Does anyone else have a dread of dying and not fully experiencing "the most optimised life possible"? I also feel the rejection part (immensely) but the dying-without-ever-experiencing-what perfect-feels-like is my main fear. (As you can imagine, I've rewritten this comment many times and reread it just to make sure it conveys the message juuust right and it still doesn't so I'm just accepting it and hitting send.)
Yes! I feel like my feelings of just-rightness are very much about optimizing my life and a fear of never fully getting to experience the best or most perfect version of it. I even think of it using the same language you did. Thank you for sharing that, and you are definitely not alone in that particular expression of OCD.
I think we are living in that time of OCD which is going to serve as a bridge between natural recovery and artificial machine based recovery The hardships in this journey if battled mostly by ourselves,will eventually for sure make us a lot better person, although a tech based cure for OCD will get developed in the near future,It would still be much more appreciable to be able to recover on your own (mostly) with guidance from people like you I mean what's better than having control on your own self naturally rather than being dependent upon shock therapies,neuron bombardment etc etc
You're right. At first, it may seem great to have a device that spares the necessity to use our judgment and decision-making abilities in order to overcome OCD, but, on further consideration, I'm not sure I want to relinquish that to technology.
I can relate a little bit too much, I do that with reading and movies, it took me sometimes 6 hours to watch a movie. When I was 6 years old on the road to school I use to be obsses with having my socks put perfectly, the stitching had to be aligned on my toes and at times I felt like it wasn't on the right foot (socks dont have a right or left) so I could spent a lot of time removing them changing foot and start all over again which made my sister go crazy haha
Omfg that was and still is a HUGE!!! issue for me. The seam of socks!!! It used to get so bad with the amount of time I had to “fix” the sock would make me late for school sometimes to the point where I would emotionally breakdown and just not be able to go to school at all. Thank you sooooooo much for typing out this comment. You have no idea how much this comment has helped me feel validated.
Beautiful description as always,I always wait for Rob not compulsively ofcourse but his videos hits me in the most amazing manner Rob is like the god himself and Nick and Momin enlightening and guiding my recovery journey many a times on his behalf in the form of holy spirit and Jesus
Back in my rollerblading days, I would often count down from 10 before trying a risky trick, or waiting until the drop happened on a song I was listening to because it felt 'right' therefore I had more chance of pulling the trick off with success
I pay attention to words used like “certainly” in videos like these among others like “should” and “need”, I’m not sure whether or not to avoid these to embrace uncertainty or if it’s okay to use them in normal conversation, I’m probably answering my own question here lol but I’m assuming using verbiage like that in normal conversations is a gray area and to get under that it would involve breaking down irrational beliefs and getting under the fear of being wrong?
How do I deal with imperfections in my material belongings? Like a scratch on my car or scuff mark on my wall? It drives me crazy when things aren't in perfect condition. What causes this? How can I not let this bother me?
how is it possible that ocd has latched on alan watts and now my intrusive thoughts has become alan watts. alan watts ocd damn, i might be the first with this:D
Does anyone else have a dread of dying and not fully experiencing "the most optimised life possible"? I also feel the rejection part (immensely) but the dying-without-ever-experiencing-what perfect-feels-like is my main fear.
(As you can imagine, I've rewritten this comment many times and reread it just to make sure it conveys the message juuust right and it still doesn't so I'm just accepting it and hitting send.)
Yes! I feel like my feelings of just-rightness are very much about optimizing my life and a fear of never fully getting to experience the best or most perfect version of it. I even think of it using the same language you did. Thank you for sharing that, and you are definitely not alone in that particular expression of OCD.
@@seandouglass9944 thank YOU for making me feel less alone :)
Read book man search for meaning and also happiness trap both are amazing book will change your perspective ..best of luck you are not alone
Reading the same sentence of a book multiple times because it doesn't feel like anythings gone in
At least you can read, unlike Momin.
