Scrupulosity and fears of being an apostate are my two major ones (as well as intrusive thoughts). I did an intensive treatment program that helped a lot. Still facing each day and moving forward trying to embrace uncertainty.
I think I have every type of ocd 😢,,, my all happiness has gone ,, don't have a single interest to be alive,,,, but still I watch ur videos always motivates me 😢😢
I am not able to watch any negative news on TV or you tube , because I imagine it again and again that what if it will happened to me or my family. I started crying alone and don't go outside and i want that my family will not go outside either. Is it some type of ocd?
Lately what has been happening to me is that I got extremely obsessed with my own recovery and checking the state of my journey to the point that everything I was doing to recover was making it worse. As an exposure I had to let loose and do a few compulsions… what a brain wrenching experience!
God is so good putting people like you on this planet at this day and age!! I wouldn't want to live in any other time period. I'm starting to see results!!❤
Giving myself grace and telling myself that we all struggle helps nurture myself where it’s needed. Fear and anxiety come from a lack of love/grace and nurture.
You are amazing. :) Thank you for all your hard work-truly ground-breaking! Please write a book! Or let us know if you maybe already have. And thank you for free content. This has saved my life and sanity.
With my drawing everything had to be perfect or I wouldn’t finish it. A psychologist just said take a note pad, draw something specific (not abstract), only draw with a pen, your not allowed to erase anything, keep drawing even if you mess up and completely finish the drawing exercise. It took a long time but now I can draw more freely. Also used to obsessively tidy and organize but mostly my plate. I had to wash my already clean plate and rinse out my glass before I used them, then no food was allowed to touch and all food had to be eaten in order. I believe getting pregnant (which allowed me to mix my food) and then having a baby/toddler (helped me not have to worry about neatness) mostly cured me. I still rinse my cup before I use it. I still smell my plate to make sure I don’t need to rinse it. I also remember getting angry if things in my room weren’t exactly how I wanted them to be. Glad my tendencies are much duller now and I don’t feel like they control my life like they used to.
What if your OCD is fear that the thought/feeling will keep coming? This causes more of a despair feeling than fear and I’ve noticed is harder for me to deal with
He’s telling you here to let the fear keep coming and welcome it and don’t try to push it away, or just react with “oh, well.” He has many videos on these issues. OCD is fear-based that’s what keeps you trapped.
That's what all phobia related OCD manifests into. You become afraid of how afraid you are/could potentially get. It's the panic and anxiety that come from interacting with what you are afraid of that you are ACTUALLY afraid of.
Thank you so much man! I’ve been watching your videos for quite some time now and i remember in the beginning how i had 0 courage to do erp and would find it ridiculous even thinking about accepting uncertainty. Now im trying to do erp daily, thank you !
I think your channel is offering a way to simple solution for a way to complex problem. OCD can be caused by a lot of different things. Lets take Trauma as an example, which can sometimes cause OCD as a mechanism to regain controle. Just by facing the fears and reacting to them with maybe/maybe not wont solve the root of the problem, the trauma. Or what if the underlying problem of the OCD-thoughts is deep grieve? The ERP wont target this feeling. And why dont you teach about ways to reduce anxiety when the fear is faced, like breathing techniques? I think ERP is a necessary and important step when it comes to OCD to regain controle over the symptoms, especially to train the mind to identify the thoughts, not reacting with rumination and regain controle over the symptoms, but its by far not everything which is necessary to get OCD healed.
I started to write down things many years ago but this journey or notes whatever we call it, it became part of my ocd. I have written tens and thousands of notes. I am consistently writing things down or else I go crazy. I have stop my car side of the road to write things down.
Is this safe for harm ocd? I’m so worried that if I change my attitude and try to accept the thoughts without pushing them away, I’ll become indifferent to them and they’ll feel normal and I’ll act on them, which is the last thing I actually want. Feeling really stuck with it 😞
Anyone else need everything done in a split second. Bored and depressed from rountine, but love routine at the same time. But don’t deal well to change. ?
