Sir I always found women attractive. Everytime but on day when I was mastrubating I don't know why my mind gave me thought of a boy and then mastrubated . And after that I am under great stress and have these intrusive thought everytime. So is this the sign of ocd .
Thanks I have HOCD and it used to be what happens if your lesbian and I got rid of that now it's what if your bi and I'm still going through that and whenever I don't have anxiouty but I try to tell myself it's nothing my mind is like omg your agreeing then I'm back to stage one this is scarying me
thank you, its so frustrating that my parents doesnt believe that I have them and said that this is just a phase and that it will go after weeks but I've been suffering for a long time
Hey anyone reading I just wanted to put this comment out there as I don’t usually comment on videos. OCD is horrific and so incredibly hellish, if you’re going through some bad times just know it will get better. Coming from somebody who had been suffering silently for 2 years over the pandemic, seeking help is your 2nd step for recovery as the 1st for me at least was finding out I had OCD and look where we are, well done 😂.The reasoning behind my OCD was because of the pandemic, whilst also my sister was diagnosed with anorexia at the very start, but she’s now recovering after 2 years thank god. Whatever you’re going through has absolutely nothing to do with you and is just OCD reflecting your deepest fears. Don’t give into the compulsions and don’t feed the thought any of your time. After being on medication for about 3 months I have noticed a significant lift in mood and just a more positive outlook on life. Please just know that it WILL get SO much better as life is to short to be worried away.
I agree with you. It is a horrible mental disease that took years from my life. I’m 51. So all this new ways of treating it were not there. I will say at 21 years old I was put on Prozac and it saved my life
Made me cry this one. So difficult to get through these fears but you are right. Especially with facing the fear that is most scariest. As bad as it is it will really help for you to face it! Thanks!
Hi there, I am 26 and i had OCD since I was 8. I found it really feels like "normal" if I accept those thought. The more "open" of my mind to "outside" , the more relaxing i feel. I feel like i am doing well to handle this situation.
You are right, the thoughts do not have to be scary. Like anything scary, they are only scary at first, and the more you run away. The dark is only scary until you sit in it for a bit, and after a while, you realize it isn't so scary afterall. Same with the thoughts. Good stuff, man. Discovering this kind of stuff is a sign of strong self-awareness, which is the the only shield against any demon, including OCD :)
I'm the kind of person who probably has ocd, but when they decide to get help, they think that they're in the wrong place, or that they dont actually have a problem, they just need to do x, y, or z. I've managed to "convince" myself that I have ocd and i need to go to a therapist, but when they call to set up an appointment, I've convinced myself that I dont have it.
I do the same! Mine is so debilitating to the point that I can’t work anymore, and yet when my therapy appointments finally roll around, I’m completely convinced that I’m over-exaggerating and don’t really need help. I’m sure that’s some kind of obsession in itself.
Your videos are amazing and are really helping me understand what my friend is going through. I’m talking to a guy with ocd and he deals with all of this stuff and your videos are really giving me insight into how to best support him! Thank you!
I didn’t think you would answer after all of this time. Thank you. I’m trying to stay optimistic. I’m just tired of being scared all of the time; usually of things that don’t matter or haven’t happened
1.Expect the unexpected- we don’t need safe places/times etc 2.Be willing to accept the risk 3.never seek reassurance from others - tell yourself the worst is already happening/ logic doesn’t work in treatments 4. Agree with thoughts- even if the thoughts are scary ( it means you don’t really care about the thought gives it less power) 5. Don’t prevent thoughts- it will have the opposite effect 6. Try not to be a black or white thinker- don’t wait until the next day to start over 7. Take responsibility- don’t let others help you you have to do it on your own 8. Don’t get too impatient with progress 9. Move towards anxiety- face it 10. Choose the more difficult route- you can handle it. 11. Review your homework daily 12. Speak up if you can do your homework 13. Don’t wait for the perfect moment- You will never feel “ready” 14. Don’t be perfect- be imperfect ( do things incorrectly on purpose if you feel you need to obsess over perfection) 15. Start the day off right - wake up and “risk” your OCD 16. Don’t give yourself reassurance “it’s only homework” “ my therapist wouldn’t make me do this if it could cause harm” take the logic and reassurance out of it. 17. Give your homework your full attention- Dont tune out the anxiety or distract. Feel it. Stay in the moment 18. When faced with an unexpected challenge - think positively - say yes!! Great practice time 19. Don’t rush exposures- the goal is to retrain brain. Don’t get out of the anxiety as fast as possible. That gives it power 20. Tell therapist if your exposures aren’t hard enough. 21. Trust in the treatment- “maybe I should do acupuncture instead” “maybe I need to try something else” this is the doubting disease. 22. Never forget you have OCD- sometimes you can’t trust yourself anxious +urge to fix =OCD 23. The problem isn’t the anxiety it’s the way you react to perceived threats - be ok feeling the anxiety 24. Be proud of yourself ! 25. OCD doesn’t make sense. We don’t need to make it make sense. The things you think may work might now. Move towards the threats
Okay this is gonna be a long comment and I hate commenting but lets just call it exposure and if you all think im obnoxious then SO BE IT. I don’t know if I have OCD (ill have to talk to a therapist to find that out), but this videos comment on how reassurance is a compulsion was SOOO helpful. I just tried the step where i tell my brain that all the bad stuff is actually going to happen, and i felt a lot of anxiety for a second but then I felt RELIEF. Something i haven’t felt in ages it feels. I always try not to talk about bad things happening out loud (ie my grandmas going to die) because im convinced it will happen then. So i just announced all the catastrophic things that will happen and it took every ounce of me to not knock on wood. It felt like a lot of relief, again not diagnosed or anything, but i feel a lot better so thank you so much!
Im so tired fr. Once a thought im exposed to is no longer bugging me and i feel normal again, a new one comes in and ruins it. One step at a time i guess..
I think I have OCD and I want to reach out and get help. My intrusive thoughts have been really bad lately but I'm scared to talk to someone about them. I'm worried someone is going to see me as these thoughts even though they arent me and I can't control them. My intrusive thoughts scare me and I want to get therapy to manage them
I love you all, especially you others with OCD. We love things in life, or even life itself, this is why we're afraid of certain things want things to feel right, because we don't want to lose them or ruin anything. Satan has chosen us to pick on with these thoughts of OCD because he knows we're so positive deep down and have a lot of light to bring to the world. You've got this, I've got this. We'll beat it one day at a time.
Thanks for another excellent professional video and thanks to Dr Penzel for his tips! I'm sure I could rewatch this again in a month and different tips would stick out to me as very relevant depending on the moment. Something that's really difficult is when the person with OCD feels they want reassurance or relief and that doing a compulsion or getting reassurance will be the only way to reduce the anxiety they feel. As a partner, I'm trying hard to understand what it must be like. Your video helped explain how OCD "doesn't make sense" 😅
I suffer from constantly having my mind on my breathing every day especially when I’m around people and it is very very uncomfortable resulting in breath holding episodes. Imagine being with it for 4-5 years.
@@mickwiatrek4865 hi Mick, i hope ure doing better nowadays ! It would seem that the goal is to sit with the uncertainty... two months later i can tell I've made huge progress. If im being honest, i haven't been agreeing with my thoughts, but I stopped ruminating. Anytime an intrusive thought hit me, I would just say "okay.", not really agreeing with it but not disagreeing either. I didn't let myself waste time on useless thoughts. It seems my intrusive thoughts come in cycles nowadays, I can have none during a week and then in the next one I will be obsessing again, but progress is progress. I hope your journey is going well too ♡
I always say .... fuck it and go on with my day.... and its the best thing ever becausr it really helps for me. It took me a year to Just say fuck it and dont care anymore. But that was the key , trust me. And no matter what ! No compulsions Sometimes i give in and it starts to hold me in its power again. Then you Just have to say to yourself ... STOP.... and then really stop ... and then go do something fun or go on with your day even if you still feel alot of anxiety It Will get beter ❤
Its really tough to handle these thoughts . I always worried if I will get cured or not iam taking medicines and improving but sometimes it gets back but after I aw this video I know what to do.
