I spent a day with people w/ OCD (OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER)
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- I spent a day with people who have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) to learn the truth about this highly misunderstood disorder.
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You should do a interview with people with adhd!
@@ThatRoseBush he is going to!
hiii could you reply im a big fan!!
i hope the people who are like “ugh i’m such a perfectionist...i’m so ocd right now!” watch this... 😐
SERIOUSLY. Beyond frustrating.
I used to say that about my mum and I am watching closely haha. Glad Anthony is shedding light on this :)
My teachers say that and it makes me so angry
What pls explain what u just said
@@thegreatestgaming6400 there are people who use OCD as just a synonym for a perfectionist, saying “omg I’m SO OCD!” Which is just glamorizing the disorder
“If you don’t like it then just stop” that’s like telling someone who’s having an asthma attack to “just breathe”
having an anxiety attack or panic attack “calm down”
or when someone’s has tics🌚
@@xifuu fr I have Tourette’s so when I tic ppl tell me just stop put your hands down like how I’m not controlling anything
YES
@@xifuu I get tics sometimes (doubt I have tourettes) and my mom keeps telling me to stop and it's really annoying
Having OCD honestly makes you feel like you're possessed. It's like you have a demon in your head who is constantly trying to outsmart you, find your weak points, and tear you apart however it can. It's pure Hell, and makes you constantly feel alone. Nobody deserves to go through OCD and I have nothing but respect for the soldiers who are still fighting in spite of it. I wish you all luck.
Thank you, yeah it's like a bully in my head thar won't leave me alone.
I thought I was posessed when I was younger because of it :( so I really relate to this comment
@stella ☆ yeah same here
Thank you ❤ ocd has been hell I broke down in tears watching this. It's so mentally draining and scary but it's not me it's my brain. It makes me sad this is happening to me but I wake up every day fighting through it. A month ago I was 10 out of 10 anxiety for no reason now I'm a 1 out of 10 thanks to Ali greymond
I couldn't agree more, I have OCD, it is so terrible I had to be sent to the mental hospital twice, I prevent me from kms 😕
OCD has affectively ruined my life since I was six years old. I am diagnosed with it, so I can speak about this from an inside perspective. It takes everything out of you, and seeing people pretend to have this disorder to be cute and quirky is awful for people who really have this. Anyone who has OCD, my love goes out to you. I hope you’re all okay.
I have had ocd since I was 7 so I know how you feel, it’s extremely tiring and trapping.
Sending love your way! ❤
I have a family member with it and it’s so heart breaking
Cute and quirky?????????
I have OCPD. I can pinpoint incidences in childhood that scream OCPD. It’s… difficult.
I've was diagnosed with OCD when I was 4 or 5 and seeing people faking it really pisses me off. Most people act like it's not a big deal but it really is,OCD can mess up someone's life. I hope anyone else who's got it is doing ok,ik it can be tough but you just have to hang on as best you can❤️
I hope you have a great day/night,stay safe out there❤️
I can not stress this enough, OCD IS NOT JUST BEING NEAT.
YES THAT IS JUST BEING A PERFECTIONIST
Exactly.
It’s not: it makes me happy when things are nice and tidy
It is (example): I need to keep this clean, to help alleviate the thought that my family will get sick, suffer and die because of germs
Right Someone Needs To Tell The Kadashian/Jenner’s This
YES PEOPLE ROMANTICIZE DISORDERS LIKE THIS TOO MUCH, MY CONDITION ISN'T QUIRKY
LITERALLY I have recently been diagnosed with ocd and the thing is is that I can have my room a mess but when It comes to doing school It’s extremely bad and my friends where saying well if you have ocd your home has to be clean and I was like what
Pettion for “Anthony spends a day with whoever fixes his ceiling after each video”
Yeah they work hard
Haha ya
Yes they must work very hard cause their fixing it every time
*signs my initials*
@iyzz beach love your profile pic! Lol
ocd has to be the most misunderstood disorder out there. i remember in school, my classmates all thought it meant "obsessive cleaning disorder" and would say that had ocd when they wanted desks to be perfectly lined up, pencils to be organized, etc
Idk I think bulimia is the most misunderstood
That’s and ADHD
Literally a girl told me that and after I just thought I was crazy because they had taken over ocd as a “neatness disorder” when I really went through it with my mind telling me to do certain things or else something would happen which had driven me nuts for so long
that and bipolar, people are like "omg i'm so bipolar" like shut up jessica you were sad yesterday and happy today that's just being a person with emotions
honestly though it's just hard to say, since there's so much misinformation on so many disorders, we just need better information on mental health out there, i'm glad anthony is makin these videos
@@raggedyanne9631 saying its thebmost misunderstood problem its false from a young age we have been exposed to so many documentaries about people suffering from ocd that its notbjust about being neat
So saying its the worst it isnt .
Adhd its pretty confusing .
People are suffering from adhd and still cant get proper help as its not a well known disability .
Adhd is worste of course because if you have a sever adhd it can mess your whole life .
Having job problem, always pooor having emotionnal dysregulation. Depression generalised anxiety, homelessness, extreme lack of motivation due toblack of dopamine in the brain, having executive fonction undevelloped to the point that people will judge you, call you lazy ect ect .
So yes adhd compare to ocd is way worse as it mess your whole life .
Not only adhd .
ocd is far less worse than bipolar, bpd and the rest .
People always think they have it worse
We are all suffering in our own ways
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.porassss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place.
Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac.
He's constantly talking about killing someone.
He's violent. Anyone reading this
Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on instagram?
Yes he is dr.porassss.
I’d like him to do “I spent a day with Pathological liars”
That would be really great
Since a lot of people think that’s not a real thing
And “I spent a day with people with Antisocial Personality Disorder”.
my boyfriend has that, especially with numbers. Whenever someone asks him "how many times did you try that?" "how many did you get?" etc, he will feel an extreme urge to say the wrong number and over-exaggerate. But often he will also just say a wrong number without even doing it on purpose
That would be a really interesting episode!
I might get my ex to reply! But no I think this would be hella interesting
you gotta do "i spent a day with suicide hotline dispatchers"
that would be so interesting
he did lol
@@andyleikind I think that was 911 dispatchers.
I just came back to this comment to say that ahh so sorry
@@andyleikind no that’s ok lol
OCD is a monster, nobody deserves to go through it
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indeed, I just wanna drink a toxic product or get hit by a car and die like... almost everyday. thats how bad ocd is 👍
@@helenaduarte60 same i hate it so much
I have this oddly specific compulsion that my eyes have to be perfectly positioned and staring 100% parallel at the ceiling before I can close my eyes to go to sleep. If it didn’t feel 100%, I open my eyes and do it all over again. I’ve spent nights just sobbing because I couldn’t get it right. I have this overwhelming fear about my eyes crossing when I’m trying to fall asleep and I legit still can’t make sense of it 20 years later lmao
I’m so sorry you have to go through this. I’ve definitely done things 100’s of times trying to get them right only to not get them right. 🥺
It’s pure torture.
i have NEVER seen anyone put this feeling into words ,,,,, THANK YOU,,,,,, i struggled with this during all of my childhood and teen years but it got a lot better when i was around 20 (i have no clue what caused it to disappear, but maybe this can be a little glimpse of hope for you that it can go away and that you wont have to struggle with it forever)
It's the same thing but I've to close my eyes while staring at night bulb and then without thinking about anyone's faces I've to remember someone who's been good to me faces and if not I'll have to do it again It's getting better day by day though
Aw :( that sounds so unpleasant!
It's important to remind yourself that you're going to be okay.
You have to do “I spent a day with wrongfully convicted people”
Wow yeah
100% I think that the law system in USA is so messed up it would certainly be a very eye opening episode especially in the times we are living in now
YES
Yes, that’s a good idea.
