So to recap, your nerves are sensitised. The brain is throwing all kinds of pro survival thoughts at you to keep you alive and safe. You can’t stop the thoughts, that’s the mechanics of the mind. But then there’s thinking. Thinking is engaging, and you are actively doing that, you can control that, it’s rumination, an active process. When you engage with the thoughts by thinking about it, so the brain says this must be important, and send you more thoughts around that. The brain just wants you focused on negative stuff so you know what to avoid. When you engage with the thought you reinforce it, and it becomes a habit very quickly. Remember you are not your thoughts, and that there’s nothing to engage.
what if the thinking is scary and i try to remain calm as its just a thought i will never do things?? it will go away as you are feeling scared at the same time?
@@nanamiinmewassup, I think that if your scared it will still stick around, I would say with the more exposure you give to yourself, the less you fear it, and you have to be brave and trust yourself
Im struggling very very dark and disturbing intrusive thoughts. Sometimes I feel like a monster. Since 1 week they are stucked in my head and I feel so bad because of that. But God gives me hope. I know that these Throughts aren't myself
I am so far in this fight or flight response that I wake up in the middle of the night with intrusive thoughts, and when I try to calm my thoughts down with meditation, breathing etc, my body starts responding instead with heart racing as if I am in a life threatening situation. It's crazy, I didn't know this is called anxiety, I thought I was loosing my mind. It's definitely caused by years of trauma in my case, as I know exactly when it started. I was fine before. Good to know that it can be healed as it is really stressful.
I pray everyone here will definitely come out of it God will surely help each and everyone.... Yes bro you will be normal and happy in few days believe in you 🙌
I hate to say this, but I’m so glad to see how many other people have this issue. I read something that said only 2% of people suffer with this. That being said, I’m only glad, because now I don’t feel so alone. Definitely don’t wish this on anyone. I hope we all get the help we need and learn to deal with this.
Ive been having anxieties and insecurities because lots of things badly happen to me which also i feel that any mistakes i do is a big thing for myself: i can never forgive myself or cant move on. Its been YEARS that i have this problems and right now im trying to recover. Im struggling.
anyone here feels your heart beats like pumping loudly . you always noticing your heart beats . I hear my heartbeats makes me anxious but playing basketball really help
About 3 minutes into the video I realized something. I had a very negative experience and almost did something I would have regretted doing the rest of my life because of an intrusive thought, thank God I didn’t do it but now I’m having intrusive thoughts related to it, I realized my brain is training me to have a negative connection with those types of things so that I never do anything I would regret. Our minds do train us if we let them, we have to be disciplined.
Ive been having inrusive thoughts, the more the anxiety the worse they got. when i thought nothing could be worse, there would be another one even more scary that i didn't even expect my brain could develop in the first place. utter shock and anxiety. then the negative thought loops of me trying to solve it all, reason with it, deny or dismiss or fight with it. plus the anxiety in body makes it all feel so real. it only gets worse until and unless u decide to actively detach yourself from it again and again. it takes time to bring these bad thoughts in line with other normal thoughts. but just don't engage. i love the fact that he said, after a while the brain will take your lack of attention as a signal to not produce such a thought in the first place. i needed that. its like ive found a way to stop it from the root. thanks.
Intrusive thoughts are very simple to handle once you know how. Don’t obsess over them everyone gets them. It doesn’t make you a bad person if get you het them. They’re just thoughts they can’t harm you or anybody else. I’ve not had one for over 12 years. Very simple just see them as thoughts they aren’t who you you are. They soon melt away CBT gives the tools. But in therapy you must embrace them don’t fight them it will make things worse. Once you do they will soon go and you will feel better take cae
It’s so worst now that, I don’t know if they’re real or not. I have anxiety attacks because of them. It stopped me from doing things that used to comfort me because my brain keeps telling me “It’s gonna break, I want it to break” when I REALLY don’t want it to break! I’m scared that it breaks because of these thoughts.. ugh I’m tired :(
Intrusive thoughts are in my life since I turned 16. Even though I am happy most of time but sometimes it comes back and ruins my life. Because I can feel anxiety for weeks it ruins me.
@@Stoicsaiyanno. You are completely wrong. You don't know how does it feel to have anxiety that comes from intrusive thoughts. WE CANNOT CONTROL HOW WE REACT TO THEM,WE ARE NOT REASONABLE FOR OUR WOUNDS. its because of having OCD.
@@Stoicsaiyan You are spot on I am autistic so I am wired up to be obsessive over things. However if I can get control them anybody can everybody does get them it’s a matter of how you respond to them that is what I learnt in CBT
@@Honknivhol I have I trust I’ve thought and have suffered from debilitating anxiety from it. Still do here and there. How do you know about my life ? I still have bits of anxiety but I will overcome. Don’t speak about me because you don’t know me
Subscribed, watching in sep 2023 having the worst day, crying all day, started in 2020 during covid lockdown and mum died and had to say bye over a video and couldn't go to funeral as was in a different country
I am suffering from this now but I am using words like so what? I don’t care to counter this. It’s very tough to keep on repeating this every 4 mins whenever thoughts coming in.
Thank you for this video, I'm slowly recovering from the physical symptoms of anxiety and it's been so great but now I'm struggling on getting over the intrusive thoughts. I told my therapist and all she wanted to suggest was that something was wrong and there is medicine for me to take for intrusive thoughts cause it's not normal. My anxiety almost came back but I didn't let it . I saw this specific video and it just makes me feel better again. I knew it was just me and I just need to retrain my brain since I developed this habit when my anxiety was in full swing.
