Same. I count how many times my dog poops and pees. I count my silverware despite already knowing how many there are. I count how many steps it takes from the front door to my car in the driveway. I count how many minutes it takes to get to the freeway, then how many minutes it takes to get to work. I also check my house door locks and car locks. I check my headlights to make sure they are off despite not turning them on, but I don’t think I have OCD.
This method drastically reduced my ocd as a kid, I touched things only 3 times and walked away randomly throughout the day. I had given in to touching things 4 times to feel like things were right, and before I knew it I was compelled to touch things 64 times in the middle of the night. That's how ocd thanks you for saying yes to it.
Woah. I had the almost same thing. I had to play the piano perfectly in one go, and if I made a mistake I had to get it right at the 4th time, then the 16th, then the 64th. It was horrible.
I have ocd and I count, but I don't even think something bad is going to happen or not. I use it as an assurance while doing other compulsions, for assuring that I performed the other compulsion
Argh such a sticky one which has become so automatic to me :/ I've tried to mess it up but somehow the "counting rhythm" is still there and it requires so much energy to focus on messing up the rhythm every time
this is crazy. i’ve been doing this, literally this examples, doing something countless times counting till 4 but many times till i feel satisfied or secure for about 15 years. the rituals not exclusively happens at home but most of it, but when covid happened it got worse. now im literally having headaches and im concerned. its 5am. just typed on youtube if i could get some help. i was kind of doing this (the solution) but i was not acknowledging it when everything was fine after not doing the rituals. now i’ll. and how crazy that our brain through an amount of anxiety manages to create a pattern, that for me i created, never met someone with ocd, and had never seen how someone lives with it to have an ideia, just did something to cope, and its a pattern! many other ppl do it and different ways but what you just said its exactly what i do. crazy. the mind is incredible. thank you
I count every single thing I look at and every problem with myself. I can’t stop no matter what and it makes me so depressed and mad, I count in no certain way I just can’t stop counting
I'm 42 years old, i start these compulsives actions at the age of six or seven i think with brushing my teeth several times. My adolescent was a real nightnare, specially before going to bed, with all these rituals. Now it's a bit less, but i still touch things in set of four, if among a set, one was not properly done, i would start over again. Thank for your help.
The things is, compulsions are so tiring and stressful, but they have been going on for so long now, messing them up/ ignoring them just seems a lot more exhausting. Also in a weird way I still feel like the OCD is winning, because by going against it (for example in my case doing things in odd numbers and not even numbers) I still feel like I’m a tying in ritualistic ways, I don’t know if this makes any sense whatsoever, but I just wanted to express how I feel 😊
I am 35 yrs old and recently i realized i have OCD from childhood, always tried to cheat it or trick it to soothe out the rituals and counting...i create random rules like games with counting...really i wish i had known this before...feeling years lost..precious years and i hope to soothe it out from now on atleast...thanks a lot for the videos! its educative...i kind of became atheist and started to believe in evolution and only the strong can continue to evolve, survival of the fittest...thinking like this made me to realize whatever the OCD thoughts i am having is not worth it...not worth the precious evolution we went thru for million of years to come to this point...and how we crossed and defeated so many adversaries mental and physical to evolve to this point....thinking like this makes my OCD feel worthless (i mean the stupid rituals, counting is just pointless not gonna produce any impact), makes me feel giving into the thoughts is just going against evolution and like my OCD thoughts are way smaller in the grand scheme of universe and if i have to make an impact, then time to go with the flow of universe and evolve stronger...i know this sounds absurd, but in wild only strong can pass on their genes and weak die, so i prefer to be part of that universal evolution than be a blip!
Im 21 years old and from srilanka I usually count 3 times before doing an action and I spend my valuable time for doing these rituals and even I spend days by thinking about these obsessions and if I don't do some ritual I feel like something bad will happen to me so I need to do the same action again and again !!!!!
I don’t count certain things; I just start at 1 and go up. Recently it’s been 8 counts. I don’t know why I do it, but I’ve been doing it since I was a kid.