That’s actually a great idea tbh
It makes me so angry when clean “freaks” and organised people are like “OMG I have OCD”. It’s not that simple.
y e s.
omg this suddenly reminded me of that one anime about a soccer player with ocd BUT they portray it as a gag because like “hE’s a sOcCeR pLaYer bUt hEs sOo oRGaNised uWu sO qUirky” although i never got to finish it so I can’t speak for the series as a whole (the title of the anime is Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun)
I like to have my room clean and neat, when friends come over they always say “ you’re such a cleanfreak you must have OCD “ just because something is clean doesn’t mean the person has OCD. It’s annoying when people make these comments or when they self diagnose without knowing what it is
YES. I have OCD and being organized is not something that affects me, being tidy does, I want everything to look a certain way but its just that something is 'clean'
Ikr
I basically sobbed throughout this entire video. Ocd is so miserable, I hate it so much. It is comforting to know that you’re not alone.
My fiancee has had severe OCD since she was six years old...though she's lucky to have found medications that work (she takes a high dose of SSRIs and another medication that's prescribed for anxiety and OCD,) she literally goes through mental hell on the rare occasions I've seen her off her meds. I've seen her in fetal position, in tears, the one time she had to wait two days to get her OCD meds refilled. I hope you're able to find treatment that works wonderfully for you and eases your symptoms, and know you're never alone 💛
I remember feeling this way myself. I promise that (though hard) there are ways to overcome it❤️
Do you guys ever stay up at night alone and just wonder if things are ever gonna get better or is that just me?
I had a rough night last night. Doing ERP consistently, and I think it's making my mind more exposed to my fear of being the wrong gender.
@@owen3721 You know only like .01% of people are the “wrong gender?” The chances you’re one of them is very, very slim. The problem is, you’re being exposed to too much absolute nonsense and it’s confusing you. Go watch a Candace Owens video about transgenderism.
Yea
@@owen3721 BRO HOLY SHIT SAME DUDE I FEEL LIKE IM GOING CRAZY
@@planetearth9471 OCD is what I call the "phantom" disorder, because it only feels "real" if you give it fuel by reasoning with it, interacting with it, trying to figure it out, etc. Basically, if you pretend that there's no problem, there won't be. In other words, tell yourself that it MIGHT be true, but don't try to know for sure that it's not.
Let’s please end the “cleaning freak” stigma.
yes. please.
yesss, I literally went undiagnosed with OCD for so long because my parents didn't understand OCD could be anything other than obsessions about cleanliness and neatness
U guys do know that OCD is not only bout cleaning right?
@@shazam1334 exactly lol that’s what let’s end the stigma means
@@katesawyer1151 yeah😅
I saw the word "cleaning freak" and wrote the comment
My bad
I strongly dislike people who go around saying when they are ordering colored pencils in class saying they have OCD. People don't understand how serious this is.
I feel like I can relate but this never happens
I think it's important to remember: Hate the game, not the player. It's really hard not to use disabilities as metaphors. It's so integrated into our culture that it might take a while for things to heal. I make the mistake all the time too. We gotta try and be understanding of it, and kindly correct people who do it, or the message will be muddled.
Edit: grammar fix
Pffffft this guy wanted to ask me out once and I refused to respond to him until I finished my Rubik's cube. But the thought kept on distracting so I kept on messing up and starting again, still refusing to respond to him
I felt really bad for making him wait, just to friendzone him anyway. But my obsession of finishing the cube was too high
I haven't been diagnosed for OCD, ADHD/ADD but I definitely have a mix of them. I just haven't been diagnosed because in my culture therapy/mental illnesses prove that you are a defect
@@andrewcotter2036 Yes, I agree with you on some level. I always tell people nicely not to mention those types of things unless you know what you are talking about. I try to explain to them that it is serious. And to go around saying things like that just bother me.
Ahhhh, I hate it when people do this!
One of my friends does this with adhd.
Like, she says ‘Oh, I used 5 emojis! I feel like such a dumb adhd kid’
THATS A DIRECT QUOTE
Please, can you do "I spent a day with dyslexics" because there are lots of misconceptions about it and I feel it would be interesting for people who don't have dyslexia.
I so need this
I really need this
I would love to see auditory dyslexia included as well. I struggled w spelling and understanding people for years and spent hours researching dyslexia until I found that there's an auditory form of it
dyslexia is so easy
@@helenaduarte60 shut up
I remember when my OCD would send me into a panic attack at least five times a week. The stress and shame that OCD puts me through made every waking moment filled with anxiety and made me develop severe secondary depression. The worst thing about OCD is learning it will always be there, and you have to learn to deal with it. Even though I'm the most mental stable that I have been my whole life, my OCD can easily bring back the despair I felt at the lowest time in my life. OCD is not about being a perfectionist, its about obsession. Obsession ,shame ,fear and pure despair. It will get better if you look for help, but its a daily battle. You will get stronger though. You just need to keep pushing and find people who will love you for you and not your mental disorder. They exists. You are not a freak. Your mind is not broken. Your just wired differently and that's okay. You will be okay🙂
Thank you, sincerely:)
💙💙💙
Ive got OCD that makes me think im a horrible person. This might sound a little odd and dont read it if you hate existential stuff, but what helps me is realising what I actually am. Im not some perfect species, Im a very flawed and its normal to make mistakes. Ill live for about 80 years and then Ill never exist again, so why is it worth worrying. My time with OCD is limited to the time Im alive, so no matter what happens I wont have to worry eventually, so I should try to not worry as much while im here as one day I wont be.
It genuinely gives me some peace. Im not happy that Im going to die eventually or anything, but just realising that I will one day makes worrying feel pointless and helps me stop and just enjoy my life.
it’s crazy how Anthony hasn’t won a Streamy yet for how eye-opening his series is
Hopefully soon, this series is legendary
With streamys still nominating people like Kati Morton, they could eat their award
2021 streamy award baby!
@@danigirii who is Katie Martin? Never heard of her?
I don't know what Streamy is, but YES
I died at “just a dude vibing in the world”... just the way he phrased that was funny
Yeah really lol
I died from the Rainbow Road analogy LIKE SERIOUSLY IT WAS ALREADY HARD ENOUGH AND THEN YOU PUT IT ON MIRRO MODE AND 200CC
i read this right as he said that
I was diagnosed with OCD since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting OCD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Australia. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.
YES very sure of Dr.benfungi. I have the
same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Ive done shrooms last month in my house. It taught me how severely traumatized I was from alcohol. I healed from many mental traumas from my past and was able to forgive, let go. Shrooms to me is a remedy not a vice. I even felt more refreshed the
morning after. So no hangovers. No
depression mood for days. No anxiety.I now
have a more calm mind
How can i find him? Is he on Instagram
Shame is a huge component. One of the most prominent ways in which my OCD manifests itself is through dermatillomania (compulsive skin picking). It’s awful to have to walk around covered in wounds because goddamn goosebumps were too much of an inconsistency in texture on my arms, or not wanting to shake people’s hands because I ripped all the skin off of my cuticles. And they just never heal, because of course scabs and scars aren’t uniform in texture, so they have to go too.
@Katie Cramton as someone who also has it, here's a life changing tip: wear clothing that covers your skin more. It seems really simple but even just wearing long sleeves can help. A major site of picking for me is my hands and recently I got fingerless compression gloves and they are the best, it's much easier to control the urge to pick if you have to go through a whole process like taking off gloves or rolling up your sleeves to start doing it and it's easier to catch yourself then. Also, if you are comfortable with it, try telling someone you spend a lot of time with to stop you whenever they catch you picking. It doesn't feel good in the moment to get basically called out but it's one of the best tactics I've found. Good luck, I hope this helps you!
I dont hear many who do this but would this also be a form of it.. I pick my lips till they bleed and scab. Its so ugly.. I also pick the dead skin on my head. It got so bad a couple years back that I had a bald spot because i kept picking a scab.
This is terrible, but if I wear tennis shoes to work, by the time I get home, my feet will have been trapped with the moisture enough that the soles will be that whiteish color from the moisture... And I peel them like crazy, and then I have to bandage it up so the wounds don't get infected. And then I get the joy of walking around on the wounds the next day. Which, I don't like the pain, but it isn't enough of a deterrent to stop me from the peeling. And, I love my mom, but she has contributed to my feelings of shame regarding the situation. I know she wants what is best for me and for me to stop hurting myself, but it doesn't make me less likely to do it - it makes me more likely to do it in a way that hides the evidence. My friends know about it, and if they catch me picking, they will encourage me to stop, but they have never made me feel ashamed of it, and I love them so much.
