THOUGHT SPIRAL ANTIDOTE… How I Deal With Obsession, Rumination, and Intrusive Thoughts
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My name is Noah and on May 18 2011, I had a rare reaction to a medication called VIVITROL and consequently, spiraled into a suicidal depression with depersonalization and anxiety. I lost 25 lbs in 4 weeks and was in full panic or near panic for 8 weeks straight mixed with the darkest most painful depression I cold have ever imagined. I immediately could not work and had to move in with my parents who, along with many siblings and friends, had to watch me 24/7 as I was a danger to myself. Eventually I was hospitalized in the Psych Ward for a week. Getting through each day seemed truly unbearable and I knew I would surely die. I have been put on many many different doctor prescribed SSRI's SNRI's Tricyclics, mood stabilizers, anti-psychotics, holistic meds, acupuncture and even a form of shock therapy called RTMS. I barely saw any improvement in my condition for a full year. It was decided I had treatment resistant depression and I spent nearly every moment in tears. Weeks after starting my newest round of medications (Seroquel & Nortryptaline) as a last ditch effort, I had my blood drawn for possible hormone imbalances and my Testosterone levels came back 200 ng/Dl and 150 ng/Dl. The average 25 year old male has 750 ng/Dl. With this discovery I had an explanation as to why I was not getting better and why I might be so so sick. The symptoms of Low T are very similar to those of major depression. I started legally prescribed testosterone replacement therapy soon after and have been checking in with the world and documenting my experience with treatment as well as giving my insight and perspective on various topics of mental health. I am blessed to say that I have slowly, over the last 6 years, been improving and becoming more stable which I never thought to be possible. My low T manifested itself in the form of Major depression, anxiety, and depersonalization/ derealization for over a year. Treating my low testosterone has been 1 HUGE part of the puzzle but I have had to continue to work hard to hold on to my mental stability with many set backs. Gaining some mental stability back is nothing short of a miracle as I was near death for what felt like forever. I do not consider myself to be totally healed yet but I am closer now then ever before and aim to use what I have been through to help or at least offer support to others in need I was able to successfully come off my Seroquel and Pamelor.
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Another big thing is reassurance. The more you try get reassure the worst the thoughts become - because it becomes like a compulsion. The best thing is to let the thought pass, understand it’s just a thought, not reality. Unconditional self acceptance is important too
I have a few friends who have catastrophic thinking. When they came to me with their issues, I helped by telling them to say the thoughts out loud sarcastically. Once they started doing that, they begin to realize how ridiculous the thoughts are and actually start laughing at how outrageous they are. Once you hear your thoughts out loud, a new perspective is born because you’re not judging yourself inside your head. It is like listening to someone else’s ridiculous problems and you become a spectator.
🤯 this is gold!
Noah this has been the hardest year of my life with this stuff. Came out of no where! You’re videos on this are so calming and helpful to know because I know I’ve gotten over this process before. Know you’re truly making a difference and have created so much comfort and inspiration to check my thoughts and let them just be. I remember when I initially got over this, I’d laugh it off like you said in previous videos. That’s so helpful. Thanks again man!
I need these mental health videos more than ever now!! I wish I could break free from my current sprial. The brain can realy feel like it's actually damaged and actually broken, like you can genuinely feel it as damaged
Late ass uploads like back in the day!
You should upload more you still on your testosterone needle injection butt shots?
We are our own worst enemy at times, my thoughts can lead to self sabotage, the devil comes at our highest moments when we think we are safe and secure
We definitely are our own worst enemy!
@@sierra734 absolutely Sierra 👌
Invasive thoughts can really mess with you, specially if you have any metal health issues or are simply going through a rough time in life. Love this way you propose of dealing with it! The instic is to push then away, and that can do fine, but it can get really hard when you aren't distracting yourself, like when triying to sleep. Great video!
Powerful video brother! Much love!
Great video Noah, thoughts like those have always popped into my head randomly and this is a great way to look at it! Much love
I have these feelings everyday I wake up going back straight to bed time, I keep ruminating about things that is unnecessary, It’s like everytime there is a new thought keep coming and I ruminate about it, I don’t know what triggered this feeling because I remember waking up one early morning and started looking and something and afterwards I sed to myself, Why do I keep remembering about what I just saw this is not necessary and from that day I started ruminating about some weird shit, I wonder if sometimes am getting crazy but i know am not, I wonder if it’s Anxiety stressing or depression causing that to happen because it’s the first i have experience that in my life . Let me know your Opinion’s.
