts always win. I always feel something in my body. I’m tired of this.. I feel no hope.
Please use the tips in these videos and if you are able to seek professional help with medication management and therapy do so. Please let me know how you are doing now
I haven't been able to sleep for 2 days because of my anxiety, I haven't been diagnosedbut I'm thinking about it recently. I'm going to try to do what your saying, thanks so much :)
I have GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) and just started watching your videos 2 days ago. I’ve been practicing mindfulness for a lot of years, but your insight regarding sitting with thoughts and feelings has really helped me. I am lowering my use of Klonopin after 25 years (with the help of my doctor). I continue to reassure myself that these anxious thoughts are just thoughts…thank you so much for your videos. I don’t have to jump up and take a pill right away. It’s getting easier each time
i’ve been worrying about an earworm in my head and its constantly playing a song so i keep trying to make it stop, but as _SOON_ as i say “wow i LOVE this song i hope it never goes away” the song almost immediately got a bit quieter and slower, thanks man! (its not actually a constant song in my head, it goes away when im distracted by something but comes back when im not distracted)
I have an earworm these days, and it's really frustrating, sometimes i'm scared that it will never stop. I can't sleep because the song keeps repeating in my head. Did you solve this problem?
@@alekskotromanac5049 I basically just distracted myself from the song and try not to think about it as much as i could, eventually it just went away. Try to just not think about it i guess? Good luck bro 👍
How do you deal with the thought of “I’m going to be thinking about this forever”. I have a thought that plays in the background of my mind 24/7 and the thought itself isn’t really scary but I fear i will think about it forever and it will ruin my life
When this happens to me, I’ll say to myself, “yup, there it is, I want to think about this thought forever, I hope it never goes away, I hope when I’m on my death bed I’m still thinking about this thought.” Lol Or I’ll actively try to think about it even more, or sometimes I’ll sing a song about it for a while in my head or whatever.
@@seanabbott5439 thanks for the reply. I have tried that but still been thinking about the same thing for 4 months straight. It’s completely latched and I’m just struggling 😩
@@beautywiseme3770 have you read Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts by Sally Winston and Martin Seif? If you haven’t, order the book and read it twice, maybe thrice
@@seanabbott5439 I haven’t. Will have to check it out. I feel like I’m coming along in recovery in that I don’t experience the fear attached to the thoughts like I use to. I’m better at going on about my life. But the thoughts are still there and keep me from being in the present and enjoying anything fully and that is making me depressed. It’s a journey
Thank you for being so helpful, more often than not my obsessions comes true, I can't help but think maybe these compulsions are good for me, maybe I just have a terrible luck, and the only way for me to stop these bad things from happening is to finally give up. Sometimes I do give up and do the compulsions, and then immediately feel guilty, it's a constant battle in my head.I have just right, magical thinking and scrupulousity ocd that I know of. Your video have helped me alot, Thank you very much. I promise to try my better.
@@funnyvideos-ng6ii that’s awesome but yeah I understand, just remember you’ve already been through it and you can do it again. Chrissie Hodges made an amazing video that mentions relapse th-cam.com/video/aM54qlAIRtU/w-d-xo.html (the part I’m talking about is in the second half of the vid), it helped me idk if it could help you. Anyways, have a great day /night!!
What makes intrusive thoughts so scary......in my opinion......is the fact that they can feel so real, in terms of you know that you are not a child molester, or that you would harm a loved one, the intrusive thought will tell you that these actions are what you truly desire. Its like a battle within yourself, knowing full well you are not that type of person. So, I hear you about not giving these thoughts power, but I feel like that is far more easier said than done. These thoughts will even make you second guess your Pure O condition, meaning, "What if this is not OCD, but my actual thought" which triggers those anxiety attacks all over again.
Has anybody else ever felt like they literally won’t be able to live with ocd? I’m off work right now due to a bad depression and now my ocd has literally taken over everything. I thought it was bad before, was I wrong. I’m scared. It’s gotten to the point where it’s all I’m thinking about and it’s terrifying and paralyzing me as a person. Can anybody help? Like I’m talking I can’t even get a free minute mentally..