PLEASE, HELP ME!! 😭😭😭IS IT COMMON WHILE OCD RECOVERY IT'S STARTING TO FEEL LIKE YOU ARE BEING ANGRY TOWARDS YOURSELF FOR TRYING TO GET RID OF OCD? I REALLY WANT TO GET RID OF IT, BUT THERE IS ONE MORE NEW THEME. LIKE I FEEL I DON'T WANNA GET RID OF IT AND I FEEL ANGER FOR MAKING ERP... BUT I REALLY WANT TI BE FREE, HOWEVER, MY BRAIN TELLS ME THE OPPPSITE...
what if my exposure turn to a panic attack, then lead to a full panic for a long time should I keep going with the exposure even it became really hard?
How do you balance the risk of catching COVID and avoidance? Not had my vaccine yet because of said OCD 😆 and I am in the high risk category. After watching this I feel the drive to up my exposure some more but I am unsure how I do so given m health risk. Is it a case of just risking catching COVID? 🤔
@@logicss2893 you may say so...but obviously this is not a good option. Just "accept" being a monster and "feel" this monster . I think eventually we can find our comfortable place to live with
Hey, there. So I saw your comment and my heart reached out to you, and I couldn't help but share with you what has worked for me, and perhaps it can work for you. I used to feel so guilty, too, about the evil thoughts that would come into my mind. I couldn't explain why they were coming so I almost convinced myself that I was an evil person, when in retrospect, I wasn't at all. I used to think, "Are all these my own personal thoughts?" This war ran in my mind until I came across this one truth. All the bad thoughts that popped in my mind that I thought were evil sins are ALL forgiven by my creator Jesus Christ! He died on the cross and (later came back to life) by doing so endured the punishment for all of my sins including sins in my mind. So this means I never have to feel guilty ever again! Even if all of the evil thoughts that ever entered my mind were all my own, it would not matter because they are all forgiven by Jesus regardless. If we accept Jesus Christ, God looks at me and you as sinless and righteous, because even as the bad thoughts come in my mind, they have already been forgiven. Every time an evil thought entered my mind I said, "I won't feel guilty because I am forgiven." It took some time getting used to thinking and feeling differently, but after a while, I got drastically better. I know this was a really long message, but the point is you don't ever have to feel guilty again because of Jesus' love for you that will never change!
@@laurenphillips8746 I appreciate it I really do. Unfortunately my family and I aren't religious. I do believe in God and have asked for guidance, but it is just something that didn't work for me. I'm really, really, really sorry you had to go through that. I really am. I'm very glad to hear you are getting better and have found a way to get better. I wish you the best, and hopefully one day I can find a way to get better too.
@@wolvesgirl1565 Okie dokie. 😉 I appreciate your openness. Not trying to cram religion down your throat or anything, but if it means anything, I will definitely be praying for you and will hope with you that you find what you're looking for.
I was almost tearing up while watching this because what you said at the beginning of the video hit right at home. As an OCD sufferer, I can’t help but to research solutions when my anxiety hit its peak. I’m glad I found this video, as it was super informative and beneficial. I’m doing my best to conquer this demon, and not let it stop me for achieving great things. I’ve got nothing to lose. Thank you so much for sharing these tips!
My treatment has been so hard, I'm 17 and my Dad isn't involved or aware I'm getting help because he doesn't support therapy. Doing this alone is so hard, doing exposures alone for therapy homework is a catastrophe haha
@@chelzyramirez3663 I've been dealing my symptoms/disorder for about a year and a half. They came on suddenly about 6 months after I left a traumatic situation, and they were very severe. I've been in therapy and doing this alone for almost a year exactly.
I'm 32, have OCD from childhood, and it only got much worse. Sometimes just want to end life so I can stop suffering. This video is really helpful and gives hope.
I am 40, have had OCD since the age of 13 and it did get worse A LOT. I am also severely depressed. I am thinking about suicide all the time as it seems like the only way to end my suffering.
I have what I call emotion spirals where I just can’t shake strong feelings of guilt and anxiety. So instead of trying to avoid it, I invite it in. I “sit vigil with it” so to speak. I try to journal what I’m feeling, do some yoga, cry a bit and remind myself that the wave will eventually pass, even if it takes a day. I am just starting to explore if OCD is some thing I might have, I just kind of developed this practice on my own, but I’m glad to hear that it’s not as weird of a practice as I thought!
I wish I could explain my OCD to my family better. I think I always want their approval and as I uncover having OCD I wish I had their support. I’m 37. Thanks for sharing this video 💚
I suffered from severe obsessive compulsive disorder 2016 to June 2021. Changing my mind, how I lived my life, watching helpful RUclips videos, reading books about OCD, refocusing on my happiness, doing something important helped me. I'm good and healed now. I didn't discover this channel until this year. For people struggling with OCD you can heal and recover. You can overcome OCD. It takes time, will power, discipline, hope, a consistent plan, and taking action. I never thought I would be good again. And I'm good now.
I am so glad for you. Intrusive thoughts can be so overwhelming. I just began therapy 3 weeks ago. I really hope I can overcome this. These videos have helped me more than my therapist.
@edithdlp8045 I realized and told myself I don't have to control my thoughts. I can't control my thoughts. Imagination fear worry are parts of the human mind. But I will no longer allow my thoughts to control me and make me endlessly suffer afraid worried insane. Remind yourself of these things my friend. It may not solve your problems. But you have to remember everything in life is temporary. Fears and worries are imagination. Life is too unpredictable for anyone to accurately predict
Two years ago OCD started to take a toil on me. I was 21 back then and a very different person. Looking back it seems like I have most definitely been suffering from OCD my whole life. It was just that OCD found a very sneaky and scary way to get to me. And from then on I seem to unlock a new fear every new year. It is almost like the themes seem to exponentially become scarier and harder to handle. This year in January I had no idea that the next two months would be horrible. I was crying my eyes out each night and hating myself. Three months later and I finally know what I am dealing with. I am so glad I dared to do some research read articles and see a professional. However, even with help it is really hard sometimes. You just want it to disappear. I have bad days and videos like these really help.
I’m crying right now as after I was watching it. I don’t feel lonely and being alone anymore. It feels like a hand show up pull me up when I’m in the quicksand right now. Thank you so much for these ocd treatment videos. I’ll make a schedule and fight and deal with my ocd. I’ve been ocd diagnose for 10 years. It was so bad then I got better and now it came back to me severely nearly 1 month ago after a shock in feelings. I have ocd and anxiety complex with lots of ocd symptoms
I've decided to write all of these steps down so it will be easier for me and the others to remember them.All of that is super helpful. Personally I really wasn't sure about step 4 but seems like it's working. Thanks :)) #1 Always expect the unexpected #2 Be willing to accept the risk #3 Never seek reassurance from yourself or others #4 Always try hard to agree with all intrusive thoughts without much details #5 Don't prevent thoughts #6 Try not to be an all or nothing thinker - making mistakes is normal #7 Dealing with your symptoms is your responsibility #8 Don't get too impatient #9 When you have a choice always go toward anxiety #10 When faced with two possible choices - choose the more difficult #11 Review your therapy assignments daily #12 Speak up - let your therapist know if you think you are not ready #13 Don't wait for the perfect moment to start your therapy/assignments #14 Don't be perfect #15 Start your day off right #16 Don't give yourself reassurence while doing your homework #17 Give your homework your full atention #18 Think positively about challenges #19 Don't rush exposures #20 Tell therapist your step is too easy #21 Trust in the treatment #22 Never forget that you have OCD #23 The problem is not the anxiety - it's the compulsions #24 Be proud of yourself #25 OCD doesn't make sense - Move closer to the anxiety
@@rajanarasimhan I have some questions also I've been doing this with tiny setbacks like the rituals I've for the most part let it go and now all I have is anxiety from the ocd thoughts but I'm not doing anything to calm myself down I'm just riding out the anxiety I even agreed with the ocd thoughts which made the anxiety 10x worse and now it's causing stress I feel like the not getting reassurance thing is working because I don't have the urge to do the rituals to calm myself down anymore and if I find myself doing them out of habit I stop doing it it does feel nice that I've stopped doing the rituals and nothing bad happens but the ocd thoughts are still there and now I feel like I dont have anything to grab onto for help it's been days with nothing but anxiety and stress my head hurts my body feels stuck at times I know for a fact this gave me depression but I'll work on that latter for now I'm riding this anxiety out I mean it can't last forever I don't even think the rituals can get rid of the anxiety and fear now so I'm not even gonna don't them anymore wait I'm actually feeling better a sense of hope like I know my family is gonna be safe it's gonna be OK wow I'm feeling this as I type rn I feel like a huge weight is slowly lifting off me I can breathe I love u all God Bless
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 KJV, Jesus Christ is the only way.......,,,,
This is not the right video... Telling people believing in god will take away OCD is not good, and so I'm respectfully asking you to please leaving youtubers' (like these) comments alone!
