God this man is brilliant. I have had many forms of OCD, which is common with OCD sufferers, and he just made me so comfortable knowing that there are people out there that know this disease and can actually treat it. There is hope.
I have been dealing with O.C.D for 22 years and the word nightmare is an understatement. Imagine constant thoughts of the most intrusive and senseless thoughts but cannot be ignored. But this is a blessing to be understood and not labeled as insane. Thank you sir for this video.
Sobbing as i watch this. I feel so validated after SO long of struggling and feeling like I’m going crazy and I am the only one going through this. I haven’t been diagnosed officially but I hope this is the answer I’ve been looking for. I feel relief that I might hav an answer but fear as I’m unsure of how or if I can ever heal from this. I mostly struggle with religious ocd, contamination, checking, and just irrational thoughts in general. If you have any advice anything is greatly appreciated ❤️
I'm right there with you Abbey, I've dealt with OCD for years and it feels so nice to be validated by this video. I too struggle with the forms of OCD you've mentioned and my encouragement is to seek good therapy and stick with it. There is hope! God bless you Abbey!
I love this man's analogies! It really does put into perspective of how OCD sufferers really think. This video would be great to share to loved ones and family members who do not suffer with this disorder. I think this could really help them understand the true nature of what OCD really is and how it can be treated.
Miep. I'm sure having ocd, adhd and autism. I see my boundaries. I really don't wanna explain it, but to write and document thoughts and insights and to monitor everything about my mental health, was becoming a huge thing over the last years. And it comes without any obsessive thought, although i had some at some point in my life. And it influences my conversations up to the point, where everyone is annoyed about me (or politely ignores all of it) and i know it's not good to have no friends. But it feels horrible either way. If i've blurt out things i didn't wanna have to say about me AND being ignored or even misunderstood by others. And even knowing about when and how all these things occur, it doesn't help me to plan ahead and develop working methods against it. I can just hope to feel warmth and closeness and comfort and calmness at the same time, the connection to myself, the world around me and other people. But it's rare...
Thank you for this video! I have an official OCD diagnosis from my family doctor and my psychiatrist now. I'm learning about all the ways OCD has impacted my life, how OCD works, and how to overcome it 💪 Sometimes I don't feel strong or hopeful about overcoming OCD and I have really tough days (like today!), but it helps when my mum, psychiatrist, partner, etc. tell me it WILL get better. For now I'll trust them that it will get better and I'll keep working hard and taking care 💪
I can definitely understand that on tough days it feels like there's no hope. Sometimes anxiety will feed my ocd and vice versa and I get super overwhelmed. It helps to remember how much I've overcome already and that I've got a perfect track record for getting through everyday so far. Maybe it would help to remind yourself that you are already doing better just for having had the courage to get a diagnosis and share with your family 💜
I have bits and pieces of a lot of those types of ocd symptoms formed into one obsession/compulsion theme. It's like a combination of intrusive thoughts (thoughts that go against my own beliefs/character that make me feel confused if I actually truly chose to think it and if I did I feel massive guilt and self disappointment) tainting what I find most important while having 'magical thinking' at the same time (like my thought has actually ruined an external important thing because of thinking it in it's presence) . Ocd can sometimes (if really bad) make me feel physically different in the brain and unmotivated/disconnected from what thing I was doing that I regarded important if an intrusive thought happened at the same time. One good phrase I tell myself is that "if I didn't have ocd then this problem wouldn't be happening" Anyone else have something similar? This is really starting to get in the way.