The thing I am even more ashamed of, though, is that I also get the compulsion to collect things, and so I collect the peeled skin and hide it in a hidden spot, in old medicine containers.
It makes me feel like an absolute freak, but it is also so relieving that I haven't been able to find a way to stop myself from doing it.
Yes! Mine presents itself in many ways but one of them is Trichotillamania (obsessive hair pulling) and it’s made my life a living hell! I’ve always felt ugly because of it and though it’s under control, it still comes in spurts and I hate it!
Tazia's pronouns: they/them
Sam's pronouns: he/him
Luke: just a dude
You mean pronouns
Luke: I have no pronouns. Please do not refer to me
Tbh if you don't wanna be referred by pronouns then oki it doesn't matter
Dead ass thought you said patronus...
@@messibessi11 💀💀
To all those who think having ocd is some quirky personality trait, didn’t spend half my life in therapy for a fucking quirky personality trait 🙃
Honestly same
it is a great personality trait if you want no friends and possiblity lose your job because you obsess about everyone hating you.
@@caelyn2873 being quirky is great ❤️
IKR
Toney can i ask you how many times did you go to therapy and did it help you a lot with your OCD?
I have severe ocd, and this video made me feel like i wasn't the only one out here... the hardest part of ocd is eventually blocking out certain intrusive thoughts, and them coming back different. even more, when your rituals become unsafe to continue. life is tough. don't judge a book by its cover, be kind to everyone you meet, you never know the depth of what some people are going thru❤❤
It's taken me years to train my brain (like muscle memory) to feel the linkage between all my intrusive thoughts and dismiss/(desensitize myself to) them with (relatively) equal ease. But my OCD encompasses a lot of different things, from the nature of consciousness/existence, to my self worth in terms of appearance (height dysphoria), and intrusive/repugnant thoughts that often get political. So needless to say, it's taken a WHILE lol. Wishing you the best!
@@MachFiveFalconI have the existential intrusive thoughts too and it SUCKS. Maybe one of the worst things I've ever had to deal with concerning my OCD
@@irecordwithaphone1856 I became so obsessed with the nature of consciousness, evolution, the threat of AI replacing humanity, the possibility of alien life, and a universal purpose that united it all that I became psychotic for a brief period. The only thing that helped me was finally imploding in my own futile attempt at reaching certainty and letting go of it. It sounds like you've done better at handling your existential OCD, and I hope you continue to!
They’re so brave. Speaking on our obsessions and intrusive thoughts is so personal and vulnerable, as someone with OCD I don’t think I could talk about mine with in front of the internet. I have a hard time even speaking with my therapist about them.
Speaking about mine anonymously feels really good. I don't want "trauma dumping" to become a compulsion of mine, too though, lol. Confronting (in the right way, when you can handle it) is amazing. Especially because guilt/shame/sexuality/past religious views/distrust have played such a strong role in my OCD. It's so freeing to finally say "I don't give a F*** who knows! I don't care what they think!"
Proud of you.
Any disorder exists:
People of 16th century: DEMON POSSESSION
fr
as someone with ocd i can confirm we are possessed
Could you suicide attempt survivors I feel like that’s something that a lot of people don’t want to talk about, but can help a lot of people.
Or people who have witnessed or known people that have tried to take their lives
He has actually already done a video spending time with suicide attempt survivors. It’s a really eye opening video!
@@taylorwarrander8524 what’s the video called? I looked back through his “I spent a day with...” playlist and didn’t see it
If he does that, I'm signing up. It is important to talk about, but so hard to do.
THIS PLS
I was only recently diagnosed with OCD but I didn't realize that having internal arguments over and over again that I can't stop was a compulsion. I have intrusive thoughts about conflicts that might happen and then can't stop repeating it over and over in my head
Omg are you me? I can relate to anyone who has OCD, but it's that "obsessing over my own ideas/catastrophic thinking" that I relate to overwhelmingly the most. My OCD is more existential/height dysphoria/self-worth related at times, but I fall into exactly the same traps you're talking about as well.
Oh my God! "The whole reason why something is classified as a mental disorder is that it impairs functioning and causes distress in someone's life. So there will never be--in history--a mental disorder where people point to it, and they're like, 'I wish I had that,' because that would defeat the whole point." Yeeeessssss!!!! Incredible. I love that comment.
"I spent a day with diagnosed non-violent psychopaths" pls do this. its a thing look it up
If I remember correctly, the majority of psychopaths are non-violent - like *very* few are actually violent. It sucks that they get such a bad reputation because of things like tv shows and whatnot😕 (Also interesting that you mentioned it! Hope Anthony sees it🤓)
I didn’t think psychopath was a diagnosis
I thought it was called antisocial personality disorder
@KILEI LACEY
I googled it and idk where you’re getting your info from cause what I see is that you can only be diagnosed with it at 18 and psychopath isn’t an official diagnosis so I’m a little confused here
@KILEI LACEY antisocial personality disorder is the only official name for the disorder. if you don't believe me, i suggest you check the DSM-5. please don't spread misinformation. psychopathy is not a real diagnosis, regardless of what age you are
@@sugakookies8063 Ikr, sociopaths too. They are able to, and mostly do live normal lives. They've got self restraint.
Hoarding is a form of OCD. it's weird how OCD is portrayed as being such a "cleanliness disease" when in reality OCD is a huge spectrum like autism almost. Just thought I'd add my 2 ¢.
Yes!! As someone with ocd I hate how it’s portrayed as a “clean everything disease” because obsessiveness revolves around soooooo many things, being thoughts, whether something is clean enough or not... And for me, I obsessively wash my hands, and obsess over thoughts, but it makes me mad on how it’s misunderstood and marked as “a disorder where you want to clean everything “, because while people can obsessively clean things, ocd is so much more than cleaning things, I couldn’t agree more
Definitely! I have intrusive thoughts and excoriation disorder, but my house is a mess most of the time.
@@gomyminions ocd should be known as more than a stereotype making everything physically perfect, ocd is so much more
@@gomyminions and I agree, cleaning doesn’t apply to all people>< for me it applies to hand washing, usually when I clean my room it’s an act of self care and it’s not obsessive, like my hand washing and intrusive thoughts
@@hallowthepeach Same on the room thing, I have depression as well so it's really hard some days to organize my life, but when I get the will to clean the house it's because it gives me peace of mind for a minute, it feels like the organization outside softens the caos inside, but it's not related to the OCD. Hardly anyone I know understands so I feel seen lol
It’s debilitating. I have OCD, if anyone wants to ask me anything about it I’m an open book. Stay strong friends.
Looking at the good effects of psilocybin mushrooms on OCD and depression I had a test, the effects of just one dose of psilocybin mushroom gave me an encouraging result.
I learned more about myself on one trip than I have through over a year of therapy.
psilocybin mushrooms is a way to connect with our natural self and gain a deeper appreciation for our place within it.
Let's be adults about this. These are no longer 'shrooms. These are no longer party drugs for young people," "Psilocybin mushrooms are nonaddictive, life-changing substance..
Y'all all talk about the benefits but you don't say where one can grab from...
dr.rinehartshrooms
You should spend a day with ADHD people next. That should be interesting.
I saw it in the Community tabs! It may be coming soon 👀
@@lykhra2178 oo yes
I'd be down to participate fr, I love to see it
it’s coming soon!
as someone who had severe adhd i don’t think he should as it really isn’t that unique it’s a very common thing
“Just a dude, vibing in the world.”
And at that moment I knew i was gonna love this guy
What can I say :0
I'm Just vibin
OCD feels like their is another person in your head controlling you, people don't recognize that it is on the top 10 debilitating mental disorders
I’d love to see one on hypochondria or health anxiety. I feel like it’s easy to blow off and make fun of, but I have it and it can destroy you emotionally, physically, and mentally
YESS PLEASEEE
I hope he does that🥲
And also one video about eating disorders would be great
hypochondria is usually coming from OCD.
I hate when people say, “oh, I’m so OCD!” because they like to organize shit. .... Thank you for showing that OCD is so much more than that. It is hard and it takes so many hours out of my day and it sucks when people make it less than it is.
