OCD isn’t just about cleaning and I see so many comments saying things related to that. OCD is anything that you obsess over or about. It can be a person, an item, a process, literally it goes way beyond “germs and contingent”. I was diagnosed ocd do to the fact I obsess over literally everything & anyone that brings good serotonin
I only learned within the last year that there's a very good chance I have been living with OCD since I was a kid and have been calling it anxiety and possibly even got misdiagnosed with anxiety instead due to the fact that majority of what I experience to be OCD symptoms is all within my thought process. It also took me months to accept that knowledge and reach out to my doctor for a referral to a psychiatrist. And to think what started my process of educating myself on OCD was a TikTok post. It's intriguing how much society influences our life's.
For years I’ve struggled with OCD tendencies but I thought since I didn’t count steps or have physical compulsions that meant I couldn’t be experiencing ocd. This was so enlightening.
Me too. Today I had an epiphany realizing that rumination and intrusive thoughts have controlled literally my entire life. I can't even fully wrap my head around how much makes sense now.
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Please does anyone know where I can get them? I put so much on my plate and it really affects my stress and anxiety levels, I would love to try shrooms
My therapist told me that my OCD was related to have ADHD. It didn't make sense at first, but after some time I realized that checking several times to see if electrical gadgets had been turned off before leaving my house, checking several times to see if I had my phone, pocket book in bag and all needed items before leaving, driving back after a few miles down the road to check to see if I had locked the door.. or even closed it or to see if my oven was on... was because I, indeed, had forgotten these and been in difficult situations because of forgetting. I am an obsessive list maker.
I can relate to that!! I have ADHD as well and my psychiatrist also said that I might have a perfectionistic personality disorder or OCD, but I kinda disagreed with her because I don't have the typical OCD compulsions we've learned to understand growing up. However, I am very obsessive over tiny details to the point that it obstructs whatever I try to do. For example, if I want to work on a project, my working table have to be in a specific way, my chair has to support my back in a specific way, if ONE thing is out of place, I will keep on tweaking until it's perfect, but even then, I'll just end up frustrated(where the ADHD emotional dysregulation comes in) and give up before even doing anything.
@@dsakurai This sounds very much like perfectionistic OCD to me! I'm an OCD survivor of 40 years and, imho, I agree with your Dr.'s diagnosis. Perhaps ERP would be helpful for you. Wishing you all the best in your healing journey!
It could also just be stress. If you are stressed you are not present and aren't registering what you are doing. And on top of that when you are stressed you will be more susceptible to anxiety over that very same thing. Everything isn't adhd, probably nothing is. I'm saying this as someone "diagnosed with adhd" and hurt by the "medicine", psychiatry is incompetent and irresponsible. And videos like these aren't helping. They might seem to, but in the long run they don't. Everything isn't pathology, most things are circumstantial and based on trauma and lifestyle, stressors, sleep, exercise, diet etc.
OCD can manifest in four main ways: contamination/washing, doubt/checking, ordering/arranging, and unacceptable/taboo thoughts. Obsessions and compulsions that revolve about contamination and germs are the most common type of OCD, but OCD can cover a wide range of topics.
can contamination OCD be non-germ related? I'm okay with germs, but i'm constantly on hyper alert if a tomato or tomato product has been touching anything near me.
@@Avbitten it can be, yes. Compulsions for that could be to keep checking to make sure that there is not a tomato product near you due to the obsessive anxiety about if tomato products have contaminated the surfaces around you or you itself. It's easy to get caught up with the specific themes (think: subtype) when a lot of them have a fair amount of overlap because OCD is OCD and it's common to experience multiple themes or to experience things that don't fit neatly into one theme. Focus on the patterns if you're trying to determine if you have OCD rather than the specific themes so you can notice what may be an obsession and what may be the compulsion for that. There doesn't have to be a logical reason for the obsession and the compulsions tend to be excessive given the situation/scenario.
@@mariajamali9029 that sounds like a stalker who is obsessed with you and you only .. so no I wouldn’t class that as OCD ..I’d class that as somebody that could be dangerous ..I’d report them to police ..Stay safe
I love how Dr. Yup herself suffers from OCD and is simultaneously also the expert in it. I am a med student and i often feel inclined towards psychiatry but i worry my anxiety and PTSD would get in the way. But i love how she took the power onto herself and is now helping others do the same❤
I don't think PTSD and anxiety would be a hinderance, but as a former psych patient, psychiatrists see some pretty fricked up stuff. You never really know what it's like to talk to someone who's psychotic and deluded until you're actually in front of them. Just make sure you can take it in and not let it cause you sleepless nights ^^
I want to thank you for making these videos. They helped me so much to understand myself. I've had OCD since I was a teenager. I never really understood it, no one ever helped me. It got worse a few years ago, so when I found out this channel and started learning more about OCD, it was a blessing to finally understand what was going on. I took an appointment with a psychologist and now, a year after, I feel so much better. It has taken me over 15 years to get diagnosed. It's an everyday fight. I want to say to people with OCD, you're not alone. Be kind to yourself, take your time to feel better, baby steps are great. Allow yourself to see the right psychologist who's truly going to help you, who'll never judge you and find the right therapy for you to follow.
Agree with you and to realise you aren't alone is useful too, I started full on OCD when I was having my first child, it got really intense in the early years, brought on I think by an acute anxiety over a few things, intrusive thoughts, having to perform daily rituals it is a lonely and at times exhausting experience, I don't know about you but I knew it was not a rational thing to be or do but the compulsion would keep it going - it takes many years later to understand this is a lot more common than I ever thought, and that in itself has helped remove a lot of the shame I had in the early years. It must stem from childhood experiences, biology or a predisposition to anxiety - glad you got to understand it better, and all the best to you 👍
I am not sure whom you pray to but just saying if you will talk an pray to Jehovah God he can heal you nothing else ever will no meds no counselor no doctor they can help with the symptoms but they can’t problem It is childhood or adult trauma or both that causes the anxiousness O’Brein the body keeps the score example if you’ve been childhood I’ve been into toxic relationships in your adulthood and it has been basically what they referred to as narcissistic abuse does causes anxiety ex depression and the only way of healing is to walk with Jehovah God which is what I have been doing for four years unfortunately I was misled by Satan but there again Jesus Christ save me once again from a new age practice and now I’m on my journey with him through him for him no matter how hard it gets I’ll never leave the path is not easy but with him it is durable so pray Jehovah is your only healer there is no Doctor No counselor no therapist that can heal the soul and the spirit body in mind all the God Jehovah God sending lots of prayers to you love and light
When I told the closest people to me that I had OCD, I had several responses of -no you don’t - you don’t have OCD, for me I felt so very alone and invalidated….I still often do. It really is a severely distressing thing to live with 😢. Please don’t ever say these things to someone who tells you they have OCD.
I told one of my friends I thought I might be ADHD. She said “Of course you do, we’re friends, and I have it too.” It was an eye opening moment because I realized she, and many of the friends I’ve had through out my life, are nero-divergent to some degree or other and those were the people I felt most comfortable with because I didn’t feel the need to mask around them. It just became another piece of the puzzle for me. There are people I haven’t talked to about because I know they’ll brush it off. Mostly I’ve found that when I explain to them what ADHD really is and clear away some misconceptions and tell them the symptoms I see in myself then it clicks. When I told my husband he dismissed it right away saying he has ADHD and I don’t have the same symptoms, but it can look different from person to person so I pointed out the symptoms I do have, like how he keeps telling me I’m overly sensitive. Then it clicked and he was able to see it too.
Yes. It is very harmful when someone is vulnerable about their life to dismiss and deny their experience. I am so sorry you had people respond that way. My mom always told me I wasn't depressed because I had nothing in life to be unhappy about. She never understood that the thing making me feel hopelessly trapped and as if nothing could ever improve was being stuck with her as a parent.
Were those two invalidating 1/2 wits therapists? Took me 40 years on the planet to learn to validate myself. Hope you’re able to do the same! Keep working on yourself; and surround yourself with kind and empathetic people.
"...all in the service of getting at certainty. OCD and anxiety thrive on doubt and the purpose of these mental compulsions is to get absolute truth." So simple, so spot on.
I always wondered if the mental checking was an OCD thing for me. In second grade my mom had to talk to my teacher about letting me skip out in the timed times table tests we did daily. You had to finish your page of math problems perfectly before you'd get the next sheet of problems, the idea being to get so automatic that one would barely have to think about the answer. But for me, it didn't matter if it was 2x2 or 7x9, I'd have to check and recheck my answer, adding it and then counting it over and over and over... and over. Add to that the anxiety of the timed aspect and it was even worse.
Best video about OCD I have seen! This video really does capture the essence and nature of the different aspects of OCD. The Pure O, the absolute truths, the checking of your work, the ruminating! Highlighting the parts of OCD that cannot be seen hopefully shows people how painful OCD really is, not just someone who likes to clean.
Yep... I live a mentally ocd existence. I think because of my adhd and that worry your doing something wrong, forgetting things ect. Now this may sound weird. But doing an awful job at repairing something that's not toooooo important, is a fabulous hobby that cures a bit of the anxiety! Starting is tricky, but, when you get going and your mind starts to focus on task at hand it's fun! Because 1. It dose not matter! If it doesn't work no big deal 2! If it works, it's rewarding! REWARDING.... helps us learn! Learning to "try anyway" for fun! Helps us start projects and find there is no consequence for failure. I like to think of my dodgy fixing projects as art!
Thank you for emphasizing the meaning. I've been having intrusive thoughts, and ruminations happen every time in my brain, very interfering with everyday life. Difficult to focus on work, and fall asleep, is definitely a time waster. I often told myself to use the "Just do It" approach to stop thinking and get into action. But just a cycle, it disappears and reappears. Worrying about anything and still finding my way to overcome this even nowadays.
I was diagnosed with a generalized anxiety disorder, but I sometimes wonder about OCD. I have these obsessive ruminating thoughts often regarding work and just general life. I worry so much about everything that I just figure it's due to having an anxiety disorder. I can relate to the perfectionism, because at work it takes time for me just to send an email because I reread often and worry about if I get my words right. Also, I avoid the phones because I worry that I may confuse people or misspeak, or my voice doesn't sound right. I want to make sure that I'm doing the best that I can and when I mess something up I beat myself up about it for days or weeks. My nerves are really bad so I bit my nails often and the inside of my cheeks, and sometimes pick at my skin. I guess I fear failure or that I'm just not good enough. I often have problems sleeping through the night. I find it hard to relax, people say to me just relax and telling me that is like saying don't breath, I have to breath and my thoughts just keep going. But I've been having these issues all my life so I should be use to this but here I am middle aged and it's tiring.
after suffering it undiagnosed for a few years when I got the diagnosis everything I've been going through made so much sense, I was so exhausted from ruminating 24/7 I thought I was losing my mind, thankfully with the right treatment i am starting to make some progress
Wow! I suffer from severe anxiety and never considered that I might have OCD. But after this explanation I may have OCD. I definitely have intrusive thoughts that I need to do something perfectly to avoid a negative reaction or consequences by checking countless times. Anxiety like OCD, in my opinion, are extremely difficult abnormalities to understand and get rid of!
It will be fine. Try to analyse your life. In my opinion, you have some troubles and because you're not fixing your problems in real life, you have these thoughts. Take care.
Me too I can tell I have a mental disorder I just don't know what. It is torture . Seriously. I would not wish mental illness on anyone and I will never judge . People look at me like they're so happy I'm suffering. They're so glad . Smh
So sorry to hear. Keep your head up. You got this. Hope you have a great day! God bless and the Lord Jesus loves you unconditionally and is willing to help
It takes 17 years to even know what label pertains to us. Wow no wonder it’s taken me forever to become self aware. At least I’ve been on a consistent path of researching my family of origin dynamics which is the core to all of our issues.
I thought I was the only one dealing first with physical and then with mental compulsions and urges through logic and "absolute truths". I feel validated. :D Thank you!
I'm honestly keeping back tears hearing this. I feel like for years I've been struggling with this intense need to avoid the big catastrophe and everything falling apart (from things like me not including the necessary info in an email - lmao .....) I sent this video to my therapist cause this week we are going IN on exploring if this could be what I'm dealing with. I've had anxiety that's been very present since I was a teen and have always been a perfectionist.
How do you turn it into a positive? My anxiety is always so negative. I want to learn to live with it. Its not going to go away. I've tried everything. So how can I turn it in a positive thing instead
@@el-bk6tw I don't know too much about it, and nothing about you, but I think the concept is simple enough. Live authentically, don't deny or hide away yourself etc. I think Gabor Mate has talks about this on youtube. I would also look into childhood trauma. Patrick Teahan makes a lot of sense around this. There's a need for reparenting yourself, to foster a feeling of safety and self-confidence. Other than that, exercise like hell. This is THE best say to alleviate anxiety and replacing it with feel good hormones. You may have vitamine deficiencies, hormone deficiencies if you've lived with it for a long time. Try and de-stress in every healthy way possible.
my OCD was treated as anxiety and it made me constantly afraid of becoming my worst fears. most of the treatment i did get was centered around perfectionism.