I’ve been having this thing where if I do something incorrect I feel like I have to do it until I’ve got it right just simple stuff like closing a door and if I somehow do it slightly wrong (like too hard) I feel like I have to do it again. I have had a lot of other things as well and it’s got so annoying that I just somehow decided to ignore it sometimes and I’m slowly getting a bit better which is good 😰👍🏽. Great video by the way this is all very relatable
I feel so overwhelmed with this guilt ocd fear that I hurt someone or I blame myself for something I know is not true and never happened it always happens to me I constantly look for proof that it never happened it's killing me it makes me so sick
I have HOCD currently, but I have regular OCD to all the time and social anxiety. I will get random obsessions ALL THE TIME, that cause me to have to keep doing different or the same compulsions, again and again, to convince myself something is definitely true or not true or safe or how it should be or perfect, so I don't doubt it anymore. I also do the checking thing too. I'm 16 and mine started to really come at around 12- 14 when I developed HOCD, twice, once at 12 and now again at 14-16. It's just getting worst and worst, but I have pretty much always had it a bit. Also cause I haven't actually been diagnosed with OCD officially, I always doubt whether I even have it at all, and have to check that I do lol, which I guess is OCD in its self. Like if I don't get an obsession for like a few hours, I will freak out and think, what if you don't even have OCD, what if everything you thought is true, then I have to make sure it wasn't true, and that I do have it. Like even tho I know what I'm doing is stupid, I still need to do it, or I will be too anxious and uneasy. Also, when something sad is happening on a movie or someone is getting hurt or something, I have to analyze how I'm reacting to make sure I'm not like I psychopath or someone that likes it, and then I have to go through in my head the reasons why I'm not, and how you know you wouldn't do that, I want to stop writing this tho now because, now I need to do the compulsion again to make sure, cause I started thinking about it again, ahh I HATE THIS. OCD SUCKS!!! AND NOBODY I KNOW UNDERSTANDS!!! Sorry for the aggression, I'm just over it. Sending love to anyone of you having to deal with this, I understand, and wish you the best 💕
Hey Shay La! I'm 26 and I have diagnosed OCD. I would really recommend telling your family doctor that you think you may have OCD. It helped me a ton to hear my family doctor and psychiatrist tell me that I have OCD. It is easy to doubt ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING when you have OCD and it helped me immensely to get reassurance from a professional that I do have OCD. Knowing your diagnosis is a good first step to recovery! I hope you can access good help and hold hope for yourself while you get better 🤗
@@PeaceboneGotFound Thanks so much, I really do want to do that, but the only way I could is if I told my parents first, and I'm scarded to, just in case they don't bellieve me.....But you have inspireded me more to do it, I'm going to tell them tomorrow, and if they belive me, I will go see our family docter and tell them too. Thanks so so so much for caring ♥♥
@@shayla9894 You got this, girl!! I really hope they listen! They might take a little while to warm to the idea or to understand what's going on! If they're really not down to take you to the doctor even after a few days, you could try talking to your school nurse or school counsellor or a teacher you trust! Thinking of you and wishing you well!
@@harrysmith8329 Hey, actually I am doing much better, see things still trigger me every now and then, but once I fully grasped the fact it is just ocd, it seems to have gotten better. Anytime I feel like reassuring myself or doing any sort of compulsion I know its just ocd and that helps, Im not perfect, I still have really bad days or weeks even, but Im still much much better for sure. If you have ocd relize that you have the power to get through it, Im still on my journey and its been years, but you can do it, just like I am!!
I've had extreme OCD for as long as I can remember, but can't ever seem to find which type I have. Not even on Google or TH-cam. I only knew what I had was called OCD because years ago at a Hospital a Dr spotted me finishing my tick sequence and told me that's what it was called.
Dr. You are incredibly insightful. I am Sysiphus (sp?) I am responsible for the world's State of Health, everyone's mental wellbeing, I frequently try to curry favor with God, then realize I am deeply ashamed for trying to win brownie points with God. I mean, who do I think I am?? But I live a crappy life Right now because I can't have friends because I'm socially awkward. I'm afraid I will say something stupid to them and hurt them. Also, everything you have said is me. My biggest problem is that there are no therapists in my area. And yes, I've been through the OCDF and there is no one. Where are you? ☮️ Leslie
checking OCD described me a little too well. I definitely feel a mix of these run through my family, my sister having the most stereotypical display of it (needed to check the room multiple times and organize everything in fear it'll go missing and the fact she can lose something even if she didnt intentionally try to triggers it)
I have depression, social anxiety, panic disorder, ADHD, ocd, and insomnia. My brain is a is a shitshow. I have these weird compulsions to do things in certain patterns and rhythms, or like you said, until it feels “just right”, which is now getting dangerous because I have to BREATHE in certain rhythms. Sometimes that even means not breathing for an 30 seconds at a time. I have to walk in certain rhythms as well, but that’s not as bad. I also have the intrusive thoughts. I was wondering, though, I often have compulsions to touch things in certain ways (if I touch it with one hand, I must touch it with the other, etc), and I haven’t actually discussed that one with a professional. Could that be an ocd symptom?