I have found my faith to be VERY helpful in dealing with my OCD, the Lord has helped me through some of my worst moments. So believe me, I have faith and I’m a believer. But I also believe that God has given people the knowledge/ability/skills to help people through their disorders/diseases (in this case OCD, but that can go for diabetes, heart disease, etc) and there is no shame in seeking treatment. ERP is the gold standard for treating OCD, and a therapist is there to help us through that. I also am on medication for my OCD, and that too is helping me get better. You can have faith in Jesus and still seek treatment ❤
I have a therapist but guess what, it doesn't help me and I feel completely missunerstood, but in my country you have to wait up to 1,5 years to get a therapy session with a new therapist. So I keep on seeing her, cause at least she helped me a little bit with my anxiety, and do some self therapy. I feel so desperate and alone with it 😒
I depends. Some therapists/doctors get bonus's based on medications and stuff they give to patients, and don't care. Some people actually do care a lot. Its something you gotta go and try to find.
Hey! I watched this video a month or two ago when I was feeling really unstable and distressed, step 3 don’t seek reassurance and step 4 agree with the thoughts helped me so much!! Thank you 🙏🏽😭💖💖
I suffer from OCD so much and feel angry, guilty, anxious most of the time. I am a mother and always doubt my value, my contribution to the family my whole identity... I feel so lost and alone in this especially when people around me don't understand the pain and sadness I go through...
I can understand how you feel. I often feel like the people around me wouldn't understand my OCD. I hope you are doing better and/or on your way to getting help. You are not alone.
Is it normal to hear someone talk about their ocd fear and then just adopt that fear for yourself? For example, I saw someone saying their child is scared everyone is wants to hurt them, so now I’m scared of that too.
Would you be able to do a video touching on when your passions become your obsessions? One of my passions is home organization and interior design but It has become an obsessive passion. My initial thought would be cut out interior design completely, but then I'm cutting out something that I loved and still love, but ocd has mucked up the waters for me and it's hard to pursue any of my passions or creative hobbies anymore without me obsessing over them trying to make them perfect. And lack of having hobbies/interests/passions=depression and that's where I've been for years, kind of stuck between a rock and hard place.
When my intrusive thoughts come I just say ''no'' or ''shut up''/''I don't care'' but this lead me to not having anxiety about it anymore, which worrys me. Why does it worry? Because I depended on my anxiety to say that I don't like the thoughts or images, and not having anxiety will make me question if it will really happen, thank you.
WOW this video helped me immensely. Especially the "Avoid safe places and non-safe places", and "Accept the risk", and "Don't seek reassurance", all of which I do so that I don't have to deal with the anxiety that comes with OCD thoughts. I will not do these things anymore. I will work on myself. I am currently getting treatment with NOCD and my therapist is wonderful. I feel so grateful and so blessed to know you guys exist. THANK YOU FOR THIS AND FOR ALL YOU DO
I will pray for you I’m currently battling with this since about 1.5 weeks ago but we will be victorious because of GOD!! Remember ONLY HIM can cure it completely there is nothing impossible for him!
Hi, thank you so much for your video and these tips. I find them very helpful. I also appreciate how calm and well-paced you talk, I find it very soothing (especially when I'm anxious). Have a good day!
Wow this has left me in tears. Happy tears. I’m actually glad to know I’ve been doing things backwards so I can now March forward the right way. What got me in tears though was the ending, “ocd doesn’t make sense and it doesn’t have to” great video, thank you for these tips.
an easily excited fear system in the mind.. easily triggered/pinged asking for reaction by releasing stress hormones. Even with small trivial things that dont induce stress in others. You get put on the wrong track sortasay by the initial reaction to 'it' ocd has many forms... but id guess all of them start with an initial worry, a fear...a bit of anxiety to which you do 'something' (compulse) to make it better/bearable/to fix it etc... and then you are in the ocd cycle. Where the obsession keeps pinging you and act out your compulsion to make it better and round we go.
Omg I was procrastinatong my ocd therapy prep homework which was to read some papers he had given me.. I had gotten through half and it was making me anxious so I stopped... And legit the one I stopped on was this entire list xD lol thank you for walking me through that :P I'll go read the rest now
I’ve been going through therapy and so far, it’s going great. It’s getting better and my thoughts are better but how do I let go of my thoughts? My intrusive thoughts have sort of become an identity and have “kept me safe”? How do I let go of them?
Hey, I have dealt with pocd/groinal for a year now and its been hell. I have learned to manage this better doing more erp and not as scared. I just have a question can erp become a compulsion? I mean sometimes it feels like ”okay now i have to be with my little brother to see if i feel something”
@@lis9489 Hey Liz! I don’t got as much intense anxiety like before, I was locked on pocd toughts and groinals 24/7 before and couldn’t even see my little brother, Now I can spend time with him and not get as anxious around kids, I still believe it’s very uncomfortable with groinal responses and sometimes I don’t really feel like I want to be around kids but I know it’s the only way out of ocd. So yeah it’s not gone but it sure feels better. Hope you are doing good and see the light in the end of the tunnel.
@@willecrook9544 Thank you for replying! I'm getting better too. I'm going out with my family and my groinal responses aren't frequent. I have my bad days, sometimes I have groin responses without thoughts or images, just because I get anxious lol. I have vivid dreams about bad things (I hate). I'm also using the NOCD app and I met a lot of people like us which made me feel welcomed (not a freak). I can see how much you've improved. I always saw you asking something in the videos, but knowing that you are healing and being able to be close to your little brother is gratifying. You are an inspiration! And sorry for my bad English :)
Hello, I want to thank you with all my heart. I am so glad that I found you on RUclips. I have OCD and Contamination OCD almost as long as I live (I'm 57 now) I believe that your approach of treating OCD is the right way for me the cope with it. These 25 tips are so important for me. I'm changing my life right now. Thank you very much Nathan!
My thoughts are saying that because I do/did/will do something I am a bad/lousy person and should. feel guilty. With agreeing with a thought I'm saying that I am that person. And I wonder if I won't create these beliefs in a long run.
Didn't discover this guy until this year. I suffered from severe OCD 2016 to June 2021. I'm healed and much better now. If you are suffering like I was, you can overcome this. If your mind is powerful enough to create these illusions your mind is powerful enough to destroy them. My fears and worries are all my imagination. They are not reality. They don't exist in reality. Everything in life is temporary. I have to do something important and meaningful with my life before I die.
I was told by my therapist that I had the tendency of OCD so she told me to consult it with my Psychiatrist and he told me to feel the anxiety and be ok with it just don’t act (compulsion) ,I tried my best and I thought I became ok. but after that something happened that made me doubt myself a lot more and it worsen. But I weren’t able to go to therapy and also to my psychiatrist for a long time. When I get back to therapy she suggested to me to see my psychiatrist again but I said no for now. Lately I’m starting to get worse again and I doubt it too if Its OCD or its just me. But my family is getting worried of me and I am not being able to treat them the way they deserve.That is why next week I am thinking of seeing my psychiatrist and I feel like I do need help now….
that sounds awful dude. i can relate. have you tried the 15 minute rule? just try to resist it for 15 minutes (then 20, then 30, etc.) you can do the compulsions, just not for 15 minutes. worked (eventually) for me.