Wow never knew other people did this! I run the numbers 1-6 in my head often and do it until it feels satisfying or phonetically pleasing (i annunciate with my tongue while repeating the numbers in my head), I get stuck on the consonants and that’s what drives me nuts
Hi. I have a history of anxiety and depression since i was 18. Now iam 24. Since this January, I had severe anxiety...did consult psychiatrist...did have antidepressants.... slowly through your videos and various others i learnt that i have OCD symptoms. Iam obsessing on thoughts about my past. Also i am dating my best friend since last December. I feel lot of guilt and regret about my past. From January i have been obsessing over my past with regret and guilt and helplessness. I keep feeling guilt and i keep thinking i might have cheated my boyfriend through online ways. But i dont remember doing anything like that. Is it false memory or actual memory loss ? I constantly seek validation and reassurance from my boyfriend and well as close friends. But i cannot be convinced at all. I try to Google , i try to recover lost chats and data that's impossible to recover. I get upset about it . I believe these are my compulsions. I don't trust my memories since i have a lot of "what-if" questions in my mind. I question everything in my memory despite me being known to have a pretty good memory. How should I start managing my symptoms? What should I do? Please help.
I remember that at the age of 3 I ate rocks and sand. Then many things happened and just few years ago ai have been diagnosed with celiac disease, macrocytic anemia and at the same time iron anemia with many others conditions. All it started as a child: I remember that I used to count trees, traffic lanes, steps, people in a room and much more. From ocd then ADHD, Schizoaffective disorder.
I don’t know for a fact if I have OCD or not but I have a lot of the symptoms and they have increased especially this one and if I don’t count or do something a certain number of times it ruins my whole day and I can’t stop thinking about it. Also if I mess up or if I think I might’ve messed up the counting I have to it again until I feel relief. Like I have to pet my dog 10 times, I have to blink 10 times, I have to sip my drink 10 times and one that was dangerous and I shouldn’t have done but I did bc it was in my brain telling me to was to chug my Dr Pepper 10 times in a row with no breathing breaks and my stomach and heart and chest was hurting for 5 minutes after that and idk why but I have started randomly crying a lot. I don’t think I would be able to not do it but I can try.
My brain can't handle any multiple of 3 for some reason or I'm "in danger". I've literally gotten to counting up into the 500s because I was obsessing so much. This happens with everything, I can't walk or watch a show, listen to music or do work without trying to avoid multiples of 3, and I hate it.
As a kid and a teen I use to count to the age that I was. So every year it would increase lol. 😅 I would count all the edges of any object. It got to the point of insanity… I would get so frustrated with myself coz I couldn’t count properly. I believe I counted because it somehow helped me through my parents divorce and bullying in school. I’m happy to say that now in my 30s it’s no where near as bad although it isn’t completely gone. I also had/have this weird thing with the right side being “better” than the left side of things.
I had bad timing. The day before I stopped doing everything that would “stop something bad from happening”, then the next day my cat got really sick. Now I’m traumatized 😥
I am always counting things; words in the title of a video, the number of times I turn on and off a light switch, how many stories I have watched, the number of times I close the cupboard doors or the amount of times I press the backspace or caps lock key when typing something. They always have to be even or it makes me feel on edge and have to redo it until it feels 'just right'. There are a few exceptions to the even numbers however, such as the tv volume which has to be even or end in a 5, but on my laptop it must always be even. Sometimes I try to ignore the urge to follow through with checking the numbers etc, but then I am constantly thinking about it until I end up doing it. Does anyone else do this?
same same...i freaking do everything u mentioned...im doing it from 4 years...now it became automatic...it eat so much of my time...i feel like my life can be so much better if i get rid of it but somehow i can't...can we talk ?
I'm OCD and I count syllables. My own, and other people's syllables in person and on TV. But my own are separate from other peoples and I obsess over them being in increments of 6. So if someone is telling me a story, I'm counting their syllables but not like 1,2,3.... it's more so in my head in rows of 2 and if it doesn't end off in a 6 increment, it drives me crazy and I keep trying to get it to. But I can't just say something to make it equal to 6, kind are completely separate and it drives me so crazy 😣 been going on for as long as I can remember.
I'm not sure if this can be considered counting OCD or not, but I've developed this habit of exhaling for any multiple of 3 times before every sip of any drink, even water. I'm not sure how to approach this, because it's not just something I can stop. I feel like my fear behind it is that I'll choke if I don't do it this way.