I do that with my breathing and walking too! I though I was the only one I'm so glad someone finally understands, and I get what youre saying about touching things I have this weird thing where I have to feel the corners of like walls and stuff but you just can't get deep enough into the corner I feel like that's similar to what you're saying about touching things in certain ways.
Bradey Brackeen omfg I’m not the only one who does that with corners! I get what you mean when you say you can’t press deep enough, it’s infuriating! Glad to know that’s not just me.
Doubtful and checking currently rule my life - my challenge is to stop one compulsion which is to obsessively research things online so I can satisfy my worry. At the moment my worry centres around financial matters - I mean what the actual F 🤷♀️🤭
Reassurance about bible.. fear of sinning, blaspheming or supernatural effects.. many magical thinking ("superstitious" fears) related to Apophenia etc, intrusive thoughts about blasphemy and ego-dystonic images😓 ERP is my savior to break the loop..
I keep obsessing over music in my brain, it's an earworm but a song wouldnt leave my head for the past 4 days and I had a bit of insomnia because of it. I keep thinking of a new tune and it keeps repeating in my head and I don't know how to stop it from looping over and over again. I have been diagnosed with OCD, could this be a symptom? I havent seen anybody obsess over music as much as me and I feel alone ..
this! don't worry, i have that too, it started like 2-3 weeks ago, and i had it ever since, i thought it was earworm, but then i read all the stuff on internet, researches and stuff, and it's actually one of the many symptoms of OCD, they call it "musical obsession" or "musical thoughts" but i heard it's treatable, my psychotherapists prefers therapy over Medication, but I think i'll take the second one to minimize or completely cure this.
17:24 I know this video is 4 years old. I'm hoping someone will see my comment. I'm just wondering if I do have OCD due to the fact that, find myself in a church setting, or a old boyfriend and I have this thought.. which is an old saying " I wash my hands of you" I may never tell someone those thoughts but I sure have my hand wipes in my car to wash off that person that I might have shook hands with. I feel I have the most unusual OCD. So throughout the years, I overcame compulsions with going over Bridges or fear of going through a car wash or being in a elevator... I actually all by myself. I must have some kind of brain to tell myself... This is not logical you're safe. Stop it! I did go into an elevator, go through a car wash, ECT. But now, the one thing, I didn't do was a sneaky one that showed up. Relationships...I am afraid to trust. I really want people to hug me.. even though I want hugs but I have to take a shower to wash afterwards Now I live in a situation where I was a caregiver for a family and she was so mean.. so I feel I experience PTSD. Is that OCD?
im not sure if i have ocd but i count everything. i see patterns in words like 4 letters then group them into groups of 12 , then by six.... i have to park in the same place i parked at places when i parked there the first time, if i leave my house and forget something there is no way in hell ill go back to get it, when i get nervous i have to check just open and look in my refrigerator. alot of other wierd things. if there is a riddle i am told or soemone says soemhting i dont understand i have to figure it out or if i cnat ill use the phrase in a response to soemone else to see how they respond and then ask em how they feel.... its very odd. i have no clue why i do it. is this ocd?
I think ppl with ocd do complusions because they feel like that will give them closure. A person who isnt expericing ocd can think about something and then move on mentally. In ocd you do something that normally gives you closure but your mind just keeps going or jumps to a similar topic. Your playing by rules that work for a non ocd brain but you dont have them
Hi there Sylvia! Thanks for reaching out. We encourage you to check out our website at www.treatmyocd.com/ or to download our NOCD app where you can schedule an appointment with a nocd therapist. Thanks.
I have a difficult time writing or expressing my thoughts and feelings. Just writing this is exhausting because I'm afraid of making mistakes. My therapist has given me a diagnosis of Pure O. I seem to mentally obsess about almost everything but without the usual compulsive behaviors that accompany OCD. How common is Pure O?
I had a question in regards to religious ocd? One of my close friends deals with ocd. He gets very religious at times. Do people dealing with this tend to do rituals about religion. Like pushing it on others my friend he gets these kicks involving religion. And we have different beliefs yet there has been times he wont stop and literally will put a bible in my face saying just read this. Then when i cut it off he gets very anxious.