Most therapists have no idea what anxiety is and what symptoms it can create. The only therapists that can help are the ones who have actually been through it. There is a rare exception of therapists who havent been through it that can help you but they are very hard to find. Id stick with Shaan and Dr Claire Weekes.
it’s normal if we have that,..100% people have anxiety have that problem.. and if any therapist said that’s not normal, they are not a therapist or a psychologist.. this is normal symptoms from anxiety… the most important thing is don’t join with that thoughts and don’t scary of them.. just let it be
10:38. 5 Month ago you have been at 14,3k Subs. Now you are at 43,3 and that is well f***ing deserved. I am struggling with the hypochondira, specially cancer. Every little symptom I experience with my body, my mind tells me "it's "this and that" cancer - for sure!". I am in therapie for abour 8 months now but I gotta tell you, one of your videos helps me as much as 3 months of therapie. From the bottom of my heart - thank you for uploading videos like this and helping thousands of people understanding their minds and thoughts, helping them taking steps to a better live. Thank you.
A breathing technique called Kapalbhati and humming works for me to disengage the brain from the nervous system. Kapalbhati is a fast pace respiratory exercise or pranayam. Remember, If you ever feel down always remember to hold a simile!
The person who suffer only he knows what’s going inside his mind, all these lost thoughts running inside mind, fear of what is happening, thinking of when i will be alright again like i used to be earlier, DONT WORRY my friends these all gonna be ok one day. Trust me i was suffering from 9-months .You just have to do one thing when anxiety hits you just feel it and realises it and one thing you DONT have to do is don’t reach on it this is how i fight with my anxiety.I am living a normal life now i don’t have panic attacks, i am just suffering from lost thoughts and triggers. I am fighting everyday to get back to my normal life. And one day i will be completely out from this hard time.
@@ARajput15 Awww! I’m so sorry to hear that! I am overcoming mine via reassurance that others go through the same thing, not paying them any mind, going into nature and spirituality etc. Believe it or not, comments like yours help me out a lot!
Such a timely video. Thank you so much for your videos! I am on a journey to recovering from anxiety and your videos have helped me tremendously. I owe my mindset change to you so thank you!
If you're struggling with panic attacks and anxiety, please know that recovery is possible. I've been there, and I've come out the other side. It takes time and effort, but healing is within reach. Focus on self-care, find healthy coping mechanisms, and consider seeking professional support. Remember you're not alone in this journey, and there's hope for a brighter future. Believe in yourself, and keep moving forward. If i got recover then you will absolutely get recover
@@sonikasharma6908 hey Sonika I thik that u r from India .. I can surely help u and ans all of ur question it takes me 9 months to recover but the real recovery is possible in 2..3 months so if u want then I can help you from getting out of this .. otherwise it's ur choice
Its the thoughts that seem to send u into a panic sprial..... If u get a belly issue, or you wake up groggy and a bit "dizzy" most people woukd just carry on. But when youre sensitive your brain starts "oh no ..here we go ...youll neber get better, yourr going to struggle for ever, bla bla bla" These damn intrusive thoughts start the cycle every time. My dad, RIP, used to joke and say: "If we had no brains, think of how happy we would all be"😂 He was right. Anxiety is so much about the mind and how you creste your own hell. Stress, worry, planning, not planning, habbits, fear, grief. All mind.
I just discovered you last week and I have already seen great results using ur methods. I also purchased ur blue print to have handy. Thank you so much for what you do ❤ God bless
my intrusive thought was getting as close to calling 911 as possible without doing so (my phone has an emergency sos feature) and it basically prevented me from doing things like eating properly. i hope this video will help break that habbit
I’ve been struggling with intrusive thoughts for a while now and they won’t go away and I keep questioning if I’m a bad person and I feel guilty . But I know that if I was truly a bad person I wouldn’t feel guilty .
I had a thought once and a wave of anxiety rushed over me...I was sweaty and had pains in my arms. I have been trying to put it out of my mind and have been engaginv with it and believing it 😢
I've been stressed lately so i got a full blown panic attack when my father was hospitalized. I dont even know what panic attack is at that point so i said to my orher family members to rush me to ER. Blood and other lab test were fine. Doctor said that i only have acute stress reaction. I also consulted a psychologist because my intrusive thoughts bother me so much I don't even do that things or I dont even want that in my head. It makes me more scared and anxious. One week now from my last panic attack and I still experience dark and scary intrusive thoughts. My psychologist said that it's normal to have this thoughts when you're anxious and just gave me techniques to manage my anxiety better like grounding and breathing. Buuut they still come time to time to make ne scared
I was distressing for 1 month due to this thought loop and I was having some illogical and some anxious thought on a loop. It made me anxious.And I've watched a lot videos.Everyone says it is just an thought . But no one said that it will come again and don’t be anxious except you. Here is the key point to overcome these thought is knowing that It'll come again and you might feel bit stressed.But that's okey. I hope it helps someone❤
there is no addition and multiplication in mind, dont push a thought away by thought, the thought will come but focus somewhere else like breath outside world again and again, you know meditation and mindfulness
Yes, you cant stop the thoughts. But you can decide: to engage (fusion) with it or not. It's like a mind Tinder: true or false. You can decide: oh yes it's a false thought, and oh it's a true thought. You can chose. :)
I have intrusive thoughts that keep trying to imagine what it's like being dead and eternally not existing and it's constantly triggering panic attacks. It's difficult because death is inevitable so there's not really a way to deal with it.