Thank you for this! I had a psychology teacher who was absolutely flabbergasted when we were talking about OCD in class and I told him I have it. I was diagnosed as a child so talking about it is not a big deal for me, not embarrassing. Anyways he almost didn't believe me because he had a student previously who disclosed he had OCD and before class would come in and arrange things and straighten them. Apparently because I didn't do that it was bizarre lol. Even people who should understand it in theory often don't really get it and ai think that causes a big problem too because people will go to a professional and get bad information.
Diagnosed with cptsd, bpd, abandonment issues, codependency from years of physical and mental torture as a child. Now at 65, I can give you hundreds of detailed reasons why my trauma therapist is not trying to help me even though she insist she is. After a year and a half, Only allowed 2 appointments per month. Way to much ruminating time in-between. I think therapy is causing more harm than good. Ps, first 6 months were great, app. Once a week.
A lot of therapists, psychologes, psychiatrists have no clue what they are doing. I figured the following things that can happen with any of those>>> They do not know much. They have no clue, what they are doing. They have no insight, low emotional intelligence, low IQ, not able to grasp what you' re saying, bad i judging, have no depth, are supperficial, projection, non empathic, themselves autistic, have personality disorders, no insight in their own problems and own background. They only care about their own benefits, earning money. Only care about their own power and control over you. Abuse their power. No recognition of what is autism, adhd/add, psychopathy, narcissism and so on, learning disabilities. Not recognizing, that your mental problems are caused by nutrient deficienties, molds, toxins, gut/brain relation issues. Not recognizing you have medical issues, like lyme disease, CFS, auto immune dideases, dementia and so on... Not recognizing you being abused, in a toxic relationship. Are only interrested to deal drugs/meds. Are not interrested in you as a person, not interrested in you helping yourself, guiding, reflecting, analizing correctly. Not knowing what to do with emotions, feelings. Not knowing how to put you at ease, comforting you, being there for you in a non judging way. Not building you up. I allways ended totally disapointed, lost, and was even worse, then before going to them. In fact, i get worse, when i go to them. In my case, it was mandatory to get state benefits for invalidity to just survive. My physical health related issues, where allways brushed off as even psychological, so...even doctors did not took the energy, time to investigate my issues deeply. So i was never treated in a good way to even get my physical issues right. Even the diagnosis was flawed everywhere. The result is i fall apart and i am sick all my life with a plethora of issues. But they said, it is in my head. And they never figured out, i had asperger syndrome ( autism spectrum disorder ), ocd, add, learning disorders, discalculia, abused in many ways, traumas that where never really adressed, mourning issues, chronic depression, cptsd, sexually/mentally abused and so on. Terribly sad, traumatized by the death of my father. Never adressed i had a childhood not very common. Never felt accepted safe in the country i live in, due to my nationality. I could go on and on and on. It seems they do not really care, as long they get their money earned in an easy lazy way, without being affraid to lose their job, because of bad performance. They are never supervised (or allways backed up by other with the same proffession, so they protect eachothers mistakes and hide them under the carpet, by manipulating, and so on... ), how good they are in their job either, their lack of knowledge, good service, intentions, so basically, they can perform and do or not do, whatever they want. I now laugh hysterically, because i have to admit, if i had so poorly employees in my company, with so bad insight, results, ethics, knowledge..., i woul fire them all...! From the first moment they like to sell their medications. I have to admit..., i laugh now hysterically, because i guess they are mostly 'drugdealers' and loooove to sell their goodies to us. And their big boss is 'the pharma industrie' headquarter supperviser. I have now a very strong gut feeling, they are just DEALERS, and that is legal to do so. Terrible drugs they deal. Nobody realized i have sugar problems, heart issues, pots, neurological issues ( tremors >>> like my mother all her life! ). They thought this tremors are just stress. CFS, lyme disease. I lived in moldy environments. Lived in toxic chemical fumes as a child for years. Never drank water from childhood ( my mother gave me only chocolat milk! Grape fruit juice ) and later i drank sodas, milk...Never had breastfeeding. I quit never ate healthy nutritious foods for the most part at home or very limited variety. I could go on and on and on. In my country..., it is a real hopeless mess to find a good therapist, psychiatrist, doctors, professors and so on, even for the basics. For knowledge, i need to see youtube, like this and many others, about a broad spectrum of topics. From psycology, health, nutrition, sociology, criminology, toxicology, molds, parasites and on and on, to just understand a fraction of what is going on. I figured that add/adhd, autism, ocd, schizophrenia, bipolar, suicidal thoughts, depression are basically also related to nutritional deficienties, wrong eating/drinking habbits, toxins/chemicals, molds, gut/brain related issues and gut biome, worms, parasites and other besties in your body, that are just causing a lot of psychiatric issues and so on. Of course, she will not mention this here. Kind regards.
@@heide-raquelfuss5580 You're absolutely right!!! Thank You for taking the time to respond. May you be filled to overflowing an unlimited abundance of Peace, Love, and Light, beloved sister. 🙏✌️💖💖💖🌞🌞🌞🐬🐳
I'm a perfecionist in the workplace. But ever since I started working this new job, my boss has been coming behind me and pointing out everything I'm doing wrong down to the way I stand. Now I deal with PTSD intrusive thoughts thinking "She's going to get mad if I do this, but she's going to be mad if I do that." and it's affected my work so much to the point I can't get anything done anymore and, to her, it looks like I'm not doing my job, which causes even more mental strain on my part.
Wow I’m so grateful I read all this comments and get to yours I have the same history I work in mental health clinic and my supervisor she is OCD, hard worker person perfectionist, and also I work Hard Plus I really Love my Job but remember No body is perfectionist and that is the Bigger problem, she treats me just the way your boss was treating you but because I LOVE my job and what I do I can deal with her and I pray for her always with all my heart I wish you all the best💛
This is a super helpful video! Just recently I realized that the issues I had in college and in my professional work were probably a result of OCD, anxiety and perfectionism. I was in QA in the pharmaceutical industry. I had to check other peoples work to make sure they didn't do something wrong during manufacturing, so a product would not get recalled or the company shut down by FDA. Not a good profession for someone with OCD. Wondering if there is a correlation between parenting styles and kids developing OCD and anxiety disorders? My mom was punitive, especially with regard to making mistakes. Years later, once when I reprimanded my husband for a mistake he had made, he said "People make mistakes. You make it sound like it is a crime to a mistake". It was when I was growing up - I was expected to be perfect.
I think a lot of things that are being pathologized are childhood trauma wrapped up in different packages. It sounds like you have found the root to work on.
I do some of these same things (like constantly rechecking my work) and love to have things perfect and in order, but was never diagnosed OCD. However, I do suffer from anxiety and depression and have a teenage daughter who seems to be picking up on some of my habits, but with a tendency to be a bit more "OCD" at times (checking over & over for a spider or making sure every piece of hair is off her clothing). I found it quite interesting how you put those ideas together and just thought I'd share my experience :) (BTW I also did really well in school growing up and if I brought home a "B or C", it wouldn't have been a major deal, just a simple "oh what happened?". My parents were amazing and I don't believe there was any intent or malice there, just another interesting connection made...)
I do data verification for a pharma company. I actually feel like in a way it's a good job for me because for once my tendency to look for mistakes, for something being wrong, comes in handy. My therapist says I have anxiety, obsessive/compulsive tendencies and am "very in my head", so yeah...I guess I ruminate a lot. Hope you found a job/profession that suits your brain/personality at this point in time.
@@oksanakaido8437 Glad to hear that you feel is a strength for your profession! I retired and now have a pretty successful small business making jewelry and sell it online, so that creativity makes me happy and people like the detail and quality of my work.
@@Wendathena I'm not sure if I want to do it my whole career, but I don't have any better ideas, so I'm kind of letting life happen, haha. I can either try to change how my mind works or look on the bright side. That jewelry business sounds amazing! Finding an interest/passion AND then following it isn't easy, so good on you!
I think that ocd has roots in control. Trying to assert control over things you cant really control. My personal ocd tendencies are about magical thinking and trying to control my life through my thoughts as well social anxiety. And are rooted in my childhood.
I actually started to tear up a bit because I feel like I’m not going crazy. I knew something was wrong with me but I never knew what it was. I thought my symptoms were barely there but I had a sudden burst of realization and I didn’t think of all the things before because it was so normalized in my life I didn’t think that was a part of it. Obviously it’s not good to self diagnose but if it’s not this then idk what is.
me too. i actually only knew i have ocd after watching an anime ep (about compulsive counting) and god that feeling of not being crazy anymore. it's good
Don’t worry too much about the self diagnosing , I know for a fact I have adhd but I don’t have medical insurance to even see a therapist/doctor or whoever, but knowing my symptoms and seeing what others have been done or are doing is helping. Do what’s best for you ❤
Self-diagnosis is completely valid if you've done extensive research (as opposed to seeing a few TikTok videos and thinking, 'That's so me!') As the person above me said, acquiring a diagnosis is very expensive; don't feel that you're required to get one whether you can't afford it or just don't want one :) Also, I see a fellow MOA. Have a wonderful day/night!!
Thank you Dr. Jenny Yip and MedCircle. I am watching and commenting a second time, 5 months apart. I love hearing Dr. Yip talk about this topic as she is personally affected by OCD.
I’ve struggled with increasing anxiety throughout my whole like and looking back I realize I had some mild OCD as well, even from a child. It seems like the compulsions are an effort to control my environment in order to reduce my anxiety. And work is the place where I have the least control, so naturally it’s where I have a lot of anxiety. It’s exhausting.
This was very enlightening and will give me something to mention to my therapist. I thought my anxiety was just that bad but didn't realize how it's more OCD symptoms than anxiety. I learn something new about myself almost everyday. It's a huge learning process.
I spend SOOO much time making sure emails are perfect!! I read in a book how to make conversation more issue based and not individual based. (Don't use I/you, using verbs as sentence starters, etc. "Increasing productivity will support the team goal...") I have not finished college but I work with highly educated people. I thought my ruminations were driven by educational insecurities. But I do the same thing with emails not related to work. I have ADD and now I wonder if this is a key indicator of a secondary condition.
The diagnoses I got (can't start with "I" lol, researching and studying my whole life about psychology, human behaviour, analyzing body language and all that) are cptsd and depression. I always knew it before I got diagnosed. For a while I've suspected I might have autism, add and ocd. There's so much overlap. Making lists daily, getting overwhelmed, paralyzed, procrastinate, executive dysfunction... Doctor told me I have restless legs and fibromyalgia, I'm tired. Obsessed to find out what's wrong with me, they reassure me there's nothing wrong with me. The waiting lists are endlessly long. These days I'm really confused.
It would be great for you guys to discuss eating disorders and OCD- it’s a different type of OCD. Nobody really talks about it. Also, would be nice if you had someone in who talked about eating disorders.
A very clear distinction is that OCD is irrational. OCD causes you to obsess over very unlikely things and develop fear related to certain things or subjects. OCD also causes you to avoid certain things to relieve anxiety, but that in turn causes anxiety which causes you to perform a compulsion.
I remember growing up, I thought I might have had ocd but wasn't sure. I knew I was super specific about doing the dishes(once started crying bc my drying rag was too wet), and there were certain things I felt I had to do or correct otherwise I felt anxious, but they weren't super life changing. But when I learned that intrusive thoughts were a symptom of ocd, i knew for sure I had it. "You mean these non-stop, distressing, distracting, and life ruining intrusive thoughts are ocd? Huh...." though they've gotten so much better since I started to learn to handle them and work through what I was going through
4:37 I was waiting for “Pure O OCD” to be acknowledged but it was explained so well at 5:29. It was put very well; misnomer is right. It’s more like “OCD with internalized compulsions.” I wonder if this shift in language would help someone out there who was diagnosed with “Pure O” or if it’s inconsequential in the treatment.
Thank you for this video I have been suffering from OCD since I was very young and I didn't know what it was until I was in High School and I was reading a book on mental health disorders.
OCD is extremely tiring I feel like this is important to mention. Not only does having intrusive thoughts scare the shit out of you, but you repeat them, it's like being a broken record. And also, obsessive cleaning and worrying can make you feel like you have no hope because you feel like you're being possessed.
What a fantastic video! I learned so much about myself through this education. Wow. Very informative and helpful! The first step to improving is to see these issues in oneself! Thank you!
I have OCD, ADHDand anxiety. These complex disorders is not easy and it's like living hell. I'm also an empath. OCD is really debilitating. I've been embarrassed by it through all my life but as I got older, I've accepted my condition and learning ways to heal and cope through therapy and discernment. Now my symptoms are lessened and improved. I had developed ticks when I was a child and eventually outgrew it. It's really a rollercoaster challenging journey. Loving yourself also plays a big role because you are more likely to take good care of your self and be self aware. It's a complex disorder and it may take a lifetime to heal and be okay with it.
I was diagnosed with OCD because I have a compulsion to plan what to do if my loved ones die. It's not just a once in a while thought it's daily. I also repeat random sentences in my head over and over until it's interrupted; usually signs I see when driving.