I m gonna suicide pls tell me what type of ocd it is and how to get over it .My one is i will do something ex- Breathe in certain ways or saying or reapting certain word and I will check how people reacting and how I am doing my work if they don,t respond well I will change words. i have habit of repeteating word in my head example if I decide to do what ali said in video to track time then I will track time and see how people are reacting and how I m doing my work if not good I will change the repeating word to erp what are my compulsion bla bla so point is I add faith to this and repeat this words,i think if i repeat it my perfomance will good or best .if i play game this word will improve my performance and this word will not ,and .also if i decided to not repeat any word i will repeat in my head "not repeat" and check how people are responding or doing my work. I they don,t respond well I well switch back to different words. One more example ; if i repeat or say'don,t think what people think about you' i will check the family member or freind are talking to me nice or not and if not i will change the word
Hi there - People in the NOCD community care about you. If you are in danger of harming yourself or others, please use the following resources to get immediate help: Call 911 or your local emergency number if you’re in danger. If you’re considering suicide, call 1-800-273-8255 in the US, or your local hotline. If you’re engaging in self-harm, call 1-800-366-8288 or your local hotline, or connect to a trained counselor with free text messaging at 741-741. For more resources on self-harm, www.selfinjury.bctr.cornell.edu/resources.html
@@dezzi9955 well you're doing irrational rituals in order to feel better and have better outcomes and the only thing that makes you feel normal is that everyone around you is doing it also (collective part)
SOV3r3IGN Well I guess that applies only to every other religion besides Christianity. Which is the only religion that doesn’t involve rituals (because they’re not demonic). Christianity is about having a relationship with God. If you’re referring to this religion as well, I would have to disagree. The only thing that everyone has in common with everyone else that follows Christ is that we all love him and have faith in him because everyone is on their own path with their connection to Christ.
That is not true. Doing a religious ritual is not the same thing as OCD. If you think that, you have not taken the time to educate yourself about OCD. For example, if a person's religion requires her to pray five times a day, a person with OCD can take considerably longer to do a prayer that should take four or five minutes. Talking to God is not OCD. Thinking repeatedly, from morning to night, that God will not forgive you...well, that is a good indicator of OCD.
@@dezzi9955 Christian/Catholic rituals: communion, baptism, first communion/confirmation, group prayer recitation and singing, confession/asking for forgiveness from a religious leader or God, weekly church going, acolyte candle lighting, processionals, advent candle lighting, sending kids to weekly Sunday School/yearly VBS/church camp, tithing, Lent, Holy Week rituals such as ashes on forehead, waving of palm branches, blessings of oils, and foot washing, marriage requirements and ceremony, death and funeral rituals like Rite of Committal.
God this man is brilliant. I have had many forms of OCD, which is common with OCD sufferers, and he just made me so comfortable knowing that there are people out there that know this disease and can actually treat it. There is hope.
He is awesome!
How are you doing now?
I have been dealing with O.C.D for 22 years and the word nightmare is an understatement. Imagine constant thoughts of the most intrusive and senseless thoughts but cannot be ignored. But this is a blessing to be understood and not labeled as insane. Thank you sir for this video.
🙆oh my!
Yup! This man has got it!
How are you doing now?
Sobbing as i watch this. I feel so validated after SO long of struggling and feeling like I’m going crazy and I am the only one going through this. I haven’t been diagnosed officially but I hope this is the answer I’ve been looking for. I feel relief that I might hav an answer but fear as I’m unsure of how or if I can ever heal from this. I mostly struggle with religious ocd, contamination, checking, and just irrational thoughts in general. If you have any advice anything is greatly appreciated ❤️
I'm right there with you Abbey, I've dealt with OCD for years and it feels so nice to be validated by this video. I too struggle with the forms of OCD you've mentioned and my encouragement is to seek good therapy and stick with it. There is hope! God bless you Abbey!
Omg I feel so understood and comfortable at this moment, thank you so much for your great explanations.
50 years living with ocd I have never heard anyone better describe it than this gentleman. Thanks you for understanding my life sir. Farrior
OMG!!! 50 years? I have had ocd for 4 months and it feels like an eternity. I hope you can be free from ocd quickly so you can live life. Best wishes.