The issue I have is when I try to turn my life around, staying positive, new routine, healthier liftsyle, something always kicks me in the ass and i have to restart again and again and again.. i can control my anxiety, however it just sucks when i get afraid of my own thoughts 😅 im just tryna stay happy!!! I havent had a full on panic attack, i wont let myself but its just the feeling of not being able to control myself and not knowing what will happen is scary as hell
It's so disturbing and horrifying to suffer from OCD, but something worse is suffering from Religious OCD. I used to have mild derealization symptoms but now the episodes hit me about half the time of every day. I developed anxiety about going to sleep because of how scared I get when thinking about what sort of dreams and nightmares I will have to face down.
Its not about religious or someother type of ocd because i had religious ocd for a year and suddenly i got another different intrusive thoughts now my brain is fixed on this new thought and i dont get religious bad thoughts , but know no intrusive thought is better than the other thought
I really struggle to apply this to my situation. I have ocd and anxiety and strong intrusive thoughts. I have intrusive thoughts about losing control and/or killing myself or suicide due to a trauma and it's stuck with me for 2+ years. I can't be alone out of fear and the thoughts are especially strong when on tube/train. Sometimes the physical anxiety is so strong with my mind racing telling me I could jump infront or the track that I feel my body jolt forwards and don't feel I could actually stop it happening. It's hard to really truly be convinced that it's just a thought. I've never been suicidal and don't want to have these thoughts, just stuck in the cycle of fear!
One thing that completely turned my life around was starting to practise Chi Gung. There are hundreds of free RUclips videos about this. The exercises are very simple but the most important thing is that they reorganise the chi and the prana that flows through all of us and thoughts believe it or not are a form of prana. This wonderful practice revitalise and heels and nourishes the nervous system as well as the kidneys and adrenals all of which contribute to anxiety. Standing barefoot on the Earth and practicing Chi Gung was a game changer for me and my mind has become incredibly calm peaceful and happy and after many years of suffering I finally feel that my mind is on board with me and not my enemy❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hey, I am experiencing something very similar, although I dont have OCD, yet I do have those kind of thoughts. For that I have applied what they call in CBT "putting thought on a trial" meaning : "evaluate the evidence for and the evidence against the thought. We pretend that we are bringing the thought to a judge, and we need to show the judge evidence based on facts and not on feelings. " It sounds simple but its a process that is somehow reassuring in such a distressing thought pattern. I should also mention I am on 20mg of fluoxetine due to my therapist recommendation; but the most important part is working on yourself and your mind. You will get through this. I hope that helps and if you need someone to talk to and share let me know!
I seriously don't have peace of mind, am really disturbed, always getting angry evrytime i have this thought, i have been praying for God to help, i miss my old self
I am. Also suffering from these thoughts i thought i am. Strange when will it be normal why i am not enjoying every one is enjoying the life but i am not? Why am feeling strange why this world is strange these all thoughts make me cry. I want to cry in a very loud voice😭😭😭😭but i have trust on Allah the one's who created me who understand me he is watching me and one day he will ease me he will heal me 😢
2nd video of watching you and i have hope again love your way of explaining ect😢 I haven’t found a professional and ive seen videos but then forget so im just going to stick to yours and hopefully recover i sent a request to join the facebook group hopefully im approved
i’ve been going thru a really really bad bout of anxiety and dissociation my whole life’s been put on pause. anytime i think of anything positive or reassuring my brain instantly shuts it down and for a while it would scare me but i had a realisation that i have those thoughts but then im subconsciously here looking at these videos to help myself? so i very clearly do want to help myself and the fact that these thoughts cause anxiety attacks means they’re never something i’d act upon. yeah sometimes they do still get the best of me but the more you work on your anxiety, they will go back to that normal state of where you’re able to laugh them off like before. that was the case for me anyway. i’ve always had intrusive thoughts but always managed to laugh them off but since this bad anxiety bout has started the intrusive thoughts are uncontrollable. for example i tried to have a nap earlier and while falling asleep i had a hypnagogic hallucination which is normal but it sounded like a whistle and because ive been so worried about going crazy or schizophrenic, it shot anxiety throughout my body and ever since then whenever im not distracted my brain has been saying the word whistle. it’s horrible 😭
Very good video. My issue at the moment is that i have anxiety with eating - which i do 3 times a day at least - whuch makes it really hard for me right now to detach from this thought when i have to encounter it multiple times a day
@@jacksonemmanuel644 hey man, just so you know you can get through it. 1 year later and I am doing a lot better. Speak to family and close friends about it, that helped me the most. Things won't change overnight but you have to keep believing that you are going to get through this and over time you will process things and it will get better I promise. If I can help in any other way let me know below and I can see if what I've gone through can help with your situation
Intrusive thoughts are so bad in my mind like in dpdr are would ask my self am I crazy what if I go insane or crazy what if I do this? What if I do that? Is so scary and I will just have a panic attacks and anxiety attacks and is so scary I’ll just be scared and is a bad negative and scary thought
I need help I am also getting these thoughts and then getting scared of it whether the thoughts are real or not please I really want to get out of this
Shaan I’m from Australia and I can’t emphasise how helpful the idea of a “a thought” vs “thinking” Thankyou for this. I think the hard thing is feeling like I made my anxiety worse, do you have tools for that positive self talk? I know you talk about that in one video.