I've did 1 compulsion today about saying I'm straight to rinsure myself and all that and now my mind is just trying to get me to say it and I hate it kinda I don't hate it but it hasn't made it any better
You too! My ocd is pretty out of control at the moment and is latching on to everything. To a point where I’m just wanting to sleep all the time. When I tell myself the thoughts are true etc, I find this is quite compulsive (turns into a compulsion) and I feel bad or guilty if I don’t do it. Any suggestions?
@@ocdandanxiety hey Can It be called OCD when one doesn't have any compulsions like i fall into anxiety cycle and due to that i have intrusive thoughts like what if I jump off the third floor where I live.... what if I cut the veins of my hand with a knife... what if I start crying in a public place......do these symptoms sign OCD....rest i have no compulsions at all..... would like to know your take on this please....
1)Expect the unexpected wht it mean I don't understand 🤔🤔😭😭 2) Accept the risk (same don't understand )🤔🤔 3)Never seek reassurance for others 4)Agree with thoughts i.e nvr question or analyse to ur thoughts 5)Don't prevent ur thoughts by wasting ur time to controlling it 👍 6)No all n nothing thinking i.e accept it 👍 7)Take responsibility i.e this treatment is urs taking the councelling or therapy etc 8)Be patient try to simply focus on treatment 9)To face it don't run from it if u want to recover . 10)Choose the more difficult 11) Review ur homework 12)Speak up 13)Don't wit for the perfect moment 14)Don't be perfect 15)Start ur day off rt 16)Don't give urself reassurance 17)Pay attention to ur homework 18)Think +vely 19)Don't rush exposures 20)Tell the therapist ur step is too easy 21)Trust in the treatment 22)NVR foget u have an OCD 23) Remember ur prblm is not anxiety bt compulsion 24)Be proud of urself 25)OCD doesnt make sense Thank s bt this is all depend upon treatmnt taken by psychiatry not tips used by themself 🤔🤔
I was doing really well and had stopped a compulsion. Not too long after I stopped my dad passed away now my compulsions have to be perfect. I’m so exhausted.
If someone can answer this,plz do. My intrusive thoughts are actually true and what I think about myself happens to someone else like an injury or something.(I Was diagnosed with ocd 2 years ago )
I’m traveling in a few days and I’m so anxious and nervous don’t know why.. part of me saying go everything will be fine and other part saying stay maybe something might go wrong.. and I think that’s what anxiety does.
when you alleviate anxiety you take steps closer to eliminate. your urge for compulsions will diminish. and once you stop compulsions completely the disorder dissipates
I’ve beat this OCD issue many times before… but as I’m still barely newly fresh I end up meeting a narcissist who brought it back. But I won the battle before will win again and I will forever have control of my mind
I have OCD and I am trying to solve it with the help of a LCSW. If someone triggers your OCD, try to avoid them as much as possible. Take care, I hope you can win this battle once more 💪.
@@edithdlp8045 I have to stay positive because I’m in a situation that does trigger it a lot and at this moment the only thing I can control is if I let it control me or I control it. Thank you! Good luck on your journey too 🫶🏻
thank you very much for this video, your channel really helps me. i have a question though, how would i go about doing erp for false memory ocd? i’m unsure on how i’d expose myself to these thoughts. thanks again!
I get obsessed about splitting poles lol.. and I told a gf this and one time she did it purposely.. and I got anxiety lol and I was so embarrassed.. I didn’t want her to think I was a freak so i started crying out of frustration.. lol it was the worst feeling..
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What things help you with your OCD? 👍🏻👍🏻
Didn't you say you are licensed in Utah?
Can you do a video on health ocd?
Sir I always found women attractive. Everytime but on day when I was mastrubating I don't know why my mind gave me thought of a boy and then mastrubated . And after that I am under great stress and have these intrusive thought everytime. So is this the sign of ocd .
@@philosphergaming6954 sounds like it
@@freedomartsandcrafts7965 I didn't understand what you are trying to say.
anybody that suffers from OCD, you have my heart. We are not alone, and we will be happy.
Thanks I have HOCD and it used to be what happens if your lesbian and I got rid of that now it's what if your bi and I'm still going through that and whenever I don't have anxiouty but I try to tell myself it's nothing my mind is like omg your agreeing then I'm back to stage one this is scarying me
My OCD targets my relationships now so they tend to not work out because the anxiety drives me to react badly with my words oof
thanks
Thanks. Its much time consuming, and sometimes it's hell to deal with.
thank you, its so frustrating that my parents doesnt believe that I have them and said that this is just a phase and that it will go after weeks but I've been suffering for a long time
Hey anyone reading I just wanted to put this comment out there as I don’t usually comment on videos. OCD is horrific and so incredibly hellish, if you’re going through some bad times just know it will get better. Coming from somebody who had been suffering silently for 2 years over the pandemic, seeking help is your 2nd step for recovery as the 1st for me at least was finding out I had OCD and look where we are, well done 😂.The reasoning behind my OCD was because of the pandemic, whilst also my sister was diagnosed with anorexia at the very start, but she’s now recovering after 2 years thank god. Whatever you’re going through has absolutely nothing to do with you and is just OCD reflecting your deepest fears. Don’t give into the compulsions and don’t feed the thought any of your time. After being on medication for about 3 months I have noticed a significant lift in mood and just a more positive outlook on life. Please just know that it WILL get SO much better as life is to short to be worried away.
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I’ve had ocd for 6 years, it doesn’t go away on its own, it’s so hard
I agree with you. It is a horrible mental disease that took years from my life. I’m 51. So all this new ways of treating it were not there. I will say at 21 years old I was put on Prozac and it saved my life
@@rahatahmed6188 why didnt you go to a phycologist?
@@jjj515 mixture of embarrassment, denial and financial issues.
Made me cry this one. So difficult to get through these fears but you are right. Especially with facing the fear that is most scariest. As bad as it is it will really help for you to face it! Thanks!
Hi there, I am 26 and i had OCD since I was 8. I found it really feels like "normal" if I accept those thought. The more "open" of my mind to "outside" , the more relaxing i feel. I feel like i am doing well to handle this situation.
you're doing great :)
@@unknownarc and I realise if I do something that I really want to do (not because of money/other benefits) OCD doesn't affect me!
@@tommywong4689 great to hear this 🙂
@Tammy wong Great job
You are right, the thoughts do not have to be scary. Like anything scary, they are only scary at first, and the more you run away. The dark is only scary until you sit in it for a bit, and after a while, you realize it isn't so scary afterall. Same with the thoughts. Good stuff, man. Discovering this kind of stuff is a sign of strong self-awareness, which is the the only shield against any demon, including OCD :)
For years i believed my ocd was a side-effect of my anxiety and never realized it was the opposite until I found this channel.
Thank you very much man, I needed this today I realised my compulsions were the problem, thanks again.
You are the person who has finally made me see 'the light' and now i have the tools, and the answer to how to finally beat this thing. Thank you
I'm the kind of person who probably has ocd, but when they decide to get help, they think that they're in the wrong place, or that they dont actually have a problem, they just need to do x, y, or z. I've managed to "convince" myself that I have ocd and i need to go to a therapist, but when they call to set up an appointment, I've convinced myself that I dont have it.
I do the same! Mine is so debilitating to the point that I can’t work anymore, and yet when my therapy appointments finally roll around, I’m completely convinced that I’m over-exaggerating and don’t really need help. I’m sure that’s some kind of obsession in itself.
“Not worrying about it is more worrying” I felt that so hard 😭
Your videos are amazing and are really helping me understand what my friend is going through. I’m talking to a guy with ocd and he deals with all of this stuff and your videos are really giving me insight into how to best support him!
Thank you!
Hearing all of this, I can’t help but feel overwhelmed. I don’t think I can do this.
It can feel overwhelming, but recovery is SO possible. You are capable of doing it.