What about health ocd when you actually need to find out what’s going on because you have debilitating symptoms? How do you recognize the ocd and still also take care of advocating for yourself and your health? My erp currently discourages me from problem solving health issues- but when you need to get diagnosed that is contradictory.
Your tips do help but certainly scary. My ocd feels mild because after a while fear gets numb. I might be depressed. I dont know how other humans function
I have environmentalism ocd and "being a complicit consumer" ocd. I get up sometimes and am digusted by how many things surround ne rhat were unethicall produced in some step, exploiting humans, animals, polluting the environment during the production and how itll pollute after use or latest after my death and everything gets disposed and mostly isnt gonna be recycled. It sents me into guilt loops wnd doom loops. And every solution i throw at it is not good enough or even if I weave baskets myself, with trashed twigs I ethically get from some business or neighbour-Arent I too privileged, other people are enslaved and bombed and I have idle time that I dont use effectively at all? Or I internally accuse myself of inly doing ut to look good in front if myself, which isnt genuine enough to the OCD thought oattern I have in that moment.Even if Im the only one that knows I did smth good, the OCD still makes me think sometimes that I only do it for skewed reasons and tries to convince me that I woll never have a positive impact Etc etc
I got an obsessive thought when I was tired one time and it made me feel dizzy. And now whenever worry about feeling dizzy, it makes me feel dizzy again in a positive feedback loop. How do I stop? I don't know what exposure I can do to this because whenever I think about being dizzy and worry that I've got a problem with my brain, it makes it worse. Also I would go to the doctors but I'm yoing on holiday for a week and my OCD is telling me it'll be too late when I come back. Please help, your other videos have been helpful for my other OCD problems and I've had similar worries like this before like struggling to breathe, but that was nothing and I got over it after a while so how do I do the same with this? Thank you. Also, it's not really dizzy, it's just every now and then it feels vaguely like I'm dreaming and slightly disconnected and reassurance of my friends and family saying they've felt it before doesn't stop the OCD.
@@shaffikwahid962 I’ve accidentally “broken” things in my life as everyone has accidentally broken things. Why do you feel “doomed” if you break something?
it's hard tho when the thing ya need to stop with is something that actually does need doin dailey..like wiping kitchen surfaces down..u can't think right ..not doing that no more..🤦🤔
If exposure therapy works for you, then your OCD was not severe. For those with debilitating OCD, there is no cure yet. Drugs and brain stimulation help, but no cure. This TH-camr is trying to leave the impression he has all the solutions. Nonsense.
What if I have an bad ocd thought and I feel like I truly like it or that I don’t have anxiety about it and also what if just star doing erp and I feel like I don’t feel anxiety or that I like the exposure
What theme of OCD do you have?
Scrupulosity and fears of being an apostate are my two major ones (as well as intrusive thoughts). I did an intensive treatment program that helped a lot. Still facing each day and moving forward trying to embrace uncertainty.
I think I have every type of ocd 😢,,, my all happiness has gone ,, don't have a single interest to be alive,,,, but still I watch ur videos always motivates me 😢😢
@@sourav3000-h4xur indian, these mental health issues are just excuses be more strong be a MAN !!
I have one fear of being gay (hocd) 😭😭 but it sometimes changes
I am not able to watch any negative news on TV or you tube , because I imagine it again and again that what if it will happened to me or my family. I started crying alone and don't go outside and i want that my family will not go outside either. Is it some type of ocd?
Lately what has been happening to me is that I got extremely obsessed with my own recovery and checking the state of my journey to the point that everything I was doing to recover was making it worse. As an exposure I had to let loose and do a few compulsions… what a brain wrenching experience!
Yeah me too this is called Meta OCD. Obsessiing about obsessing. It's what'd gotten me stuck so bad
@@nicknorizadeh4336 exactly.. watching videos all day, looking at how far you’ve made it, getting strict about recovery “rules”.. and what not
I love this ! This is been helping me tons because I don’t have enough money to continue therapy ! This man is an angel ❤
How to do it I'm not able to understand please help me
God is so good putting people like you on this planet at this day and age!! I wouldn't want to live in any other time period. I'm starting to see results!!❤
Giving myself grace and telling myself that we all struggle helps nurture myself where it’s needed. Fear and anxiety come from a lack of love/grace and nurture.