This feels impossible to do when you suffer from ocd and not on any medication 😭 my mind is constantly being hijacked by unwanted negative thoughts, especially about my romantic relationship, and it messing everything up for me.
I used the Silva method for relaxing. That and using lessons from Gerald Jampolsky’s book “Love is letting go of Fear!” One of my favorites is “This instant is the only time there is!” Quite nice for going into stressful situations.
I had anxiety thinking the devil was going to attack me, instantly always felt like i had to pray and he was going to doom my soul but the truth is God has your soul, it's not yours to give. A thought is a thought and has no power, God is above all, let the thought fade, have no emotional reaction to it. Pay attention to your eyes, are they constantly seeking anxious thoughts? are they playing into a game that is a cycle? you're probably shifting your eyes overthinking, losing focus. Distract yourself, remind yourself that thoughts cannot hurt you, that sometimes spiritual attacks happen but God lives within you and protects you. They aren't important because God always has your back, you're not doomed, breathe, keep your eyes steady, you are the master of your mind, you are what gives anything power. Live in the present moment, you are sitting, standing, lying down, physically here, there is nothing hurting you but yourself. Anxiety is imaginary, feelings of doom are irrational, sometimes i feel like i'm going crazy. Keep your diet in check, eat your vitamins, maybe you have a vitamin deficiency, maybe you're not doing anything and you're so bored you can't help yourself. Talk with people, do something different, stay hydrated, exercise. You decide what happens, what has power, as long as God is in you guiding you, no evil shall prosper period.
Hello this was an excellent video which I plan on utilizing along with CBT for my clients. Do you have any videos explaining the sensitized nervous system
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Myo-inositol helps stop intrusive thoughts. They’ve done studies. It’s worth looking into.
I love the anxiety issues and I love you
This video helped me understand how it works. Thanks 🙏
This videos make me stop feeling like I'm a monster. Sometimes I feel like my mind is scarier than the devil himself.
Whenever i have these thoughts i just search these vids and they go away for a while
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Same
You’re not. Like he said, it’s just anxiety trying to stay alive. Acceptance and allowance.
Same!
So to recap, your nerves are sensitised. The brain is throwing all kinds of pro survival thoughts at you to keep you alive and safe. You can’t stop the thoughts, that’s the mechanics of the mind. But then there’s thinking. Thinking is engaging, and you are actively doing that, you can control that, it’s rumination, an active process. When you engage with the thoughts by thinking about it, so the brain says this must be important, and send you more thoughts around that. The brain just wants you focused on negative stuff so you know what to avoid. When you engage with the thought you reinforce it, and it becomes a habit very quickly. Remember you are not your thoughts, and that there’s nothing to engage.
Thanks for breaking it down, makes great sense!
Absolutely.
what if the thinking is scary and i try to remain calm as its just a thought i will never do things?? it will go away as you are feeling scared at the same time?
@@PRAMILAVESHthat’s the same question I have
@@nanamiinmewassup, I think that if your scared it will still stick around, I would say with the more exposure you give to yourself, the less you fear it, and you have to be brave and trust yourself
Im struggling very very dark and disturbing intrusive thoughts. Sometimes I feel like a monster. Since 1 week they are stucked in my head and I feel so bad because of that. But God gives me hope. I know that these Throughts aren't myself
Hey man you’re not alone trust me. Dealing with some stuff right now and it’s hard but we just give it time and keep our heads up.
I’m right here with you, thoughts that I don’t even want to tell a therapist, or anyone else. We shall overcome!
How are u
How are you now ? I’ve been feeling like this for the past 5 days
@@RUclipsiscool865you doing better ?
Intrusive thaughts are the worst to deal with... May god help everyone there 🙏🏽 and me too
Ameen😢❤
just praying to god i recover
Amen
Me to I have stomach drops and everything .
Amen
You will
@@classynezsame but instead of stomach is my balls
I am so far in this fight or flight response that I wake up in the middle of the night with intrusive thoughts, and when I try to calm my thoughts down with meditation, breathing etc, my body starts responding instead with heart racing as if I am in a life threatening situation. It's crazy, I didn't know this is called anxiety, I thought I was loosing my mind. It's definitely caused by years of trauma in my case, as I know exactly when it started. I was fine before. Good to know that it can be healed as it is really stressful.
Try with brown noises, isochronic tones or binaural beats
@@tanasaflorin3699 i get anxxious when i do binaural beats
A tired mind is a mind that cant defend itself. Intrusive thoughts, negative things float past the front doors without any passes.
That’s true
How do I not make my mind tired
I pray everyone here will definitely come out of it God will surely help each and everyone.... Yes bro you will be normal and happy in few days believe in you 🙌
I hate to say this, but I’m so glad to see how many other people have this issue. I read something that said only 2% of people suffer with this. That being said, I’m only glad, because now I don’t feel so alone. Definitely don’t wish this on anyone. I hope we all get the help we need and learn to deal with this.