I do the same thing, and I am just self diagnosed. I do the counting every time and It’s tiring stepping on a tile until it feels right and count. but without thinking of any risk that something bad would happen, am I still ocd
I have to do pretty much everything in 4s. I’ve gotten out of turning on/off lights and checking locked doors 4 times, but I lock/unlock my phone 4 times, kiss my fiancé 4 times whenever we kiss (or 16 - 4 sets of 4), I count 1,2,3,4 when I’m walking, I have to take 4 steps within the cracks in the sidewalk, etc. it’s overwhelming, but I’ve done it ever since I can remember and I’m 22 now. Therapy hasn’t helped and I don’t know what else to do. Any advice?
If you can count cards, I'd say let's GO TO VEGAS! kidding aside, my wonderful wife of 23years is going through this right now. I don't know what there is about the number 4, but she's doing the same thing! Too bad she's bad at cards! ;-/ Wish I had an answer for you. Might try making yourself do 3 instead of 4 and deal with the discomfort. Then try doing 2 and later one. Just like with any ERP exercise, you have to purposely put yourself in that uncomfortable feeling until it fades away. Best of luck, hope you can beat it!
Love from Pakistan. Your videos are helpful. Just one thing that i dont REALLY THING that something bad will happen, infact i knowwww nothing will happen, its just a strangeeeee feeling, that for example untill i thank someone 6 times, 4+2 ,(thankyou thankyou thanyou thankyou ; thankyou so much thank you so much) i dontttt feeel complete, like i feel something is remaining to b done, a task is pending, its a strange feeling. From all the depths of my brain i know it wont make any difference, but i have this strange urge, to repeat and count in a fixed pattern, to gain this strange satisfaction which allows me to feel normal n come back to life, if i dont. I feel frustrated n bad, n i hate this fact.
I don’t get any satisfaction from counting, but often I find myself counting random numbers in my head. I don’t know why, it doesn’t bother me either. Just wondering why it happens. Lol
I count every word I think of and words people say to me and I they have to be even and if they aren’t on an even number I have to change certain words or add some words to it, and after that I have to do it 3 more times starting from my thumbs and pinkies so the finger can be even. I say to myself to stop then I just end up counting stop 5 times so it can be even. I’m only 15 by the way and I tell people about it but they just don’t understand.
Good video...for me it's hard because my compulsions would be my fault. See, I'm on a lot of tablets for fibromylgia and ME. So i suffer physically a lot, and getting good sleep is important.I've always double checked say that i locked the door (probably from PTSD due to DA). Anyways I have a wonderful little therapet. He's my world so i cant overcome the counting that all tablets are safe and away. Theyre even in another room! I struggle to trust my brain as with fibromylgia you can get 'fibro fog'. So logically i know I've checked the door. I know I've made sure tablets are safety away but if he accidentally got one it would be my fault because I messed up. I'm trying to check less but it's so hard and its getting worse and if he got those tablets there is proof it'd be my fault. For ne i think well its not illogical because someone could break in or a wee dog might ate sonething he shouldn't. If i just checked a couple times and trusted my brain id be happy but its countless times, and it's just exhausting. These compulsions seem to stem from fear of harm coming to another rather than to me! Arrggh any advice (no hard judgement please) welcome. Anyone had similar? I think if you're say tapping a bag 10 times to prevent say a fire it'd be easier (not that its easier for the sufferer) as you know its not logical but for me it seens logical to check for safety but it goes too far in my head 😞 I know im a good dpggo mum amd im very good with him so id not leave damgerous stuff sbout but its driving me crazy! Funny how our brain works!
I'm in same stage now where I am pregnant nearing delivery and past three weeks I'm counting if I'm properly washing my legs and thighs just not to get urinary infection and afraid to lose my baby since i had a miscarriage last year....also afraid of insecticides used at home surfaces and im not stepping out of my room as im having fear my clothes will touch those insecticide applied surfaces and whay im doing is taking bath and changing dress and being afraid if something might happen to baby inside bcuz of that insecticide....oh god. Mentally feeling so down when nearing delivery and this anxiety really kills my time where im not sure if I'm doin something correctly though i do it correctly but mind doesnt accept it...afraid post delivery, whatif im going to be the same doing counting on peeing and how will i be able to exist with this inside my home....i need the old me who doesnt care anything or survived in same environment but now its very difficult to count and observe which makes me feel stressed
Little question, is counting how many times I'll do a certain thing (ex: "I'll do that millions of times, I'll write hundred of chapters...millions of chapters in general") and panicking if the number is too little or something can be considered a (death) OCD symptom?