my ocd forces me to check my feelings and thoughts all the time.. 24/7 if i see look at something, hear something, do something, say something, not a single second goes by, where i don‘t check in on myself! i‘m so desperate.. the single intrucive thoughts that occur every few minutes or hours i can totally deal with by using these kinds of methods… but this is just too much, pls someone help :(
As if you have ocd in a point in your life because you are very accurate you can see what is going in side my head unbelievable ,thanks man for sharing your knowledge im suffering from this disease but i feel much better whaching your vedios
If you could answer this for me would be really helpful. I struggle with anxiety. And for a while. I used to tell myself “while I’m here. ( work .. dinner .. grocery store ) all figured out “ which was basically me trying to block off any in intrusive thoughts, depending on where I was. And I would tell myself that I could go over whatever when I get home. It actually worked for a while. But I basically realized that if there’s something you need to think about or go over mentally no matter where you are. Then you need to go over it. Trying to block out your thoughts, depending on where you are or until you get home in a safe place is just not a good move… would like to know anyone’s opinion on that. Because I’m actually having extreme anxiety over using that tool or forgetting about it. I’m leaning towards trying to forget about it. Because it just gets too confusing. I feel like trying to block out your thoughts, depending on where you are is just not the right way. I think no matter where you are. If there’s something you need to go over mentally or think about. Then you do that. Right?
Are intrusive thoughts a symptom of anxiety too? Most of the time I see it's a symptom of OCD but what about anxiety? How many people with anxiety have Intrusive thoughts? Also how many people without mental health issues have those thoughts?
Why sometimes even when I manage to not get anxious about certain thoughts, then don't have any symptoms for some while, then... once I get this thought out of nowhere and anxiety spikes high as hell...
Man i have ocd from the age of 15 and now im 26 🤝 and today is my birthday 🎂🎉 and today my ocd is on more increased level , accompanied by anxiety 🎉🎉 hooray
I hear voices which react to my intrusive thoughts making them worse and the voices keep reacting to my intrusive thoughts, making me push the thoughts away, I can’t do what you’re saying I wish I could put the thoughts out in the open but I can’t the voices won’t let me.
I don't completely agree with you, because you say there are no good or bad thoughts, although you say accept them by thinking ooooohhh I love those thoughts so much, which automatically makes them good
Hi, nathan Thanks for helping so many people to alleviate their OCD for free. I have been watching you for few weeks now and Honestly your personality is so vibrant and calming! I'm 17 yo from India and I have a really important question - Please answer. I have been dealing and also once diagnosed online by a therapist with OCD. Before my diagnosis I'd spend hours ruminating and researching online but once I got diagnosed with OCD, my rumination began to drift away. I also did that whenever few thoughts appeared and that worked! But my anxiety didn't skyrocket or anything like that at all. I just felt anxious and little more for sure. Nowadays, I'm pretty good with a lot of things I once used to ruminate about but I also feel like my mind is involuntarily on this kinda compulsive mode.. I don't enjoy anything now because whenever any enjoyable thoughts arise my mind stops them! I'm like "don't be certain, don't be certain”.. I used to get anxious while watching TV shows but now I only get thoughts and not the anxiety which distracts me! I'm not even sure if I have ocd now... I get anxious because there are so many possibilities. Do you think this is just a part of OCD? Am I recovering? Or do I have anything else?
Hey man, I have OCD and that sounds very similar to what I experienced. I'm not a psychologist or anything but that sounds like OCD. Just know that even if the obsession revolves around what your describing, such as your own thoughts, being distracted by your own thoughts when watching TV or doing something enjoyable, the treatment remains the same. It's a matter of acceptance and putting to practice what this guy is saying. When I was going through what you're describing, it felt as if I was hyper aware of my own thinking, and I felt distracted by it and worried that being aware of this thinking would somehow be a bad thing. Is that accurate to what it feels like for you? Or am I not understanding it right? Also I hope you are doing ok now
@@randomlydoods Not the person you responded to, but I am going through exactly what you are experiencing. It's almost like my mind would drift to some random future conversation, or past movie I watched, or any random thought... then I would catch myself doing it, instantly and automatically thought suppress to make the thoughts stop, and then they would just keep coming back again and again. It would drive me crazy and would only increase my anxiety as if I couldn't stop what was going on and something was happening to me. I know logically it's OCD and I need to just accept the thoughts for what they are... just thoughts and have no meaning, but for some reason the pushing away of the thoughts that are even benign like pretending to have a conversation with someone I know as if it's a threat just come suddenly and I instantly go through this mental compulsion to push the thought away which causes a feeling of anxiety/adrenaline to shoot through my body and then as time goes on it just happens more frequently and makes me think I'm going crazy and can't relax. Does that sound similar to what you're dealing with?