Also, try having issues with things being contaminated during a pandemic. My hands aren’t even the same color as the rest of my body anymore.
Almost everyone will have a similar ocd to what I see everyone here talking about. It’s the most common cases it seems. I’d like to see him interviewing someone who has some of the worst levels of it. And how it affects their ability to maintain a job or peace of mind
Same with autism. A lot of autistic folks like having stuff organised. (not me, I am a chaotic autistic person, thanks adhd)
And people are like: I put my books in alphabetical order, I am so autistic.
No, you're not, you don't get a meltdown if your books aren't in order anymore (yes, this is generalised)
@@m.janski I am autistic and if everything isnt organised I cannot function
As someone who likes to advocate for mental disorders- thank you ❤ even if i dont have that disorder it deserves to be properly respected
Also OCD doesn't go with orginizing or tidyness. Like me verifying my door for minutes and getting back to it at the middle of the road and verifying every small administration things for minutes has nothing to do with orginizing
Thanks for educating people on this issue and highlighting the debilitating side of it. As someone who also suffers from OCD, it drives me crazy seeing it being romanticised so much. Keep up the great work!
I didn't know you had OCD! I love your channel, I've been watching for years. I hope you're doing well during these crazy times
they always think its about being clean and washing ur hands and thats it as someone with OCD its so annoying because its so different
Your channel is amazing~ you're so meticulous with your beautiful dolls, I am sorry to hear you suffer from OCD.
Also when people are just like oh I have a little ocd drives me fuckin nuts
Just about to write it
Some types of ocd are off the scale scary, they can lead you to believing you are a truly bad person and leave you Sui cidal.
All that guilt and shame, often a reflection of what I experienced from very controlling people/repressive environments as a child.
OCD is debilitating, I wish there was a way out. Them describing it as a never ending escape room is so true, thank you for making these videos. I finally feel heard and understood
I want him to do “I spent a day with people with Eating Disorders”. I had both Anorexia and Bulimia and it’s absolutely horrifying.
I'm glad you came over it☺️
I don’t know you. But I know how hard it can be. I’m proud of you!💜
I hope your doing well, stay strong and I hope your doing better!
I could’ve sworn there was a community post for ARFID (which is what I have) and I would’ve loved to talk about that one
Congratulations on your recovery!
I feel horrible, because my best friend always repeats actions that take so much of her time, and I simply would get mad at her because it bothered me. I didn't stop to think about how she was feeling. She goes back and forth and jumps every time she passes certain spots in the sidewalk by where we live, she opens and closes all doors multiple times, touches her mirrors with her face before she leaves her home, kisses her phone 10 times exactly (but it went up,) taps her car, pauses videos/movies every few minutes, and so many more. We are neighbors and have grown up together, so go places with her often. It takes a VERY long time to get into the car, because she has a very tedious ritual she sometimes repeats for "safety." One time, after she almost missed the bus because of running and jumping back and forth on the sidewalk, so I sat down with her at her house after school. I asked her why she did all this stuff. She said she felt like herself and specifically her family was in serious danger if she didn't do this stuff. She said she didn't know why and began to cry. I always see her touching things over and over. I am so disappointed in myself for only thinking of myself at first. Her mother doesn't understand, she says it's annoying. It broke my heart every time after that conversation when I saw repeatedly touching her face to her phone while she was on call with her mom. I still blame myself for forcing her to start trying to hide her compulsions. When her and I are able to hangout again, we'll watch a movie, and I will not yell at her for pausing the movie every couple minutes. This video was very informative, thank you!
@Sadie Turner Thank you very much! I will try my best to help her navigate her daily life dealing with this, and I will hopefully help her. Be safe out there
It is good that you recognize now that your need to support your friend. Don’t be too hard on yourself, you just didn’t understand before. Your support can go a long way in helping her now. Maybe you can encourage her to tell her doctor, school counselor or some trusted adult so she can get help. Even just having her watch this video can help her realize she’s not alone.
I imagine it like having an itch the more you ignore it the more annoying it gets, but you can scratch it. So, a simple irrational thought which is easily taken care of by a silly action, only the more you do that the more thoughts you get and the more the action seems necessary.
You're such a great friend for wanting to help her. If she needs help getting a dr or meds hope you can support her in talking to her family
You should tell her family for her to get checked out so she can see she has ocd
i don’t have OCD but when i was in residential psych treatment (i was in there for BPD and substance use disorder), there was another resident with OCD who told me that they’d have terrible intrusive thoughts while driving where they’d become convinced that they’d run over someone if they didn’t tap the steering wheel 4 times. the way they described their symptoms to me helped me understand the disorder much better. thanks anthony for a great video! i feel like a lot of people don’t understand what OCD actually is.
I have OCD and I know how it spoils one’s happy moments.
I have religious ocd so the little intrusive thoughts disguise themselves as “the voice of God”. Extremely stressful and tiring.
my mom and sister have that to
im not diagnosed w ocd by all means but i do this and i get worried that god will get upset w me over certain things and i ask for forgiveness a few times a day but i’m pretty sure it’s religious paranoia for me
I have religious ocd too, it sucks.
this is exactly what I have. I never see it get enough attention. Stay strong.
I'm actually the opposite I have OCD symphtoms that are against mostly Cristianity and any kind of God in general, though I also have many other types of obsessions and compulsions. My antireligious part of my OCD comes from past trauma and I kind of consider myself a Satanist. However I have friends who are Christians and I usually don't judge people based on religion. Just don't talk to me about god and stuff like that and we can get along just fine.
I completely agree re: how upsetting it is when people say that OCD is a ‘beneficial disorder’ - my boss once told me that I was lucky to have OCD because it probably made me the organized person that I am. This was upsetting because a) having OCD sucks and b) it made me feel like my actual work ethic and attention to detail wasn’t really appreciated because it was incorrectly attributed to this horrible thing that I have to live with
Im so sorry they said that. You‘re valid and amazing.
Wow I’m so sorry. I have OCD too and I’ve been told similar things...
I dealt with something similar at my last job. My managers would come to me specifically to organize stuff because they knew I have OCD and it would always look really nice when I was done. I told them several times that that kind of thing takes me a lot longer to do, and when I have to stop for any reason before I’m done, it’s extremely triggering for me. They still did it, and I felt pretty used. Not cool when people do stuff like that.
I'm so sorry you had to go through that
My entire family says that. Nobody knows what OCD is and how much of a burden it is
I can totally relate to the 'wanting to do good' point. My intrusive thoughts almost always revolve around whether or not I'm doing the right thing.
I was diagnosed with OCD when I was a kid, though didn't really realize it until I was an adult. I didn't think I had it because I wasn't a clean freak. Then, I saw a video on OCD and someone mentioned that people with OCD may have immense interests or obsess over faith-based issues. Then it clicked. As a Jesus follower, I remember getting stuck in a 5-month loop where I was having some terrifying faith-based obsessions. Waking up EVERY DAY with this weight on my mind, worried that I wasn't going to be okay. I want to clarify, the intrusive thoughts were not warranted by family members or anything like that; in fact, my family was very supportive and tried to help me in the best way they could. I know many people have negative experiences coming from religious backgrounds, but my experience was very positive. I had lots of loving church members who prayed with me, and my parents paid to get me counseling during that time. Good news is I was able to get stuck out of the loop and get back on track. The psychologist taught me some effective coping techniques, such as talking back to the intrusive thoughts or putting the spotlight on them. Still living my life as a Christian and I'm now writing a cartoon on mental health based on my experiences (String Theory TV on TH-cam). It will also include coping mechanisms and ways to handle your mental health struggles ☺
JESUS AND GOD BLESS YOUU. I’m currently experiencing the same thing with religious ocd.
It's said that the thoughts often target what we really value and what's the most important to us.
I have realy bad OCD but since i was little everyone i know would tell me "its just in your head".
And it is! But only really good psychologists have helped me to learn to get "out" of my own head.
I'm diagnosed with severe OCD and I was really glad to see this video. The only thing I would like to point out is that Freud's ideas on OCD have been thoroughly debunked... people with intrusive thoughts about violent things for example do not secretly want to commit acts of violence, they are horrified by that thought. I think pointing that out is important because people with OCD sometimes commit suicide because they are convinced they are secretly monsters for having such thoughts.