This pandemic has made my symptoms a lot worse.. will seek help soon. This was helpful however, thank you 🙏.
Edit: got help. All good now! 🙏
@@_andresss07 how are you doing currently?
This is excellent - best summing up of ocd I've ever encountered. Gives hope. Wish therapy from Nocd was available in uk
I wish it was in PR
I love this man's analogies! It really does put into perspective of how OCD sufferers really think. This video would be great to share to loved ones and family members who do not suffer with this disorder. I think this could really help them understand the true nature of what OCD really is and how it can be treated.
Miep. I'm sure having ocd, adhd and autism. I see my boundaries.
I really don't wanna explain it, but to write and document thoughts and insights and to monitor everything about my mental health, was becoming a huge thing over the last years. And it comes without any obsessive thought, although i had some at some point in my life.
And it influences my conversations up to the point, where everyone is annoyed about me (or politely ignores all of it) and i know it's not good to have no friends. But it feels horrible either way. If i've blurt out things i didn't wanna have to say about me AND being ignored or even misunderstood by others.
And even knowing about when and how all these things occur, it doesn't help me to plan ahead and develop working methods against it.
I can just hope to feel warmth and closeness and comfort and calmness at the same time, the connection to myself, the world around me and other people. But it's rare...
Thank you for this video! I have an official OCD diagnosis from my family doctor and my psychiatrist now. I'm learning about all the ways OCD has impacted my life, how OCD works, and how to overcome it 💪 Sometimes I don't feel strong or hopeful about overcoming OCD and I have really tough days (like today!), but it helps when my mum, psychiatrist, partner, etc. tell me it WILL get better. For now I'll trust them that it will get better and I'll keep working hard and taking care 💪
Which type of ocd u have .
I can definitely understand that on tough days it feels like there's no hope. Sometimes anxiety will feed my ocd and vice versa and I get super overwhelmed. It helps to remember how much I've overcome already and that I've got a perfect track record for getting through everyday so far. Maybe it would help to remind yourself that you are already doing better just for having had the courage to get a diagnosis and share with your family 💜
How are you doing now?
I have bits and pieces of a lot of those types of ocd symptoms formed into one obsession/compulsion theme. It's like a combination of intrusive thoughts (thoughts that go against my own beliefs/character that make me feel confused if I actually truly chose to think it and if I did I feel massive guilt and self disappointment) tainting what I find most important while having 'magical thinking' at the same time (like my thought has actually ruined an external important thing because of thinking it in it's presence) . Ocd can sometimes (if really bad) make me feel physically different in the brain and unmotivated/disconnected from what thing I was doing that I regarded important if an intrusive thought happened at the same time. One good phrase I tell myself is that "if I didn't have ocd then this problem wouldn't be happening"
Anyone else have something similar? This is really starting to get in the way.
Amazing video. The logo for NOCD is juuuuust right and symmetrical for my brain.