You are my go-to. Thanks buddy
You are amazing. :) Thank you for all your hard work-truly ground-breaking! Please write a book! Or let us know if you maybe already have. And thank you for free content. This has saved my life and sanity.
With my drawing everything had to be perfect or I wouldn’t finish it. A psychologist just said take a note pad, draw something specific (not abstract), only draw with a pen, your not allowed to erase anything, keep drawing even if you mess up and completely finish the drawing exercise. It took a long time but now I can draw more freely. Also used to obsessively tidy and organize but mostly my plate. I had to wash my already clean plate and rinse out my glass before I used them, then no food was allowed to touch and all food had to be eaten in order. I believe getting pregnant (which allowed me to mix my food) and then having a baby/toddler (helped me not have to worry about neatness) mostly cured me. I still rinse my cup before I use it. I still smell my plate to make sure I don’t need to rinse it. I also remember getting angry if things in my room weren’t exactly how I wanted them to be. Glad my tendencies are much duller now and I don’t feel like they control my life like they used to.
How I would love to have just ten minutes to talk with him. God bless you!
What if your OCD is fear that the thought/feeling will keep coming? This causes more of a despair feeling than fear and I’ve noticed is harder for me to deal with
He’s telling you here to let the fear keep coming and welcome it and don’t try to push it away, or just react with “oh, well.”
He has many videos on these issues. OCD is fear-based that’s what keeps you trapped.
I have this, fear of fear basically. Basically lean into it, maybe this thought will be here forever? Who knows
That's what all phobia related OCD manifests into. You become afraid of how afraid you are/could potentially get. It's the panic and anxiety that come from interacting with what you are afraid of that you are ACTUALLY afraid of.
Thank you for your videos. You have no idea how helpful they are!!
does it work if I act like an annoyed clerk telling phrases like " Alright, sure OCD, thank you for your contribution " ?
You are a blessing ❤❤
Thanks you 😭 i think i am suffering from harm ocd
I have contamination ocd, I think, to keep it simple. It’s actually a long story. I dread using the bathroom which is multiple times a day!
This is the best! Thank you! ERP rocks!
Thank you so much man! I’ve been watching your videos for quite some time now and i remember in the beginning how i had 0 courage to do erp and would find it ridiculous even thinking about accepting uncertainty. Now im trying to do erp daily, thank you !
I think your channel is offering a way to simple solution for a way to complex problem. OCD can be caused by a lot of different things. Lets take Trauma as an example, which can sometimes cause OCD as a mechanism to regain controle. Just by facing the fears and reacting to them with maybe/maybe not wont solve the root of the problem, the trauma. Or what if the underlying problem of the OCD-thoughts is deep grieve? The ERP wont target this feeling. And why dont you teach about ways to reduce anxiety when the fear is faced, like breathing techniques? I think ERP is a necessary and important step when it comes to OCD to regain controle over the symptoms, especially to train the mind to identify the thoughts, not reacting with rumination and regain controle over the symptoms, but its by far not everything which is necessary to get OCD healed.
Thank you Nate❤❤❤❤❤
How can I be uncertain about things on purpose? How can I make things more uncertain? That’s illuminating
What if the intrusive thoughts come true sir ? Thanks for the video
With treatment we often have to risk it and only problem solve when there is an actual problem. 👍
@@ocdandanxiety thankyou :)
I started to write down things many years ago but this journey or notes whatever we call it, it became part of my ocd. I have written tens and thousands of notes. I am consistently writing things down or else I go crazy. I have stop my car side of the road to write things down.
Love those earings! I bought similar ones at TJmaxx.
Is this safe for harm ocd? I’m so worried that if I change my attitude and try to accept the thoughts without pushing them away, I’ll become indifferent to them and they’ll feel normal and I’ll act on them, which is the last thing I actually want. Feeling really stuck with it 😞
Anyone else need everything done in a split second. Bored and depressed from rountine, but love routine at the same time. But don’t deal well to change. ?
can an intrusive image be someone that you absolutely hate and makes you worry that you idolize them or like them? thanks
I don't know but I am afraid of becoming like a person that scared me the most😢
What about health ocd when you actually need to find out what’s going on because you have debilitating symptoms? How do you recognize the ocd and still also take care of advocating for yourself and your health? My erp currently discourages me from problem solving health issues- but when you need to get diagnosed that is contradictory.