@@zamardii12 Yes that is exactly what I experienced! It's like having OCD about OCD. Let's say I was watching tv or talking to someone or literally any sort of task in my day to day life, I would get a random thought that would pop up into my head and I would worry that my response to it was compulsive or that I suppressed the thought or that I do/don't have permission to move away from the thought. The key to this type of meta OCD is to really just allow the thoughts to be present in your head, and if you get a thought that says "oh well I'm not allowing that thought to be there properly" or "I'm doing something wrong with my thoughts" or "maybe I'm not doing this right," you need to let those thoughts and uncertainty be there as well. Something that might help is to deliberately pay attention to these doubts and say "yeah maybe I'm not doing this right" or watch a tv show with the intent of being distracted by your thoughts and remaining unsure if you are/aren't doing things right or if you are/ aren't suppressing thoughts. Essentially, it is the OCD turning inwards on itself and creating doubt about the OCD itself.
I have been struggling since I had my son for a year now iv had songs that play in the back of my mind and it varies daily I also get random words that keep popping up in my mind over and over again I’m really struggling with it,It’s like iv become obsessed with it 😩
HOW I STOP AN INTRUSIVE SOUND!? they all talk about harm ocd or religion or moral ocd in general!but I stop thinking an obsessive auditory thought? I keep making a screaming voice 24/7 in my mind! It’s me telling my inner voice! It’s a compulsion now? How I stop it?
i’ve never been diagnosed with OCD but i want to get tested one day (unfortunately right now i don’t think my parents would let me) but i get a lot of intrusive thoughts and i think i’m going through real event ocd. But the thing that haunts me to the most is what if it’s not ocd and these thoughts and past events really are just who i am, and i am a bad person, it’s just really taking over my life and i’m not sure what to do about it
@@jonathancoleman6482 Yes good and bad days, still in recovery and started therapy. I am working on acceptance and also allowing the brain to think anything it wants without trying to figure it out. Its hard and ive gone through like 5 themes.
Its almost as if I've been in my head for so long with the same thoughts, I dont know how it is to be normal. It's like I think, how am i not going to think of these things because It's all I've ever thought about for a while. Like I forgot how it is to be normal. Please let me know if anything like this is experienced by others.
Hi both, I can feel your pain... BUT I am sooooo much better now. Hopefully what I'm about to write will help anyone reading this. For so long I literally had a fear if thoughts, just any thought. That was my intrusive thought l, and I kept thinking how am I ever going to not be scared when every thought brings such distress... BUT! It's goes, I promise. The problem was, I was so focused on the anxiety and not responding correctly, I.e just allow the thoughts and feelings to be there and be patient... be patient is very important.... it's taken me personally about 8 months but I'm finally finding my mind just doesnits own thing and I'm not focusing so much internally. The most important thing though is to recognise these continuos cycle your mind puts you through is the anxiety. Never having a moments peace from feeling anxiety, your brain never shutting off... you need to just let those feelings/thoughts be there. Also very importantly l, stop trying to figure it out or understand why, you will never ever win, infact it makes it worse. So it will take a lot of time but if you just let it be there, don't try to work it out, it eventually starts to get better. You have to be patient but it will happen I promise! Hope that helps in anyway.
What response can you give you OCD or anxiety to show it that you don't care?
I like to agree with it, but take it even further. I’ll “one up” my intrusive thoughts.
"okay, maybe, maybe not"
Is ocd permanent?
@@wala5266 no never permanent no matter how bad it is, it’s not easy to get out of but everyone can do it, that’s a FACT! Never give up
I'm from India. 30 female. I have had ocd since 8years or long. Currently facing horrible rocd n sexual intrusive thoughts particularly about 1 guy and almost anyone i meet. I didn't know how to change this until very recently through your videos. I started to ignore the thoughts and just go about my day and stopped feeling disgusted with them. It made me feel guilty about not feeling disgust. Yesterday i did an intentional exposure... i was eating burger n my brain went oh the mayo resembles a body fluid of someone who isn't my partner and I was like fck the thought ok f9 it resembles that but I'll still eat my lunch and the moment i took a bite i started to feel soooo guilty. I was like omg what did i do. How could i even go for it thinkg whatever i thought. M cheatg on my partner and etc etc. What should i do? I intentionally thought and went for it. If it would have been intrusive thought then i would have ignored. Is this how exposure should be?
If you are reading this, you are not alone. Make the choice today to get stronger and put your worries and concerns in the past.
The and I feel Good I feel like off or anx is gone but fully gone
@@Scaredchao and just as you feel it’s gone u get and u get that relief it just comes back that’s what happens to me
Thanks for being there. We need to help all thanks 🙏👍
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Thank you guys🫂
I cant stop obsessing about the future. I get so wrapped up in the thoughts that it brings on big overwhelming emotions and is ruining my ability to enjoy the present moment 😭
I actually create disconnection with other people threw my ocd thoughts instead of connection which is what I'm desperately craving 😢
See, that’s me but for the past😂 The future surprisingly brings not that much worry
So happy for you bless you@@anaccount7923
I guess I thought I was alone, again. I'd shake my thoughts away, touch something or say a phrase to try and get me to stop, and of course it never would. This is the 3rd video to make me suddenly cry due to me realizing that I was not alone. Thank you so much for your help, I am in a better place because of it.