I just did that unconsciously with this comment 😅😂
I think we are living in that time of OCD which is going to serve as a bridge between natural recovery and artificial machine based recovery
The hardships in this journey if battled mostly by ourselves,will eventually for sure make us a lot better person, although a tech based cure for OCD will get developed in the near future,It would still be much more appreciable to be able to recover on your own (mostly) with guidance from people like you
I mean what's better than having control on your own self naturally rather than being dependent upon shock therapies,neuron bombardment etc etc
You're right. At first, it may seem great to have a device that spares the necessity to use our judgment and decision-making abilities in order to overcome OCD, but, on further consideration, I'm not sure I want to relinquish that to technology.
A really helpful video, thank you.
I can relate a little bit too much, I do that with reading and movies, it took me sometimes 6 hours to watch a movie.
When I was 6 years old on the road to school I use to be obsses with having my socks put perfectly, the stitching had to be aligned on my toes and at times I felt like it wasn't on the right foot (socks dont have a right or left) so I could spent a lot of time removing them changing foot and start all over again which made my sister go crazy haha
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Omfg that was and still is a HUGE!!! issue for me. The seam of socks!!! It used to get so bad with the amount of time I had to “fix” the sock would make me late for school sometimes to the point where I would emotionally breakdown and just not be able to go to school at all. Thank you sooooooo much for typing out this comment. You have no idea how much this comment has helped me feel validated.
Beautiful description as always,I always wait for Rob not compulsively ofcourse but his videos hits me in the most amazing manner
Rob is like the god himself and Nick and Momin enlightening and guiding my recovery journey many a times on his behalf in the form of holy spirit and Jesus
All fallible humans still
@@sanjayatimilsina5799 haha i just did it to joke around a bit nothing serious just got the thought so brought it open it's basically harmless
I have never in my entire life dealing with OCD ever felt this validated and understood. Holy crap!!! Thank you. ❤️🫂
Perfectly describing my youth 😂 oh boy how i rewinded films cause i had this feeling i missed a bit. Luckily there was no digital tv at that time 😅
And the bit you missed was always where nothing happened 😂
I’ll forgive you for the LA hat, but overall amazing video 😂
Back in my rollerblading days, I would often count down from 10 before trying a risky trick, or waiting until the drop happened on a song I was listening to because it felt 'right' therefore I had more chance of pulling the trick off with success
Imagine rob doing a 360 acid on a 12 step hand rail
@@aguywhohikes1271 imagine momin doing a flatspin
@@mattgoodwin3848 Imagine Momin dropping in on 3 feet of vert on a BMX bike at Woodward
@@aguywhohikes1271 🤣🤣🤣 imagine Rob riding a scooter in a vest and LA cap
I pay attention to words used like “certainly” in videos like these among others like “should” and “need”, I’m not sure whether or not to avoid these to embrace uncertainty or if it’s okay to use them in normal conversation, I’m probably answering my own question here lol but I’m assuming using verbiage like that in normal conversations is a gray area and to get under that it would involve breaking down irrational beliefs and getting under the fear of being wrong?
What's going on man! So if we are afraid to use words, more than likely, there's an irrational belief there.
I figured as much lol, thank you Nick
So like whatever im afraid of, whichever thoughts im afraid of will basically multiply and come back in waves
Yes - it tends to wax and wane until the sufferer gets under their fear with acceptance.
How do I deal with imperfections in my material belongings? Like a scratch on my car or scuff mark on my wall? It drives me crazy when things aren't in perfect condition. What causes this? How can I not let this bother me?
When was the last time you felt chronic anxiety that was so severe that it interfered with your day to day activities.
Years ago
How do you work with a 8-year old child with JR-OCD and autism with little to no language? How does the ERP-sessions differ?
how is it possible that ocd has latched on alan watts and now my intrusive thoughts has become alan watts. alan watts ocd damn, i might be the first with this:D
Because you don’t want it.