I’ve been having this thing where if I do something incorrect I feel like I have to do it until I’ve got it right just simple stuff like closing a door and if I somehow do it slightly wrong (like too hard) I feel like I have to do it again. I have had a lot of other things as well and it’s got so annoying that I just somehow decided to ignore it sometimes and I’m slowly getting a bit better which is good 😰👍🏽. Great video by the way this is all very relatable
I feel so overwhelmed with this guilt ocd fear that I hurt someone or I blame myself for something I know is not true and never happened it always happens to me I constantly look for proof that it never happened it's killing me it makes me so sick
I have HOCD currently, but I have regular OCD to all the time and social anxiety. I will get random obsessions ALL THE TIME, that cause me to have to keep doing different or the same compulsions, again and again, to convince myself something is definitely true or not true or safe or how it should be or perfect, so I don't doubt it anymore. I also do the checking thing too. I'm 16 and mine started to really come at around 12- 14 when I developed HOCD, twice, once at 12 and now again at 14-16. It's just getting worst and worst, but I have pretty much always had it a bit. Also cause I haven't actually been diagnosed with OCD officially, I always doubt whether I even have it at all, and have to check that I do lol, which I guess is OCD in its self. Like if I don't get an obsession for like a few hours, I will freak out and think, what if you don't even have OCD, what if everything you thought is true, then I have to make sure it wasn't true, and that I do have it. Like even tho I know what I'm doing is stupid, I still need to do it, or I will be too anxious and uneasy. Also, when something sad is happening on a movie or someone is getting hurt or something, I have to analyze how I'm reacting to make sure I'm not like I psychopath or someone that likes it, and then I have to go through in my head the reasons why I'm not, and how you know you wouldn't do that, I want to stop writing this tho now because, now I need to do the compulsion again to make sure, cause I started thinking about it again, ahh I HATE THIS. OCD SUCKS!!! AND NOBODY I KNOW UNDERSTANDS!!! Sorry for the aggression, I'm just over it. Sending love to anyone of you having to deal with this, I understand, and wish you the best 💕
Hey Shay La! I'm 26 and I have diagnosed OCD. I would really recommend telling your family doctor that you think you may have OCD. It helped me a ton to hear my family doctor and psychiatrist tell me that I have OCD. It is easy to doubt ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING when you have OCD and it helped me immensely to get reassurance from a professional that I do have OCD. Knowing your diagnosis is a good first step to recovery! I hope you can access good help and hold hope for yourself while you get better 🤗
@@PeaceboneGotFound Thanks so much, I really do want to do that, but the only way I could is if I told my parents first, and I'm scarded to, just in case they don't bellieve me.....But you have inspireded me more to do it, I'm going to tell them tomorrow, and if they belive me, I will go see our family docter and tell them too. Thanks so so so much for caring ♥♥
@@shayla9894 You got this, girl!! I really hope they listen! They might take a little while to warm to the idea or to understand what's going on! If they're really not down to take you to the doctor even after a few days, you could try talking to your school nurse or school counsellor or a teacher you trust! Thinking of you and wishing you well!
@@shayla9894 hey how are you Now
@@harrysmith8329 Hey, actually I am doing much better, see things still trigger me every now and then, but once I fully grasped the fact it is just ocd, it seems to have gotten better. Anytime I feel like reassuring myself or doing any sort of compulsion I know its just ocd and that helps, Im not perfect, I still have really bad days or weeks even, but Im still much much better for sure. If you have ocd relize that you have the power to get through it, Im still on my journey and its been years, but you can do it, just like I am!!
Oh my... Oh my... Oh my I see me in some of his descriptions. So nice to give these thoughts a title. OCD.
Amazingly insightful video!! Thank you!!
I've had extreme OCD for as long as I can remember, but can't ever seem to find which type I have. Not even on Google or TH-cam. I only knew what I had was called OCD because years ago at a Hospital a Dr spotted me finishing my tick sequence and told me that's what it was called.
I got a case of the "what if's"
Seriously very help full video thank you
Dr. You are incredibly insightful. I am Sysiphus (sp?) I am responsible for the world's State of Health, everyone's mental wellbeing, I frequently try to curry favor with God, then realize I am deeply ashamed for trying to win brownie points with God. I mean, who do I think I am??
But I live a crappy life Right now because I can't have friends because I'm socially awkward. I'm afraid I will say something stupid to them and hurt them.
Also, everything you have said is me.
My biggest problem is that there are no therapists in my area. And yes, I've been through the OCDF and there is no one.
Where are you?
☮️ Leslie
they offer remote counseling in many states.
I have a call scheduled tomorrow. After watching this...i dont think i fall under the OCD category but it does sound a lot like my mother.
Great video!
I do a lot of mental checking when I’m dealing with ocd
This was really educational, thank you :)
thank you!
Omg 😲 thank you for this. It puts OCD in perspective for me
checking OCD described me a little too well. I definitely feel a mix of these run through my family, my sister having the most stereotypical display of it (needed to check the room multiple times and organize everything in fear it'll go missing and the fact she can lose something even if she didnt intentionally try to triggers it)
Thank you dr. Mcgrath for your explanations
I have checking, touching that goes with checking and symmetry.
how u expalined heartly wth all efforts wud be so helpful for neone who is suffring wth ths order...thnks! God bless u docter :)
I have depression, social anxiety, panic disorder, ADHD, ocd, and insomnia. My brain is a is a shitshow.