Literally it is destroying my happiness and I'm losing everyone by myself 🥺 i don't know why this happened to me 😞
Praying to god to be like old me 🥺❤
I am with you too ❤️😌
The brain is weird. I’ve been dealing with nasty intrusive thoughts my whole life. God help me😢
Chosse the thougts you want to belive and do good for you
You aren’t your thoughts and thoughts aren’t actions.
Same, they’ll be gross and perverted too and it drives me insane makes me feel I have no control sometimes
praying for you G, hope you find peace.
Ameen😢❤
"there's a difference between thoughts and thinking" this makes so much sense. thank you Shaan 🙏🏻
I JUST PRAY ALOT. THERE SOLVED
Only works for idiots without enough of a brain to have it malfunction
@@henryzhao4622this literally makes no sense
Ive been having anxieties and insecurities because lots of things badly happen to me which also i feel that any mistakes i do is a big thing for myself: i can never forgive myself or cant move on.
Its been YEARS that i have this problems and right now im trying to recover. Im struggling.
anyone here feels your heart beats like pumping loudly . you always noticing your heart beats . I hear my heartbeats makes me anxious but playing basketball really help
Some times
🙋🏻♀️
I don't feel any physical symptoms everytime I play basketball
About 3 minutes into the video I realized something.
I had a very negative experience and almost did something I would have regretted doing the rest of my life because of an intrusive thought, thank God I didn’t do it but now I’m having intrusive thoughts related to it, I realized my brain is training me to have a negative connection with those types of things so that I never do anything I would regret.
Our minds do train us if we let them, we have to be disciplined.
Shaan you are a true hero for helping people. Hope you feel a lot of gratitude because you should
intrsive thoughts to me are like if i think about it its gonna come tre and thats shivers my spine because we know how intrusive thoughts
Thank you for your guidance now i feel like im not alone god bless you and everybody here praying for a speedy recovery for all of us 💕🙏
Thank you for this video. Been feeling very sad lately with my thoughts that won’t go away & videos like this do help.
Ive been having inrusive thoughts, the more the anxiety the worse they got. when i thought nothing could be worse, there would be another one even more scary that i didn't even expect my brain could develop in the first place. utter shock and anxiety. then the negative thought loops of me trying to solve it all, reason with it, deny or dismiss or fight with it. plus the anxiety in body makes it all feel so real. it only gets worse until and unless u decide to actively detach yourself from it again and again. it takes time to bring these bad thoughts in line with other normal thoughts. but just don't engage. i love the fact that he said, after a while the brain will take your lack of attention as a signal to not produce such a thought in the first place. i needed that. its like ive found a way to stop it from the root. thanks.
@@drunk_amy2124 can you tell how exactly you stop this thoughts I am suffering from this for 2 week help me please 😩😭
@@phoenixgamer0761accepting it and chill let it be there and continue what you were doing before this thought arrised.....do what makes u happy....
Your blessing alot of peoples life's please don't stop.
Intrusive thoughts are very simple to handle once you know how. Don’t obsess over them everyone gets them. It doesn’t make you a bad person if get you het them. They’re just thoughts they can’t harm you or anybody else. I’ve not had one for over 12 years. Very simple just see them as thoughts they aren’t who you you are. They soon melt away CBT gives the tools. But in therapy you must embrace them don’t fight them it will make things worse. Once you do they will soon go and you will feel better take cae
I wonder whether embracing these thoughts can actually cause them to be manifested.
Can embracing, accepting, and acknowledging the intrusive thoughts can make them worse?
It’s so worst now that, I don’t know if they’re real or not. I have anxiety attacks because of them. It stopped me from doing things that used to comfort me because my brain keeps telling me “It’s gonna break, I want it to break” when I REALLY don’t want it to break! I’m scared that it breaks because of these thoughts.. ugh I’m tired :(
Can we please talk bro ?
Thank you, Been struggling over sixty years with thought, Trying to have some recovery in these late years. Appreciate you
Intrusive thoughts are in my life since I turned 16. Even though I am happy most of time but sometimes it comes back and ruins my life. Because I can feel anxiety for weeks it ruins me.
Intrusive thoughts are in everyone’s life. You just react to them differently
@@Stoicsaiyanno. You are completely wrong. You don't know how does it feel to have anxiety that comes from intrusive thoughts. WE CANNOT CONTROL HOW WE REACT TO THEM,WE ARE NOT REASONABLE FOR OUR WOUNDS. its because of having OCD.
@@Stoicsaiyan You are spot on I am autistic so I am wired up to be obsessive over things. However if I can get control them anybody can everybody does get them it’s a matter of how you respond to them that is what I learnt in CBT
@@Honknivhol I have I trust I’ve thought and have suffered from debilitating anxiety from it. Still do here and there. How do you know about my life ? I still have bits of anxiety but I will overcome. Don’t speak about me because you don’t know me
@@SamJeffries-yd7hy exactly even people with ocd can recover from it it’s all anxiety.
So never engage with the thought? I have OCD, BDD and Anxiety.
I’m going through this right now it’s so stressful
Subscribed, watching in sep 2023 having the worst day, crying all day, started in 2020 during covid lockdown and mum died and had to say bye over a video and couldn't go to funeral as was in a different country
I am suffering from this now but I am using words like so what? I don’t care to counter this. It’s very tough to keep on repeating this every 4 mins whenever thoughts coming in.