These videos do help. When I am having an anxiety attack I come here and feel better.
You are not alone. I cry every time I see this videos, only we that live with OCD know how it is.
Intrusive thoughts are really getting in the way of my life so I'm gonna try this! Your videos are super helpful. Thank you!
Thanks so much!!
@OofBruh meditate
@OofBruh same im scared my counselors gonna think im crazy and put me on fbis watch list 💀
Me too. 😭
Hey, same here! How are you doing now? :)
I've suffered with OCD and anxiety since childhood (I'm currently 25). My obsessions have taken many forms, from harm to religious. At 19 I admitted myself into a psychiatric hospital due to a severe spike in my anxiety (back to back panic attacks, daily). I've also been on a cocktail of medications since my adolescence; finally settling on an SSRI and an antipsychotic. I'd say I'm 75% better, though I have my bad days. I'm not financially stable enough to afford traditional therapy. So seeing a service like nOCD gives me hope. I've always been intimidated by therapy, also having the feeling that no one truly cares. However, I'd love to give the service a try someday. Perhaps reach that full 100% mental wellness. Thanks for making these videos, it makes me feel less alone in the world when going through the muck.
I hope you are much better. Sending you prayers of grace strength and freedom 🙏
Hello, which medication do you use?? I have tried many but none of them makes me fell better...
@@helenamodernocosta8257 People respond to medications differently. I've been on a ton of them that had no effect. Personally, I take 60mg of Paxil with 7.5mg of Zyprexa. This helps 80% of the time with me. But again, people respond differently to medications.
Always ask your doctor or psychiatrist about possible combinations. It took me a long time to get over my OCD and anxiety. It just happens to be a mix of antidepressants and a antipsychotic.
Read books about ocd intrusive thoughts and neurology, it'll help you
I started having violent thoughts one month ago I’m 24 never had these thoughts before I was put on Prozac and an anti psychotic medication quientipine the thoughts come but they aren’t as frequent I’m only on meds 3 weeks so still anxious will have to give it another 3-5 weeks to fully work but I find the meds good
I get intrusive thoughts like crazy. I'm gonna give this a try. Thank you!
You can do it!!
How is it going now?
@@privateequityguy great !!
I used to have religious OCS where if I thought a sexual thought, for example, I’d try to stop thinking about it, pray compulsively, then go into an existential spiral when my thoughts wouldn’t leave about how I lacked the faith for my prayer to work. My therapist recommended this and it really helped to take away power from my OCD
Same here but I'm still at the bottom of the pit engulfed by these thoughts I can't get rid of
Its so tiring. I sometimes have one word on repeat non stop makes me cry i dont know how to stop it. But your videos have been so wonderful and im so thankful for others here as well. I hope everyone is healing ❤
I am in this exact same boat. One word from the second I open my eyes on a loop. It is TERRIBLE. You are not alone. These videos help!
It’s great to know that I’m not the only person with this problem.
I'm so glad you make these videos. I was diagnosed with OCD less than a year ago, and did intensive outpatient for about 8 months. I'm at a point now where my compulsions are mostly thought based, and I wasn't given a lot of strategies to deal with those. So, your videos have been really revolutionary for me. Thank you!! I've been working with the "maybe, maybe not" strategy this week and it's already making a difference. This video was an awesome reminder to not put value on my thoughts, too, and I know that'll help in the long run. You rock. Thank you for doing what you do!!
An important thing I learned is letting go is not an event, it is a practice.
A bit of a story about my own obsessive-compulsive disorder; I was diagnosed last February and on medication. I received a referral for internet therapy which was the best thing that happened in a long time. I learned how to challenge those thoughts with a realistic grip. For example, "What if I stab someone? --->" I can't hurt anyone with my thoughts "or" I can't make things happen with the power of thoughts " This is not a compulsion to me. I still need to feel those feelings that those thoughts produce. Here, too, internal speech helps; Emotions are not dangerous and will eventually pass.
God bless you..im just tired of being my hostage..i even dont want to move sometimes..im afraid..tired of compulsions..just running to the mirage..knowing it is..but cant stop..just broke my cycle right now thru this video..hope Ill be strong enough to break the whole process..
I have intrusive thoughts all the time but the worst is when intrusive thoughts sometimes doesn't feel "bad", it is like sometimes my brain tells me I like the thoughts when I really know that I DON'T like them.