I have these weird compulsions to do things in certain patterns and rhythms, or like you said, until it feels “just right”, which is now getting dangerous because I have to BREATHE in certain rhythms. Sometimes that even means not breathing for an 30 seconds at a time. I have to walk in certain rhythms as well, but that’s not as bad. I also have the intrusive thoughts. I was wondering, though, I often have compulsions to touch things in certain ways (if I touch it with one hand, I must touch it with the other, etc), and I haven’t actually discussed that one with a professional. Could that be an ocd symptom?
I do that with my breathing and walking too! I though I was the only one I'm so glad someone finally understands, and I get what youre saying about touching things I have this weird thing where I have to feel the corners of like walls and stuff but you just can't get deep enough into the corner I feel like that's similar to what you're saying about touching things in certain ways.
Bradey Brackeen same what is this?
Bradey Brackeen omfg I’m not the only one who does that with corners! I get what you mean when you say you can’t press deep enough, it’s infuriating! Glad to know that’s not just me.
Panic!TwentyOneAvocados is this really ocd it’s not really that big
Panic!TwentyOneAvocados and how long has these things been happening to you?
Nailing it sir! Your work is life saving. Thank you so much!!
Doubtful and checking currently rule my life - my challenge is to stop one compulsion which is to obsessively research things online so I can satisfy my worry. At the moment my worry centres around financial matters - I mean what the actual F 🤷♀️🤭
I think I got harm OCD I act compulsively towards whoever tells me something and I just thinking about until I act without even thinking about it
I hate how true this is ugggg ocd sucks
Great explanation of OCD
Magical thinking, intrusions and Scrupulosity 😣
Yep
Reassurance about bible.. fear of sinning, blaspheming or supernatural effects.. many magical thinking ("superstitious" fears) related to Apophenia etc, intrusive thoughts about blasphemy and ego-dystonic images😓 ERP is my savior to break the loop..
How are you doing now?
I keep obsessing over music in my brain, it's an earworm but a song wouldnt leave my head for the past 4 days and I had a bit of insomnia because of it.
I keep thinking of a new tune and it keeps repeating in my head and I don't know how to stop it from looping over and over again.
I have been diagnosed with OCD, could this be a symptom? I havent seen anybody obsess over music as much as me and I feel alone ..
this! don't worry, i have that too, it started like 2-3 weeks ago, and i had it ever since, i thought it was earworm, but then i read all the stuff on internet, researches and stuff, and it's actually one of the many symptoms of OCD, they call it "musical obsession" or "musical thoughts" but i heard it's treatable, my psychotherapists prefers therapy over Medication, but I think i'll take the second one to minimize or completely cure this.
@@Ilson7 !! I still have it a little bit, but not as bad as before :)
You’re not alone. I have this too :-( along with the insomnia that comes with it. Hope you’re doing better
How are you doing now?
@@Ilson7 how are you doing now?
Nice info
17:24 I know this video is 4 years old. I'm hoping someone will see my comment.
I'm just wondering if I do have OCD due to the fact that, find myself in a church setting, or a old boyfriend and I have this thought.. which is an old saying
" I wash my hands of you"
I may never tell someone those thoughts but I sure have my hand wipes in my car to wash off that person that I might have shook hands with.
I feel I have the most unusual OCD.
So throughout the years, I overcame compulsions with going over Bridges or fear of going through a car wash or being in a elevator... I actually all by myself. I must have some kind of brain to tell myself... This is not logical you're safe. Stop it! I did go into an elevator, go through a car wash, ECT.
But now, the one thing, I didn't do was a sneaky one that showed up. Relationships...I am afraid to trust.
I really want people to hug me.. even though I want hugs but I have to take a shower to wash afterwards
Now I live in a situation where I was a caregiver for a family and she was so mean.. so I feel I experience PTSD.
Is that OCD?
im not sure if i have ocd but i count everything. i see patterns in words like 4 letters then group them into groups of 12 , then by six.... i have to park in the same place i parked at places when i parked there the first time, if i leave my house and forget something there is no way in hell ill go back to get it, when i get nervous i have to check just open and look in my refrigerator. alot of other wierd things. if there is a riddle i am told or soemone says soemhting i dont understand i have to figure it out or if i cnat ill use the phrase in a response to soemone else to see how they respond and then ask em how they feel.... its very odd. i have no clue why i do it. is this ocd?