Thank you for this video, I'm slowly recovering from the physical symptoms of anxiety and it's been so great but now I'm struggling on getting over the intrusive thoughts. I told my therapist and all she wanted to suggest was that something was wrong and there is medicine for me to take for intrusive thoughts cause it's not normal. My anxiety almost came back but I didn't let it . I saw this specific video and it just makes me feel better again. I knew it was just me and I just need to retrain my brain since I developed this habit when my anxiety was in full swing.
Most therapists have no idea what anxiety is and what symptoms it can create. The only therapists that can help are the ones who have actually been through it. There is a rare exception of therapists who havent been through it that can help you but they are very hard to find. Id stick with Shaan and Dr Claire Weekes.
Yes so true...i am also in same phase..I keep telling my therapist on my thoughts ..they only suggest go expose yourself and it will be fine..
🙏I'm there with you
it’s normal if we have that,..100% people have anxiety have that problem.. and if any therapist said that’s not normal, they are not a therapist or a psychologist.. this is normal symptoms from anxiety… the most important thing is don’t join with that thoughts and don’t scary of them.. just let it be
10:38. 5 Month ago you have been at 14,3k Subs. Now you are at 43,3 and that is well f***ing deserved. I am struggling with the hypochondira, specially cancer. Every little symptom I experience with my body, my mind tells me "it's "this and that" cancer - for sure!". I am in therapie for abour 8 months now but I gotta tell you, one of your videos helps me as much as 3 months of therapie. From the bottom of my heart - thank you for uploading videos like this and helping thousands of people understanding their minds and thoughts, helping them taking steps to a better live. Thank you.
Happened with me as well
Thank you so much for this video 🙏Its relieving to know that someone else has dealt with anxiety, and has overcome it. It gives me hope ✨
This was underrated and was most helpfull ❤ Bless you Shaan in JESUS name!!❤
A breathing technique called Kapalbhati and humming works for me to disengage the brain from the nervous system. Kapalbhati is a fast pace respiratory exercise or pranayam. Remember, If you ever feel down always remember to hold a simile!
Thank you so much for this video, I was mentally drained bc of my intrusive thoughts.
The person who suffer only he knows what’s going inside his mind, all these lost thoughts running inside mind, fear of what is happening, thinking of when i will be alright again like i used to be earlier, DONT WORRY my friends these all gonna be ok one day. Trust me i was suffering from 9-months .You just have to do one thing when anxiety hits you just feel it and realises it and one thing you DONT have to do is don’t reach on it this is how i fight with my anxiety.I am living a normal life now i don’t have panic attacks, i am just suffering from lost thoughts and triggers. I am fighting everyday to get back to my normal life. And one day i will be completely out from this hard time.
How are you now ☺️?
@@Elle-hx8ji not so well! 😢
@@ARajput15 Awww! I’m so sorry to hear that! I am overcoming mine via reassurance that others go through the same thing, not paying them any mind, going into nature and spirituality etc. Believe it or not, comments like yours help me out a lot!
@@ARajput15 go consult a psychiatrist
may we all get the help we need
Hugely helpful. I think this is the single most important video I've seen thus far. It's the AHAH moment.
Such a timely video. Thank you so much for your videos! I am on a journey to recovering from anxiety and your videos have helped me tremendously. I owe my mindset change to you so thank you!
If you're struggling with panic attacks and anxiety, please know that recovery is possible. I've been there, and I've come out the other side. It takes time and effort, but healing is within reach. Focus on self-care, find healthy coping mechanisms, and consider seeking professional support. Remember you're not alone in this journey, and there's hope for a brighter future. Believe in yourself, and keep moving forward. If i got recover then you will absolutely get recover
@@sonikasharma6908 hey Sonika I thik that u r from India .. I can surely help u and ans all of ur question it takes me 9 months to recover but the real recovery is possible in 2..3 months so if u want then I can help you from getting out of this .. otherwise it's ur choice
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Wow. I needed this! It’s so helpful right now. Thank you.
Its the thoughts that seem to send u into a panic sprial..... If u get a belly issue, or you wake up groggy and a bit "dizzy" most people woukd just carry on. But when youre sensitive your brain starts "oh no ..here we go ...youll neber get better, yourr going to struggle for ever, bla bla bla"
These damn intrusive thoughts start the cycle every time.
My dad, RIP, used to joke and say:
"If we had no brains, think of how happy we would all be"😂
He was right. Anxiety is so much about the mind and how you creste your own hell. Stress, worry, planning, not planning, habbits, fear, grief. All mind.
I just came across your channel and while I was listening to this video, I had a pleasant micro sleep like it reset my mind in a way. I needed this
Sounds like what I go through 24/7
I just discovered you last week and I have already seen great results using ur methods. I also purchased ur blue print to have handy. Thank you so much for what you do ❤ God bless
Send me the blue print copy. Can't afford it
This is my go to video when I’m experiencing intrusive thoughts.
I needed this today! Thanks Shaan!❤
my intrusive thought was getting as close to calling 911 as possible without doing so (my phone has an emergency sos feature) and it basically prevented me from doing things like eating properly. i hope this video will help break that habbit
Imagine ignoring this dragging in my head as my doctors spend approximately 10-20 minutes q1-3 months actively thinking about how to solve My case.
It’s crazy how you can make an image in your head too and it stays in your head
I’ve been struggling with intrusive thoughts for a while now and they won’t go away and I keep questioning if I’m a bad person and I feel guilty . But I know that if I was truly a bad person I wouldn’t feel guilty .