It called backdoor spike, it means you did therapy well, you did good tho
@Nathaniel Ross jo
This happeneds to me too!
God Bless You . In addition to speaking with my Therapist regarding my OCD, you've also been a massive help 🙏🏼
I absolutely love your videos. Yesterday I saw a video of yours about anxiety, and I just loved how you explained everything and the way you speak. I never felt judged, which is rare for anyone who struggles with mental health. Genuinely, thank you for your work
It’s impossible to stop it, but sadly I still try. But doing something else like playing games or talking to others is working for a bit. Thank you so much you are a real life HERO!
how are you now
Is laughing at the thoughts considered accepting them? like "hahaha, brain you come up with some doozies" lol
YES! I love this idea. As long as it's followed up with actions that show that you "don't really care" about them. 😃
@@ocdandanxiety AKA not giving in to compulsions?
@@ugafootballfella124 yes no compulsion
Ohhh good i had same question
I dont do compulsions just have fucked thoughts
Thank you Nathan . Literally your advices are giving me the taste of a joyful life. You are a God gifted person for my life or any other OCD patients. I've sensorimotor OCD. My parents specially my mom is saying the same words since my childhood which you've said, but always I create self doubts in myself. Should I say to my sensation "Stay all day long please please please ?"
This is the second video I watch from ur channel and you helped me eat last night without worrying about it. My fears and thoughts are consuming my life. I haven’t been able to work for 2 years already. Thank you!!!
You are helping out so many with these videos. Please keep putting more out for those of us that suffer with OCD!
I love your channel, your videos are helping change my life. 1000x more valuable than my last therapist
Wow, thank you so much for this comment! It means so much to me.
I feel a lot better now and I accept the bad thought that brought me to this video I hope it comes back and I’m trying to turn it into a funnier version or think about it comically each time it comes back, which is like every 2 mins lol but that’s ok bc I love it and accept it, now I don’t feel alone either thank you man ❤
Intrusive thoughts are taking over my life at the moment. I’m really worrying at the moment thinking, what if I’m going mental? What if I end up doing the things my thoughts say even though I know I never would ? Anyone else / any advice ? 😔
You have to realize Barbara that OCD is just negatively focusing on the future, but no one could ever know the future so why worry about it … you have to practice exposure response therapy, Maybe I will do that … and Maybe I won’t (: and the more you practice in a room and do it like a certain time every day until your just like MAYBE AND MAYBE NOT and tired of saying it for like a few minutes you will see your anxiety is going down and you realize you can’t know the future so why worry about so yea maybe you will but at the same time maybe you won’t! You can never know!
sometimes when i am having intrusive thoughts im just like "yes yes okay now what was i doing"😂😂
My anxiety is literally so bad I can’t even sleep.. I don’t know what to do. My thoughts always win. I always feel something in my body. I’m tired of this.. I feel no hope.
Please use the tips in these videos and if you are able to seek professional help with medication management and therapy do so. Please let me know how you are doing now
feeling better?
Hope you're doing better now. Digital hugs 🫂🧡
Thank you. I have OCD. Thanks for sharing❤
You are a life saver and completely transformed me!
I just found this channel and its helping me. I dont feel like a bad person....please keep making these videos
I haven't been able to sleep for 2 days because of my anxiety, I haven't been diagnosedbut I'm thinking about it recently. I'm going to try to do what your saying, thanks so much :)
This video deserve a MILLION VIEWS!
I have GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) and just started watching your videos 2 days ago. I’ve been practicing mindfulness for a lot of years, but your insight regarding sitting with thoughts and feelings has really helped me. I am lowering my use of Klonopin after 25 years (with the help of my doctor). I continue to reassure myself that these anxious thoughts are just thoughts…thank you so much for your videos. I don’t have to jump up and take a pill right away. It’s getting easier each time
It was hard getting through the "we don't do that anymore" list. Felt like someone taking away a security blanket.
These videos are really helping me. Thank you
Me: Trying to overcome my intrusive thoughts
Also me: He said "A thot is a thot" hahahaha
hahaha!
i’ve been worrying about an earworm in my head and its constantly playing a song so i keep trying to make it stop, but as _SOON_ as i say “wow i LOVE this song i hope it never goes away” the song almost immediately got a bit quieter and slower, thanks man!
(its not actually a constant song in my head, it goes away when im distracted by something but comes back when im not distracted)
I have an earworm these days, and it's really frustrating, sometimes i'm scared that it will never stop. I can't sleep because the song keeps repeating in my head. Did you solve this problem?