Very true. I felt that way many years ago (I have severe OCD and at that point in time it manifested as violent thoughts) and I was so scared out of my mind that I was evil! Until a psychologist said to me that the reason I had those thoughts was because I CARED so much, because I DIDN'T want it to happen.
I'm not quite sure if it's a downright scientific conclusion lol, but the psychologist said exactly what I needed to hear at the right time and a short while later, the thoughts disappeared :) (then a new toothbrush washing pattern started, because the anxiety wants out somehow, but it was much more manageable and less scary)
As someone with more mild ocd it always seems like the intrusive thoughts that seem the most horrible are the things I am most terrified to do, not things I want to do deep down
@@goudanuff6451 Yes, exactly! OCD often feeds on the fact that we are moral people who don't want to cause harm.
@@Ali-kf5bd stay strong out there champ
@@goudanuff6451 Thank you. Same to you ❤
CAN WE TAKE A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE HOW HE GIVES VOICES TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES
Yup hes like a god send
Yeah he’s amazing
I mean he got a shoutout for it in rewind
We always do that
Everyone is doing that on all of his videos. Thats the whole purpose of his videos...
Thanks for doing a video on this, I actually have a classmate who claims has OCD because he says that he loves to clean and being organized/neat I don’t have OCD but I think I might be in the early stages or it might be developing but it could be my really bad anxiety but it really gets on my nerves when people misuse and self diagnose themselves with such serious illnesses and disorders.
OCD is technically an anxiety disorder so it could be both. I wouldn’t say people saying they’re “so OCD” for organizing are self-diagnosing though since real self-dx involves a lot of research and evaluation
I think it's fine to self diagnose if you genuinely fit the criteria.. But alot of people don't actually know anything about criteria, they just throw around terms like "bipolar" when someone gets mad and "ocd" when they aline a few objects. It's all alot more than that. Self diagnosis is a good tool, in my opinion, as someone with 6 diagnosed mental illnesses and suspected undiagnosed autism. It can be useful in understanding your behaviors and working on them with certain skills.. But just willy nilly claiming you have something without researching it and seeing how it applies to your life is offensive and is often innacurate. Being organized and neat doesn't mean you have OCD, but spending hours a day cleaning and it almost never being good enough, getting angry when someone else doesn't clean / leave things exactly how they had it because it causes extreme emotional distress, may very well imply ocd. just some habit of being organized, though? Not OCD.
when i'm alone my rituals doesn't seem THAT strange, but when i'm with other people i feel so embarassed about doing the rituals, but i just can't not do them, so it brings so much anxiety to me
💯
As someone who suffers from OCD i think its important to educate people that OCD is more than just 'being neat'. I truly thank you for what you do Anthony.
@@flandin_ um what? Nobody said you did..don’t be rude please. My edit: and just because you don’t suffer doesn’t mean others are the same. People are different, so do not invalidate someone else’s problems simply because you don’t feel the way they do.
flandin_ think about what u say before u speak I have ocd and this is exactly what he was talking about people don’t see inside there thoughts it’s just the outside
@@flandin_ your OCD is different from mine. And mine is different from every person's in this video. Just because YOU don't suffer doesn't mean I don't. You have no right to dictate how i talk about what i experience. If you want to talk about yours then write your own comment.
@@flandin_ Hey, even though I myself don’t suffer from OCD, I know it’s a hard thing for others, and saying that it’s “not that bad” really devalues the efforts of the people who have to deal with it. Please don’t say such insensitive things about something you don’t understand.
@@flandin_ edit: nice of you to owe up to your mistake!
lol i wonder how they feel when people are like “omggg my pencil has to be straight your triggering my ocd😤🙄🤪”
it has the same energy as "i'm so hyper i have adhd 😜 "
Its both annoying and legitimately hurtful, since it belittles everything we have gone through.
I hate it. It's annoying.
fr people need to learn mental illness isn’t a personality trait
@@enviisyk this pisses me off
OCD is scary. not child's play
My boyfriend has OCD and the intrusive thoughts are literally so difficult sometimes. I am always willing to help if I can, but those thoughts can be very dark sometimes. I don't wanna reveal too much to maintain his privacy when it comes to this stuff. I love him so much, and I'll do whatever it takes to make him feel safe and happy.
It’s good you’re supportive of him, so many people aren’t when people they are in relationships with have mental disorders. 👍
Thank you for being understanding of what he's going through and loving him ni matter what 💖
@@Jackjackspice He deserves the world in my eyes.
Maybe you could do a “I spent a day with people who had eating disorders”
maybe those that have already recovered? i know that people with anorexia/bulimia nervosa (maybe any eating disorder) can be really into body checking and being enabled in a youtube video might be a bit harmful. Just my thoughts!
@@clutterlilly agree!
I volunteer for this one!!!
@@clutterlilly I volunteer for this. I've recovered, relapsed, recovered, etc. I'm in a stable place now for sure, I'm at a healthy weight and I can look at older pictures of myself without wanting to look that skinny again. I would be honored to talk about it
Im not sure how he could talk about this without it sounding bad though. what questions would there be?
ALSO EVERYONE PLZ REMEMBER THAT OCD IS NOT AN ADJECTIVE!!! IF YOURE VERY ORGANIZED USE A DIFFERENT WORD. ITS FRUSTRATING FOR OCD SUFFERERS TO SEE THEIR ILLNESS DOWNPLAYED.
My mom always says “omg I’m having ocd rn” stuff like that she only says it at the house not around ppl
What should I use? Just curious. I'm not really a clean freak, but there's some things I just need to fix
@@DrNero7435 you could describe yourself as meticulous maybe. There’s hundreds of words in the English language and ocd should be used as an adjective bc it simply is not : )
@@spaceoddity3982 Just looked up meticulous and that fits really well! Thank you
@@DrNero7435 awesome! Glad I could help
For the majority of my life, I thought I was crazy. I didn’t realize that intrusive thoughts were a product of OCD. I’ve learned a lot about it since, and thought I wouldn’t wish this on anyone, I now find comfort in knowing I’m not alone. Thank you for sharing this. It is so important to shed light on a term that loosely gets tossed around.
As someone who has OCD my goal is to learn to make it work for me and form a sort of symbiotic relationship with it. Instead of trying to ignore it or let it control me I'll use it as a reminder. A good example would be me forgetting something. OCD would remind me and tell me you forgot something. Then I'll think about it and if I think I left something I'll go to check. This could cause me to grab something I would have otherwise forgotten.
Now it would still hamper and impair me Many ways. But, eventually I can learn to use it to my benefit sometimes.
@@aaronrodriguez9376 Trying to adapt around it while reducing symptoms and leveraging the "positives" if there are any is a great way to go! When I can still see the forest for the trees, my OCD can help me analyze things - which is great as long as I'm not analyzing things to death lol
Whenever I mention about being neat and tidy, people often say “oh so you have OCD”, no, I don’t. My mum has it and i always knew I didn’t have it, this video has made me realise I probably don’t have it. People need to realise it’s a bigger thing than just being neat and organised. Thank you for this.
the funny thing is, i would be like, "no dw hahaha i dont have ocd"! and it was just my ocd telling me i didnt have ocd and then there would be times i would be like "okay no i need help" and then the next month i'd be back to trying to reassure myself i did not have a disorder lol
Thank you sooo much for saying that's not what it is to them
Ikr symmetry obsessions is only sometimes
for me it doesn’t have anything to do with being clean at all so thank you for saying this
I don't know if you'll still see/reply to this comment but I wanted to ask if your Mom having an ocd has affected the way she treats you as her daughter, do you also have a hard time? What are some situations that makes it harder for you to understand how she feels? So sorry if this came out weird, I just really needed to ask.
The ceiling repair guy is probably making a living off anthonys ceiling alone
ceiling repair guy after inventing anthony padilla: business is booming!
People at my work always fuck with me with my OCD. I constantly front face the store, specifically the impulse zone in the middle by the cash registers.
& although my bosses love that I do that, other employees think it's hilarious to move things in the wrong spots. Or they will specifically face one item in the opposite direction and wait to see how long til I notice.