I don't have ocd and never had ocd..however during a detox my mind started counting things randomly..for no reason. There's no anxiety involved and it doesn't even make sense half the time whilst I'm counting. I think maybe it's just a habit I've got into. I don't try and stop it I just allow it to do its thing there isn't any compulsions happening and I don't think anything will happen if I don't begin to count things. Could this just be part of a strange habit I've formed ?
why when i count it’s never a set number? like i’ll just count and i wont realize it till im on like 70 and i have to tell my brain to stop. and even then ill still subconsciously be counting. everything ive researched has been saying “OCD has that number that just feels right” i just don’t stop counting till i realize im counting. or till the action/sound is over. i count footsteps and how many times i pet my cat and how many chews. but i don’t need to get to that “set number”. recently its been repetitive sounds in video games like food steps or collecting multiple things at once. is it still ocd if i dont have that set number that “feels right”?
How do I stop counting this video is affecting me I’m stuck on your video and count stop looking at the cover photo it’s messing with my ocd the numbers
Dr, is ocd (excessive cleaning) can be treated without meds ?is that considered as chronic mental illness?? And if there is also a suicidal thoughts how i control it? I leave soap on my hands cause Im really getting upset if I wash it and my hands always dry and stiff with excessive soap on it ..is that complicated case or what??
Hi i’ve never seen anyone that does this same thing but every time i see a phrase or word or hear it i have to count the letters in it in groups of 3 and i will change the letters and words just so it’s in groups of 3 even if it already is and i’m really not sure if it’s ocd or what
It’s odd numbers and the first 5 letters of the alphabet I’m obsessed with… I see those letters, I gotta count them 5 times in order 3 times in a row all in one go. It’s torture…
I also have these kind of problems and i wanna recover from ocd completely your videos are great can you give me your number to ask something about it?????
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But what if its everytime you walk?
I never think “this horrible thing will happen” and then count…but I am literally counting ALL the time. It’s exhausting.
Same here mate...did it stopped?
Same. I count how many times my dog poops and pees. I count my silverware despite already knowing how many there are. I count how many steps it takes from the front door to my car in the driveway. I count how many minutes it takes to get to the freeway, then how many minutes it takes to get to work. I also check my house door locks and car locks. I check my headlights to make sure they are off despite not turning them on, but I don’t think I have OCD.
That’s true but it’s more of an intention, not necessarily a thought-
Exactly same Idk what to do anymore
@@HustlersWorld-e4q has not stopped.
This method drastically reduced my ocd as a kid, I touched things only 3 times and walked away randomly throughout the day. I had given in to touching things 4 times to feel like things were right, and before I knew it I was compelled to touch things 64 times in the middle of the night. That's how ocd thanks you for saying yes to it.
I feel that right now I have to do it 4 times or 6 times il definitely try our three times I don’t even realize it
Woah. I had the almost same thing. I had to play the piano perfectly in one go, and if I made a mistake I had to get it right at the 4th time, then the 16th, then the 64th. It was horrible.
I have the same thing with the no .3
As someone with counting OCD, you explained it extremely well!
That’s good to know. 😉 thanks for the confidence!
I have ocd and I count, but I don't even think something bad is going to happen or not. I use it as an assurance while doing other compulsions, for assuring that I performed the other compulsion
Did it stopped?
@@aviyyagarx7994 only a little bit
Argh such a sticky one which has become so automatic to me :/ I've tried to mess it up but somehow the "counting rhythm" is still there and it requires so much energy to focus on messing up the rhythm every time
Thanks for sharing your experiences!
same! what are u doing w that?
Never stop doing these videos, it's so helpful.
I appreciate it! You're always such a great support!
Your videos are amazing! I’m from Brazil and you really help me with my OCD. Thanks for your support!