I didn’t think you would answer after all of this time. Thank you. I’m trying to stay optimistic. I’m just tired of being scared all of the time; usually of things that don’t matter or haven’t happened
@@11jraz I feel you so much
@@ocdandanxiety please help me son is possible
1.Expect the unexpected- we don’t need safe places/times etc
2.Be willing to accept the risk
3.never seek reassurance from others - tell yourself the worst is already happening/ logic doesn’t work in treatments
4. Agree with thoughts- even if the thoughts are scary ( it means you don’t really care about the thought gives it less power)
5. Don’t prevent thoughts- it will have the opposite effect
6. Try not to be a black or white thinker- don’t wait until the next day to start over
7. Take responsibility- don’t let others help you you have to do it on your own
8. Don’t get too impatient with progress
9. Move towards anxiety- face it
10. Choose the more difficult route- you can handle it.
11. Review your homework daily
12. Speak up if you can do your homework
13. Don’t wait for the perfect moment- You will never feel “ready”
14. Don’t be perfect- be imperfect ( do things incorrectly on purpose if you feel you need to obsess over perfection)
15. Start the day off right - wake up and “risk” your OCD
16. Don’t give yourself reassurance “it’s only homework” “ my therapist wouldn’t make me do this if it could cause harm” take the logic and reassurance out of it.
17. Give your homework your full attention- Dont tune out the anxiety or distract. Feel it. Stay in the moment
18. When faced with an unexpected challenge - think positively - say yes!! Great practice time
19. Don’t rush exposures- the goal is to retrain brain. Don’t get out of the anxiety as fast as possible. That gives it power
20. Tell therapist if your exposures aren’t hard enough.
21. Trust in the treatment- “maybe I should do acupuncture instead” “maybe I need to try something else” this is the doubting disease.
22. Never forget you have OCD- sometimes you can’t trust yourself anxious +urge to fix =OCD
23. The problem isn’t the anxiety it’s the way you react to perceived threats - be ok feeling the anxiety
24. Be proud of yourself !
25. OCD doesn’t make sense. We don’t need to make it make sense. The things you think may work might now. Move towards the threats
You give so much peace! This is super helpful! ❤
Okay this is gonna be a long comment and I hate commenting but lets just call it exposure and if you all think im obnoxious then SO BE IT.
I don’t know if I have OCD (ill have to talk to a therapist to find that out), but this videos comment on how reassurance is a compulsion was SOOO helpful.
I just tried the step where i tell my brain that all the bad stuff is actually going to happen, and i felt a lot of anxiety for a second but then I felt RELIEF. Something i haven’t felt in ages it feels.
I always try not to talk about bad things happening out loud (ie my grandmas going to die) because im convinced it will happen then. So i just announced all the catastrophic things that will happen and it took every ounce of me to not knock on wood. It felt like a lot of relief, again not diagnosed or anything, but i feel a lot better so thank you so much!
These, especially Agree with them, have been doing a lot of success for me.
Im so tired fr. Once a thought im exposed to is no longer bugging me and i feel normal again, a new one comes in and ruins it. One step at a time i guess..
I think I have OCD and I want to reach out and get help. My intrusive thoughts have been really bad lately but I'm scared to talk to someone about them. I'm worried someone is going to see me as these thoughts even though they arent me and I can't control them. My intrusive thoughts scare me and I want to get therapy to manage them
I feel you :/
Same and my family doesn’t really believe in therapy
I’m a minor and it’s HORRIBLE
I cant be the only one who feels very overwhelmed right?
nope ur definitely not the only one i feel like that sometimes to
I love you all, especially you others with OCD. We love things in life, or even life itself, this is why we're afraid of certain things want things to feel right, because we don't want to lose them or ruin anything. Satan has chosen us to pick on with these thoughts of OCD because he knows we're so positive deep down and have a lot of light to bring to the world. You've got this, I've got this. We'll beat it one day at a time.
Ty much for this Video. Very good To have such a Compact Video.
Thanks for another excellent professional video and thanks to Dr Penzel for his tips! I'm sure I could rewatch this again in a month and different tips would stick out to me as very relevant depending on the moment.
Something that's really difficult is when the person with OCD feels they want reassurance or relief and that doing a compulsion or getting reassurance will be the only way to reduce the anxiety they feel. As a partner, I'm trying hard to understand what it must be like. Your video helped explain how OCD "doesn't make sense" 😅
Thanks for your comment. I always appreciate your continued support! 😃
Thanks a lot for your tips.it helps me in a diffrent level.😊
This guy is a saviour ❤😍
This was most helpful video. Thankyou.
Thank you very much sir 🙏🏻
Lots of useful information
Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I suffer from constantly having my mind on my breathing every day especially when I’m around people and it is very very uncomfortable resulting in breath holding episodes. Imagine being with it for 4-5 years.
i have POCD and the "agree with your thought" one is genuinely so scary. does this tip still apply to pocd? That's terrifying...
Yes. It's more of agreeing that you have a thought and not putting judgement to it.
@@ocdandanxiety i see! Thank you!
@@ocdandanxiety but what if I do it wrong and they become true or become my values!? Do I just sit with the uncertainty
@@mickwiatrek4865 hi Mick, i hope ure doing better nowadays ! It would seem that the goal is to sit with the uncertainty... two months later i can tell I've made huge progress. If im being honest, i haven't been agreeing with my thoughts, but I stopped ruminating. Anytime an intrusive thought hit me, I would just say "okay.", not really agreeing with it but not disagreeing either. I didn't let myself waste time on useless thoughts. It seems my intrusive thoughts come in cycles nowadays, I can have none during a week and then in the next one I will be obsessing again, but progress is progress. I hope your journey is going well too ♡
I always say .... fuck it and go on with my day.... and its the best thing ever becausr it really helps for me. It took me a year to Just say fuck it and dont care anymore.
But that was the key , trust me.
And no matter what ! No compulsions
Sometimes i give in and it starts to hold me in its power again.
Then you Just have to say to yourself ... STOP.... and then really stop ... and then go do something fun or go on with your day even if you still feel alot of anxiety
It Will get beter ❤
Wow, I think I may have OCD. Now I know why working through anxiety hasn't helped. It's the compulsions
Its really tough to handle these thoughts . I always worried if I will get cured or not iam taking medicines and improving but sometimes it gets back but after I aw this video I know what to do.
I wanna be a therapist like you some day ❤
Anybody suffered from ocd and recovered from it please tell your story give people hope
I just need listen to music but it doesn't do well for me when people are stalking me and ruining my days with their ads
Damn, you're good!
THANK YOU SO KINDLY!!! You are really helping me. YOU truly understand. Bless your sweet soul even more.🤩🥲🙏
PLEASE, HELP ME!! 😭😭😭IS IT COMMON WHILE OCD RECOVERY IT'S STARTING TO FEEL LIKE YOU ARE BEING ANGRY TOWARDS YOURSELF FOR TRYING TO GET RID OF OCD? I REALLY WANT TO GET RID OF IT, BUT THERE IS ONE MORE NEW THEME. LIKE I FEEL I DON'T WANNA GET RID OF IT AND I FEEL ANGER FOR MAKING ERP... BUT I REALLY WANT TI BE FREE, HOWEVER, MY BRAIN TELLS ME THE OPPPSITE...
what if my exposure turn to a panic attack, then lead to a full panic for a long time should I keep going with the exposure even it became really hard?
Thank you SO MUCH.
Howdy with that #4 is it better to just agree or to ignor it ??
You really called me out on the acupuncture😅
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How do you balance the risk of catching COVID and avoidance? Not had my vaccine yet because of said OCD 😆 and I am in the high risk category. After watching this I feel the drive to up my exposure some more but I am unsure how I do so given m health risk. Is it a case of just risking catching COVID? 🤔
I have been trying so hard but I barely win against my mind
how are u doing nowww???
Thank tou again
I m sufring from harm ocd im soo sad when i see other people they live normal life and god punishes me how to get out of it 😭😭😭😭
I have HOCD and it sucks to
@@paige15803 yes is soooo discusting i m servive from it near about 17 year and u
@@paige15803 now u recover or not ???