Since I deliver parts in between deliveries, I glance over there when walking past. So sometimes they hear me sigh and go over and turn it so they're all facing the same direction.
It always gives them a laugh. While I'm usually just mildy annoyed at it.
That sounds like the stereotypes people spread about OCD. OCD causes genuine distress.
@Chiller-pc1dv it sure does. I hate constantly fixating on making sure things are pulled forward and straight. I hate that if I don't have everything lined up exactly straight in a line that I sit there and fix it till it is straight.
I hate having to get pulled away on a delivery knowing I haven't finished the whole row. Only to stay and fix it and get in trouble for needing to leave. Or it's time to go home but now I'm late leaving because I have to fix it till they're all straight. But yeah what you said!
@@roguemystique7 That's textbook job discrimination! It might be hard to prove in court unfortunately, but it might be worth raising with someone who could make it stop if you have another place in mind to work at just in case it backfires.
Thank you to Anthony and the lovely people that you interviewed. I have Pure O OCD and it is just a living nightmare and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Thankfully, I have a great support system and I'm able to get medical support as well, which not everyone has that ability. Thank you for bringing to light a generally misunderstood mental illness! ❤
Yup! I was raised in a super conservative religious home, had high academic pressure at a private religious school, and now I have height dysphoria and existential/self-worth OCD even without the religion. To be fair, how I was raised probably didn't give me OCD, but it did provide fuel for the fire.
Me watching the video.
Anthony: “This disease affects 2% of the worlds population”
Me: “oh that’s not so bad”
Anthony: “that’s about 150 million people worldwide”
Me: “HOLY SHITTT!!!!!”
Every time you hear something described as happening to “only 1-2%” of Earth’s population, remember that that’s also the percentage that ginger people make up. If you’ve seen someone with red hair chances are you’ve seen just as many people with whatever else has been described
@@gretablackwell495 that depends a litttttle on where you live tho. i live in scandinavia so i see people with red hair a lot more than someone who lives in f. ex. ghana or thailand
I always think about it as "how many people I know are likely to be affected". So, if I interact with 50 coworkers, 1 of them is statistically likely to have OCD. Out of the 200 people in my class, 4 are likely to have it, and at least one person in my extended family in my city as well (genetics not withstanding).
Some places have it more than others. Also, we are with billions here . That's still less than 1/4 if not even less of the population having this disorder however. We have to not forget about who is and who isn't diagnosed with the disorder officially
Sometimes I forget how big the world is-
I have Contamination OCD and let me tell you: Covid made it 10× worse
Damn, that sounds very not-fun :/ I hope you’re doing alright despite the circumstances, or at least that you have a good support network if you’re not
Me too. It's honestly so exhausting.
Covid has a death rate of 0.02%,max...
@@Unholyspirit ok and that still means people die, I honestly could give 2 shits less about covid but I wear a mask and social distance because my irresponsible actions could cause someone to die
@@Unholyspirit and 9/11 killed .0000002% of people. Your point?
I know for me, sometimes I can joke about how my OCD makes me good at cleaning. It's become a bit of a joke within my family. But I don't think people realize just how incredibly disruptive having obsessions and compulsions around actions or thoughts are. Some tasks take me so long just because I feel this need to act out a certain behavior, sometimes even several times. It's a frustrating disorder. And I'm really glad that you made a video on this (even though I'm pretty late to it), because I feel like it's so hard to describe those feelings or urges without sounding crazy.
What do you fear will happen to you (or someone you care about) if you don't perform the task?
@@OKBoomer2k To be honest it kind of ranges. It can be something happening that's just the most minor of inconveniences or something truly awful like death. Or sometimes even the strange, "I'm doing this to prevent /something/," even if I'm not quite sure what that something is so it gets me in that mindset of "better safe than sorry." And it can also be entirely situational for me too, like if I'm particularly anxious about something going on the OCD behaviors just feel more intense and the "this will happen if you don't" can end up feeling more dire. But that's just my personal experience with it.
What people don't realize is that many people with OCD are so exhausted from the physical rituals and intrusive thoughts that they're even worse at staying organized/cleaning, because they are constantly bogged down in their head and body. I sometimes cry late at night because I just want to sleep but I have to stay up doing a bunch of nonsense that makes me feel awful
There was a great ad before this episode. It was about getting help for OCD.
Same
i feel bad for the person who has to fix Anthony's ceiling after every video
eh, they probably make a good profit from it & i imagine they’re professionals at this point
He should interview that person lol.
I desperately want to know how he films that
@@shaliekk same
Anthony: Falls from ceiling
Everyone: Doesn't care
You clearly do haha
@@davidlindsay6274 si
Literally everyone: Hmmmm.... chile, anyways...
I want to like this but it's at 420 mmmmmmmmmmm
i was very recently diagnosed with OCD (like, not even a month ago i was diagnosed), and as i start to unpack what of my behaviors are attributed to OCD, i realize how much it affects me, primarily my sleep and emotions. saying i have a "beehive" brain honestly feels right.
for me i have a few different strong intrusive thoughts, most of which have been from childhood. my strongest intrusive thought is that im being watched or stalked, that someone is going to pop out and hurt me if i turn my back, so i have to check multiple times. at night, ill get out of bed multiple times to check hiding spots around my room or make sure my door is locked, i cant leave my room after dark no matter what, and many times now ive woken up at midnight with such awful intrusive thoughts that i cannot go back to sleep. its still hard for my family/friends and even my therapist to understand. i really cant describe how distressing it is to feel unsafe in your own home, especially when everyone else feels perfectly fine.
i also struggle heavily with depression and a few other issues, so another intrusive thought is that im faking it or being dramatic or convincing myself im worse off than i actually am (despite having multiple diagnosises). when this thought occurs, i mentally start to list off everything thats wrong with me as if i need to prove myself to someone, and i end up spiraling into a negative space, which has led me to some very bad "coping" skills. i also struggle with morality based intrusive thoughts, partially relating to a past trauma. i get convinced that im an awful person and hurting everyone i love, so i distance myself, or i have to routinely check with people and ask them "do you hate me?" or "am i a bad friend to you?"
another is the fear of my technology being accidentally shared with someone else. i cant use certain apps because i become convinced that the private things i do on them (like drafting scripts, private convos with friends, or writing down my feelings, or even casual things like watching youtube videos) are actually public and everyone is going to see them. i have to shut my phone off at night multiple times because im convinced its accidentally broadcasting to my parents tv and bothering them.
like most disorders, some people have it harder than others. i think for me its fairly mild, but its still very hard to deal with. im just glad that now that im diagnosed, i dont have to feel ashamed or embarrassed, and i can start looking into coping mechanisms and medical help.
This is just so me
Hi there I hate to hear what u have gone thru and ur daily constant struggles that never goes away. I never in a billion yrs would I thought someone can actually have the same exact fear factors intrusive thinking and depression. Do u mind sharing with me ways or what helps u. I have no one that could possibly understand relate or even comprehend a si gle thing nor gain some knowledge and awareness to get insight. I'm so drained living is exhausting and I cry all the time cuz I'm angry with no legit resources
I can really empathise with this and I've been struggling with what my psych likes to call "obsessive compulsive tendencies" ever since I was a kid. I really hate her because she doesn't treat me like a human and completely invalidates me. I really want to know if I actually have ocd or not because I get really bad intrusive thoughts about faking my disorders that will not leave my head:( I have other symptoms too and I've been researching about ocd since towards the start of last year but I've convinced myself I'm making this up and if I am I'm so sorry I don't want to self-diagnose I'm so sorry if i offended you or anything:(
I do most of this ....
I struggle with this aswell, it gets in the way of my sleep, please know you aren’t alone
So true about the coping mechanisms too.. I struggled with substance abuse from ages 15-23 as a result of trying to distract myself. Drug use became a compulsion to ensure I could distract myself from intrusive thoughts.
I never had problems with substance abuse for some reason - binge drinking never felt strong enough to drown it out. Never tried drugs though - don't want to at this point lol. For me, my own imagination/the internet/pr0n/any distraction has always been my drug of choice. I can relate a lot on that level.