A nurse had an anaphylaxis reaction and was not attended to properly at hospital. She coded while in critical condition and had a near death experience. in her own words: "He shows me the bad . And it was this woman that I worked with who was terrible. If you were a patient you didn't want that nurse. If you were working a hall you didn't want to work it with her. And she was just kind of......it just didn't feel like she was very attentive to her patients. I was always answering her call lights and her IV alarms and I never said anything negative to her, never talked about her because I hate gossip but, in my heart I was holding this over her. And God flashed back and showed me her entire life..... showed me the things that her dad had done to her for years and, I mean, it was amazing she wasn't a psychopath. And here, having been used her whole life, what does does decide to dedicate her career to? Helping other people. And I'm like, 'is she doing a great job? No. But...... considering where she came from she's doing great.' And God's like, "You have to control your thoughts. You're having all these negative thoughts about her. And that has energy and you're putting in on her and you're making it harder for her to be who I intended her to be. You're chaining her." And I felt so bad, I thought I was doing so well by not speaking those things.... and not gossiping.... and not being hateful to people. But if you're walking around harboring it, you're injuring them just the same. And he's like, you have to look for in the good in her and capitalize on that and then I felt so bad that I hadn't done that because I had such an opportunity to do that." Nurse who went through a near death experience caused by anaphylaxis and not being taken seriously at hospital.
Good Lord, this lady just explained my whole life. I have ADHD and went undiagnosed for 44 years which caused a lot of anxiety but I definitely have compulsive behavior. I check for my phone constantly. It’s so bad, even while I was typing this, because I mentioned checking for my phone, I immediately felt the urge to check for my phone, almost like a panic. I’m on my phone🤓. This happens a lot. I do the same with my keys, my bag, and even my kids’ things. I’m constantly checking if they have their coats, phones, everything!! But is that really OCD? Isn’t it like a requirement that it interferes with your life? I mean I do obsess over it and have to check but it doesn’t stop me from doing other things. Wow. At 44 diagnosed ADHD, 45 diagnosed visual snow syndrome (that I had my whole life and didn’t know it wasn’t normal), now 46 and possibly OCD. Being Gen X is so hard. We had no info back in the day 🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️😅😂😂
My son has intrusive thoughts OCD ..so his thoughts are very dark and if he doesn’t complete a ritual he thinks something bad is going to happen.. It’s absolutely horrendous…the rituals drive him and I crazy ..he involves me in them .. he went from an 11 year old with age appropriate motor skills to basically a toddler again because everything he does revolves around his OCD and rituals …he’s now 17 and his OCD has got worse over the years …he also has ADHD and ODD…and was diagnosed with them age 5 …then the OCD hit at around 11 years old..and that’s been a killer ..i wouldn’t wish it upon anyone…I think there needs to be more awareness surrounding it as it’s not talked about or understood as much as like Autism and other mental illnesses .. and there’s different types so it can’t be put into 1 category…but for the sufferer it’s torturous…
I don’t think autism is understood like it could be, but overall I don’t think we should combat the neurodivergent types against one other. It’s very harmful as many disorders are still being understood and the public has very simple and inaccurate views of many out there. When I found out that I might have autism, along with my anxiety, depression, OCD, and ADHD tendencies, my rituals and routines started to get worse causing me to develop IBS because of all the stress I was mentally ruminating, so I understand completely what your son is going through, and I hope he gets better!
@@EmmaDilemma039 aww thank you for your kind words 🙏🏼♥️.it’s just so heartbreaking to watch him suffer and as a mother I just wish I could fix it for him…x
I'm rather lucky my mom is a psychologist who quickly recognized when I developed OCD tendencies in 5th grade. I could not sit on any chair without putting my jacket over it, I could not finish a meal fully I always needed to have a section of it not fully eaten (I still do this completely to this day), I felt like someone had infected me if I touched an object they gave me (like if someone handed me a pencil it felt like I had touched a burning coal and I had to drop it). My reason for all these things? I genuinely felt like if I did those things people could read my mind and mind control me. It sounds so utterly ridiculous, but in 5th grade I had just moved to a new place and I didn't feel safe. I felt suspicious of those around me and I was positive if I touched things they touched, ate things they made, sat in chairs they sat in, they could use it to infiltrate my brain. To some extent I still have those things, they fluctuate between extremely bad and kinda baseline bad. But I'm lucky my mom identified me developing these things and she tried to curb them early by showing me an ocd diagram and training me to stop doing those compulsions. For chairs it worked for the most part, I still have trouble sitting in chairs I have visibly seen another person in before, but I don't think about it too much if it's a chair I didn't see anyone else in. I still do the food thing, that's extremely hard for me to stop. I still do the object thing to some extent but I'm able to hold onto them for longer, I just need to clean my hands after. I am not diagnosed with ocd tho, I just really relate to those intrusive thoughts and compulsions. It's hard to talk about because it sounds so absurd and untrue.
the only one that really resonates is the ruminating. I'm super into astrology, and i can easily pick things apart and put them together in a way that helps my brain understand (virgoooo) and i also love to write stories... and one example of me ruminating, not so much because i expect something bad to happen but simply because i was to be accurate about my characters, so i try to write down their astrology placements without fully, completely understanding it. I know a lot, but astrology goes deep, and the deeper i go into understanding, the deeper i go into this cycle of deleting old astrology placements ive picked out to replace it with something else, or thinking too much about one placement. I could spend an entire day doing that, and im left feeling so drained and overstimulated and just exhausted... im glad to now know what this is so i can stop overthinking.
Hi. Dont get me wrong but astrology as we know it its a fallacy. În the beggining it really was about watching the moving of planets and stars and their effects on the planet. Sure that impacted us too în a way, but not as they have made it to look. We actually dont have a specific sign, its just made up by some crooks, just like there are many gurus out there and many new age teachers. I have been searching through all those domains and they are false. Take care and know that you dont need astrology at all. I do hope I wont upset you în any way by sharing this with you.
OMG!!! minute 10:09 got me....i've been replaying and replaying and replaying this video to make sure i got the information right....while procastinating at work....because it's not perfect...i've been struggling pretty bad with OCD, i am not able to go out on trips because how scary it is for me to think in all the possible ways i could die on the way to some other place : ( i am also thinking all the time about getting fired, it is hell! And i agree i'ts super bad to hear other people saying "im so OCD" as if it where something cute or good when it's not, at all.
I know and have known (good friend, ex-gril-friend for years) people with OCD. In this video I see two highly functioning people with jobs talking about very detailed specifics of experiencing thoughts and feelings labeled OCD, talking about 'we'. The people I know weren't able to keep their jobs or even get one because of OCD. My girlfriend was fired four times within a few years. Every time things started great, but after half a year things got irritating, mutual expectations not being met and after a years things had escalated and she was fired. A good friend of mine wasn't able to leave the house anymore because of 'ridiculous' fears and the need four repetitive routines, like making up the bed four times in a row, only stepping on the white stripes of the crosswalk or closing all the doors, windows and curtains of one side of the house because of a sign 'House for sale' for now maybe she'd get people with a dog or loud noisy children in the block, and the sign triggered that fear. Mind you, her husband and children had to respect this too, they weren't allowed to get into the garden anymore, same side of the house. So I think this video is about only a small group of people with (mild?) OCD, for it is very hard to keep a job once you have it. To understand OCD I think you need to include people that are not high functioning (anymore).
we don't know their stories, the doctor at the end clearly states that she's able to cope nowadays, but who knows if that always was the case but people with severe ocd don't really doubt their diagnosis or are confused if it's ocd or anxiety, which is the content of this video
This is really good to hear. For the past five or ten years I've noticed that I can spend much longer on emails than I need to and my emails are way too long and detailed compared to all of my co-workers. and what I realized was that I try to anticipate and account for every question they can have in response to my email. and it's just an automatic thing. I've really only just started to change my behavior but it's just good to be aware of. it it's something that's been wired in to me for so long.
Literally spent an hour typing, deleting, typing, editing, retyping a reply to my manager prior to watching this video. My house is also in disarray due to my perfectionism and procrastination. I have to almost remove everything from the room and clean and put it all back correctly for it to be my “done”. Until I find the drive to do that, the dust and hoard keeps collecting. Then it’s overwhelming. Then I literally hate myself. It’s like I’m living with a monster inside my brain and body. It sucks the life and energy out of me.
Omg I did that today! Or every 6mos or so. I will take everything down then reorganize but immediately feel dread and regret so then I sulk because I’ve removed all this shit and didn’t plan on doing so much. Now I can’t get out of bed and the decision I made is messing with me but also the mess is setting me off.
Oh my gosh. @5:50 I recently told my therapist “I’m very absolutist and need a black or white answer and need the absolute truth” and now hearing this I’m like wow that’s the OCD talking. No wonder my therapist takes so many notes haha. Also, here’s for anyone who does their compulsions mentally. I used to manifest them physically a lot more when I was younger. It took me 15 years to seek the right help-all day every day, every minute I am constantly counting and it is a type of torment. (I can see some evangelical Christian telling me I need their Jewish man idol to be SAVED from DEMONS!!!) but it’s not in a painful way. It’s just mentally exhausting and it’s honestly now become something of a background noise to be constantly counting. I hope to do a video with a voiceover to show others what it’s like living with contamination, ruminating and intrusive thoughts, as well as sexual questioning and counting OCD. Feel better my peeps. Remember you are special and beautiful no matter your brain wiring and chemistry. ❤
OCD is a mental disability with no cure. Sadly it usually stems from trauma if it starts in childhood. Mine started in 1986, and it is something that still bothers me. There have been times it is not as bad, and other times it is very bad...but it is always there sadly. Many people with OCD can't hold jobs, can't function in public, are hyper sensitive, are not as cut throat as the real world which is why we are hyper sensitive, and sadly they feel if they do not to what their "compulsions tell them to do, they fear something negative will happen. If something negative does happen, they think it was because they ignored their OCD earlier when it was trying to tell them to do something.
I've dealt with OCD in various forms since child hood. It's so hard to exist in this anxious ridden doubting. Co morbidities make it harder. There is hope and I'm still working on it.
This was so eye opening. My psychiatrist thinks that I’m just saying I have OCD because it’s a popular lingo. I don’t have the physical symptoms like my dad, but every single other thing she mentioned, I ticked the box.
I am obsessed with body lotion, I need one with me all the time even when I’m sleeping, it needs to be by my side. If I run out of body lotion, I panic, I feel uncomfortable and I’d do everything I can to get a new bottle of lotion, even if it means going out to the convenience store late at night. Throughout the years, I develop a new obsessions, one is having a glass of water at night besides my bed, I rarely drink it, I just want it to be there, if I don’t see a glass of water, I feel like I’m drowning and I won’t be able to sleep. The most recent obsession I have is with lipbalm, typing all these makes me want to do all these things.
This video reminded me of a very specific memory. When I was in high school, we would sometimes have dress days where you could wear things other than the uniform. I would get so nervous I would do it on the wrong day that I would obsessively check the date and the emails and ask my family to make sure I was reading it right. And when we would be driving up to the school, I would be shaking and looking for other students to make sure I hadn't messed up. I don't know if this counts though
I've been doing this weird thing for years, since I was a kid - anthropomorphizing inanimate objects. I know they aren't "alive" - I'm not delusional or psychotic! But nonetheless I can just look at something and its "personality" instantly registers in my head. It's completely absurd, but it just happens automatically. It drives me nuts because it does affect the way I act and it definitely is intrusive. I mean, I will be choosing tomatoes at the grocery store and I feel sorry for one that I don't want because I imagine it being friends with the one I do want.😂 I know consciously it's ridiculous but the thought is automatic. That's got to be an OCD thing, right? I'm bi-polar (2) and I've told my doctor about this and also about my anxiety and he doesn't seem to think much about it. But it's so ANNOYING and it just happens all the time (I think there are times it happens less, I should pay attention to a pattern.) Anyone simpatico with this?!!
I have watched Nathan Peterson videos on ocd and they are a great help . He has a good atitude to it which has taken the fear out of my ocd He has a saying in one of his videos Maybe it Will Maybe it wont when your worrying about something bad will happen it cuts the fear off and stops the doubting
I am dyslexic and I find myself having to read and reread emails and text messages and letters over and over again because my brain is not processing everything at the same time. But it sounds to me that it may be OCD.🤔
I retired 10 years ago so I'm not "in the work place." Yet my OCD is getting worse and leading to lots of anxiety. I'm 76 and don't know if I'll ever be able to get it under control. My OCD doesn't manifest in hand-washing. It's more a visual and physical thing with mostly my eyes and fingers tracing patterns. I'm scared shitless of going on medication for OCD because of terrible side effects.
I’d never tell workmates or my boss, unfortunately people love to gossip. For example my boss is someone who would not keep it confidential. Engages with other employees to discuss other employees. Sadly this adds to a persons decision to hide their OCD etc
I had an Dr or expert psychologists or psychiatrist whatever it is say my OCD is my overthinking about people fallowing me or talking about me or laugh at me or looking at me. Which triggers anxiety which makes me over think about everything non-stop. Which causes depression which causes me to trigger OCD or anxiety. Or anxiety will trigger OCD or depression and the cycle goes on. Also ADHD makes me lazy which triggers to OCD and anxiety to over think my intelligence because I have dyslexia. My spelling and mixing numbers and rereading everything triggers everything.
