Bad distractions are just avoiding the OCD thoughts, which doesn't work. The best thing to do is, if you are already doing something (exercising, working, cooking etc.) and an OCD thought comes in, just keep focusing on what you were already doing. If you're sitting down and get an OCD thought and suddenly say 'oh, better start cooking!', that's a bad distraction.
Some of these activities (going for a walk, for example) are short-term healthy, but long-term feeding into a compulsion. That maybe yes, maybe no strategy is really interesting!
@@ocdandanxiety Maybe it can be both at the same time, like toothbrushing for example? The world does not go under because you skip it once in a while... But discovering it's been forgotten once in the warm coozy bed or in the car on the way to work causes a lot of distress, anger and the absolute need to get to the bathroom for that brushing...
I have found delaying useful in some cases. Other themes I have had experiences of delaying literally months and not getting relief. At a certain point you break down. It is as though the OCD knows the tactic and says, "no problem, you want to delay? We can play this game, I have ALL the time in the world." And it hangs out in the background sapping me of energy and making the quality of my life diminish as the weeks go by.
Thank you for all you are doing for us ❤🌹 The urge of doing computations to avoid bad things happening is just killing. Is delaying them with the hope that they get less powerful a good technique to get rid of this mons. Thank you again.
Sometimes i feel super worthless because of my ocd I feel like a burden to everyone And i feel like a horrible person Especially about something i think happened in the past
I have a really tough time telling if something is a compulsion or a just an healthy activity by choice. I am at a low and my brain feels fried. Depression, Anxiety and OCD is quite the combo. Thinking too much about this also seems like my OCD is acting up haha.
When you are doing something or thinking about something at the same time as something else, those thoughts become linked in your brain. 'Neurons that fire together, wire together' is referencing this phenomenon. You've linked 'productive thoughts' with your OCD topic, that's why it comes up each time.
My ocd theme keeps changing like for example i had harm ocd i did erp and recovered from it but again my ocd changed to other theme how to deal with it
Thanks a lot Nathan for all of the great content you are sharing. I have a question that makes me feel stuck. I know it is an obsession but it also has a valid point. I get stuck when an obsession makes sense. I call it ocd of ocd. What should be the appoach in this type of situations? This morning i was anxious and there was a thought race going on in my mind. I decided to give my attention to something related to my work instead of continue racing in my anxious loop. I decided to do this because i know it helps. I know if i pay attention to something else, the grip and the power of the distressing thought loosens and i feel better. Less then 5 minutes into that ocd questioned my intention. ??? But i am doing this to make the thought and anxiety lose its power??? but that means i am trying to neutralize it or escape from it??? I am ultimately looking to get relief from the anxiety.???? This is not right, this is not acceptance.??? this is hiding in distraction, this is hiding in busyness????? I think and believe my behaviour is a healthy distraction but at the same time has some compulsive intentions too. I know my response should be something like "may be may be not, i don't know, i take the risk of feeding my ocd, who cares? But also it will help if someone can shed some light on this type of paradoxes.
I kinda see what your saying and I believe thoughts can be compulsions but I think your scared that distractions is a compulsion. You could say maybe distraction is, maybe not. Most likely your just putting your focus elsewhere instead of the ocd and going about your day. If you mentally force yourself to think about something different and it's distressing and causing anxiety and only very short relief it's probably mental compulsions. I'd just go with maybe, maybe not and moving onto new thoughts. Because what you focus on will be more of the thoughts you get, so no you don't want to focus on ocd thoughts either way.. idk if this makes sense
Nathan, I have a doubt about my OCD theme, it seems like a I keep trying to problem solve things that happened with me in the past, criticism that people gave me, bunch of bad words and suff, it just doest go way from my mind, how should I do the exposure for this one?
Hello Sir, i want to have a chat with you and want to discuss something really important with you. How can i do that? Can you provide your mail address or something so that i can contact you.
Bad distractions are just avoiding the OCD thoughts, which doesn't work. The best thing to do is, if you are already doing something (exercising, working, cooking etc.) and an OCD thought comes in, just keep focusing on what you were already doing. If you're sitting down and get an OCD thought and suddenly say 'oh, better start cooking!', that's a bad distraction.
Some of these activities (going for a walk, for example) are short-term healthy, but long-term feeding into a compulsion. That maybe yes, maybe no strategy is really interesting!
Thanks so much Nathan, you are an absolute hero 😃
Thanks so much for your support! This means a lot to me!
@@ocdandanxiety Maybe it can be both at the same time, like toothbrushing for example? The world does not go under because you skip it once in a while... But discovering it's been forgotten once in the warm coozy bed or in the car on the way to work causes a lot of distress, anger and the absolute need to get to the bathroom for that brushing...