Thank you , really thank you
Your tips do help but certainly scary. My ocd feels mild because after a while fear gets numb. I might be depressed. I dont know how other humans function
Amazing🎉
So, how long have you lived with OCD Mr. ocdandanxiety? Flooding was the first treatment I was exposed to. What were some of your compulsions?
I have environmentalism ocd and "being a complicit consumer" ocd. I get up sometimes and am digusted by how many things surround ne rhat were unethicall produced in some step, exploiting humans, animals, polluting the environment during the production and how itll pollute after use or latest after my death and everything gets disposed and mostly isnt gonna be recycled. It sents me into guilt loops wnd doom loops. And every solution i throw at it is not good enough or even if I weave baskets myself, with trashed twigs I ethically get from some business or neighbour-Arent I too privileged, other people are enslaved and bombed and I have idle time that I dont use effectively at all? Or I internally accuse myself of inly doing ut to look good in front if myself, which isnt genuine enough to the OCD thought oattern I have in that moment.Even if Im the only one that knows I did smth good, the OCD still makes me think sometimes that I only do it for skewed reasons and tries to convince me that I woll never have a positive impact Etc etc
Thankyou so much
I got an obsessive thought when I was tired one time and it made me feel dizzy. And now whenever worry about feeling dizzy, it makes me feel dizzy again in a positive feedback loop.
How do I stop? I don't know what exposure I can do to this because whenever I think about being dizzy and worry that I've got a problem with my brain, it makes it worse.
Also I would go to the doctors but I'm yoing on holiday for a week and my OCD is telling me it'll be too late when I come back.
Please help, your other videos have been helpful for my other OCD problems and I've had similar worries like this before like struggling to breathe, but that was nothing and I got over it after a while so how do I do the same with this?
Thank you.
Also, it's not really dizzy, it's just every now and then it feels vaguely like I'm dreaming and slightly disconnected and reassurance of my friends and family saying they've felt it before doesn't stop the OCD.
God bless you ❤ this is part of compulsion aswell lol
Does anyone know if this works for looping thoughts? I’m autistic and my looping thoughts have become more severe and debilitating as of late.
Thanks you Nate
Is this safe to do by yourself though? Shouldn’t you do exposure response with a therapist?
Im suffering religious ocd very badly 😢
What does that mean?
Question for anyone: How do I know if I do an exposure as a compulsion?
Thank you:>
Making an action plan about being uncertain is so confusing.
My ocd is afraid of breaking things and its gonna be my fault and feel doomed. Anyone else like me?
@@shaffikwahid962
I’ve accidentally “broken” things in my life as everyone has accidentally broken things. Why do you feel “doomed” if you break something?
@@user-hx7mi7ml8u exactly
it's hard tho when the thing ya need to stop with is something that actually does need doin dailey..like wiping kitchen surfaces down..u can't think right ..not doing that no more..🤦🤔
If exposure therapy works for you, then your OCD was not severe. For those with debilitating OCD, there is no cure yet. Drugs and brain stimulation help, but no cure. This TH-camr is trying to leave the impression he has all the solutions. Nonsense.
Jesus is the cure. He can set you free and give you peace.
sure but he may do that through others
Yeah religion is what started my OCD, and a lot of people’s anxiety
Yeah but what If the ocd revolves round a crime. And you have to admit to said crime in order to treat it lol
What if I have an bad ocd thought and I feel like I truly like it or that I don’t have anxiety about it and also what if just star doing erp and I feel like I don’t feel anxiety or that I like the exposure
Do you like cg5?
Yes. I saw he announced that he has OCD.
@@ocdandanxietyyes I'm so excited
Abut the song lol
I get obsessed that people are going to ghost me when we haven’t talked for a couple of days