I keep looking at that tattoo... Anyways, these videos would have me believe I am a Schizoid OCD person. I am just and introvert who would rather be safe than sorry. Although I am searching because the pandemic changed nothing in my life. I was living the lockdown rules and outdoor rules for most of my life. I try to not interact with people, I always wash my hands and avoid touching my face, I stay as far away from people as possible, and I stay at home for most of the time. Ever since I was young. I always check, double check, and triple check my work. I watched many shows about humans forgetting the smallest detail and having the failure played out. I still don't understand how nobody caught the decay before the Chaplain tower collapse, or the FIU bridge collapse. There is ALMOST ALWAYS a sign! Someone ignores it and is always trying to cut corners. It's my job to stop those people at any job I do. I was once a perfectionist until I failed horribly. Now I can accept that I won't be able to account for everything and things will fall through the cracks. I now see those failures as learning material for the next time. I set a time on myself to get the quality up to 85%, if I have extra time I slowly bring it up to 90%+. I've built the system to get 85% consistently. Re-reading things and retyping some parts is a good thing. In fact, I did it to this to make it hopefully understandable. Took about 30 mins for this. I won't lie I do have a little bit of paranoia, so I always make sure I have all of my work and actions for the day logged somewhere. I don't trust people to do the right thing when the time comes. So, I make sure I have my evidence ready to show. Especially when working with others. Humans can't be trusted they'll do anything to get an advantage over another. That's why I gather evidence on everyone of things that they shouldn't do in the workplace just in case. Yes, I am paying attention to my surroundings while I work. You can learn a lot by simply listening and observing. It's how I can tell who lies. Of course, this was a byproduct on me trying to keep everything safe. So many liars at work... I also can spot sociopaths, narcs and psychopaths easy. I feed them the truth and see what they do with it.
I was never formally diagnosed with OCD. But I’d wake up every few hours to check if my closet door was closed came home always made sure it was closed. Thinking about if I closed it at school…
Hey, understandably it is difficult. But are you open to some suggestions and techniques that involve 30 mins of your daily life? You can discontinue when you are completely healed.
I've had OCD within anxiety, as well as general anxiety for many years. I still have yet to find anything that helps either. I'd much rather have physical crap (which I've had, so I can compare) than mental crap. Physical crap has a definite ending with the right treatment (yes, even the most severe stuff (I know, cause I've healed myself from all kinds of stuff), whereas mental stuff has no guaranteed ending. In my experience the mental crap, ie OCD & anxiety is worse and can only be dealt with for so long before wanting to simply end the misery.
I have dealt with anxiety, depression, and OCD since I was a small child and I know the despair of not seeing an end to suffering in sight. I just wanted to reach out and ask if you are thinking of "ending the misery"? Please don't give up. There are lots of ways that could possibly help and people are learning more all the time.
My whole life I've always felt like, on the brink of disaster, or a sense of "impending doom". I would always have to watch my mom leave for work from the living room window, or I was convinced something bad would happen. I'm always needing reassurance that "I'm okay", and that "we're okay", and that "everything is okay". I'm always concerned I'm fucking things up or something is like one minute from disaster. I have trouble completing things or starting things because I'm too much of a perfectionist and I have a meltdown if whatever I'm doing isn't exactly how it "should" be in my head. My anxiety medicine calmed the constant sense of impending doom that I always have a lot, but, it's all still there and I also do really really poorly whenever a small thing changes in my routine or in what I expect to happen. T_T I thought I just had anxiety, but you're saying I could have OCD?
I feel like when growing up, I was forced to take in a lot of mental thoughts, and I never felt like I was in a safe space to verbalize my thoughts and thinking processes until I was way older. As of lately, I have developed new obsessions, but I think I get paralysis mentally because instead of physically having compulsions a lot of it is mind racing and/or I end up avoiding the issue or I do a series of compulsivity to cope for the obsession. For me, it’s not just one thing, so I don’t know what to think about it
can you talk about the overlap or comorbid OCD and PTSD? as I have healed my PTS, I have found OCD often at the bottom still persisting in those behaviors that triggers the PTS and I get in a downward spiral. I get stuck in flashback loops and wonder if that is OCD 'trying to get it right'? I have also encountered on youtube, folks who feel all OCD is PTS and again, I personally see a lot of overlap and difficulty in teasing the two apart. OCD does run in my family, but so does intergenerational trauma.... My T's perspective is that we are seeing improvement healing the PTS so we will keep on keepin on and address the OCD specifically when it seems to be the core issue. MedCircle does such amazing work, I'd love to hear from your experts since there does seem to be more than one of us that has encountered this comorbidity. Thank you
So little is publicised about OCD. I didn’t know how much I didn’t know until I befriended someone who has OCD and was open to share their experiences. Similarly I didn’t know anything about Autism or ADHD, thanks to the spread of inaccurate stereotypes (which also stops people from realising there are way more of the iceberg under water).
I have really really really really REALLY bad anxiety and I didn’t even know it could be OCD… but these are some behaviors that have directly affected my life lately that I can think off the top of my head. 1. Yesterday I was in class and every 5 minutes I would go to my teacher like “I made a mistake” and he would be like “no actually you’re good there’s no need to be scared you’re doing a great job” and I was really taken aback by him saying that because I didn’t think I was “scared” I thought I needed him to check every step because if he didn’t I would make one simple mistake and would have to start over losing hours of my life (catastrophe). 2. Another thing that’s been happening that now I’m realizing could be OCD is that every monday I’ve been getting panic attacks because I feel like if I go to class without all my work done something horrific will happen, so I’ve missed class 4 times already in the semester and I don’t know what to do because the only way my brain will allow me to go back is if I finish all my work but I also can’t do my work because it gives me too much anxiety not having the teacher there to check that everything’s okay. 3. Whenever I’m stressed and have to start working but my anxiety won’t let me, all I can do is organize. I can’t stop. I might even end up making a bigger mess than before but the goal is always to organize and sort things of a similar function together. It can be physically organizing things or mentally organizing trying to get to the bottom of why I feel the way I do and what can I do to make me feel better. But it’s always just time wasted. Edit: I don’t think I have OCD because since watching this video I’ve investigated a lot about the disorder and have seen people talk about their experience with it and I don’t relate. Basically I have obsessions (maybe compulsions too) and intrusive thoughts but not from OCD, I’m diagnosed with bipolar 1 and from what I understand those behaviors are just coping mechanisms to soothe my anxiety and to get boosts of dopamine.
It really does sound like you have OCD. And at least for me, having an accurate label helps me. It can help get correct treatment and more accurate information. You can be bipolar and also have OCD; they are not exclusive of each other.
I feel like people saying "I'm so OCD" these days, like it's some kind of cool quirk, is the modern version of when people used to say "I'm so anal" or "I'm a control freak". Totally different to OCD. I've had chronic high anxiety since the age of 4. I'm 44 now, and at age 7, I developed OCD. I feel that it developed as a result of my uncontrolled anxiety. I had to touch every single soft toy before bed or "something bad would happen". I always thought my OCD was only mild, because in my late teens I mostly stopped the compulsions. I was too lazy to keep them up, and I also knew deep down they wouldn't really prevent bad things from happening. But then a few years later, I developed motor tics / Tourettic OCD. I have 9 separate motor tics and besides that, despite a lack of outward compulsions, I realised a few years ago that SO many of my thought processes are based on fear and impending doom, and always being careful of what I think, where I look, etc, like for example every night after I go to bed, if my curtains are in the exact right position with no gaps, so the room is nice and dark, I feel relief and relaxed, but a split second later, those feelings are replaced with fear that something bad will happen (like I'm not allowed to ever feel relaxed), and I then have to look up at the little triangle of light that always shows through, or else I fear that the "universe" will think I don't care about bad things happening to my loved ones. So I must acknowledge that bit of light. I don't know why that particular thing became a compulsion.
I'm confused about the differences between GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) and OCD. They sound INCREDIBLY similar at some points (since OCD's got a lot to do with anxiety, and GAD also has ruminations and lots of worry). Rn my therapist thinks I have OCD, but my psychiatrist thinks it's GAD, and now that I'm looking for the differences I notice there seems to be a very thin line between both diagnoses 😵💫
There can be a thin line for some people. GAD is basically anxiety about just about everything but not with the obsessive thoughts or compulsive actions. I personally have both, and you may as well.
when i tell people i have ocd they constantly think oh you like to clean alot or you must be so organized. it isnt being organized i wish it was it is mainly needing constant re assurance i didn't up set them of tapping my feet because if i don't i wont be-able to focus. i am the least organized person anyone will know and it is frustrating to me because everyone puts this lable of being a neat freak on me. I wish there was more information out there like you guys said because too many miss conceptions.
Is there a type of OCD around religious observance and/or the existence of God? I’ve heard people talk about “religious OCD” before, but all the examples seem to be about very specific things in religion-such as fear of sin and praying rituals to assuage that fear-rather than the bigger existential questions
Yes, religion can be a SIGINIFICANT source for obsessions for religious people. A lot of people that suffer from this can obsess of the thought of going to hell, and their compulsion to relieve this distressing fear can be something such as praying 5 times, avoiding "evil" numbers and things, etc. The compulsive (relieving) behaviors are completely subjective to the person's own experience and sense of comfort. For example, some people could find relief from the fear of hell by tapping their fingers in a certain order and number of times. Realistically, to others, that doesn't make sense; but to that person it does and it can cause dysfunctional distress if they don't give in to that compulsion.
It gets on my nerves when people say just because someone likes things a certain way or cleans alot that they are obsessive compulsive disorder. Obsessive compulsive disorder has nothing to do with being a "Neat freak" . It's a way of life. It sucks
I wonder how much of this could go hand in hand with Autism/ADHD. I have been wondering if I have OCD because I obsessively lock doors, check the oven, reread texts and emails and other things like that. But part of the reason I do it is because I don't remember if I actually did do those things, and I reread texts and emails partly because being Autistic means I either have to mask inorder to communicate with people and it's a lot of over compensation to do so, or risk foot in mouth syndrome because people don't understand what I'm saying or take it the wrong way. Its not just fear of catastrophic things happening... i literally have left the house with the oven on. I literally have gotten into huge fights with people because I don't communicate in a nurotypical manner. So is it considered OCD even if the causes and potentially bad outcomes of it are genuinely an issue to be concerned about?
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OCD isn’t just about cleaning and I see so many comments saying things related to that. OCD is anything that you obsess over or about. It can be a person, an item, a process, literally it goes way beyond “germs and contingent”. I was diagnosed ocd do to the fact I obsess over literally everything & anyone that brings good serotonin
It’s so true the general public knows so little about OCD.
I only learned within the last year that there's a very good chance I have been living with OCD since I was a kid and have been calling it anxiety and possibly even got misdiagnosed with anxiety instead due to the fact that majority of what I experience to be OCD symptoms is all within my thought process.
It also took me months to accept that knowledge and reach out to my doctor for a referral to a psychiatrist.
And to think what started my process of educating myself on OCD was a TikTok post. It's intriguing how much society influences our life's.
I agree, for me it's about urges that I cannot control.. those urges could be a lot different things or thoughts
Exactly
Thank you for sharing. It's so nice to hear someone else having a similar experience.
For years I’ve struggled with OCD tendencies but I thought since I didn’t count steps or have physical compulsions that meant I couldn’t be experiencing ocd. This was so enlightening.
Me too. Today I had an epiphany realizing that rumination and intrusive thoughts have controlled literally my entire life. I can't even fully wrap my head around how much makes sense now.
How do you know if you have OCD?
@@cleverclovercreates3249 therapy.
@@shapeshifter16 You mean a medical diagnosis?
@@kaitlinvazquez1565Yes... My therapist mentioned that I was codependent on my routine and I was shookith. I thought I needed MORE structure. 😅
Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings. This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.
Please does anyone know where I can get them? I put so much on my plate and it really affects my stress and anxiety levels, I would love to try shrooms
@Micheal Harris Is he on instagram?
Shrooms was the best trip I had. It was an amazing experience.
Dr.spores is the best, he's been my go to for anything psychedelics.
Do you microdose daily? My life is to hectic to take shrooms and go on a trip.
My therapist told me that my OCD was related to have ADHD. It didn't make sense at first, but after some time I realized that checking several times to see if electrical gadgets had been turned off before leaving my house, checking several times to see if I had my phone, pocket book in bag and all needed items before leaving, driving back after a few miles down the road to check to see if I had locked the door.. or even closed it or to see if my oven was on... was because I, indeed, had forgotten these and been in difficult situations because of forgetting. I am an obsessive list maker.
This is spot on.
I can relate to that!! I have ADHD as well and my psychiatrist also said that I might have a perfectionistic personality disorder or OCD, but I kinda disagreed with her because I don't have the typical OCD compulsions we've learned to understand growing up. However, I am very obsessive over tiny details to the point that it obstructs whatever I try to do. For example, if I want to work on a project, my working table have to be in a specific way, my chair has to support my back in a specific way, if ONE thing is out of place, I will keep on tweaking until it's perfect, but even then, I'll just end up frustrated(where the ADHD emotional dysregulation comes in) and give up before even doing anything.
Apparently OCD and ADHD actually have totally different brain changes and ADHD is sometimes misdiagnosed when it's really OCD
@@dsakurai This sounds very much like perfectionistic OCD to me! I'm an OCD survivor
of 40 years and, imho, I agree with your Dr.'s diagnosis. Perhaps ERP would be helpful
for you. Wishing you all the best in your healing journey!