Very good video. Learn to sit with the discomfort of the thoughts without directly thinking about those thoughts. Thank you!
I had a thought once and a wave of anxiety rushed over me...I was sweaty and had pains in my arms. I have been trying to put it out of my mind and have been engaginv with it and believing it 😢
Considering I am the biggest brainiac breaking this down for me really helped thank you so much
I've been stressed lately so i got a full blown panic attack when my father was hospitalized. I dont even know what panic attack is at that point so i said to my orher family members to rush me to ER. Blood and other lab test were fine. Doctor said that i only have acute stress reaction. I also consulted a psychologist because my intrusive thoughts bother me so much I don't even do that things or I dont even want that in my head. It makes me more scared and anxious. One week now from my last panic attack and I still experience dark and scary intrusive thoughts. My psychologist said that it's normal to have this thoughts when you're anxious and just gave me techniques to manage my anxiety better like grounding and breathing. Buuut they still come time to time to make ne scared
Excellent video, Shaan. Very very clear and helpful.
I got this about dying and future. Helps me praying
Thankyou for this video . Helps a lot . Will be looking into your team !🙏🏼♥️
I was distressing for 1 month due to this thought loop and I was having some illogical and some anxious thought on a loop. It made me anxious.And I've watched a lot videos.Everyone says it is just an thought . But no one said that it will come again and don’t be anxious except you.
Here is the key point to overcome these thought is knowing that It'll come again and you might feel bit stressed.But that's okey.
I hope it helps someone❤
there is no addition and multiplication in mind, dont push a thought away by thought, the thought will come but focus somewhere else like breath outside world again and again, you know meditation and mindfulness
It's the same thing happened to all people it's the thoughts so no matter what it is people. Don't think love you all ❤️🇬🇧🙏🤔😉
I wish I had learned about Intrusive thoughts 20 years ago I just thought I was mad it would have saved me alot of pain dam
Yes, you cant stop the thoughts. But you can decide: to engage (fusion) with it or not. It's like a mind Tinder: true or false. You can decide: oh yes it's a false thought, and oh it's a true thought. You can chose. :)
I have intrusive thoughts that keep trying to imagine what it's like being dead and eternally not existing and it's constantly triggering panic attacks. It's difficult because death is inevitable so there's not really a way to deal with it.
The issue I have is when I try to turn my life around, staying positive, new routine, healthier liftsyle, something always kicks me in the ass and i have to restart again and again and again.. i can control my anxiety, however it just sucks when i get afraid of my own thoughts 😅 im just tryna stay happy!!! I havent had a full on panic attack, i wont let myself but its just the feeling of not being able to control myself and not knowing what will happen is scary as hell
Hii can u help me, we have the same problem I guess. How do you control it? I'm having trouble 😭
Ur a legend May God Bless You 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Just found your Chanel. Thank you very much
It's so disturbing and horrifying to suffer from OCD, but something worse is suffering from Religious OCD. I used to have mild derealization symptoms but now the episodes hit me about half the time of every day. I developed anxiety about going to sleep because of how scared I get when thinking about what sort of dreams and nightmares I will have to face down.
Its not about religious or someother type of ocd because i had religious ocd for a year and suddenly i got another different intrusive thoughts now my brain is fixed on this new thought and i dont get religious bad thoughts , but know no intrusive thought is better than the other thought
I really struggle to apply this to my situation. I have ocd and anxiety and strong intrusive thoughts. I have intrusive thoughts about losing control and/or killing myself or suicide due to a trauma and it's stuck with me for 2+ years. I can't be alone out of fear and the thoughts are especially strong when on tube/train. Sometimes the physical anxiety is so strong with my mind racing telling me I could jump infront or the track that I feel my body jolt forwards and don't feel I could actually stop it happening. It's hard to really truly be convinced that it's just a thought. I've never been suicidal and don't want to have these thoughts, just stuck in the cycle of fear!
One thing that completely turned my life around was starting to practise Chi Gung. There are hundreds of free RUclips videos about this. The exercises are very simple but the most important thing is that they reorganise the chi and the prana that flows through all of us and thoughts believe it or not are a form of prana. This wonderful practice revitalise and heels and nourishes the nervous system as well as the kidneys and adrenals all of which contribute to anxiety. Standing barefoot on the Earth and practicing Chi Gung was a game changer for me and my mind has become incredibly calm peaceful and happy and after many years of suffering I finally feel that my mind is on board with me and not my enemy❤❤❤❤❤❤
Please i have been going through this for 4months now and i dunno what to do
Hey, I am experiencing something very similar, although I dont have OCD, yet I do have those kind of thoughts. For that I have applied what they call in CBT "putting thought on a trial" meaning : "evaluate the evidence for and the evidence against the thought. We pretend that we are bringing the thought to a judge, and we need to show the judge evidence based on facts and not on feelings. " It sounds simple but its a process that is somehow reassuring in such a distressing thought pattern. I should also mention I am on 20mg of fluoxetine due to my therapist recommendation; but the most important part is working on yourself and your mind. You will get through this. I hope that helps and if you need someone to talk to and share let me know!
Thank you for making these videos.