@@alekskotromanac5049 I basically just distracted myself from the song and try not to think about it as much as i could, eventually it just went away. Try to just not think about it i guess? Good luck bro 👍
@@ziqrsx So, you didn't use some exposure and that stuff? Thanks 😊
How do you deal with the thought of “I’m going to be thinking about this forever”. I have a thought that plays in the background of my mind 24/7 and the thought itself isn’t really scary but I fear i will think about it forever and it will ruin my life
I can relate ! It’s really terrifying.
When this happens to me, I’ll say to myself, “yup, there it is, I want to think about this thought forever, I hope it never goes away, I hope when I’m on my death bed I’m still thinking about this thought.” Lol Or I’ll actively try to think about it even more, or sometimes I’ll sing a song about it for a while in my head or whatever.
@@seanabbott5439 thanks for the reply. I have tried that but still been thinking about the same thing for 4 months straight. It’s completely latched and I’m just struggling 😩
@@beautywiseme3770 have you read Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts by Sally Winston and Martin Seif? If you haven’t, order the book and read it twice, maybe thrice
@@seanabbott5439 I haven’t. Will have to check it out. I feel like I’m coming along in recovery in that I don’t experience the fear attached to the thoughts like I use to. I’m better at going on about my life. But the thoughts are still there and keep me from being in the present and enjoying anything fully and that is making me depressed. It’s a journey
“I love thinking I don’t love my wife anymore, my favorite kind of thoughts and feelings to have!” 😅😬
Nathan peterson does it again! You're f ing awesome thanks so much!
you have got a new subscriber💌
Thank you for being so helpful, more often than not my obsessions comes true, I can't help but think maybe these compulsions are good for me, maybe I just have a terrible luck, and the only way for me to stop these bad things from happening is to finally give up. Sometimes I do give up and do the compulsions, and then immediately feel guilty, it's a constant battle in my head.I have just right, magical thinking and scrupulousity ocd that I know of. Your video have helped me alot, Thank you very much. I promise to try my better.
I hope you’re feeling better right now, stay strong, you got this!
Thank you so much for your support, I have been feeling better, but there is always relapse that keeps coming.
@@funnyvideos-ng6ii that’s awesome but yeah I understand, just remember you’ve already been through it and you can do it again. Chrissie Hodges made an amazing video that mentions relapse th-cam.com/video/aM54qlAIRtU/w-d-xo.html (the part I’m talking about is in the second half of the vid), it helped me idk if it could help you. Anyways, have a great day /night!!
Spot on advice as usual, thank you!
Thanks Laura! Always great to hear from you!
What makes intrusive thoughts so scary......in my opinion......is the fact that they can feel so real, in terms of you know that you are not a child molester, or that you would harm a loved one, the intrusive thought will tell you that these actions are what you truly desire. Its like a battle within yourself, knowing full well you are not that type of person.
So, I hear you about not giving these thoughts power, but I feel like that is far more easier said than done. These thoughts will even make you second guess your Pure O condition, meaning, "What if this is not OCD, but my actual thought" which triggers those anxiety attacks all over again.
If you have the thought about if that is OCD you have to know that this is ocd cause ocd is the doubt disorder
Exactly man.. exactly! Thanks for this!
thankyou for this information i like to try it maybe,maybe not😊😊😊 im struggling too obsessive thought in the future
This is a great video man
I just want to say thank u 🙏 for everything u do. Your awesome 👏🏻
Has anybody else ever felt like they literally won’t be able to live with ocd? I’m off work right now due to a bad depression and now my ocd has literally taken over everything. I thought it was bad before, was I wrong. I’m scared. It’s gotten to the point where it’s all I’m thinking about and it’s terrifying and paralyzing me as a person. Can anybody help? Like I’m talking I can’t even get a free minute mentally..
I really like this dude! He’s helped me a lot with these videos!
As always great content, thanks brother!
You are amazing
Thanks I really needed to hear this!
So glad to hear it! Thanks for being here!
my ocd forces me to check my feelings and thoughts all the time.. 24/7 if i see look at something, hear something, do something, say something, not a single second goes by, where i don‘t check in on myself! i‘m so desperate.. the single intrucive thoughts that occur every few minutes or hours i can totally deal with by using these kinds of methods… but this is just too much, pls someone help :(
As if you have ocd in a point in your life because you are very accurate you can see what is going in side my head unbelievable ,thanks man for sharing your knowledge im suffering from this disease but i feel much better whaching your vedios
This has been my entire life. I'm 42.
Okay, what would be a tip to help you NOT check your thoughts. I know compulsions are a choice, but this one is more tricky to not do
This is amazing advice, thank you sir!
I am so glad you liked it!