I think ppl with ocd do complusions because they feel like that will give them closure. A person who isnt expericing ocd can think about something and then move on mentally. In ocd you do something that normally gives you closure but your mind just keeps going or jumps to a similar topic. Your playing by rules that work for a non ocd brain but you dont have them
I need to work with mine. Such blasphemous thoughts guilt is crippling thans for the video.. I need to push my self and be gentle too.
How are you doing now?
Very good hit some of my obsessions on the head. Is that harm OCD lol
I have struggled with OCD for 10 years. I want to rid it off totally. How can be assisted here in Kenya
Hi there Sylvia! Thanks for reaching out. We encourage you to check out our website at www.treatmyocd.com/ or to download our NOCD app where you can schedule an appointment with a nocd therapist. Thanks.
I have a difficult time writing or expressing my thoughts and feelings. Just writing this is exhausting because I'm afraid of making mistakes. My therapist has given me a diagnosis of Pure O. I seem to mentally obsess about almost everything but without the usual compulsive behaviors that accompany OCD. How common is Pure O?
I have ocd always praying for forgivness. Call repetatively. Worry constantly and cant wait for answers. Also paranoid im going to get fired
Also driving have to turn around thinking i hit something.
I had a question in regards to religious ocd? One of my close friends deals with ocd. He gets very religious at times. Do people dealing with this tend to do rituals about religion. Like pushing it on others my friend he gets these kicks involving religion. And we have different beliefs yet there has been times he wont stop and literally will put a bible in my face saying just read this. Then when i cut it off he gets very anxious.
What about pocd
I m gonna suicide pls tell me what type of ocd it is and how to get over it .My one is i will do something ex- Breathe in certain ways or saying or reapting certain word and I will check how people reacting and how I am doing my work if they don,t respond well I will change words. i have habit of repeteating word in my head example if I decide to do what ali said in video to track time then I will track time and see how people are reacting and how I m doing my work if not good I will change the repeating word to erp what are my compulsion bla bla so point is I add faith to this and repeat this words,i think if i repeat it my perfomance will good or best .if i play game this word will improve my performance and this word will not ,and .also if i decided to not repeat any word i will repeat in my head "not repeat" and check how people are responding or doing my work. I they don,t respond well I well switch back to different words. One more example ; if i repeat or say'don,t think what people think about you' i will check the family member or freind are talking to me nice or not and if not i will change the word
OCD is a pretty difficult thing to get through, but believe me, it’s possible. I recommend this channel: th-cam.com/users/ocdandanxiety Stay strong!
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I wish they wouldn't make this religious. Use other analogies please
Religion is just a collective OCD
SOV3r3IGN what..? How
@@dezzi9955 well you're doing irrational rituals in order to feel better and have better outcomes and the only thing that makes you feel normal is that everyone around you is doing it also (collective part)
SOV3r3IGN Well I guess that applies only to every other religion besides Christianity. Which is the only religion that doesn’t involve rituals (because they’re not demonic). Christianity is about having a relationship with God. If you’re referring to this religion as well, I would have to disagree. The only thing that everyone has in common with everyone else that follows Christ is that we all love him and have faith in him because everyone is on their own path with their connection to Christ.
That is not true. Doing a religious ritual is not the same thing as OCD. If you think that, you have not taken the time to educate yourself about OCD. For example, if a person's religion requires her to pray five times a day, a person with OCD can take considerably longer to do a prayer that should take four or five minutes. Talking to God is not OCD. Thinking repeatedly, from morning to night, that God will not forgive you...well, that is a good indicator of OCD.
@@dezzi9955 Christian/Catholic rituals: communion, baptism, first communion/confirmation, group prayer recitation and singing, confession/asking for forgiveness from a religious leader or God, weekly church going, acolyte candle lighting, processionals, advent candle lighting, sending kids to weekly Sunday School/yearly VBS/church camp, tithing, Lent, Holy Week rituals such as ashes on forehead, waving of palm branches, blessings of oils, and foot washing, marriage requirements and ceremony, death and funeral rituals like Rite of Committal.
I have extreme anxiety that I have ocd