It could also just be stress. If you are stressed you are not present and aren't registering what you are doing. And on top of that when you are stressed you will be more susceptible to anxiety over that very same thing. Everything isn't adhd, probably nothing is. I'm saying this as someone "diagnosed with adhd" and hurt by the "medicine", psychiatry is incompetent and irresponsible. And videos like these aren't helping. They might seem to, but in the long run they don't. Everything isn't pathology, most things are circumstantial and based on trauma and lifestyle, stressors, sleep, exercise, diet etc.
OCD can manifest in four main ways: contamination/washing, doubt/checking, ordering/arranging, and unacceptable/taboo thoughts. Obsessions and compulsions that revolve about contamination and germs are the most common type of OCD, but OCD can cover a wide range of topics.
can contamination OCD be non-germ related? I'm okay with germs, but i'm constantly on hyper alert if a tomato or tomato product has been touching anything near me.
@@Avbitten it can be, yes. Compulsions for that could be to keep checking to make sure that there is not a tomato product near you due to the obsessive anxiety about if tomato products have contaminated the surfaces around you or you itself. It's easy to get caught up with the specific themes (think: subtype) when a lot of them have a fair amount of overlap because OCD is OCD and it's common to experience multiple themes or to experience things that don't fit neatly into one theme. Focus on the patterns if you're trying to determine if you have OCD rather than the specific themes so you can notice what may be an obsession and what may be the compulsion for that. There doesn't have to be a logical reason for the obsession and the compulsions tend to be excessive given the situation/scenario.
Can it be OCD that someone is having check on me all the time, someone is following me, someone is hacking my account. 24 hour thoughts
@@mariajamali9029 that sounds like a stalker who is obsessed with you and you only .. so no I wouldn’t class that as OCD ..I’d class that as somebody that could be dangerous ..I’d report them to police ..Stay safe
@@mariajamali9029 sounds lika paranoia
I love how Dr. Yup herself suffers from OCD and is simultaneously also the expert in it. I am a med student and i often feel inclined towards psychiatry but i worry my anxiety and PTSD would get in the way. But i love how she took the power onto herself and is now helping others do the same❤
I don't think PTSD and anxiety would be a hinderance, but as a former psych patient, psychiatrists see some pretty fricked up stuff. You never really know what it's like to talk to someone who's psychotic and deluded until you're actually in front of them. Just make sure you can take it in and not let it cause you sleepless nights ^^
It helps you because you are aware and keeping an open mind
Amy Tan unintended memoir on Netflix is very interesting and I think it’s from a writers perspective
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I want to thank you for making these videos. They helped me so much to understand myself.
I've had OCD since I was a teenager. I never really understood it, no one ever helped me. It got worse a few years ago, so when I found out this channel and started learning more about OCD, it was a blessing to finally understand what was going on. I took an appointment with a psychologist and now, a year after, I feel so much better. It has taken me over 15 years to get diagnosed. It's an everyday fight. I want to say to people with OCD, you're not alone. Be kind to yourself, take your time to feel better, baby steps are great. Allow yourself to see the right psychologist who's truly going to help you, who'll never judge you and find the right therapy for you to follow.
Agree with you and to realise you aren't alone is useful too, I started full on OCD when I was having my first child, it got really intense in the early years, brought on I think by an acute anxiety over a few things, intrusive thoughts, having to perform daily rituals it is a lonely and at times exhausting experience, I don't know about you but I knew it was not a rational thing to be or do but the compulsion would keep it going - it takes many years later to understand this is a lot more common than I ever thought, and that in itself has helped remove a lot of the shame I had in the early years. It must stem from childhood experiences, biology or a predisposition to anxiety - glad you got to understand it better, and all the best to you 👍
Well Done🙏👏😇🤗😘👈👏
I am not sure whom you pray to but just saying if you will talk an pray to Jehovah God he can heal you nothing else ever will no meds no counselor no doctor they can help with the symptoms but they can’t problem
It is childhood or adult trauma or both that causes the anxiousness O’Brein the body keeps the score example if you’ve been childhood I’ve been into toxic relationships in your adulthood and it has been basically what they referred to as narcissistic abuse does causes anxiety ex depression and the only way of healing is to walk with Jehovah God which is what I have been doing for four years unfortunately I was misled by Satan but there again Jesus Christ save me once again from a new age practice and now I’m on my journey with him through him for him no matter how hard it gets I’ll never leave the path is not easy but with him it is durable so pray Jehovah is your only healer there is no Doctor No counselor no therapist that can heal the soul and the spirit body in mind all the God Jehovah God sending lots of prayers to you love and light
When I told the closest people to me that I had OCD, I had several responses of -no you don’t - you don’t have OCD, for me I felt so very alone and invalidated….I still often do. It really is a severely distressing thing to live with 😢. Please don’t ever say these things to someone who tells you they have OCD.
I told one of my friends I thought I might be ADHD. She said “Of course you do, we’re friends, and I have it too.” It was an eye opening moment because I realized she, and many of the friends I’ve had through out my life, are nero-divergent to some degree or other and those were the people I felt most comfortable with because I didn’t feel the need to mask around them. It just became another piece of the puzzle for me. There are people I haven’t talked to about because I know they’ll brush it off. Mostly I’ve found that when I explain to them what ADHD really is and clear away some misconceptions and tell them the symptoms I see in myself then it clicks. When I told my husband he dismissed it right away saying he has ADHD and I don’t have the same symptoms, but it can look different from person to person so I pointed out the symptoms I do have, like how he keeps telling me I’m overly sensitive. Then it clicked and he was able to see it too.
Yes. It is very harmful when someone is vulnerable about their life to dismiss and deny their experience. I am so sorry you had people respond that way. My mom always told me I wasn't depressed because I had nothing in life to be unhappy about. She never understood that the thing making me feel hopelessly trapped and as if nothing could ever improve was being stuck with her as a parent.
Were those two invalidating 1/2 wits therapists? Took me 40 years on the planet to learn to validate myself. Hope you’re able to do the same! Keep working on yourself; and surround yourself with kind and empathetic people.
To everyone here, I have seen the likes and read your messages…. Thank you for your understanding and validation and sorry for our suffering ❤️💚❤️
"...all in the service of getting at certainty. OCD and anxiety thrive on doubt and the purpose of these mental compulsions is to get absolute truth." So simple, so spot on.
I always wondered if the mental checking was an OCD thing for me. In second grade my mom had to talk to my teacher about letting me skip out in the timed times table tests we did daily. You had to finish your page of math problems perfectly before you'd get the next sheet of problems, the idea being to get so automatic that one would barely have to think about the answer. But for me, it didn't matter if it was 2x2 or 7x9, I'd have to check and recheck my answer, adding it and then counting it over and over and over... and over. Add to that the anxiety of the timed aspect and it was even worse.
Oh wow I never thought about it but maybe that’s why I struggle so much with math I have to recheck even the simplest problems constantly
The same thing happened to me in school!
Best video about OCD I have seen! This video really does capture the essence and nature of the different aspects of OCD. The Pure O, the absolute truths, the checking of your work, the ruminating! Highlighting the parts of OCD that cannot be seen hopefully shows people how painful OCD really is, not just someone who likes to clean.
Yep... I live a mentally ocd existence.
I think because of my adhd and that worry your doing something wrong, forgetting things ect.
Now this may sound weird. But doing an awful job at repairing something that's not toooooo important, is a fabulous hobby that cures a bit of the anxiety! Starting is tricky, but, when you get going and your mind starts to focus on task at hand it's fun! Because 1. It dose not matter!
If it doesn't work no big deal
2! If it works, it's rewarding!
REWARDING.... helps us learn!
Learning to "try anyway" for fun!
Helps us start projects and find there is no consequence for failure.
I like to think of my dodgy fixing projects as art!
Thank you for emphasizing the meaning. I've been having intrusive thoughts, and ruminations happen every time in my brain, very interfering with everyday life. Difficult to focus on work, and fall asleep, is definitely a time waster. I often told myself to use the "Just do It" approach to stop thinking and get into action. But just a cycle, it disappears and reappears. Worrying about anything and still finding my way to overcome this even nowadays.
I was diagnosed with a generalized anxiety disorder, but I sometimes wonder about OCD. I have these obsessive ruminating thoughts often regarding work and just general life. I worry so much about everything that I just figure it's due to having an anxiety disorder. I can relate to the perfectionism, because at work it takes time for me just to send an email because I reread often and worry about if I get my words right. Also, I avoid the phones because I worry that I may confuse people or misspeak, or my voice doesn't sound right. I want to make sure that I'm doing the best that I can and when I mess something up I beat myself up about it for days or weeks. My nerves are really bad so I bit my nails often and the inside of my cheeks, and sometimes pick at my skin. I guess I fear failure or that I'm just not good enough. I often have problems sleeping through the night. I find it hard to relax, people say to me just relax and telling me that is like saying don't breath, I have to breath and my thoughts just keep going. But I've been having these issues all my life so I should be use to this but here I am middle aged and it's tiring.
Definitely discuss these symptoms with someone who specializes in OCD and anxiety.
Wow, are we the same person????!!! You described my life exactly!
after suffering it undiagnosed for a few years when I got the diagnosis everything I've been going through made so much sense, I was so exhausted from ruminating 24/7 I thought I was losing my mind, thankfully with the right treatment i am starting to make some progress
Wow! I suffer from severe anxiety and never considered that I might have OCD. But after this explanation I may have OCD. I definitely have intrusive thoughts that I need to do something perfectly to avoid a negative reaction or consequences by checking countless times. Anxiety like OCD, in my opinion, are extremely difficult abnormalities to understand and get rid of!
It will be fine. Try to analyse your life.
In my opinion, you have some troubles and because you're not fixing your problems in real life, you have these thoughts. Take care.
Me too I can tell I have a mental disorder I just don't know what. It is torture . Seriously. I would not wish mental illness on anyone and I will never judge . People look at me like they're so happy I'm suffering. They're so glad . Smh
So sorry to hear. Keep your head up. You got this. Hope you have a great day! God bless and the Lord Jesus loves you unconditionally and is willing to help
It takes 17 years to even know what label pertains to us. Wow no wonder it’s taken me forever to become self aware. At least I’ve been on a consistent path of researching my family of origin dynamics which is the core to all of our issues.
There’s also a genetic component to these issues and especially OCD.
I thought I was the only one dealing first with physical and then with mental compulsions and urges through logic and "absolute truths". I feel validated. :D Thank you!
I'm honestly keeping back tears hearing this. I feel like for years I've been struggling with this intense need to avoid the big catastrophe and everything falling apart (from things like me not including the necessary info in an email - lmao .....) I sent this video to my therapist cause this week we are going IN on exploring if this could be what I'm dealing with. I've had anxiety that's been very present since I was a teen and have always been a perfectionist.
I would argue that OCD is a coping mechanism for anxiety.. so anxiety would always be the cause and not the symptom
Lacan would agree.
agree - another manifestation of anxiety
The compulsive behaviors are the coping mechanism for the obsession/anxiety, yes. OCD itself, no.
How do you turn it into a positive? My anxiety is always so negative. I want to learn to live with it. Its not going to go away. I've tried everything. So how can I turn it in a positive thing instead
@@el-bk6tw I don't know too much about it, and nothing about you, but I think the concept is simple enough. Live authentically, don't deny or hide away yourself etc. I think Gabor Mate has talks about this on youtube. I would also look into childhood trauma. Patrick Teahan makes a lot of sense around this. There's a need for reparenting yourself, to foster a feeling of safety and self-confidence. Other than that, exercise like hell. This is THE best say to alleviate anxiety and replacing it with feel good hormones. You may have vitamine deficiencies, hormone deficiencies if you've lived with it for a long time. Try and de-stress in every healthy way possible.
my OCD was treated as anxiety and it made me constantly afraid of becoming my worst fears. most of the treatment i did get was centered around perfectionism.
Thank you for this! I had a psychology teacher who was absolutely flabbergasted when we were talking about OCD in class and I told him I have it. I was diagnosed as a child so talking about it is not a big deal for me, not embarrassing. Anyways he almost didn't believe me because he had a student previously who disclosed he had OCD and before class would come in and arrange things and straighten them. Apparently because I didn't do that it was bizarre lol. Even people who should understand it in theory often don't really get it and ai think that causes a big problem too because people will go to a professional and get bad information.
Diagnosed with cptsd, bpd, abandonment issues, codependency from years of physical and mental torture as a child. Now at 65, I can give you hundreds of detailed reasons why my trauma therapist is not trying to help me even though she insist she is. After a year and a half, Only allowed 2 appointments per month. Way to much ruminating time in-between. I think therapy is causing more harm than good.
Ps, first 6 months were great, app. Once a week.
I changed my therapist because of this. I suggest that to you too. It's worth another try. :)
@@Xcess007 Thank You for taking the time to respond. 🙏
A lot of therapists, psychologes, psychiatrists have no clue what they are doing.
I figured the following things that can happen with any of those>>>
They do not know much.
They have no clue, what they are doing.