Great advice, Thank you!! 🥰
This is really worked with me thank u
I love your videos they always helped me out
If you could answer this for me would be really helpful. I struggle with anxiety. And for a while. I used to tell myself “while I’m here. ( work .. dinner .. grocery store ) all figured out “ which was basically me trying to block off any in intrusive thoughts, depending on where I was. And I would tell myself that I could go over whatever when I get home. It actually worked for a while. But I basically realized that if there’s something you need to think about or go over mentally no matter where you are. Then you need to go over it. Trying to block out your thoughts, depending on where you are or until you get home in a safe place is just not a good move… would like to know anyone’s opinion on that. Because I’m actually having extreme anxiety over using that tool or forgetting about it. I’m leaning towards trying to forget about it. Because it just gets too confusing. I feel like trying to block out your thoughts, depending on where you are is just not the right way. I think no matter where you are. If there’s something you need to go over mentally or think about. Then you do that. Right?
I wish it was this easy. I absolutely hate OCD
Are intrusive thoughts a symptom of anxiety too?
Most of the time I see it's a symptom of OCD but what about anxiety? How many people with anxiety have Intrusive thoughts? Also how many people without mental health issues have those thoughts?
I'm glad I'm not the only one😢
Why sometimes even when I manage to not get anxious about certain thoughts, then don't have any symptoms for some while, then... once I get this thought out of nowhere and anxiety spikes high as hell...
100% truth!. Thanx a lot Nathan!😍👌
Nathan you are a genius. Thank you Sir 😃
thank you . i will practice this
I loved this
Man i have ocd from the age of 15 and now im 26 🤝 and today is my birthday 🎂🎉 and today my ocd is on more increased level , accompanied by anxiety 🎉🎉 hooray
Why don't you try cutting out the compulsions ? OCD doesn't have to be forever
im so grateful to you ;-;
I hear voices which react to my intrusive thoughts making them worse and the voices keep reacting to my intrusive thoughts, making me push the thoughts away, I can’t do what you’re saying I wish I could put the thoughts out in the open but I can’t the voices won’t let me.
How to expose yourself if it produces uncomfortable feelings in the body?
I don't completely agree with you, because you say there are no good or bad thoughts, although you say accept them by thinking ooooohhh I love those thoughts so much, which automatically makes them good
Hi, nathan Thanks for helping so many people to alleviate their OCD for free. I have been watching you for few weeks now and Honestly your personality is so vibrant and calming! I'm 17 yo from India and I have a really important question - Please answer.
I have been dealing and also once diagnosed online by a therapist with OCD. Before my diagnosis I'd spend hours ruminating and researching online but once I got diagnosed with OCD, my rumination began to drift away. I also did that whenever few thoughts appeared and that worked! But my anxiety didn't skyrocket or anything like that at all. I just felt anxious and little more for sure. Nowadays, I'm pretty good with a lot of things I once used to ruminate about but I also feel like my mind is involuntarily on this kinda compulsive mode.. I don't enjoy anything now because whenever any enjoyable thoughts arise my mind stops them! I'm like "don't be certain, don't be certain”.. I used to get anxious while watching TV shows but now I only get thoughts and not the anxiety which distracts me!
I'm not even sure if I have ocd now... I get anxious because there are so many possibilities. Do you think this is just a part of OCD? Am I recovering?
Or do I have anything else?
Hey man, I have OCD and that sounds very similar to what I experienced. I'm not a psychologist or anything but that sounds like OCD. Just know that even if the obsession revolves around what your describing, such as your own thoughts, being distracted by your own thoughts when watching TV or doing something enjoyable, the treatment remains the same. It's a matter of acceptance and putting to practice what this guy is saying. When I was going through what you're describing, it felt as if I was hyper aware of my own thinking, and I felt distracted by it and worried that being aware of this thinking would somehow be a bad thing. Is that accurate to what it feels like for you? Or am I not understanding it right? Also I hope you are doing ok now
@@randomlydoods Not the person you responded to, but I am going through exactly what you are experiencing. It's almost like my mind would drift to some random future conversation, or past movie I watched, or any random thought... then I would catch myself doing it, instantly and automatically thought suppress to make the thoughts stop, and then they would just keep coming back again and again. It would drive me crazy and would only increase my anxiety as if I couldn't stop what was going on and something was happening to me. I know logically it's OCD and I need to just accept the thoughts for what they are... just thoughts and have no meaning, but for some reason the pushing away of the thoughts that are even benign like pretending to have a conversation with someone I know as if it's a threat just come suddenly and I instantly go through this mental compulsion to push the thought away which causes a feeling of anxiety/adrenaline to shoot through my body and then as time goes on it just happens more frequently and makes me think I'm going crazy and can't relax. Does that sound similar to what you're dealing with?