Thanks so much Julia! It's great to meet you from Brazil!
this is crazy. i’ve been doing this, literally this examples, doing something countless times counting till 4 but many times till i feel satisfied or secure for about 15 years. the rituals not exclusively happens at home but most of it, but when covid happened it got worse. now im literally having headaches and im concerned. its 5am. just typed on youtube if i could get some help. i was kind of doing this (the solution) but i was not acknowledging it when everything was fine after not doing the rituals. now i’ll.
and how crazy that our brain through an amount of anxiety manages to create a pattern, that for me i created, never met someone with ocd, and had never seen how someone lives with it to have an ideia, just did something to cope, and its a pattern! many other ppl do it and different ways but what you just said its exactly what i do. crazy. the mind is incredible. thank you
I count every single thing I look at and every problem with myself. I can’t stop no matter what and it makes me so depressed and mad, I count in no certain way I just can’t stop counting
I'm 42 years old, i start these compulsives actions at the age of six or seven i think with brushing my teeth several times. My adolescent was a real nightnare, specially before going to bed, with all these rituals. Now it's a bit less, but i still touch things in set of four, if among a set, one was not properly done, i would start over again. Thank for your help.
The things is, compulsions are so tiring and stressful, but they have been going on for so long now, messing them up/ ignoring them just seems a lot more exhausting. Also in a weird way I still feel like the OCD is winning, because by going against it (for example in my case doing things in odd numbers and not even numbers) I still feel like I’m a tying in ritualistic ways, I don’t know if this makes any sense whatsoever, but I just wanted to express how I feel 😊
I am 35 yrs old and recently i realized i have OCD from childhood, always tried to cheat it or trick it to soothe out the rituals and counting...i create random rules like games with counting...really i wish i had known this before...feeling years lost..precious years and i hope to soothe it out from now on atleast...thanks a lot for the videos! its educative...i kind of became atheist and started to believe in evolution and only the strong can continue to evolve, survival of the fittest...thinking like this made me to realize whatever the OCD thoughts i am having is not worth it...not worth the precious evolution we went thru for million of years to come to this point...and how we crossed and defeated so many adversaries mental and physical to evolve to this point....thinking like this makes my OCD feel worthless (i mean the stupid rituals, counting is just pointless not gonna produce any impact), makes me feel giving into the thoughts is just going against evolution and like my OCD thoughts are way smaller in the grand scheme of universe and if i have to make an impact, then time to go with the flow of universe and evolve stronger...i know this sounds absurd, but in wild only strong can pass on their genes and weak die, so i prefer to be part of that universal evolution than be a blip!
Im 21 years old and from srilanka I usually count 3 times before doing an action and I spend my valuable time for doing these rituals and even I spend days by thinking about these obsessions and if I don't do some ritual I feel like something bad will happen to me so I need to do the same action again and again !!!!!
@@monadhiransiluniWelcome to OCD! 😁😭
I used to do this from like 7-10 but I don't anymore and I have no idea why it just stopped
I don’t count certain things; I just start at 1 and go up. Recently it’s been 8 counts. I don’t know why I do it, but I’ve been doing it since I was a kid.
Wow never knew other people did this! I run the numbers 1-6 in my head often and do it until it feels satisfying or phonetically pleasing (i annunciate with my tongue while repeating the numbers in my head), I get stuck on the consonants and that’s what drives me nuts
Thanks for sharing! You're defiantly not alone! 😄
Wow I count from 1-6 as well, once I get to 6 I restart untill it feels right 😅
Yes!! Like you can obviously pronounce then out loud but doing it the way you are describing trips me up too. I thought it was just me!!
I thought everyone counted 🙈 never sought an OCD diagnosis but I *definitely* have traits!
I thought it would improve my math knowledge 😂 and kept on continuing it . After many years, I found it is counting OCD 😢
I only realised I have suffered with ocd my whole life today after 24 years and 8 is the number I think of usually aswell
Hi. I have a history of anxiety and depression since i was 18. Now iam 24. Since this January, I had severe anxiety...did consult psychiatrist...did have antidepressants.... slowly through your videos and various others i learnt that i have OCD symptoms. Iam obsessing on thoughts about my past. Also i am dating my best friend since last December. I feel lot of guilt and regret about my past. From January i have been obsessing over my past with regret and guilt and helplessness. I keep feeling guilt and i keep thinking i might have cheated my boyfriend through online ways. But i dont remember doing anything like that. Is it false memory or actual memory loss ? I constantly seek validation and reassurance from my boyfriend and well as close friends. But i cannot be convinced at all. I try to Google , i try to recover lost chats and data that's impossible to recover. I get upset about it . I believe these are my compulsions. I don't trust my memories since i have a lot of "what-if" questions in my mind. I question everything in my memory despite me being known to have a pretty good memory. How should I start managing my symptoms? What should I do? Please help.