It’s refreshing to hear OCD explained. It’s extremely misunderstood. I struggle daily and I hear people romanticize the disorder.
yes! I describe it like an addiction bc when an obsession is coped with a compulsion it alleviates your stress and you know if you give in to your compulsion it would relieve your anxiety.
"oh i'm such a neat freak, i for SURE have ocd" i hate when people glamorize it and say things like that smh
Same I’m so glad it’s been more in depth explained it’s so much more to it then people realize and really hard to deal with
Nah cause who 😂 this shit SUCKS
video idea: “i spent a day with teen moms”.
Yes!!
Oh that would actually be great
I think he already did it
@@clouddreamer954 pretty sure he didn’t, but Michelle Khare did and Jubilee and HiHo Kids both did videos asking teen mums questions :)
Yeeeessss
OCD attacks everything and everyone closest to you that you love most it is literal torture. I have heard the phrases “ugh youre so ocd” being told to people who is clean and tidy or a person claiming to have it and I just chuckle to myself like wow if that’s how ocd really was how cute .. I would love to have that over the real deal. I’m proud to say after 10+ years suffering this extremely debilitating disorder alone and having almost every theme to exist .. I have successfully overcame it by 90% to the point that it’s nonexistent. It took so much out of me and i almost didn’t see my way out but trust me when i tell you it’s possible. Research from neuroscience perspective and finding specialized help (NOCD app TRUST) has significantly allowed me to better understand what it was and i faced my fears head on and stripped every power away from them ! Pure ocd really was a thief of my happiness and time for so long. I’m praying for all my fellow ocd friends y’all are so strong .. you are some highly empathetic and kind individuals with an extremely creative and intelligent mind to go with it !
i hate so much when people say they’re “sooo OCD” it’s just a big eye roll for me
I hate when people just say " my ocd is triggered" without them actually having it... They are often perfectionists or simply like having things neat
People use it as an adjective far too often and it’s really damaging as to educating people for what the disorder actually is
@@marypoppins4617 same I have a lot of people saying do you have OCD and I'm like no that's not what OCD is im just a perfectionist
People use perfectionist to easily as well, a perfectionist normally isn’t necessarily someone who needs things to be super tidy and neat or anything but instead some1 who is extremely self aware and consequently self conscious. Somebody who holds them self to an extreme standard, going as far to critic themselves for wanting to achieve that standard and be perfect as often their idea of perfect is some1 who doesn’t care about being perfect. Being a true perfectionist is a vicious cycle of self loathing and awareness of skill level. You always want to show your best because you don’t want people underestimating your talent or you don’t want people thinking you don’t care about some1 or something. Often perfectionist will be people you might not expect, almost all perfectionist are big procrastinators and probably hate themselves for it because the reason they are avoiding doing something is because they are scared they won’t be able to do it to a standard they can accept. It’s subtle, brutal and all encompassing - often leading to or paired with eating disorders, depression and anxiety
@@marypoppins4617 hi. I may not be the best to ask but i do know from psychology class that perfectionism can trigger anxiety sometimes. And how to educate 🤔🤔 i would recommend maybe gathering information and show the differences about it as perfectionism is considered a personality trait and not a disorder
I hope it helped if not i apologie
@@sadthumb6633 i agree to that too
I’ve always been worried that I had OCD myself, as I’ve have thoughts of compulsion that was like a sudden competition for myself, like if I didn’t suddenly turn on a certain light within a small period of time, the worst things would happen to my family. But I know that my anxiety has been a main cause of the worst case scenarios, so it caused symptoms of OCD.
Same, I used to be the same way when I was a little kid. I’d constantly have thoughts about something bad happening if I don’t do something like 15 times or something. It literally went on every day all day. There was no resting from it unless I was asleep. For years. I grew out of it somehow though. I don’t remember how but I still did! As bad as it was, I still healed from it. Good luck boo, you can do it even though it’s hard as hell. Im not even sure if what I had was OCD but now that I’m watching this and reading comments, it sounds like OCD.
I have both OCD and anxiety and yeah I can confirm there’s an overlap with quite a few of the symptoms. Sometimes I struggle to know whether a symptom I’m experiencing is due to my anxiety or my OCD. But then again, although you can have anxiety separately too, I’m pretty sure it’s also considered a symptom as OCD. Anxiety’s interesting because it can be both a disorder and a symptom of over disorders. It can kinda go hand in hand with quite a few other mental illnesses.
I have anzity OCD and ADD and a bit of Depresson im just a hot reck
So I don’t think I have ocd but when I was little, I had three different things I told myself I had to do in order to keep my parents from fighting. One thing was I couldn’t touch anything that was the color red. The second thing was I couldn’t say the number three or things couldn’t be in groups of three. The third one was if I touched something with my left hand, I had to immediately touch that same thing with my right hand
A lot of kids have those symptoms so please don’t worry... ‘Normal’ people can always have something that seems ocd but it is obviously not. Anxiety and ocd are quite close so it’s possible to get small hints here and there
I have an autism diagnosis so nobody ever looked into OCD until i turned 18. I have health related ocd and hair pulling, skin picking as a result of needing to be “clean or smooth” which causes me to get unhealing sores which causes more thoughts like “i have leukemia”. I get blood tests regularly so i know i dont have a serious health condition but the mental obsessions dont care bc ive felt like if someone tells me im not sick that they want me to die. I have extremely intense rumination too but my pyschiatrist said that it may be an amplified symptom of my autism but meets the criteria for ocd and i should now be treated with both disorders in mind.
Thanks for doing this video, I’m diagnosed with OCD and I hate it when people assume it’s just being organized.
From a “Pure O” OCD sufferer - thank you so much for helping to destigmatize this illness to a wide audience.
For anyone curious: “Pure O” is a misleading nickname because it *looks* like only obsessions (intrusive thoughts/images/urges or fears) are present, but the compulsions are mental and honestly it is hell to deal with especially because a lot of my fears (if not all) have to do with morality and the fear of seriously harming people.
@@sydneyw7375 same here, it's a living hell, I don't even have a hope my ocd can ever stop anymore, I just wish the intrusive thoughts would transform into something less disturbing...
@@sydneyw7375 I have both mental and physical compulsions, would that mean both pure o and ocd? something else? or just ocd?
This ❤️ It truly is terrible. I get paralyzed in fear from my intrusive thoughts and obsessing over every single thought. And trying to get things done without obsessing over them
I have ADHD bipolar type Ii with pure o ocd it is a nightmare. Though treatment had been going well. But it comes and goes :( some weeks are better than others
i told my therapist i thought i had ocd (really bad intrusive thoughts, some compulsions, etc) and she was like “doesn’t everyone have a little ocd?” and that was that. imma go back and double down i think lmao
wow, i’m so sorry. you deserve someone who can truly help you. i always had trouble opening up to therapists because my thoughts were so awful
Or try a different therapist that’s shitty, ocd is no fucking joke when your in it’s grasps
hearing "we all have a little [serious disability/disorder]" is the most annoying and hurtful thing you can ever hear, and to imagine a therapist telling me that makes me so angry. im so sorry you had to go through that
that’s a really shitty therapist. i’ve been there - you should try finding one who specializes in ocd
@@pompill Exactly! find one who specializes in OCD. Good advice, Leo!
I feel like this didn’t scratch the tucking surface of my ocd terrors
OCD : makes you obsess and compulse every waking hour
ALSO OCD: but what if its not OCD..
Shrek might certain types of OCD are like an onions - layers and layers of obsessions and compulsions.
Can he please do “I spent a day with people who have ADHD.” I really wish people understood it isn’t fake and that it can actually be rly hard to live with
Can you explain ADHD cause I feel like my little sister might have it she gets distracted very easily I would be talking to her and she would get distracted she also has a lot of trouble in school she’s always getting distracted and zones out I don’t completely know what ADHD is but can you tell me
THIS! People think it’s all attention & SQUIRREL but the exhaustion it can take mentally & physically & all of the other symptoms are MUCH more relevant than “attention”. I feel like ADHD causes minor OCD, definitely anxiety, depression & many other disorders. I would send in an ESSAY to Anthony & crew to describe my experiences with it.