@@honeykumar5448 no I'm nearly a month into recovery and I'm having a false attraction which doesn't help
@@honeykumar5448 about 4 months I've been suffering can't even imagine 17 years
Am suffering and cant afford a therapist
anybody have advice on facing triggering situations? i’m gonna be in a triggering situation tomorrow, and i dont feel ready
OCD is seriously an uncontrollable monster in our head with many more cons than pros
yes... But this "monster" is yourself. I think we ,OCD sufferer can only "beat" it by communicating to "monster" well....
@@tommywong4689 no
there are pros?
@@tommywong4689 damn so if i kill myself i officially kill the monster thats deep😳
@@logicss2893 you may say so...but obviously this is not a good option. Just "accept" being a monster and "feel" this monster . I think eventually we can find our comfortable place to live with
It's always scary when the thoughts come back and I always feel so guilty. This helped a little bit. Thank you.
Hey, there. So I saw your comment and my heart reached out to you, and I couldn't help but share with you what has worked for me, and perhaps it can work for you. I used to feel so guilty, too, about the evil thoughts that would come into my mind. I couldn't explain why they were coming so I almost convinced myself that I was an evil person, when in retrospect, I wasn't at all. I used to think, "Are all these my own personal thoughts?" This war ran in my mind until I came across this one truth. All the bad thoughts that popped in my mind that I thought were evil sins are ALL forgiven by my creator Jesus Christ! He died on the cross and (later came back to life) by doing so endured the punishment for all of my sins including sins in my mind. So this means I never have to feel guilty ever again! Even if all of the evil thoughts that ever entered my mind were all my own, it would not matter because they are all forgiven by Jesus regardless. If we accept Jesus Christ, God looks at me and you as sinless and righteous, because even as the bad thoughts come in my mind, they have already been forgiven. Every time an evil thought entered my mind I said, "I won't feel guilty because I am forgiven." It took some time getting used to thinking and feeling differently, but after a while, I got drastically better. I know this was a really long message, but the point is you don't ever have to feel guilty again because of Jesus' love for you that will never change!
@@laurenphillips8746 I appreciate it I really do. Unfortunately my family and I aren't religious. I do believe in God and have asked for guidance, but it is just something that didn't work for me. I'm really, really, really sorry you had to go through that. I really am. I'm very glad to hear you are getting better and have found a way to get better. I wish you the best, and hopefully one day I can find a way to get better too.
@@wolvesgirl1565 Okie dokie. 😉 I appreciate your openness. Not trying to cram religion down your throat or anything, but if it means anything, I will definitely be praying for you and will hope with you that you find what you're looking for.
@@laurenphillips8746 And I really appreciate that. Thank you.
@@wolvesgirl1565 You're welcome. Have a good night.
I was almost tearing up while watching this because what you said at the beginning of the video hit right at home. As an OCD sufferer, I can’t help but to research solutions when my anxiety hit its peak. I’m glad I found this video, as it was super informative and beneficial. I’m doing my best to conquer this demon, and not let it stop me for achieving great things. I’ve got nothing to lose. Thank you so much for sharing these tips!
How is it going now?
@@Itieisitireie Can’t say I’m doing significantly better, but I’m doing my best. It’s daunting, you know! 😔
Praying for you.
I do the same!
@@khaledali6410Any improvements? Sending lots of love! ❤
My treatment has been so hard, I'm 17 and my Dad isn't involved or aware I'm getting help because he doesn't support therapy. Doing this alone is so hard, doing exposures alone for therapy homework is a catastrophe haha
How long have you been dealing with this?
@@chelzyramirez3663 I've been dealing my symptoms/disorder for about a year and a half. They came on suddenly about 6 months after I left a traumatic situation, and they were very severe. I've been in therapy and doing this alone for almost a year exactly.
@@haeleighmoore1038 I’m so sorry I hope you are doing well! You’ll get through this
i’m 17 too and my dad also doesn’t know!! im really scared, but i know we’ll get through this
I’m 17 too bro. Going through too. We got this
I'm 32, have OCD from childhood, and it only got much worse. Sometimes just want to end life so I can stop suffering. This video is really helpful and gives hope.
Please don't do it. There is always someone that can help you.
You. Got. This. Please know you have help. If you need to talk, we are here. Please message ❤
I am 40, have had OCD since the age of 13 and it did get worse A LOT. I am also severely depressed. I am thinking about suicide all the time as it seems like the only way to end my suffering.
I feel like I'm losing my mind 😢, it's like i don't understand my self anymore 😞, well i believe i will be fine
same burh ,iam 31
Very good tips. What helps me with my OCD prob. the most is sitting with the anxiety, which is also very painful but worth it in the end.
I have what I call emotion spirals where I just can’t shake strong feelings of guilt and anxiety. So instead of trying to avoid it, I invite it in. I “sit vigil with it” so to speak. I try to journal what I’m feeling, do some yoga, cry a bit and remind myself that the wave will eventually pass, even if it takes a day. I am just starting to explore if OCD is some thing I might have, I just kind of developed this practice on my own, but I’m glad to hear that it’s not as weird of a practice as I thought!
I wish I could explain my OCD to my family better. I think I always want their approval and as I uncover having OCD I wish I had their support. I’m 37. Thanks for sharing this video 💚
Im 33 and just got diagnosed. 20 years of reassurance seeking from therapists and i dont think my family would even believe it if i told them.
I suffered from severe obsessive compulsive disorder 2016 to June 2021. Changing my mind, how I lived my life, watching helpful RUclips videos, reading books about OCD, refocusing on my happiness, doing something important helped me. I'm good and healed now. I didn't discover this channel until this year.
For people struggling with OCD you can heal and recover. You can overcome OCD. It takes time, will power, discipline, hope, a consistent plan, and taking action. I never thought I would be good again. And I'm good now.
My healing began when I noticed that I used insane amouts of caffaine.
I am so glad for you. Intrusive thoughts can be so overwhelming. I just began therapy 3 weeks ago. I really hope I can overcome this. These videos have helped me more than my therapist.
@edithdlp8045 I realized and told myself I don't have to control my thoughts. I can't control my thoughts. Imagination fear worry are parts of the human mind. But I will no longer allow my thoughts to control me and make me endlessly suffer afraid worried insane. Remind yourself of these things my friend. It may not solve your problems. But you have to remember everything in life is temporary. Fears and worries are imagination. Life is too unpredictable for anyone to accurately predict
So happy for you! Wish you all the love and happiness from now to forever 🩷
Two years ago OCD started to take a toil on me. I was 21 back then and a very different person. Looking back it seems like I have most definitely been suffering from OCD my whole life. It was just that OCD found a very sneaky and scary way to get to me. And from then on I seem to unlock a new fear every new year. It is almost like the themes seem to exponentially become scarier and harder to handle. This year in January I had no idea that the next two months would be horrible. I was crying my eyes out each night and hating myself. Three months later and I finally know what I am dealing with. I am so glad I dared to do some research read articles and see a professional. However, even with help it is really hard sometimes. You just want it to disappear. I have bad days and videos like these really help.
I hope you’re doing okay 💜
@@Kejfnsnsmsksk Actually, the last few months starting from June were really good. Thanks for asking. ❤️
Hope you are well. I had the same happen this year. Amazon has some great books on ocd too and a few workbooks
Hey..did u take any therapy??
how are u now?:)
I’m crying right now as after I was watching it. I don’t feel lonely and being alone anymore. It feels like a hand show up pull me up when I’m in the quicksand right now.
Thank you so much for these ocd treatment videos. I’ll make a schedule and fight and deal with my ocd.
I’ve been ocd diagnose for 10 years. It was so bad then I got better and now it came back to me severely nearly 1 month ago after a shock in feelings. I have ocd and anxiety complex with lots of ocd symptoms
I've had ocd from 5 and now I'm just 13 and I have had HOCD since I was 12
We are with you 😊 I so have ocd and struggling
How are you now?