They have no insight, low emotional intelligence, low IQ, not able to grasp what you' re saying, bad i judging, have no depth, are supperficial, projection, non empathic, themselves autistic, have personality disorders, no insight in their own problems and own background.
They only care about their own benefits, earning money.
Only care about their own power and control over you.
Abuse their power.
No recognition of what is autism, adhd/add, psychopathy, narcissism and so on, learning disabilities.
Not recognizing, that your mental problems are caused by nutrient deficienties, molds, toxins, gut/brain relation issues.
Not recognizing you have medical issues, like lyme disease, CFS, auto immune dideases, dementia and so on...
Not recognizing you being abused, in a toxic relationship.
Are only interrested to deal drugs/meds.
Are not interrested in you as a person, not interrested in you helping yourself, guiding, reflecting, analizing correctly.
Not knowing what to do with emotions, feelings.
Not knowing how to put you at ease, comforting you, being there for you in a non judging way.
Not building you up.
I allways ended totally disapointed, lost, and was even worse, then before going to them. In fact, i get worse, when i go to them. In my case, it was mandatory to get state benefits for invalidity to just survive.
My physical health related issues, where allways brushed off as even psychological, so...even doctors did not took the energy, time to investigate my issues deeply. So i was never treated in a good way to even get my physical issues right. Even the diagnosis was flawed everywhere. The result is i fall apart and i am sick all my life with a plethora of issues.
But they said, it is in my head.
And they never figured out, i had asperger syndrome ( autism spectrum disorder ), ocd, add, learning disorders, discalculia, abused in many ways, traumas that where never really adressed, mourning issues, chronic depression, cptsd, sexually/mentally abused and so on. Terribly sad, traumatized by the death of my father. Never adressed i had a childhood not very common. Never felt accepted safe in the country i live in, due to my nationality. I could go on and on and on.
It seems they do not really care, as long they get their money earned in an easy lazy way, without being affraid to lose their job, because of bad performance. They are never supervised (or allways backed up by other with the same proffession, so they protect eachothers mistakes and hide them under the carpet, by manipulating, and so on... ), how good they are in their job either, their lack of knowledge, good service, intentions, so basically, they can perform and do or not do, whatever they want.
I now laugh hysterically, because i have to admit, if i had so poorly employees in my company, with so bad insight, results, ethics, knowledge..., i woul fire them all...!
From the first moment they like to sell their medications. I have to admit..., i laugh now hysterically, because i guess they are mostly 'drugdealers' and loooove to sell their goodies to us. And their big boss is 'the pharma industrie' headquarter supperviser. I have now a very strong gut feeling, they are just DEALERS, and that is legal to do so.
Terrible drugs they deal.
Nobody realized i have sugar problems, heart issues, pots, neurological issues ( tremors >>> like my mother all her life! ). They thought this tremors are just stress. CFS, lyme disease. I lived in moldy environments. Lived in toxic chemical fumes as a child for years. Never drank water from childhood ( my mother gave me only chocolat milk! Grape fruit juice ) and later i drank sodas, milk...Never had breastfeeding. I quit never ate healthy nutritious foods for the most part at home or very limited variety. I could go on and on and on.
In my country..., it is a real hopeless mess to find a good therapist, psychiatrist, doctors, professors and so on, even for the basics.
For knowledge, i need to see youtube, like this and many others, about a broad spectrum of topics.
From psycology, health, nutrition, sociology, criminology, toxicology, molds, parasites and on and on, to just understand a fraction of what is going on.
I figured that add/adhd, autism, ocd, schizophrenia, bipolar, suicidal thoughts, depression are basically also related to nutritional deficienties, wrong eating/drinking habbits, toxins/chemicals, molds, gut/brain related issues and gut biome, worms, parasites and other besties in your body, that are just causing a lot of psychiatric issues and so on.
Of course, she will not mention this here.
Kind regards.
@@heide-raquelfuss5580 You're absolutely right!!! Thank You for taking the time to respond.
May you be filled to overflowing an unlimited abundance of Peace, Love, and Light, beloved sister. 🙏✌️💖💖💖🌞🌞🌞🐬🐳
@@stevensawyer5924
Thank you for wishing me good things🙏
I'm a perfecionist in the workplace. But ever since I started working this new job, my boss has been coming behind me and pointing out everything I'm doing wrong down to the way I stand. Now I deal with PTSD intrusive thoughts thinking "She's going to get mad if I do this, but she's going to be mad if I do that." and it's affected my work so much to the point I can't get anything done anymore and, to her, it looks like I'm not doing my job, which causes even more mental strain on my part.
You must quit!
She‘s a narc maybe even sociopath - she sees exactly how good you are, but wants to ruin you. As she is succeeding, you MUST quit!!!
@@karadiberlino I did! I work for someone else now and things are going well :)
Wow I’m so grateful I read all this comments and get to yours I have the same history I work in mental health clinic and my supervisor she is OCD, hard worker person perfectionist, and also I work Hard Plus I really Love my Job but remember No body is perfectionist and that is the Bigger problem, she treats me just the way your boss was treating you but because I LOVE my job and what I do I can deal with her and I pray for her always with all my heart I wish you all the best💛
Get out of that job dear
I stayed in a job like that until I got medically signed off as too sick to work due to mental breakdown. Please look after yourself ❤
This is a super helpful video! Just recently I realized that the issues I had in college and in my professional work were probably a result of OCD, anxiety and perfectionism. I was in QA in the pharmaceutical industry. I had to check other peoples work to make sure they didn't do something wrong during manufacturing, so a product would not get recalled or the company shut down by FDA. Not a good profession for someone with OCD. Wondering if there is a correlation between parenting styles and kids developing OCD and anxiety disorders? My mom was punitive, especially with regard to making mistakes. Years later, once when I reprimanded my husband for a mistake he had made, he said "People make mistakes. You make it sound like it is a crime to a mistake". It was when I was growing up - I was expected to be perfect.
I think a lot of things that are being pathologized are childhood trauma wrapped up in different packages. It sounds like you have found the root to work on.
I do some of these same things (like constantly rechecking my work) and love to have things perfect and in order, but was never diagnosed OCD.
However, I do suffer from anxiety and depression and have a teenage daughter who seems to be picking up on some of my habits, but with a tendency to be a bit more "OCD" at times (checking over & over for a spider or making sure every piece of hair is off her clothing). I found it quite interesting how you put those ideas together and just thought I'd share my experience :)
(BTW I also did really well in school growing up and if I brought home a "B or C", it wouldn't have been a major deal, just a simple "oh what happened?". My parents were amazing and I don't believe there was any intent or malice there, just another interesting connection made...)
I do data verification for a pharma company. I actually feel like in a way it's a good job for me because for once my tendency to look for mistakes, for something being wrong, comes in handy. My therapist says I have anxiety, obsessive/compulsive tendencies and am "very in my head", so yeah...I guess I ruminate a lot. Hope you found a job/profession that suits your brain/personality at this point in time.
@@oksanakaido8437 Glad to hear that you feel is a strength for your profession! I retired and now have a pretty successful small business making jewelry and sell it online, so that creativity makes me happy and people like the detail and quality of my work.
@@Wendathena I'm not sure if I want to do it my whole career, but I don't have any better ideas, so I'm kind of letting life happen, haha. I can either try to change how my mind works or look on the bright side.
That jewelry business sounds amazing! Finding an interest/passion AND then following it isn't easy, so good on you!
I think that ocd has roots in control. Trying to assert control over things you cant really control.
My personal ocd tendencies are about magical thinking and trying to control my life through my thoughts as well social anxiety.
And are rooted in my childhood.
I didn’t recognize I had this until I was diagnosed at 30. And it makes so much sense looking back.
I actually started to tear up a bit because I feel like I’m not going crazy. I knew something was wrong with me but I never knew what it was. I thought my symptoms were barely there but I had a sudden burst of realization and I didn’t think of all the things before because it was so normalized in my life I didn’t think that was a part of it. Obviously it’s not good to self diagnose but if it’s not this then idk what is.
me too. i actually only knew i have ocd after watching an anime ep (about compulsive counting) and god that feeling of not being crazy anymore. it's good
Don’t worry too much about the self diagnosing , I know for a fact I have adhd but I don’t have medical insurance to even see a therapist/doctor or whoever, but knowing my symptoms and seeing what others have been done or are doing is helping. Do what’s best for you ❤
Self-diagnosis is completely valid if you've done extensive research (as opposed to seeing a few TikTok videos and thinking, 'That's so me!') As the person above me said, acquiring a diagnosis is very expensive; don't feel that you're required to get one whether you can't afford it or just don't want one :)
Also, I see a fellow MOA. Have a wonderful day/night!!
@@samellison4452 you’re a moa too 👀
@@Likelyfairy So is OP! :o
Thank you for this video!!! Dr. Yip is incredible!!! 🎉❤ thank you Kyle! ❤
Thank you Dr. Jenny Yip and MedCircle. I am watching and commenting a second time, 5 months apart. I love hearing Dr. Yip talk about this topic as she is personally affected by OCD.
I’ve struggled with increasing anxiety throughout my whole like and looking back I realize I had some mild OCD as well, even from a child. It seems like the compulsions are an effort to control my environment in order to reduce my anxiety. And work is the place where I have the least control, so naturally it’s where I have a lot of anxiety. It’s exhausting.
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This was very enlightening and will give me something to mention to my therapist. I thought my anxiety was just that bad but didn't realize how it's more OCD symptoms than anxiety. I learn something new about myself almost everyday. It's a huge learning process.
The thought of evening adding another label to ourselves with OCD is scary and sometimes what keeps us from doing so. Very informative video
This video has taught me that I never got rid of my OCD behaviors like I sometimes felt I did. My OCD behaviors just adapted
I spend SOOO much time making sure emails are perfect!! I read in a book how to make conversation more issue based and not individual based. (Don't use I/you, using verbs as sentence starters, etc. "Increasing productivity will support the team goal...") I have not finished college but I work with highly educated people. I thought my ruminations were driven by educational insecurities. But I do the same thing with emails not related to work. I have ADD and now I wonder if this is a key indicator of a secondary condition.
Wow!!! I do the same thing
Me too. ADD and probably OCD.
The diagnoses I got (can't start with "I" lol, researching and studying my whole life about psychology, human behaviour, analyzing body language and all that) are cptsd and depression. I always knew it before I got diagnosed. For a while I've suspected I might have autism, add and ocd. There's so much overlap. Making lists daily, getting overwhelmed, paralyzed, procrastinate, executive dysfunction... Doctor told me I have restless legs and fibromyalgia, I'm tired. Obsessed to find out what's wrong with me, they reassure me there's nothing wrong with me. The waiting lists are endlessly long. These days I'm really confused.
First I commented and then watched the video 🤯
Me too
It would be great for you guys to discuss eating disorders and OCD- it’s a different type of OCD. Nobody really talks about it. Also, would be nice if you had someone in who talked about eating disorders.
Agreed! I suffer from an eating disorder and feel like its linked to OCD. My eating disorder isn't voluntary though.
@@caitlinthompson6862 no eating disorder is voluntary.
A lot of these symptoms occur in ADHD, as well. Can be pretty hard to narrow things down to just one diagnosis.
A very clear distinction is that OCD is irrational. OCD causes you to obsess over very unlikely things and develop fear related to certain things or subjects. OCD also causes you to avoid certain things to relieve anxiety, but that in turn causes anxiety which causes you to perform a compulsion.
I remember growing up, I thought I might have had ocd but wasn't sure. I knew I was super specific about doing the dishes(once started crying bc my drying rag was too wet), and there were certain things I felt I had to do or correct otherwise I felt anxious, but they weren't super life changing. But when I learned that intrusive thoughts were a symptom of ocd, i knew for sure I had it. "You mean these non-stop, distressing, distracting, and life ruining intrusive thoughts are ocd? Huh...." though they've gotten so much better since I started to learn to handle them and work through what I was going through
4:37 I was waiting for “Pure O OCD” to be acknowledged but it was explained so well at 5:29. It was put very well; misnomer is right. It’s more like “OCD with internalized compulsions.” I wonder if this shift in language would help someone out there who was diagnosed with “Pure O” or if it’s inconsequential in the treatment.
Thank you for this video I have been suffering from OCD since I was very young and I didn't know what it was until I was in High School and I was reading a book on mental health disorders.
Narcissist don’t really care about their partners feelings hire-a professional, to spy on their accounts, call/massages without their knowledge. Dm
OCD is extremely tiring I feel like this is important to mention. Not only does having intrusive thoughts scare the shit out of you, but you repeat them, it's like being a broken record. And also, obsessive cleaning and worrying can make you feel like you have no hope because you feel like you're being possessed.
What a fantastic video! I learned so much about myself through this education. Wow. Very informative and helpful! The first step to improving is to see these issues in oneself! Thank you!
I have OCD, ADHDand anxiety. These complex disorders is not easy and it's like living hell. I'm also an empath. OCD is really debilitating. I've been embarrassed by it through all my life but as I got older, I've accepted my condition and learning ways to heal and cope through therapy and discernment. Now my symptoms are lessened and improved. I had developed ticks when I was a child and eventually outgrew it. It's really a rollercoaster challenging journey. Loving yourself also plays a big role because you are more likely to take good care of your self and be self aware. It's a complex disorder and it may take a lifetime to heal and be okay with it.