@@zamardii12 Yes that is exactly what I experienced! It's like having OCD about OCD. Let's say I was watching tv or talking to someone or literally any sort of task in my day to day life, I would get a random thought that would pop up into my head and I would worry that my response to it was compulsive or that I suppressed the thought or that I do/don't have permission to move away from the thought. The key to this type of meta OCD is to really just allow the thoughts to be present in your head, and if you get a thought that says "oh well I'm not allowing that thought to be there properly" or "I'm doing something wrong with my thoughts" or "maybe I'm not doing this right," you need to let those thoughts and uncertainty be there as well. Something that might help is to deliberately pay attention to these doubts and say "yeah maybe I'm not doing this right" or watch a tv show with the intent of being distracted by your thoughts and remaining unsure if you are/aren't doing things right or if you are/ aren't suppressing thoughts. Essentially, it is the OCD turning inwards on itself and creating doubt about the OCD itself.
Let thoughts pass by. Like leaves in a river.
Liking without fully watched. Anyone with ocd ?
Thank you!
Can you please do a video about worrying about aging?
Ohh. That'd be a good one. Yes. I'll add it to my list.
Thank you so much for all the great tips. Applying these within me.
I have unwanted images that i don't want to see I'm so scared because I'm seeing them everywhere idk wht to do 😔
Doing better?
but its so hard when the anxiety is so intense :(
Nice video and shirt Nathan 😂😂👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Thanks man!
Does this work for distressing images too? My sister fully recovered from OCD and recommended your channel to me
how are you now whats your ocd
3:00 counter: you replace a certain phrase with another phrase to defuse by phrasing: 'thought is not bad or good idc'
nice one. thanks for the idea.
I have been struggling since I had my son for a year now iv had songs that play in the back of my mind and it varies daily I also get random words that keep popping up in my mind over and over again I’m really struggling with it,It’s like iv become obsessed with it 😩
I was doing a mundane task (washing dishes) and I constantly was dealing with terrible thoughts
Desensitize yourself from the thought 💪😁
Thank you it's very helpful
Like your help its funny as well. Thanksyou 🙏👍😀
HOW I STOP AN INTRUSIVE SOUND!? they all talk about harm ocd or religion or moral ocd in general!but I stop thinking an obsessive auditory thought? I keep making a screaming voice 24/7 in my mind! It’s me telling my inner voice! It’s a compulsion now? How I stop it?
Thank you 🙏🏼
This helps so much! TYSM
Doesn’t the constant acceptance of an unwanted thought when it reappears become its own compulsion?
Very helpful!
i’ve never been diagnosed with OCD but i want to get tested one day (unfortunately right now i don’t think my parents would let me) but i get a lot of intrusive thoughts and i think i’m going through real event ocd. But the thing that haunts me to the most is what if it’s not ocd and these thoughts and past events really are just who i am, and i am a bad person, it’s just really taking over my life and i’m not sure what to do about it
Accept yourself no matter what, i went through this and still go through all types of themes
@@johnbonamigo5696 do you have your good days?
@@jonathancoleman6482 Yes good and bad days, still in recovery and started therapy. I am working on acceptance and also allowing the brain to think anything it wants without trying to figure it out. Its hard and ive gone through like 5 themes.
Its almost as if I've been in my head for so long with the same thoughts, I dont know how it is to be normal. It's like I think, how am i not going to think of these things because It's all I've ever thought about for a while. Like I forgot how it is to be normal. Please let me know if anything like this is experienced by others.
Me.
exactly my situation
Hi both,
I can feel your pain... BUT I am sooooo much better now. Hopefully what I'm about to write will help anyone reading this.
For so long I literally had a fear if thoughts, just any thought. That was my intrusive thought l, and I kept thinking how am I ever going to not be scared when every thought brings such distress... BUT! It's goes, I promise. The problem was, I was so focused on the anxiety and not responding correctly, I.e just allow the thoughts and feelings to be there and be patient... be patient is very important.... it's taken me personally about 8 months but I'm finally finding my mind just doesnits own thing and I'm not focusing so much internally. The most important thing though is to recognise these continuos cycle your mind puts you through is the anxiety. Never having a moments peace from feeling anxiety, your brain never shutting off... you need to just let those feelings/thoughts be there. Also very importantly l, stop trying to figure it out or understand why, you will never ever win, infact it makes it worse. So it will take a lot of time but if you just let it be there, don't try to work it out, it eventually starts to get better. You have to be patient but it will happen I promise! Hope that helps in anyway.
Thank you