Struggling with thoughts for 6 years trying my best to continue therapy and treatment
I've decided to write all of these steps down so it will be easier for me and the others to remember them.All of that is super helpful. Personally I really wasn't sure about step 4 but seems like it's working. Thanks :))
#1 Always expect the unexpected
#2 Be willing to accept the risk
#3 Never seek reassurance from yourself or others
#4 Always try hard to agree with all intrusive thoughts without much details
#5 Don't prevent thoughts
#6 Try not to be an all or nothing thinker - making mistakes is normal
#7 Dealing with your symptoms is your responsibility
#8 Don't get too impatient
#9 When you have a choice always go toward anxiety
#10 When faced with two possible choices - choose the more difficult
#11 Review your therapy assignments daily
#12 Speak up - let your therapist know if you think you are not ready
#13 Don't wait for the perfect moment to start your therapy/assignments
#14 Don't be perfect
#15 Start your day off right
#16 Don't give yourself reassurence while doing your homework
#17 Give your homework your full atention
#18 Think positively about challenges
#19 Don't rush exposures
#20 Tell therapist your step is too easy
#21 Trust in the treatment
#22 Never forget that you have OCD
#23 The problem is not the anxiety - it's the compulsions
#24 Be proud of yourself
#25 OCD doesn't make sense - Move closer to the anxiety
many thanks for you and blessed
@@rajanarasimhan I have some questions also I've been doing this with tiny setbacks like the rituals I've for the most part let it go and now all I have is anxiety from the ocd thoughts but I'm not doing anything to calm myself down I'm just riding out the anxiety I even agreed with the ocd thoughts which made the anxiety 10x worse and now it's causing stress I feel like the not getting reassurance thing is working because I don't have the urge to do the rituals to calm myself down anymore and if I find myself doing them out of habit I stop doing it it does feel nice that I've stopped doing the rituals and nothing bad happens but the ocd thoughts are still there and now I feel like I dont have anything to grab onto for help it's been days with nothing but anxiety and stress my head hurts my body feels stuck at times I know for a fact this gave me depression but I'll work on that latter for now I'm riding this anxiety out I mean it can't last forever I don't even think the rituals can get rid of the anxiety and fear now so I'm not even gonna don't them anymore wait I'm actually feeling better a sense of hope like I know my family is gonna be safe it's gonna be OK wow I'm feeling this as I type rn I feel like a huge weight is slowly lifting off me I can breathe I love u all God Bless
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 KJV, Jesus Christ is the only way.......,,,,
This is not the right video... Telling people believing in god will take away OCD is not good, and so I'm respectfully asking you to please leaving youtubers' (like these) comments alone!
I have found my faith to be VERY helpful in dealing with my OCD, the Lord has helped me through some of my worst moments. So believe me, I have faith and I’m a believer. But I also believe that God has given people the knowledge/ability/skills to help people through their disorders/diseases (in this case OCD, but that can go for diabetes, heart disease, etc) and there is no shame in seeking treatment. ERP is the gold standard for treating OCD, and a therapist is there to help us through that. I also am on medication for my OCD, and that too is helping me get better. You can have faith in Jesus and still seek treatment ❤
@@KFarrer Amen🙏
I don't have a therapist, I'm doing self therapy, is it the best? And also I feel like I don't really know how to do erp
I have a therapist but guess what, it doesn't help me and I feel completely missunerstood, but in my country you have to wait up to 1,5 years to get a therapy session with a new therapist. So I keep on seeing her, cause at least she helped me a little bit with my anxiety, and do some self therapy. I feel so desperate and alone with it 😒
@@mariellarusso2268 I feel you. I can't find a therapist that does this treatment in my city so i'm going to have to conform me with a CBT therapy.
I depends. Some therapists/doctors get bonus's based on medications and stuff they give to patients, and don't care. Some people actually do care a lot. Its something you gotta go and try to find.
Hey! I watched this video a month or two ago when I was feeling really unstable and distressed, step 3 don’t seek reassurance and step 4 agree with the thoughts helped me so much!! Thank you 🙏🏽😭💖💖
Wonderful! Thanks for following up! I'm glad to hear you're doing well.
I suffer from OCD so much and feel angry, guilty, anxious most of the time. I am a mother and always doubt my value, my contribution to the family my whole identity... I feel so lost and alone in this especially when people around me don't understand the pain and sadness I go through...
I can understand how you feel. I often feel like the people around me wouldn't understand my OCD. I hope you are doing better and/or on your way to getting help. You are not alone.
I wish you were my neighbor so we could help each other out. I'm a mother and feel the same as you have described.
Is it normal to hear someone talk about their ocd fear and then just adopt that fear for yourself? For example, I saw someone saying their child is scared everyone is wants to hurt them, so now I’m scared of that too.
i thought i was the only one.
Would you be able to do a video touching on when your passions become your obsessions? One of my passions is home organization and interior design but It has become an obsessive passion. My initial thought would be cut out interior design completely, but then I'm cutting out something that I loved and still love, but ocd has mucked up the waters for me and it's hard to pursue any of my passions or creative hobbies anymore without me obsessing over them trying to make them perfect. And lack of having hobbies/interests/passions=depression and that's where I've been for years, kind of stuck between a rock and hard place.
Any solutions ? I'm having the same issue if you found a solution let me know please
good clinical no nonsense advice for 15 mins, thanx
Bro i love you literally you are helping millions of people I wish I could get a hug from you and hear the word it will be alright
When my intrusive thoughts come I just say ''no'' or ''shut up''/''I don't care'' but this lead me to not having anxiety about it anymore, which worrys me. Why does it worry? Because I depended on my anxiety to say that I don't like the thoughts or images, and not having anxiety will make me question if it will really happen, thank you.
Same
WOW this video helped me immensely. Especially the "Avoid safe places and non-safe places", and "Accept the risk", and "Don't seek reassurance", all of which I do so that I don't have to deal with the anxiety that comes with OCD thoughts. I will not do these things anymore. I will work on myself. I am currently getting treatment with NOCD and my therapist is wonderful. I feel so grateful and so blessed to know you guys exist. THANK YOU FOR THIS AND FOR ALL YOU DO
I hate my OCD and myself for having it, I'm losing myself because of it, I love my God, I love my family and my OCD is ruining it all for me
I will pray for you I’m currently battling with this since about 1.5 weeks ago but we will be victorious because of GOD!! Remember ONLY HIM can cure it completely there is nothing impossible for him!
"Motivation comes from doing the thing you don't wanna do"
Genius
That moment when your OCD attacks you, trying to convince you, that is not OCD what you have.
Hi, thank you so much for your video and these tips. I find them very helpful. I also appreciate how calm and well-paced you talk, I find it very soothing (especially when I'm anxious). Have a good day!
Yes same
hey, I wanted to ask if its also possible to just not respond to the thoughts at all or is it necessary to agree with them? Thanks for your videos
Nope!
Ignoring them does NOT help!
Only agreeing or making fun of them do help!
Pretty terrified to do it on my own, and my efforts have been pretty on/off. I'm actually starting therapy with this doctor in a few months though!
Lucky I'm to poor and can't afford one
@@paige15803 sorry :( good luck to you!
I'm on 80mg of prozac daily for anxiety, depression and OCD. Is it still healthy to drink in moderation? 1.5oz of whisky daily? This is safe. Correct?
Hi Sean! You would need to ask your doctor or prescriber what works and doesn't work for you.
@@ocdandanxiety what's your name? I like your insights. May we please chat on facebook Messenger?
Wow this has left me in tears. Happy tears. I’m actually glad to know I’ve been doing things backwards so I can now March forward the right way. What got me in tears though was the ending, “ocd doesn’t make sense and it doesn’t have to” great video, thank you for these tips.
Sir a much needed video for OCD Treatment. My question is that why does OCD happen in the first place?
i always have the same question :(
an easily excited fear system in the mind.. easily triggered/pinged asking for reaction by releasing stress hormones. Even with small trivial things that dont induce stress in others. You get put on the wrong track sortasay by the initial reaction to 'it' ocd has many forms... but id guess all of them start with an initial worry, a fear...a bit of anxiety to which you do 'something' (compulse) to make it better/bearable/to fix it etc... and then you are in the ocd cycle. Where the obsession keeps pinging you and act out your compulsion to make it better and round we go.