Nathan, I am absolutely grateful for your Videos. Even if I watch them rarely. You do them in a funny way, I apprechiate it. Thank you very much.
The walk is good to help chamge the view point and move.
Moving snaps us out of ruminating
I have found delaying useful in some cases. Other themes I have had experiences of delaying literally months and not getting relief. At a certain point you break down. It is as though the OCD knows the tactic and says, "no problem, you want to delay? We can play this game, I have ALL the time in the world." And it hangs out in the background sapping me of energy and making the quality of my life diminish as the weeks go by.
I never thought watching something of this sort would make me laugh so much! Thank you for your joy...
Interesting it clicked when you said if you HAVE TO do it. Versus is it a choice. We always have a choice made me feel relieved slightly cheers
Thank you for all you are doing for us ❤🌹
The urge of doing computations to avoid bad things happening is just killing.
Is delaying them with the hope that they get less powerful a good technique to get rid of this mons.
Thank you again.
Sometimes i feel super worthless because of my ocd
I feel like a burden to everyone
And i feel like a horrible person
Especially about something i think happened in the past
I also feel like it really did happen and if it did. I could never forgive myself
Thank you you know what you teach and its works 100%❤❤
Moving does snap us out of ruminating
I have a really tough time telling if something is a compulsion or a just an healthy activity by choice. I am at a low and my brain feels fried. Depression, Anxiety and OCD is quite the combo.
Thinking too much about this also seems like my OCD is acting up haha.
What do you feel like doing when you feel anxious?
drawing !! or i guess fidgeting my leg or fingers
Very very helpful Nathan as I need to keep learning this
i love your videos! to be Honest it's like something that helps me feel free all the time. thank's sir for that help.
Your so cool sir. ❤️
Is telling yourself something like “I don’t care” the same as saying something like “maybe maybe not?”
+1
Please please answer me
Why is it that whenever i think about doing something productive my ocd comes up
When you are doing something or thinking about something at the same time as something else, those thoughts become linked in your brain. 'Neurons that fire together, wire together' is referencing this phenomenon.
You've linked 'productive thoughts' with your OCD topic, that's why it comes up each time.
My ocd theme keeps changing like for example i had harm ocd i did erp and recovered from it but again my ocd changed to other theme how to deal with it
OCD always changes themes, same for all of us, you're not alone, just do ERP as you did for previous one.
Does hiding in the bathroom do the same or run into a room when someone walks onto my porch
Thanks a lot Nathan for all of the great content you are sharing. I have a question that makes me feel stuck. I know it is an obsession but it also has a valid point. I get stuck when an obsession makes sense. I call it ocd of ocd. What should be the appoach in this type of situations? This morning i was anxious and there was a thought race going on in my mind. I decided to give my attention to something related to my work instead of continue racing in my anxious loop. I decided to do this because i know it helps. I know if i pay attention to something else, the grip and the power of the distressing thought loosens and i feel better. Less then 5 minutes into that ocd questioned my intention. ??? But i am doing this to make the thought and anxiety lose its power??? but that means i am trying to neutralize it or escape from it??? I am ultimately looking to get relief from the anxiety.???? This is not right, this is not acceptance.??? this is hiding in distraction, this is hiding in busyness????? I think and believe my behaviour is a healthy distraction but at the same time has some compulsive intentions too. I know my response should be something like "may be may be not, i don't know, i take the risk of feeding my ocd, who cares? But also it will help if someone can shed some light on this type of paradoxes.
I kinda see what your saying and I believe thoughts can be compulsions but I think your scared that distractions is a compulsion. You could say maybe distraction is, maybe not. Most likely your just putting your focus elsewhere instead of the ocd and going about your day. If you mentally force yourself to think about something different and it's distressing and causing anxiety and only very short relief it's probably mental compulsions. I'd just go with maybe, maybe not and moving onto new thoughts. Because what you focus on will be more of the thoughts you get, so no you don't want to focus on ocd thoughts either way.. idk if this makes sense
This is my question
Is it true to use a distraction to not do a compulsion
Please answer
Nathan, I have a doubt about my OCD theme, it seems like a I keep trying to problem solve things that happened with me in the past, criticism that people gave me, bunch of bad words and suff, it just doest go way from my mind, how should I do the exposure for this one?
Is avoidance a compulsion?
Aware I Kinda Have Replacement Compulsions.....
Why are you giving the finger in your thumbnail 😂
Hello Sir, i want to have a chat with you and want to discuss something really important with you. How can i do that? Can you provide your mail address or something so that i can contact you.