@@GirlConner Hi OTA here! ADHD does play a part in all of these disorders. ADHD is most primarily linked with anxiety because of inability to relax, difficult paying attention, and sometimes persistent negative thoughts. It’s also tied into sleep disorders, dyslexia, substance abuse, BPD, and autism!
I just posted this lmao. also so many people think it's just fidgeting which it's not.
@@berlincastro107 ADHD is most commonly known as not being able to focus, constantly moving/ fidgeting so in simple terms.. hyperactivity. It’s also being VERY forgetfulI but everyones adhd is different so i really recommend watching “ADHD in girls” by How To ADHD. As a girl with ADHD it’s extremely accurate but there also some other things I should tell you about ADHD because it’s usually not talked about. ADHD ties in with other illnesses like autism, tourettes or just tics (movements or sounds you can’t stop doing even if you want too, which sucks btw) insomnia or irregular sleeping patterns, eating disorders (most common with girls is BED, where we eat excessively) theres also a very high chance of depression and anxiety etc.
"OCD is a disorder of degree, not difference." I love that so much.
It's not true though, people with OCD show up in a myriad of ways not in a myriad of degrees
I am a genderfluid and omnisexual person and I struggle with ocd, adhd and cyclothymia,
with ocd just like tazia, intrusive thoughts like if i don't do this 5 times something bad or i don't like would happen or if i do this just 2 times something good about me or something i want would happen and sometimes i think i even help myself stop cus sometimes it will be like if i do this again like repeating things and thinking about things like this, something bad or i don't like would happen so i would try to stop and ignore the thoughts that were popping up and the urge to do things repeatedly because of it then a few minutes later i would like forget about it and another thought would change that like if i don't repeat things again this thing would happen this time and sometimes it just gets exhausting and when that happens even if i get an intrusive thought that's a bad one i would simply just not care anymore, but like i am fully aware tho that it's not gonna happen and it's not real but you know sometimes when i get intrusive thoughts especially if it's something bad or things that i don't like would happen i would do the things my brain tells me to do to prevent it because i believe that if a thought pop up i'm already manifesting it (and i believe in shits like that like manifestations and all those things, everything that is possible that i agree on and like the idea of) so especially when it's something bad or i don't like ofcourse i would do the things my brain tells me to prevent it right and like tazia, like they said there is not the intention there to do that which like puts you in a fear state of like "i don't want to do that, so i have to do this thing" but like i said when it gets exhausting i just really wouldn't care anymore even if it really happens or not because i'm just too tired to even think so i would just shut my brain and think of relaxing things like "sunny day, me laying on a grass field under the sun, wind breeze, birds singing and all i'm doing is happy sighs and not thinking of anything without a care in the world" so it's like having a busy mind you only really get peace when you get exhausted because you don't have a choice but to shut down your brain and ignore your thoughts and think of 'your' happy and peaceful place and just be mentally there for a minute to not think about anything at all. And sometimes there's no intrusive thoughts at all it will be just like me not being satisfied of a thing i just did so i would do it over and over again until i feel satisfied, that satisfaction for me not to feel bothered, and sometimes it's just Pure O ocd having intrusive thoughts but not having to do anything physical like i just have to say this 5 or 6 times in my head so it's just mind rituals and not physical rituals but those are mostly when i'm alone but when i'm with someone/people especially when i'm or we're in public i'm gonna say that i'm more self aware and i can control myself and not think about all of it more because i'm scared of them or anyone finding out and that's embarrassing for me so i am ignoring my thoughts watching my every move and pushing myself to just focus on for example what they are saying or people around me and just my surroundings really but if i can't really control it like being unaware that i got distracted by my thoughts and didn't realize that i'm already doing it but like i said i can really stop it on the spot, ignore my thoughts and i can control myself to stop more easily compared to when i'm alone. i can also be a clean freak sometimes then put ocd on top of that is just not great lol and with adhd sometimes it's hard to set and achieve goals because it's hard focusing when i'm trying to do something i keep thinking of everything that i need to do and bouncing from one thing to the next and it's just really hard to focus when i am also trying to think about everything that i need to do for the next couple of days and then attempt to do it all at once and what ends up happening is it gets overwhelming and then i will not really do anything with my day because i'm trying to do too much it's like you can't compartmentalize like, "this is something that i could do this hour, this is something i could do this hour." you just think of everything you have to do and then you can't stop thinking about how you have to do all of it at once and or if there's a specific thing that's distracting you and you go down that rabbit hole, because you can either be focused on many things, or you can be hyper focused on one thing, which may not be the most productive thing because it's hard to multitask when you're so focused on that one thing, that's all you can think about and you can't think of other things because of that. or just being distracted by many things at the moment so you can't focus on doing that one thing to move to the next thing that you have to do so all you could do is procrastinate and be restless. in short it's really hard to focus on one thing when you're thinking about many things and it's really hard to do many things when you're so focused on one thing especially when you need to and distractions are a problem when you have to finish something so you can do the next thing that you have to do. and sometimes it's hard to enjoy the moment or be in the present when all you could think about is the future. then hyperfixation, i could be super into something for days and be super obsessive about it until i finish and then like a week in i just drop it. and that feeling that i'm so behind life, so i haven't done the things that i was supposed to do by now so now i have to do the things that i'm supposed to do now and all the things i should've already done taking on more and more in an effort to catch up and the same things that got in the way then are getting in the way now and trying to do more while you're overthinking, sucks.
I hope you don't mind that I skimmed some of that, but what I read was amazing, and I'll come back to read more later. I struggle with intrusive thoughts, guilt, shame, and ADHD as well, so I can really relate to the positive-feedback-loop death spiral you're describing! I hope you're able to find peace like I strive to.
I used to have such bad intrusive thoughts. I was never diagnosed, but along with other things I’m sure I had some from of OCD. I’m glad I was eventually able to cope and overcome it to a certain degree!
good for u! been dealing with it as long as I remember... sometimes I just wanna die like run into a car or drown in the sea. peaceful but I guess Im too afraid to do it
The intrusive thoughts are HORRIBLE! Nobody talks about how gruesome and gross they can truly be!
As someone with OCD, I was super excited to see your video on this! Thank you Anthony for shedding light on this topic! 💕 Amazing work as always :)
I have ocd too
i have ocd too! i’ve only recently been diagnosed and this made me happy to see representation
Same! I saw the notification and was really happy that he did this
I have ocd too!!
Was really glad he did this video
tysm for this anthony, ocd is overlooked so much as just perfectionism.
Is perfectionism a mental disorder?
True, but perfectionism is also misunderstood often.
Yeah it is!
Thank u. I don't feel like ppl take me seriously when I say I have several OCDs. They're like oh yeah cool. Like they don't think it is anything.
@@Elvings92 Can be. It can be a part of OCD. The difference is often anxiety. Perfectionism is mostly about enjoyment of having a clean place. someone with OCD perfectionism would clean to not get an anxiety attack
I cried so much during this video...
I've never been able to relate this much and no psychiatrist has ever explained what I'm going through properly. Thank you so much for this series, this particular episode actually gave me the words to explain how I'm feeling...
OCD is horrendous but you can fully recover and be symptom free. I am!
AS SOMEONE WITH OCD THANK U FOR THE RECOGNITION
IKR
yesss
The way they explained is right on point and its comforting to know you’re not alone.
IKRR
SAME THANKS ANTHONY
To anyone with OCD, i’m sorry about how much many of us have downplayed OCD or made a joke abt having it. :(
I really don't care
@@nickdub6058 k keep that to yourself bud, that’s disappointing
@@katiepham2469 The only thing disappointing, is you thinking I'm going to let something so little affect me.
@@nickdub6058 cool i hope you at least learned something from the video :)
It's ok, it can just be pretty annoying sometimes and get in people's heads. One of my main obsessions atm is whether I'm faking it all for attention, even though I don't talk about it often. But I don't trust myself to keep my mouth shut in the future, and what if people are gonna hate me for "faking it". Cuz you can never accurately know whether you actually have it and are just managing it well or you're just a paranoid perfectionist. And you can never know what is the normal level of stress and obsession for a person, so you don't know how close you are to that. Anyway, thank you for educating yourself
I have mental contamination as well. Luke described it perfectly. It's definitely my worst form of OCD as well. It makes life a living hell very often.