I remember that at the age of 3 I ate rocks and sand. Then many things happened and just few years ago ai have been diagnosed with celiac disease, macrocytic anemia and at the same time iron anemia with many others conditions.
All it started as a child: I remember that I used to count trees, traffic lanes, steps, people in a room and much more. From ocd then ADHD, Schizoaffective disorder.
Well explained. I go through thatt daily its just not nice
I thought I only had real event/false memory ocd, looks like I discovered a new one. Welcome to the ocd club buddy
MY OCD is counting and nothing triggers it it's a constant battle since I was young before I knew numbers it was colours and shapes
I don’t know for a fact if I have OCD or not but I have a lot of the symptoms and they have increased especially this one and if I don’t count or do something a certain number of times it ruins my whole day and I can’t stop thinking about it. Also if I mess up or if I think I might’ve messed up the counting I have to it again until I feel relief. Like I have to pet my dog 10 times, I have to blink 10 times, I have to sip my drink 10 times and one that was dangerous and I shouldn’t have done but I did bc it was in my brain telling me to was to chug my Dr Pepper 10 times in a row with no breathing breaks and my stomach and heart and chest was hurting for 5 minutes after that and idk why but I have started randomly crying a lot. I don’t think I would be able to not do it but I can try.
Do you get the urge to twitch or stretch your fingers/limbs after the counting? That’s what happens to me..
@@Psyantic1196 Yeah I am similar with both of you
Thank you so much for this info
I repeat phrases, words, and license plates over and over again in my head. I’ve done this for years! Is this ocd? Also how do I stop this
My brain can't handle any multiple of 3 for some reason or I'm "in danger". I've literally gotten to counting up into the 500s because I was obsessing so much. This happens with everything, I can't walk or watch a show, listen to music or do work without trying to avoid multiples of 3, and I hate it.
Counting and praying. No idea how it’s gotten so bad but here I am.
As a kid and a teen I use to count to the age that I was. So every year it would increase lol. 😅 I would count all the edges of any object. It got to the point of insanity… I would get so frustrated with myself coz I couldn’t count properly. I believe I counted because it somehow helped me through my parents divorce and bullying in school. I’m happy to say that now in my 30s it’s no where near as bad although it isn’t completely gone.
I also had/have this weird thing with the right side being “better” than the left side of things.
Great video!! 👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate you!
I had bad timing. The day before I stopped doing everything that would “stop something bad from happening”, then the next day my cat got really sick. Now I’m traumatized 😥
I am always counting things; words in the title of a video, the number of times I turn on and off a light switch, how many stories I have watched, the number of times I close the cupboard doors or the amount of times I press the backspace or caps lock key when typing something. They always have to be even or it makes me feel on edge and have to redo it until it feels 'just right'. There are a few exceptions to the even numbers however, such as the tv volume which has to be even or end in a 5, but on my laptop it must always be even. Sometimes I try to ignore the urge to follow through with checking the numbers etc, but then I am constantly thinking about it until I end up doing it. Does anyone else do this?
same same...i freaking do everything u mentioned...im doing it from 4 years...now it became automatic...it eat so much of my time...i feel like my life can be so much better if i get rid of it but somehow i can't...can we talk ?
I'm OCD and I count syllables. My own, and other people's syllables in person and on TV. But my own are separate from other peoples and I obsess over them being in increments of 6. So if someone is telling me a story, I'm counting their syllables but not like 1,2,3.... it's more so in my head in rows of 2 and if it doesn't end off in a 6 increment, it drives me crazy and I keep trying to get it to. But I can't just say something to make it equal to 6, kind are completely separate and it drives me so crazy 😣 been going on for as long as I can remember.
I'm not sure if this can be considered counting OCD or not, but I've developed this habit of exhaling for any multiple of 3 times before every sip of any drink, even water. I'm not sure how to approach this, because it's not just something I can stop. I feel like my fear behind it is that I'll choke if I don't do it this way.