Unreal shaan you have really helped me so much from these videos
I seriously don't have peace of mind, am really disturbed, always getting angry evrytime i have this thought, i have been praying for God to help, i miss my old self
I am. Also suffering from these thoughts i thought i am. Strange when will it be normal why i am not enjoying every one is enjoying the life but i am not? Why am feeling strange why this world is strange these all thoughts make me cry. I want to cry in a very loud voice😭😭😭😭but i have trust on Allah the one's who created me who understand me he is watching me and one day he will ease me he will heal me 😢
2nd video of watching you and i have hope again love your way of explaining ect😢 I haven’t found a professional and ive seen videos but then forget so im just going to stick to yours and hopefully recover i sent a request to join the facebook group hopefully im approved
Oh my GOD ! a Rebound !!!!
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i’ve been going thru a really really bad bout of anxiety and dissociation my whole life’s been put on pause. anytime i think of anything positive or reassuring my brain instantly shuts it down and for a while it would scare me but i had a realisation that i have those thoughts but then im subconsciously here looking at these videos to help myself? so i very clearly do want to help myself and the fact that these thoughts cause anxiety attacks means they’re never something i’d act upon. yeah sometimes they do still get the best of me but the more you work on your anxiety, they will go back to that normal state of where you’re able to laugh them off like before. that was the case for me anyway. i’ve always had intrusive thoughts but always managed to laugh them off but since this bad anxiety bout has started the intrusive thoughts are uncontrollable. for example i tried to have a nap earlier and while falling asleep i had a hypnagogic hallucination which is normal but it sounded like a whistle and because ive been so worried about going crazy or schizophrenic, it shot anxiety throughout my body and ever since then whenever im not distracted my brain has been saying the word whistle. it’s horrible 😭
There's days i feel like giving up. There's no point the struggle up that mountain.
Don’t give up!!
This is amazing it's really interesting learning about the mind and this helped alot
Very good video. My issue at the moment is that i have anxiety with eating - which i do 3 times a day at least - whuch makes it really hard for me right now to detach from this thought when i have to encounter it multiple times a day
same here....I have the same
@@jacksonemmanuel644 hey man, just so you know you can get through it. 1 year later and I am doing a lot better. Speak to family and close friends about it, that helped me the most. Things won't change overnight but you have to keep believing that you are going to get through this and over time you will process things and it will get better I promise. If I can help in any other way let me know below and I can see if what I've gone through can help with your situation
Thia might seem wierd but in my case, ill keep repeating a word of a phrase and i do it for hours and hours.... How do I stop?
Omg thank you so much everything is clear now i hope i can do it soon
i was crying so much for this 😭😭 i was like this is not meee
Intrusive thoughts are so bad in my mind like in dpdr are would ask my self am I crazy what if I go insane or crazy what if I do this? What if I do that? Is so scary and I will just have a panic attacks and anxiety attacks and is so scary I’ll just be scared and is a bad negative and scary thought
I got better:)
How do you do it brother? @@Gabz_and_cats
I need help I am also getting these thoughts and then getting scared of it whether the thoughts are real or not please I really want to get out of this
Thankyou so much you are fantastic.. nice clear simple voice and explanation... Thanks again ❤❤
Shaan I’m from Australia and I can’t emphasise how helpful the idea of a “a thought” vs “thinking”
Thankyou for this. I think the hard thing is feeling like I made my anxiety worse, do you have tools for that positive self talk? I know you talk about that in one video.
This is so relatable
This feels impossible to do when you suffer from ocd and not on any medication 😭 my mind is constantly being hijacked by unwanted negative thoughts, especially about my romantic relationship, and it messing everything up for me.
This helped me a lot and im not even finished the video
Absolutely superb.
Sad this before you are the first person to have helped me thanks 🇬🇧
Agreed! So sad that therapist don't have this knowledge, ridiculous
This is so true and make perfect sence!
You are an awesome person for this video
Thank you
Very helpful
I used the Silva method for relaxing. That and using lessons from Gerald Jampolsky’s book “Love is letting go of Fear!”
One of my favorites is “This instant is the only time there is!” Quite nice for going into stressful situations.
I had anxiety thinking the devil was going to attack me, instantly always felt like i had to pray and he was going to doom my soul but the truth is God has your soul, it's not yours to give. A thought is a thought and has no power, God is above all, let the thought fade, have no emotional reaction to it. Pay attention to your eyes, are they constantly seeking anxious thoughts? are they playing into a game that is a cycle? you're probably shifting your eyes overthinking, losing focus. Distract yourself, remind yourself that thoughts cannot hurt you, that sometimes spiritual attacks happen but God lives within you and protects you. They aren't important because God always has your back, you're not doomed, breathe, keep your eyes steady, you are the master of your mind, you are what gives anything power. Live in the present moment, you are sitting, standing, lying down, physically here, there is nothing hurting you but yourself. Anxiety is imaginary, feelings of doom are irrational, sometimes i feel like i'm going crazy. Keep your diet in check, eat your vitamins, maybe you have a vitamin deficiency, maybe you're not doing anything and you're so bored you can't help yourself. Talk with people, do something different, stay hydrated, exercise. You decide what happens, what has power, as long as God is in you guiding you, no evil shall prosper period.
Hello this was an excellent video which I plan on utilizing along with CBT for my clients. Do you have any videos explaining the sensitized nervous system
Great video man, thanks
Good men you are the one to have helped me. I don't know nothing about. Thought you told me nowadays I no thanks 🇬🇧🏴
Thanks!