I was diagnosed with OCD because I have a compulsion to plan what to do if my loved ones die. It's not just a once in a while thought it's daily. I also repeat random sentences in my head over and over until it's interrupted; usually signs I see when driving.
I so understand
Woah. That’s me lol.
As a 15 year old I didn’t even know that was a symptom..wow I feel less alone now. Thanks for that honestly.
A nurse had an anaphylaxis reaction and was not attended to properly at hospital. She coded while in critical condition and had a near death experience. in her own words: "He shows me the bad . And it was this woman that I worked with who was terrible. If you were a patient you didn't want that nurse. If you were working a hall you didn't want to work it with her. And she was just kind of......it just didn't feel like she was very attentive to her patients. I was always answering her call lights and her IV alarms and I never said anything negative to her, never talked about her because I hate gossip but, in my heart I was holding this over her. And God flashed back and showed me her entire life..... showed me the things that her dad had done to her for years and, I mean, it was amazing she wasn't a psychopath. And here, having been used her whole life, what does does decide to dedicate her career to? Helping other people. And I'm like, 'is she doing a great job? No. But...... considering where she came from she's doing great.'
And God's like, "You have to control your thoughts. You're having all these negative thoughts about her. And that has energy and you're putting in on her and you're making it harder for her to be who I intended her to be. You're chaining her." And I felt so bad, I thought I was doing so well by not speaking those things.... and not gossiping.... and not being hateful to people. But if you're walking around harboring it, you're injuring them just the same. And he's like, you have to look for in the good in her and capitalize on that and then I felt so bad that I hadn't done that because I had such an opportunity to do that."
Nurse who went through a near death experience caused by anaphylaxis and not being taken seriously at hospital.
The lack of awareness of what OCD really is will always be the most frustrating part of having OCD. It’s the main reason I find it hard to talk about.
Good Lord, this lady just explained my whole life. I have ADHD and went undiagnosed for 44 years which caused a lot of anxiety but I definitely have compulsive behavior. I check for my phone constantly. It’s so bad, even while I was typing this, because I mentioned checking for my phone, I immediately felt the urge to check for my phone, almost like a panic. I’m on my phone🤓. This happens a lot. I do the same with my keys, my bag, and even my kids’ things. I’m constantly checking if they have their coats, phones, everything!! But is that really OCD? Isn’t it like a requirement that it interferes with your life? I mean I do obsess over it and have to check but it doesn’t stop me from doing other things. Wow. At 44 diagnosed ADHD, 45 diagnosed visual snow syndrome (that I had my whole life and didn’t know it wasn’t normal), now 46 and possibly OCD. Being Gen X is so hard. We had no info back in the day 🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️😅😂😂
Your not wrong a lot of psychology used to not be very accurate back then.
I’m glad we are getting better info these day
My son has intrusive thoughts OCD ..so his thoughts are very dark and if he doesn’t complete a ritual he thinks something bad is going to happen.. It’s absolutely horrendous…the rituals drive him and I crazy ..he involves me in them .. he went from an 11 year old with age appropriate motor skills to basically a toddler again because everything he does revolves around his OCD and rituals …he’s now 17 and his OCD has got worse over the years …he also has ADHD and ODD…and was diagnosed with them age 5 …then the OCD hit at around 11 years old..and that’s been a killer ..i wouldn’t wish it upon anyone…I think there needs to be more awareness surrounding it as it’s not talked about or understood as much as like Autism and other mental illnesses .. and there’s different types so it can’t be put into 1 category…but for the sufferer it’s torturous…
I'm sorry he suffers so much 😢
I don’t think autism is understood like it could be, but overall I don’t think we should combat the neurodivergent types against one other. It’s very harmful as many disorders are still being understood and the public has very simple and inaccurate views of many out there. When I found out that I might have autism, along with my anxiety, depression, OCD, and ADHD tendencies, my rituals and routines started to get worse causing me to develop IBS because of all the stress I was mentally ruminating, so I understand completely what your son is going through, and I hope he gets better!
@@EmmaDilemma039 aww thank you for your kind words 🙏🏼♥️.it’s just so heartbreaking to watch him suffer and as a mother I just wish I could fix it for him…x
I wish she could be my doctor, she seems so kind and understanding and has actually suffered from this
Wow! Incredible! Loved this video!
I'm rather lucky my mom is a psychologist who quickly recognized when I developed OCD tendencies in 5th grade. I could not sit on any chair without putting my jacket over it, I could not finish a meal fully I always needed to have a section of it not fully eaten (I still do this completely to this day), I felt like someone had infected me if I touched an object they gave me (like if someone handed me a pencil it felt like I had touched a burning coal and I had to drop it). My reason for all these things? I genuinely felt like if I did those things people could read my mind and mind control me. It sounds so utterly ridiculous, but in 5th grade I had just moved to a new place and I didn't feel safe. I felt suspicious of those around me and I was positive if I touched things they touched, ate things they made, sat in chairs they sat in, they could use it to infiltrate my brain. To some extent I still have those things, they fluctuate between extremely bad and kinda baseline bad. But I'm lucky my mom identified me developing these things and she tried to curb them early by showing me an ocd diagram and training me to stop doing those compulsions. For chairs it worked for the most part, I still have trouble sitting in chairs I have visibly seen another person in before, but I don't think about it too much if it's a chair I didn't see anyone else in. I still do the food thing, that's extremely hard for me to stop. I still do the object thing to some extent but I'm able to hold onto them for longer, I just need to clean my hands after.
I am not diagnosed with ocd tho, I just really relate to those intrusive thoughts and compulsions. It's hard to talk about because it sounds so absurd and untrue.
the only one that really resonates is the ruminating. I'm super into astrology, and i can easily pick things apart and put them together in a way that helps my brain understand (virgoooo) and i also love to write stories... and one example of me ruminating, not so much because i expect something bad to happen but simply because i was to be accurate about my characters, so i try to write down their astrology placements without fully, completely understanding it. I know a lot, but astrology goes deep, and the deeper i go into understanding, the deeper i go into this cycle of deleting old astrology placements ive picked out to replace it with something else, or thinking too much about one placement. I could spend an entire day doing that, and im left feeling so drained and overstimulated and just exhausted... im glad to now know what this is so i can stop overthinking.
Hi. Dont get me wrong but astrology as we know it its a fallacy. În the beggining it really was about watching the moving of planets and stars and their effects on the planet. Sure that impacted us too în a way, but not as they have made it to look. We actually dont have a specific sign, its just made up by some crooks, just like there are many gurus out there and many new age teachers. I have been searching through all those domains and they are false. Take care and know that you dont need astrology at all. I do hope I wont upset you în any way by sharing this with you.
OMG!!! minute 10:09 got me....i've been replaying and replaying and replaying this video to make sure i got the information right....while procastinating at work....because it's not perfect...i've been struggling pretty bad with OCD, i am not able to go out on trips because how scary it is for me to think in all the possible ways i could die on the way to some other place : ( i am also thinking all the time about getting fired, it is hell! And i agree i'ts super bad to hear other people saying "im so OCD" as if it where something cute or good when it's not, at all.
I know and have known (good friend, ex-gril-friend for years) people with OCD. In this video I see two highly functioning people with jobs talking about very detailed specifics of experiencing thoughts and feelings labeled OCD, talking about 'we'. The people I know weren't able to keep their jobs or even get one because of OCD. My girlfriend was fired four times within a few years. Every time things started great, but after half a year things got irritating, mutual expectations not being met and after a years things had escalated and she was fired. A good friend of mine wasn't able to leave the house anymore because of 'ridiculous' fears and the need four repetitive routines, like making up the bed four times in a row, only stepping on the white stripes of the crosswalk or closing all the doors, windows and curtains of one side of the house because of a sign 'House for sale' for now maybe she'd get people with a dog or loud noisy children in the block, and the sign triggered that fear. Mind you, her husband and children had to respect this too, they weren't allowed to get into the garden anymore, same side of the house. So I think this video is about only a small group of people with (mild?) OCD, for it is very hard to keep a job once you have it. To understand OCD I think you need to include people that are not high functioning (anymore).
BTW, the title says 3 signs, but there's only two mentioned as chapters ;-)
we don't know their stories, the doctor at the end clearly states that she's able to cope nowadays, but who knows if that always was the case
but people with severe ocd don't really doubt their diagnosis or are confused if it's ocd or anxiety, which is the content of this video
This is really good to hear. For the past five or ten years I've noticed that I can spend much longer on emails than I need to and my emails are way too long and detailed compared to all of my co-workers. and what I realized was that I try to anticipate and account for every question they can have in response to my email. and it's just an automatic thing. I've really only just started to change my behavior but it's just good to be aware of. it it's something that's been wired in to me for so long.
Literally spent an hour typing, deleting, typing, editing, retyping a reply to my manager prior to watching this video.
My house is also in disarray due to my perfectionism and procrastination. I have to almost remove everything from the room and clean and put it all back correctly for it to be my “done”. Until I find the drive to do that, the dust and hoard keeps collecting. Then it’s overwhelming. Then I literally hate myself.
It’s like I’m living with a monster inside my brain and body. It sucks the life and energy out of me.
Omg I did that today! Or every 6mos or so. I will take everything down then reorganize but immediately feel dread and regret so then I sulk because I’ve removed all this shit and didn’t plan on doing so much. Now I can’t get out of bed and the decision I made is messing with me but also the mess is setting me off.
This was a very interesting video. Thanks for posting.
Appreciate the information you share!
Oh my gosh. @5:50 I recently told my therapist “I’m very absolutist and need a black or white answer and need the absolute truth” and now hearing this I’m like wow that’s the OCD talking. No wonder my therapist takes so many notes haha. Also, here’s for anyone who does their compulsions mentally. I used to manifest them physically a lot more when I was younger. It took me 15 years to seek the right help-all day every day, every minute I am constantly counting and it is a type of torment. (I can see some evangelical Christian telling me I need their Jewish man idol to be SAVED from DEMONS!!!) but it’s not in a painful way. It’s just mentally exhausting and it’s honestly now become something of a background noise to be constantly counting. I hope to do a video with a voiceover to show others what it’s like living with contamination, ruminating and intrusive thoughts, as well as sexual questioning and counting OCD.
Feel better my peeps. Remember you are special and beautiful no matter your brain wiring and chemistry. ❤
me compulsively rewatching these videos
very inspiring video, thanks 😊
Thank you so much. It sounds so terrible to be a victim of OCD.
This comment is awesome. We need more people who can show empathy toward those with OCD. Thank you!
It is incredibly frustrating to live with
OCD is a mental disability with no cure. Sadly it usually stems from trauma if it starts in childhood. Mine started in 1986, and it is something that still bothers me. There have been times it is not as bad, and other times it is very bad...but it is always there sadly. Many people with OCD can't hold jobs, can't function in public, are hyper sensitive, are not as cut throat as the real world which is why we are hyper sensitive, and sadly they feel if they do not to what their "compulsions tell them to do, they fear something negative will happen. If something negative does happen, they think it was because they ignored their OCD earlier when it was trying to tell them to do something.
I've dealt with OCD in various forms since child hood. It's so hard to exist in this anxious ridden doubting. Co morbidities make it harder. There is hope and I'm still working on it.
This was so eye opening. My psychiatrist thinks that I’m just saying I have OCD because it’s a popular lingo. I don’t have the physical symptoms like my dad, but every single other thing she mentioned, I ticked the box.
I am obsessed with body lotion, I need one with me all the time even when I’m sleeping, it needs to be by my side. If I run out of body lotion, I panic, I feel uncomfortable and I’d do everything I can to get a new bottle of lotion, even if it means going out to the convenience store late at night. Throughout the years, I develop a new obsessions, one is having a glass of water at night besides my bed, I rarely drink it, I just want it to be there, if I don’t see a glass of water, I feel like I’m drowning and I won’t be able to sleep. The most recent obsession I have is with lipbalm, typing all these makes me want to do all these things.
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. I have struggled for the past 8 years and am just now finding ways to keep it in check. It is devastating to say the least.
This video reminded me of a very specific memory. When I was in high school, we would sometimes have dress days where you could wear things other than the uniform. I would get so nervous I would do it on the wrong day that I would obsessively check the date and the emails and ask my family to make sure I was reading it right. And when we would be driving up to the school, I would be shaking and looking for other students to make sure I hadn't messed up. I don't know if this counts though
I think it does count
Hi. Thank u so much for post. Kind Regards Canada, Ontario
U guyz r cool , ocd iz real n thank u 4 explaining thiz
I've been doing this weird thing for years, since I was a kid - anthropomorphizing inanimate objects. I know they aren't "alive" - I'm not delusional or psychotic! But nonetheless I can just look at something and its "personality" instantly registers in my head. It's completely absurd, but it just happens automatically. It drives me nuts because it does affect the way I act and it definitely is intrusive. I mean, I will be choosing tomatoes at the grocery store and I feel sorry for one that I don't want because I imagine it being friends with the one I do want.😂 I know consciously it's ridiculous but the thought is automatic. That's got to be an OCD thing, right? I'm bi-polar (2) and I've told my doctor about this and also about my anxiety and he doesn't seem to think much about it. But it's so ANNOYING and it just happens all the time (I think there are times it happens less, I should pay attention to a pattern.) Anyone simpatico with this?!!
