Everything You Need to Know About Sensorimotor OCD & Hyperawareness
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 พ.ย. 2024
- Nick gives an extended look into Sensorimotor OCD fears and how you can recover from it.
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Nick thank you, Rob, Sam and all the other folk who are so brave and come on this channel and be so honest as you all tell your stories.This channel in my opinion is possibly the best help for those who suffer from OCD, in my case sensorimotor OCD. There must be thousands of people who have had help from this channel. Well done folks.
We appreciate these kind words Anne and your constant support 🙂
Have you heard about hyper awareness of vision ? Hyper aware of how we are able to see? The function of eye sight and how we see things ? Then it turns it triggers DPDR. Then that triggers more thoughts then a loop
You are bang on nick. Biggest barrier to me was being told ‘purposely focus on your breathing, welcome it in’ with the idea that you would habituate and not notice it again when the anxiety dropped. Trying to apply traditional erp to this can go horribly wrong; you end up in a hyper attentive state ‘waiting’ to stop noticing.
Getting under the belief is key, as you say, accepting the anxiety is not enough.
Absolutely buddy! It’s very easy to think that traditional exposures works for this but as you said it ends up becoming another viscous circle to get rid of it!
Expecting more on fear of fear. The sensations and going to doc does not scare as much as automatic obsession. Like in my case (like your thumb awareness), mine is hand awareness
Mindfulness and body scanning are the opposite of what we need in hypervigilance. They make introspection worse and become obsessive focuses. My experience and 2 cents.
I wish you talk more about this subject of hyperawareness of saliva secretion ..
So symptoms morphing and changing themes and intensifying symptoms are actually a signs to be on a right way on recovery journey?
It can be 🙂 Think about that analogy where the milk has been taken away from the baby, it screams its head off!
I have hyperawareness of my tongue position, posture, sometimes where i'm looking, walking
But not blinking or breathing
My problem is mainly related to saliva and coughing. When I think about saliva, I end up swallowing so much saliva that my throat ends up hurting. The real problem is that I'm afraid of self-harm: I think if I swallow too much saliva or cough too much I may cause myself some kind of illness. For example, I recently read that chronic coughing can cause an inguinal hernia, so now I'm very worried about coughing too much. And I can't help but cough because the slightest discomfort I notice in my larynx (usually small droplets of saliva) makes me want to cough.
Lately I have also developed an obsession related to the tips of my fingers and toes. Sometimes, when my fingers and toes are not touching anything, they suddenly come to my mind and some kind of tension builds up in them, so I will feel the need to touch anything to release that tension. It is not the typical touching compulsion, but the need to press something to avoid feeling that annoying tension. In these cases what I usually do is close my fists and touch the floor (or another thing, like a table leg) with my toes.
I can't help but wonder why most people don't have this kind of hyperawareness.
Hi Nick i too have sensorimotor and hyperawareness of my body movements and thoughts ocd i was slowly learning to come in terms of my core fears but suddenly from last few days i having very new sensation,i feel if i close my eyes while sleeping i wont be able to open it again i may go blind,once this fear comes i am unable to control myself i freak out, i stay awake whole night its becoming really difficult to digest this thought itself, i know its just ocd but im unable to take it
You definitely can make it buddy! For now the best thing to do is allow yourself as best as you can to not sleep! Regardless of how tough it feels, you can do it!
It's middle of night I had barely slept few minutes what could we do spend the such sleepless nights r@@aguywhohikes1271
Hi Nick, I've had sensorimotor OCD for roughly a year now, and I thought I had accepted the fact that it would accompany me for life, but the thing with me is that my brain likes to associate basically anything to be a trigger, be it an image, object, activity, or what have you.
In the last few days, I feel like I've had a pretty big setback: my favorite activity has become a strong trigger for it, and I can't fully concentrate on it anymore, which has impaired my enjoyment severely and made me very sad and anxious about it, but I don't want to give up pursuing that activity.
So my question to you would be if you also have or had triggers, and how you can overcome them if at all possible. Do you just learn to tolerate and live with them by attempting to conquer the fear that is inherent to them? I hope you will see this comment.
Hey Xazced! Absolutely! When something new latches in the sensation based realm (anything you described) we tend to think it's different but the same principles apply 🙂 Not avoiding anything, taking it for the ride, and slowly chipping away at that fear as you did with previous ones!
Did it get better for you?
@@Everafter-25 Yes, I'm in a much better place now compared to when I wrote this. Of course, I'm not fully "cured", but if you can learn to master the anxiety tied to the sensation and not let it bother you, it becomes essentially powerless. No joke, as cringe as it might sound, a quote in one of my favorite games is, *_"Master your fears, lest they master you."_* I took that to heart, and it actually helped me quite a bit.
There's still not an hour that goes by without me noticing it (not counting sleep ofc), though it doesn't linger nearly as much anymore, 'cause when I wrote that comment it was so bad that I legit contemplated suicide, but I'm glad I didn't go through with it.
So, if you're asking me this because you're going through the same thing, then yes, it does get better. You just gotta persevere and not let it get to you!