Solid video brotha
Why is it when you over think. People never want hear your feelings??
Good question 🙋♀️
I think they think we’re irrational and can’t be bothered hearing it. They think “oh here they go again 🙄” makes us suffering feel
Even more isolated as we don’t get the support we need to feel better in the
Moment :(
Because our overthinking is usually a self-defeating irrational spiral, the only reason we care about those thoughts is because they spark a fear response in us. The other person just sees how self-defeating and irrational our spiral is
I feel like most people aren’t comptable themselves with their own feelings so they just avoid those unpleasant feeling even with people
Amazing self awareness and self observation thoughts
Obsession and rumination only gets worse when you start drinking!! You never connected the dots on that!!!
Hello everyone
I have been dealing with intrusive thoughts from past 7 years
And till now I am not able to completely deal with it.
Specially at work when I am at any office meeting or any brain storming session is happening whenever I try to participate in the session this intrusive thought pops in and automatically my brain gets into rumination mode and i lose the focus from work
I am not sure how I should handle such situation because of this I am not able to advance very much in my career and this thing is bothering me now.
People at work tells that I have potential to grow but little did they know the kind of struggle i am going through from inside
Love the “three C’s”🙏🏽♥️🙏🏽
And I love you mama
I love this... it really made a headway for me
Thanks for sharing is always so nice to see your upload i always learn so much. For me thoughts will only be thoughts unless you put in action I don’t know sometime i feel my thoughts are crazy & silly some are just dark and scary but the dark side kinda never come out for some time hahaha but now i know what else i can do with it hehehe thank you for sharing ❤️
Thank you 🙏 for this vid ! I’ve always had intrusive thoughts and thought It was strange and something was wrong about this !
Turning my steering wheel into the other lane while driving is a common one . The one’s that really bother me are when they are violent thoughts and thinking about doing things I wouldn’t or haven’t ever done . ❤️💪
Their just thoughts but where do they come from - the dark thoughts!
Ur hot. Don’t listen to them
This makes me feel so better
I cannot check my shorts that does not work at all, but I really like your second idea of just saying good on you. Let the thoughts flow think whatever you want because your brain is gonna do that anyway. I’m suffering from severe rumination at the moment, and I am quite unwell with it.
Hang in there my friend. You are NOT ALONE. God knows who you are and He knows your heart and mind better than anyone. The fact that you have a conscience about these thoughts and it makes you uncomfortable and scared means you are a healthy thinking person.
Hey bro I’ve been struggling with dp/dr for awhile now. My blood sugar I notice is usually what triggers a dp/dr episode. Like if I go long periods without eating of some sort or if I walk for to long. Any advice on what I should do. Any advice would be appreciated. Also your cured from dp/dr right?
This makes sense and it is approved from PureOCD techniques - to accept intrusive thoughts, shift focus however, but to accept them.
Man this is my biggest issue. I’m considering even getting on trt even though my levels aren’t insanely low. I think I was at 490 last time I got checked which was a year ago and I’m almost certain it’s because I got fat. But I obsessively keep telling myself to start trt and immediately talk myself out of it and I can’t stop falling into this cycle. On one hand I want to lose the weight naturally but I’m too exhausted and depressed to do the work to lose it and tell myself to to get on trt so I’m not wasting my remaining young years (I’m 31) but then I start thinking of all the potential trt side effects and I just end up getting really depressed. Idk why I’m like this but I do it with a lot of things.
Excellent topic Noah. I'm going to try this! I have catastrophic thinking, and I KNOW it's way out in left field sometimes, and after assuring myself that it's not true, I would like to see where my mind takes me :) Thoughts don't hurt people, actions do. 👍
Dude this is crazy true 👍 I feel this so hard and relate 1000 percent your killing these videos thank you
Awesome video Noah, been struggling with thoughts for a couple years now and have been starting erp but this was also very helpful !
Is ERP worth it?
Not really for anxiety but for ocd thoughts yea it works
@@AdornedGraceyes it absolutely is
I really do wanna see that follow up video about that desire for something to be wrong. The desire for the threatening feeling.
That was a wonderful video. Very helpful. This is exactly the kind of mindset that could help me to better deal with my worrisome thoughts.
How come you didn't make a video about why/how you stopped trt?
Thank you for sharing! Very helpful!
Thanks for talking about this.
Thank you Noah
Thank you
Thanks Noah!
It is possible to stop drinking.
Of course
@@bignoknow I’m not asking, I’m telling.