Breathing exercise and thinking how to managing life check. Confirm. Let go . Plan. Likelyhood of happenning.
I have watched Nathan Peterson videos on ocd and they are a great help .
He has a good atitude to it which has taken the fear out of my ocd
He has a saying in one of his videos Maybe it Will
Maybe it wont when your worrying about something bad will happen it cuts the fear off and stops the doubting
I am dyslexic and I find myself having to read and reread emails and text messages and letters over and over again because my brain is not processing everything at the same time. But it sounds to me that it may be OCD.🤔
yooo 100% agree
Or it's because of the dyslexia
I just started seeing a neurologist for this exact thing
I retired 10 years ago so I'm not "in the work place." Yet my OCD is getting worse and leading to lots of anxiety. I'm 76 and don't know if I'll ever be able to get it under control. My OCD doesn't manifest in hand-washing. It's more a visual and physical thing with mostly my eyes and fingers tracing patterns. I'm scared shitless of going on medication for OCD because of terrible side effects.
I’d never tell workmates or my boss, unfortunately people love to gossip. For example my boss is someone who would not keep it confidential. Engages with other employees to discuss other employees. Sadly this adds to a persons decision to hide their OCD etc
I had an Dr or expert psychologists or psychiatrist whatever it is say my OCD is my overthinking about people fallowing me or talking about me or laugh at me or looking at me. Which triggers anxiety which makes me over think about everything non-stop. Which causes depression which causes me to trigger OCD or anxiety. Or anxiety will trigger OCD or depression and the cycle goes on. Also ADHD makes me lazy which triggers to OCD and anxiety to over think my intelligence because I have dyslexia. My spelling and mixing numbers and rereading everything triggers everything.
I keep looking at that tattoo...
Anyways, these videos would have me believe I am a Schizoid OCD person.
I am just and introvert who would rather be safe than sorry. Although I am searching because the pandemic changed nothing in my life. I was living the lockdown rules and outdoor rules for most of my life. I try to not interact with people, I always wash my hands and avoid touching my face, I stay as far away from people as possible, and I stay at home for most of the time. Ever since I was young.
I always check, double check, and triple check my work. I watched many shows about humans forgetting the smallest detail and having the failure played out. I still don't understand how nobody caught the decay before the Chaplain tower collapse, or the FIU bridge collapse. There is ALMOST ALWAYS a sign! Someone ignores it and is always trying to cut corners. It's my job to stop those people at any job I do.
I was once a perfectionist until I failed horribly. Now I can accept that I won't be able to account for everything and things will fall through the cracks. I now see those failures as learning material for the next time. I set a time on myself to get the quality up to 85%, if I have extra time I slowly bring it up to 90%+. I've built the system to get 85% consistently.
Re-reading things and retyping some parts is a good thing. In fact, I did it to this to make it hopefully understandable. Took about 30 mins for this.
I won't lie I do have a little bit of paranoia, so I always make sure I have all of my work and actions for the day logged somewhere. I don't trust people to do the right thing when the time comes. So, I make sure I have my evidence ready to show. Especially when working with others. Humans can't be trusted they'll do anything to get an advantage over another. That's why I gather evidence on everyone of things that they shouldn't do in the workplace just in case. Yes, I am paying attention to my surroundings while I work. You can learn a lot by simply listening and observing. It's how I can tell who lies. Of course, this was a byproduct on me trying to keep everything safe. So many liars at work...
I also can spot sociopaths, narcs and psychopaths easy. I feed them the truth and see what they do with it.
I was never formally diagnosed with OCD. But I’d wake up every few hours to check if my closet door was closed came home always made sure it was closed. Thinking about if I closed it at school…
Hey, understandably it is difficult. But are you open to some suggestions and techniques that involve 30 mins of your daily life? You can discontinue when you are completely healed.
@@3dholisticreport yes. I am better now. But instead of my parents getting me help they spoke with a therapist who said just remove my door knob…
Please also mention medications,. It's not just CBT, have seen many patients to say this confidently. Make it holistic, inclusive
I've had OCD within anxiety, as well as general anxiety for many years. I still have yet to find anything that helps either. I'd much rather have physical crap (which I've had, so I can compare) than mental crap. Physical crap has a definite ending with the right treatment (yes, even the most severe stuff (I know, cause I've healed myself from all kinds of stuff), whereas mental stuff has no guaranteed ending. In my experience the mental crap, ie OCD & anxiety is worse and can only be dealt with for so long before wanting to simply end the misery.
I have dealt with anxiety, depression, and OCD since I was a small child and I know the despair of not seeing an end to suffering in sight. I just wanted to reach out and ask if you are thinking of "ending the misery"? Please don't give up. There are lots of ways that could possibly help and people are learning more all the time.
@@jwrightgardening Thanks. I'm still trying different things to alleviate it
thank you doctor!
My whole life I've always felt like, on the brink of disaster, or a sense of "impending doom". I would always have to watch my mom leave for work from the living room window, or I was convinced something bad would happen. I'm always needing reassurance that "I'm okay", and that "we're okay", and that "everything is okay". I'm always concerned I'm fucking things up or something is like one minute from disaster. I have trouble completing things or starting things because I'm too much of a perfectionist and I have a meltdown if whatever I'm doing isn't exactly how it "should" be in my head. My anxiety medicine calmed the constant sense of impending doom that I always have a lot, but, it's all still there and I also do really really poorly whenever a small thing changes in my routine or in what I expect to happen. T_T I thought I just had anxiety, but you're saying I could have OCD?
I feel like when growing up, I was forced to take in a lot of mental thoughts, and I never felt like I was in a safe space to verbalize my thoughts and thinking processes until I was way older. As of lately, I have developed new obsessions, but I think I get paralysis mentally because instead of physically having compulsions a lot of it is mind racing and/or I end up avoiding the issue or I do a series of compulsivity to cope for the obsession. For me, it’s not just one thing, so I don’t know what to think about it
can you talk about the overlap or comorbid OCD and PTSD? as I have healed my PTS, I have found OCD often at the bottom still persisting in those behaviors that triggers the PTS and I get in a downward spiral. I get stuck in flashback loops and wonder if that is OCD 'trying to get it right'? I have also encountered on youtube, folks who feel all OCD is PTS and again, I personally see a lot of overlap and difficulty in teasing the two apart. OCD does run in my family, but so does intergenerational trauma.... My T's perspective is that we are seeing improvement healing the PTS so we will keep on keepin on and address the OCD specifically when it seems to be the core issue. MedCircle does such amazing work, I'd love to hear from your experts since there does seem to be more than one of us that has encountered this comorbidity. Thank you
So little is publicised about OCD. I didn’t know how much I didn’t know until I befriended someone who has OCD and was open to share their experiences. Similarly I didn’t know anything about Autism or ADHD, thanks to the spread of inaccurate stereotypes (which also stops people from realising there are way more of the iceberg under water).
I have really really really really REALLY bad anxiety and I didn’t even know it could be OCD… but these are some behaviors that have directly affected my life lately that I can think off the top of my head.
1. Yesterday I was in class and every 5 minutes I would go to my teacher like “I made a mistake” and he would be like “no actually you’re good there’s no need to be scared you’re doing a great job” and I was really taken aback by him saying that because I didn’t think I was “scared” I thought I needed him to check every step because if he didn’t I would make one simple mistake and would have to start over losing hours of my life (catastrophe).
2. Another thing that’s been happening that now I’m realizing could be OCD is that every monday I’ve been getting panic attacks because I feel like if I go to class without all my work done something horrific will happen, so I’ve missed class 4 times already in the semester and I don’t know what to do because the only way my brain will allow me to go back is if I finish all my work but I also can’t do my work because it gives me too much anxiety not having the teacher there to check that everything’s okay.
3. Whenever I’m stressed and have to start working but my anxiety won’t let me, all I can do is organize. I can’t stop. I might even end up making a bigger mess than before but the goal is always to organize and sort things of a similar function together. It can be physically organizing things or mentally organizing trying to get to the bottom of why I feel the way I do and what can I do to make me feel better. But it’s always just time wasted.
Edit: I don’t think I have OCD because since watching this video I’ve investigated a lot about the disorder and have seen people talk about their experience with it and I don’t relate. Basically I have obsessions (maybe compulsions too) and intrusive thoughts but not from OCD, I’m diagnosed with bipolar 1 and from what I understand those behaviors are just coping mechanisms to soothe my anxiety and to get boosts of dopamine.
It really does sound like you have OCD. And at least for me, having an accurate label helps me. It can help get correct treatment and more accurate information. You can be bipolar and also have OCD; they are not exclusive of each other.
I feel like people saying "I'm so OCD" these days, like it's some kind of cool quirk, is the modern version of when people used to say "I'm so anal" or "I'm a control freak". Totally different to OCD.
I've had chronic high anxiety since the age of 4. I'm 44 now, and at age 7, I developed OCD. I feel that it developed as a result of my uncontrolled anxiety. I had to touch every single soft toy before bed or "something bad would happen".
I always thought my OCD was only mild, because in my late teens I mostly stopped the compulsions. I was too lazy to keep them up, and I also knew deep down they wouldn't really prevent bad things from happening. But then a few years later, I developed motor tics / Tourettic OCD.
I have 9 separate motor tics and besides that, despite a lack of outward compulsions, I realised a few years ago that SO many of my thought processes are based on fear and impending doom, and always being careful of what I think, where I look, etc, like for example every night after I go to bed, if my curtains are in the exact right position with no gaps, so the room is nice and dark, I feel relief and relaxed, but a split second later, those feelings are replaced with fear that something bad will happen (like I'm not allowed to ever feel relaxed), and I then have to look up at the little triangle of light that always shows through, or else I fear that the "universe" will think I don't care about bad things happening to my loved ones. So I must acknowledge that bit of light. I don't know why that particular thing became a compulsion.
I have OCD and it was mind blowing when I got the diagnosis cause I only thought it was about cleaning 😬
The book from Dr Jeffrey Schwartz's 'Brain Lock' and ERP has really helped me greatly in starving the OCD monster.
Your suggestion has been extremely helpful. I'm just looking up 'The Four Steps' -it's brilliant!
I'm confused about the differences between GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) and OCD. They sound INCREDIBLY similar at some points (since OCD's got a lot to do with anxiety, and GAD also has ruminations and lots of worry). Rn my therapist thinks I have OCD, but my psychiatrist thinks it's GAD, and now that I'm looking for the differences I notice there seems to be a very thin line between both diagnoses 😵💫
Then what is your actual problem OCD or gad?
There can be a thin line for some people. GAD is basically anxiety about just about everything but not with the obsessive thoughts or compulsive actions. I personally have both, and you may as well.
I am in the same boat
Ocd can give u feelings of gad that's it
I was initially diagnosed Bipolar no my shrink and i both agree CPTSD disorganized attachment both layered on top of OCD
when i tell people i have ocd they constantly think oh you like to clean alot or you must be so organized. it isnt being organized i wish it was it is mainly needing constant re assurance i didn't up set them of tapping my feet because if i don't i wont be-able to focus. i am the least organized person anyone will know and it is frustrating to me because everyone puts this lable of being a neat freak on me. I wish there was more information out there like you guys said because too many miss conceptions.
Is there a type of OCD around religious observance and/or the existence of God? I’ve heard people talk about “religious OCD” before, but all the examples seem to be about very specific things in religion-such as fear of sin and praying rituals to assuage that fear-rather than the bigger existential questions
Yes, religion can be a SIGINIFICANT source for obsessions for religious people. A lot of people that suffer from this can obsess of the thought of going to hell, and their compulsion to relieve this distressing fear can be something such as praying 5 times, avoiding "evil" numbers and things, etc. The compulsive (relieving) behaviors are completely subjective to the person's own experience and sense of comfort. For example, some people could find relief from the fear of hell by tapping their fingers in a certain order and number of times. Realistically, to others, that doesn't make sense; but to that person it does and it can cause dysfunctional distress if they don't give in to that compulsion.
It gets on my nerves when people say just because someone likes things a certain way or cleans alot that they are obsessive compulsive disorder. Obsessive compulsive disorder has nothing to do with being a "Neat freak" . It's a way of life. It sucks
AGREED
Thank you 🙏
I wonder how much of this could go hand in hand with Autism/ADHD. I have been wondering if I have OCD because I obsessively lock doors, check the oven, reread texts and emails and other things like that. But part of the reason I do it is because I don't remember if I actually did do those things, and I reread texts and emails partly because being Autistic means I either have to mask inorder to communicate with people and it's a lot of over compensation to do so, or risk foot in mouth syndrome because people don't understand what I'm saying or take it the wrong way. Its not just fear of catastrophic things happening... i literally have left the house with the oven on. I literally have gotten into huge fights with people because I don't communicate in a nurotypical manner. So is it considered OCD even if the causes and potentially bad outcomes of it are genuinely an issue to be concerned about?
I am 100% sure I have ocd and it's so hard. It's like I'm a slave of.my thoughts.
My doctor said I have GAD, OCD, Depression, and PTSD. So mostly anxiety related stuff. Zoloft helps.