I do the same thing, and I am just self diagnosed. I do the counting every time and It’s tiring stepping on a tile until it feels right and count. but without thinking of any risk that something bad would happen, am I still ocd
I say my prayers with odd numbers of times and it exhaust me so much
Can PTSD and OCD be related ? 😬
I have a problem with teaching a certain number but yet numbers still pop in my head and in high numbers randomly in different ways and visualizations
Thank you I'm glad I'm not alone.
Ikr, same ;-;
I also have OCD , my count is 4
I have to do pretty much everything in 4s. I’ve gotten out of turning on/off lights and checking locked doors 4 times, but I lock/unlock my phone 4 times, kiss my fiancé 4 times whenever we kiss (or 16 - 4 sets of 4), I count 1,2,3,4 when I’m walking, I have to take 4 steps within the cracks in the sidewalk, etc. it’s overwhelming, but I’ve done it ever since I can remember and I’m 22 now. Therapy hasn’t helped and I don’t know what else to do. Any advice?
If you can count cards, I'd say let's GO TO VEGAS! kidding aside, my wonderful wife of 23years is going through this right now. I don't know what there is about the number 4, but she's doing the same thing! Too bad she's bad at cards! ;-/ Wish I had an answer for you. Might try making yourself do 3 instead of 4 and deal with the discomfort. Then try doing 2 and later one. Just like with any ERP exercise, you have to purposely put yourself in that uncomfortable feeling until it fades away. Best of luck, hope you can beat it!
Love from Pakistan. Your videos are helpful. Just one thing that i dont REALLY THING that something bad will happen, infact i knowwww nothing will happen, its just a strangeeeee feeling, that for example untill i thank someone 6 times, 4+2 ,(thankyou thankyou thanyou thankyou ; thankyou so much thank you so much) i dontttt feeel complete, like i feel something is remaining to b done, a task is pending, its a strange feeling. From all the depths of my brain i know it wont make any difference, but i have this strange urge, to repeat and count in a fixed pattern, to gain this strange satisfaction which allows me to feel normal n come back to life, if i dont. I feel frustrated n bad, n i hate this fact.
I don’t get any satisfaction from counting, but often I find myself counting random numbers in my head. I don’t know why, it doesn’t bother me either. Just wondering why it happens. Lol
I count every word I think of and words people say to me and I they have to be even and if they aren’t on an even number I have to change certain words or add some words to it, and after that I have to do it 3 more times starting from my thumbs and pinkies so the finger can be even. I say to myself to stop then I just end up counting stop 5 times so it can be even. I’m only 15 by the way and I tell people about it but they just don’t understand.
Anybody else feel like their counting must end in 1, 3, 5, 10, or any number above that that ends in 5 or more preferably 0?
I feel so seen right now
If I don’t have anything g in a order and pattern I get panic attacks and have to keep going over the same thoughts
I am scared to count to 3 or 5 because im afraid someone dear to me might die.
Perfect examples.. Exactly how my OCD is 🤪
I don’t know what I have I count my food while I eat I count my number of everything I do nonstop!
I count my steps when I walk sometimes ... normally outdoors only
Good video...for me it's hard because my compulsions would be my fault. See, I'm on a lot of tablets for fibromylgia and ME. So i suffer physically a lot, and getting good sleep is important.I've always double checked say that i locked the door (probably from PTSD due to DA). Anyways I have a wonderful little therapet. He's my world so i cant overcome the counting that all tablets are safe and away. Theyre even in another room! I struggle to trust my brain as with fibromylgia you can get 'fibro fog'. So logically i know I've checked the door. I know I've made sure tablets are safety away but if he accidentally got one it would be my fault because I messed up. I'm trying to check less but it's so hard and its getting worse and if he got those tablets there is proof it'd be my fault. For ne i think well its not illogical because someone could break in or a wee dog might ate sonething he shouldn't. If i just checked a couple times and trusted my brain id be happy but its countless times, and it's just exhausting. These compulsions seem to stem from fear of harm coming to another rather than to me! Arrggh any advice (no hard judgement please) welcome. Anyone had similar? I think if you're say tapping a bag 10 times to prevent say a fire it'd be easier (not that its easier for the sufferer) as you know its not logical but for me it seens logical to check for safety but it goes too far in my head 😞 I know im a good dpggo mum amd im very good with him so id not leave damgerous stuff sbout but its driving me crazy! Funny how our brain works!