@@Xazced I’m so glad to hear you’re in a much better place now. Yes I have a lot of anxiety tied to it and I know that’s not helping. I keep saying in my mind ‘what if it never goes away’. But I know that’s not what I should be saying. I should be accepting it. It’s just really hard sometimes. Especially as my brain keeps reminding me to blink.
That’s a really great quote! I’m going to try and remember that. Thanks for telling me.
Do you mean that you still notice it but it comes and goes now? I’m so so glad you didn’t go through with it and you’re still here. You’ve come so far. Keep going and I really hope at some point you won’t notice it at all anymore.
Yes I am going through the same thing. It’s happening whenever I watch tv and any kind of video on TH-cam or Instagram. I constantly blink. It’s really horrible because I’m someone that loves watching movies and shows. If I’ve had a bad day or need a distraction, I always watch a movie or show and it helps me feel a bit better. Now I actually fear watching tv because of the blinking. I’m determined to try and overcome the fear of it and watch movies and shows normally without the blinking. It’s just really hard sometimes :(
As you say, I have to persevere and not let it get to me! Thank you so much for your kind words and advice.
@@Everafter-25 Thank you for the kind words as well! And believe me, I know how hard it is, I went through the exact same process. Accepting it is very difficult, but it's the only way forward.
As for your first question: Yes, in a sense. I still notice it, albeit with greatly reduced anxiety. It's a tough pill to swallow, but not noticing it anymore isn't the goal, and after being stuck with it for so long, I don't think that's even possible. The key is to not be afraid of the sensation, that's what I meant by it not lingering as much: It'll make itself known every so often, but if you're not afraid of it, your brain considers it to be unimportant, and it basically goes away by itself. That's the cycle.
For me, it was the same with video games. I avoided playing them for like three weeks, but one day I've had enough; I refused to let a stupid fear make me miserable and keep me from doing what I love, so I started playing again. Naturally, at the beginning, I was an anxiety-ridden mess -- my heart beat as if it could jump out of my chest at any moment, though I kept at it. With enough time, I could almost play again like in the old days. A smidge of anxiety will probably always remain, but it's now at a tolerable level.
Maybe you could try that for your TH-cam videos and TV as well by starting out small, like shows with episodes of 10 minutes (if you're into animated shows, I can recommend *"Over the Garden Wall"*, which is in such a format). You don't have to do a marathon right from the get-go; take it slow, just to make you a little more comfortable viewing again.
To be honest, I was surprised to find someone with the same specific ailment, so we're at least not alone in our suffering. A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved, as they say, haha. But anyway, if I've made it this far, then you can too, no doubt about it! You just have to keep up the fight!
I'll be rooting for ya!
Nick it's all well and good what you say in this Vid but you barely covered Sensorimotor, you where basically saying what Sensorimotor can latch too, alot of us suffers know this, let me explain, you had sensorimotor for about 3 years, mostly your saliva and this really took you too the Edge to the point you had suicidal thoughts and ended up in a metal health care place, and now you recovered from the help of Rob with alot of sessions with him, it was a very basic video, can you please explain maybe in another video in more detail about this condition, Rob has done a great vid on Sensorimotor with alot of detail, but it would be nice to hear from you i.e. why does it lock on, why does it become a default in the back of your mind, ofcourse the fear of fear but please go into more detail, I currently have Sensorimotor of my Salvia, like you had, my brain is locked on to my wetness of my mouth, had Breathing for years bit now it's morphed to saliva, it will be nice to know how you recovered from your Sensorimotor, ok cheers Nick
Hey buddy - So unfortunately and I know this isn't what you want to hear you may be looking for perfection. It's everything I have covered, your fears are why you're latched, I can tell even in your response the perfection you're looking for. I was there too buddy. We don't need as much detail as you're looking for. We covered everything one could learn from a TH-cam video. More specificity is where our 1-2-1's come in.
OK Nick, thanks for getting back, but it would be nice for you to go full detail vid, such as this title is about, like Rob did, "Sensorimotor" you managed to beat that Beast! It just would be nice for you to go intill alot more detail, you have alot more to offer then just talking about a basic level of it, your a smart guy, ill just feel you could offer more of your knowledge towards Sensorimotor, cheers buddy 👍
Just want to also say Buddy, I'm not comparing you to Rob, Rob is a Chest Master when it comes OCD! I have been watching him and you guys for 2 years now, and have so much Respect for this man, if it wasn't for you guys I would probably not be here now, I just feel like you can absolutely can nail down a complete Sensorimotor vid like Rob did, but coming from you Nick, you have alot to offer esp when it comes down to Sensorimotor, cheers pal 😉
@@o0WrathOfGod0oi love these people who want s everything for free and still complain about so much free sources. But no, its just not enough!! give me more!!! I want more free information!! man, you seriously need to recognize why you still stuck its pretty obvious
Can't stand this man, aware of the blinking, eye movement, noticing the certain physical movements and trying not to do them... Ocd is so convoluted and sickening.