Even we know it doesn't make sense, but the body and mind still trying to do it, how to cop with that?
I'm in same stage now where I am pregnant nearing delivery and past three weeks I'm counting if I'm properly washing my legs and thighs just not to get urinary infection and afraid to lose my baby since i had a miscarriage last year....also afraid of insecticides used at home surfaces and im not stepping out of my room as im having fear my clothes will touch those insecticide applied surfaces and whay im doing is taking bath and changing dress and being afraid if something might happen to baby inside bcuz of that insecticide....oh god. Mentally feeling so down when nearing delivery and this anxiety really kills my time where im not sure if I'm doin something correctly though i do it correctly but mind doesnt accept it...afraid post delivery, whatif im going to be the same doing counting on peeing and how will i be able to exist with this inside my home....i need the old me who doesnt care anything or survived in same environment but now its very difficult to count and observe which makes me feel stressed
thanks, good video
Little question, is counting how many times I'll do a certain thing (ex: "I'll do that millions of times, I'll write hundred of chapters...millions of chapters in general") and panicking if the number is too little or something can be considered a (death) OCD symptom?
I have fear that if I don't do this pr do this then something bad will not happen
This helped my OCD 😀
So I have this thing where I have to take a screenshot of me or something at a specific time or I’m extremely mad. Does that mean I might have ocd?
Can I get any specific helpful video for not able to say any word with ease in heart or mind. What could be the term used for this problem ?
I don't have ocd and never had ocd..however during a detox my mind started counting things randomly..for no reason. There's no anxiety involved and it doesn't even make sense half the time whilst I'm counting. I think maybe it's just a habit I've got into. I don't try and stop it I just allow it to do its thing there isn't any compulsions happening and I don't think anything will happen if I don't begin to count things. Could this just be part of a strange habit I've formed ?
You have ocd
why when i count it’s never a set number? like i’ll just count and i wont realize it till im on like 70 and i have to tell my brain to stop. and even then ill still subconsciously be counting. everything ive researched has been saying “OCD has that number that just feels right” i just don’t stop counting till i realize im counting. or till the action/sound is over. i count footsteps and how many times i pet my cat and how many chews. but i don’t need to get to that “set number”. recently its been repetitive sounds in video games like food steps or collecting multiple things at once. is it still ocd if i dont have that set number that “feels right”?
Did you know if this ocd or not ?
@@جود-جوود that’s what i was wondering. i think it is. but im not diagnosed so im not sure.
How do I stop counting this video is affecting me I’m stuck on your video and count stop looking at the cover photo it’s messing with my ocd the numbers
Dr, is ocd (excessive cleaning) can be treated without meds ?is that considered as chronic mental illness?? And if there is also a suicidal thoughts how i control it? I leave soap on my hands cause Im really getting upset if I wash it and my hands always dry and stiff with excessive soap on it ..is that complicated case or what??
Hi i’ve never seen anyone that does this same thing but every time i see a phrase or word or hear it i have to count the letters in it in groups of 3 and i will change the letters and words just so it’s in groups of 3 even if it already is and i’m really not sure if it’s ocd or what
Yuuup
I have the same problem it's based on the no .3
It happens every time I move my Eyes and I count to ten a million times a day 😢
Wow I had this since I was a kid lol
I appreciate you sharing! 💜
Thank you
You're welcome my friend!
1,2,3,4 again 1,2,3,4 again 1,2,3,4 again 1,2,3,4 counting 4 times till 4 and than it feels right ,checking doors,gas,lights etc 4 times :@
It’s odd numbers and the first 5 letters of the alphabet I’m obsessed with… I see those letters, I gotta count them 5 times in order 3 times in a row all in one go. It’s torture…
Turn your phone off 3 times instead of 8?? Crazy talk I could never 😂
I also have these kind of problems and i wanna recover from ocd completely your videos are great can you give me your number to ask something about it?????
What do you do when erp becomes ocd?
Yah id it successfully to reduce the counting symptoms
Someone explain pls telugu
Why did i eventually STOP doing this??
NO REGRETS i mean.
i have this :(
I find myself counting 123123123@33