Omg I was procrastinatong my ocd therapy prep homework which was to read some papers he had given me.. I had gotten through half and it was making me anxious so I stopped... And legit the one I stopped on was this entire list xD lol thank you for walking me through that :P I'll go read the rest now
You’re honestly the best man. God bless
I’ve been going through therapy and so far, it’s going great. It’s getting better and my thoughts are better but how do I let go of my thoughts? My intrusive thoughts have sort of become an identity and have “kept me safe”? How do I let go of them?
You'll never get rid of them you can only know how to ignore them
I'm to poor to have therapy
Hey, I have dealt with pocd/groinal for a year now and its been hell. I have learned to manage this better doing more erp and not as scared. I just have a question can erp become a compulsion? I mean sometimes it feels like ”okay now i have to be with my little brother to see if i feel something”
That sounds like you are doing a checking compulsion
Hi, Wille. I've seen several comments about your problem (and mine too). Are you better? Could you answer me? What you doing? I hope you are well!
@@lis9489 Hey Liz! I don’t got as much intense anxiety like before, I was locked on pocd toughts and groinals 24/7 before and couldn’t even see my little brother, Now I can spend time with him and not get as anxious around kids, I still believe it’s very uncomfortable with groinal responses and sometimes I don’t really feel like I want to be around kids but I know it’s the only way out of ocd. So yeah it’s not gone but it sure feels better. Hope you are doing good and see the light in the end of the tunnel.
@@willecrook9544
Thank you for replying!
I'm getting better too.
I'm going out with my family and my groinal responses aren't frequent.
I have my bad days, sometimes I have groin responses without thoughts or images, just because I get anxious lol. I have vivid dreams about bad things (I hate).
I'm also using the NOCD app and I met a lot of people like us which made me feel welcomed (not a freak).
I can see how much you've improved. I always saw you asking something in the videos, but knowing that you are healing and being able to be close to your little brother is gratifying. You are an inspiration! And sorry for my bad English :)
@@willecrook9544 I have POCD too and going outside scares me a little. I see kids and I feel dread and fear. How do you stop that?
Hello,
I want to thank you with all my heart.
I am so glad that I found you on RUclips.
I have OCD and Contamination OCD almost as long as I live (I'm 57 now)
I believe that your approach of treating OCD is the right way for me the cope with it.
These 25 tips are so important for me. I'm changing my life right now.
Thank you very much Nathan!
Did you get over it
Follow what this man says and you will see the results you've always wanted!
My thoughts are saying that because I do/did/will do something I am a bad/lousy person and should. feel guilty. With agreeing with a thought I'm saying that I am that person. And I wonder if I won't create these beliefs in a long run.
Didn't discover this guy until this year. I suffered from severe OCD 2016 to June 2021. I'm healed and much better now. If you are suffering like I was, you can overcome this. If your mind is powerful enough to create these illusions your mind is powerful enough to destroy them.
My fears and worries are all my imagination. They are not reality. They don't exist in reality. Everything in life is temporary. I have to do something important and meaningful with my life before I die.
I was told by my therapist that I had the tendency of OCD so she told me to consult it with my Psychiatrist and he told me to feel the anxiety and be ok with it just don’t act (compulsion) ,I tried my best and I thought I became ok. but after that something happened that made me doubt myself a lot more and it worsen. But I weren’t able to go to therapy and also to my psychiatrist for a long time. When I get back to therapy she suggested to me to see my psychiatrist again but I said no for now.
Lately I’m starting to get worse again and I doubt it too if Its OCD or its just me. But my family is getting worried of me and I am not being able to treat them the way they deserve.That is why next week I am thinking of seeing my psychiatrist and I feel like I do need help now….
Ugh, I have my upper back full of wounds, and I've tried so hard to resist the urge of picking.. But I couldn't resist it any longer :(
that sounds awful dude. i can relate. have you tried the 15 minute rule? just try to resist it for 15 minutes (then 20, then 30, etc.) you can do the compulsions, just not for 15 minutes. worked (eventually) for me.
I swear every example he uses sends me into a spiral of "oh hes right" and what if scenarios-
Your a pretty good dude. You have some skills and are funny. Thanks for the videos.
That equation you wrote at the end make so much sense to me! Anxiety + urge=compulsion
I've did 1 compulsion today about saying I'm straight to rinsure myself and all that and now my mind is just trying to get me to say it and I hate it kinda I don't hate it but it hasn't made it any better
Thank you, recently discovered your content and is very helpful. Just want to thank you. You’re doing a great thing.
I appreciate that! I wish you the best!
You too! My ocd is pretty out of control at the moment and is latching on to everything. To a point where I’m just wanting to sleep all the time. When I tell myself the thoughts are true etc, I find this is quite compulsive (turns into a compulsion) and I feel bad or guilty if I don’t do it. Any suggestions?
@@ocdandanxiety hey Can It be called OCD when one doesn't have any compulsions like i fall into anxiety cycle and due to that i have intrusive thoughts like what if I jump off the third floor where I live.... what if I cut the veins of my hand with a knife... what if I start crying in a public place......do these symptoms sign OCD....rest i have no compulsions at all..... would like to know your take on this please....
1)Expect the unexpected wht it mean I don't understand 🤔🤔😭😭
2) Accept the risk (same don't understand )🤔🤔
3)Never seek reassurance for others
4)Agree with thoughts i.e nvr question or analyse to ur thoughts
5)Don't prevent ur thoughts by wasting ur time to controlling it 👍
6)No all n nothing thinking i.e accept it 👍
7)Take responsibility i.e this treatment is urs taking the councelling or therapy etc
8)Be patient try to simply focus on treatment
9)To face it don't run from it if u want to recover .
10)Choose the more difficult
11) Review ur homework
12)Speak up
13)Don't wit for the perfect moment
14)Don't be perfect
15)Start ur day off rt
16)Don't give urself reassurance
17)Pay attention to ur homework
18)Think +vely
19)Don't rush exposures
20)Tell the therapist ur step is too easy
21)Trust in the treatment
22)NVR foget u have an OCD
23) Remember ur prblm is not anxiety bt compulsion
24)Be proud of urself
25)OCD doesnt make sense
Thank s bt this is all depend upon treatmnt taken by psychiatry not tips used by themself 🤔🤔
I was doing really well and had stopped a compulsion. Not too long after I stopped my dad passed away now my compulsions have to be perfect. I’m so exhausted.
If someone can answer this,plz do.
My intrusive thoughts are actually true and what I think about myself happens to someone else like an injury or something.(I Was diagnosed with ocd 2 years ago )
I’m traveling in a few days and I’m so anxious and nervous don’t know why.. part of me saying go everything will be fine and other part saying stay maybe something might go wrong.. and I think that’s what anxiety does.
Hey nate! Does ERP work to eliminate my HOCD or the purpose of it is to just alleviate the anxiety! ifeel like i have META COD
What is HOCD
when you alleviate anxiety you take steps closer to eliminate. your urge for compulsions will diminish. and once you stop compulsions completely the disorder dissipates
I’ve beat this OCD issue many times before… but as I’m still barely newly fresh I end up meeting a narcissist who brought it back. But I won the battle before will win again and I will forever have control of my mind
I have OCD and I am trying to solve it with the help of a LCSW. If someone triggers your OCD, try to avoid them as much as possible. Take care, I hope you can win this battle once more 💪.
@@edithdlp8045 I have to stay positive because I’m in a situation that does trigger it a lot and at this moment the only thing I can control is if I let it control me or I control it. Thank you! Good luck on your journey too 🫶🏻
@@Ezra_savagethank you. Wishing you the best. Take care 👋
Funny how ocd can get you to believe you're inlove with a dog
thank you very much for this video, your channel really helps me. i have a question though, how would i go about doing erp for false memory ocd? i’m unsure on how i’d expose myself to these thoughts. thanks again!
Here is my video on this if you feel like it'd be helpful. ruclips.net/video/zioi_7c3XeY/видео.html
@@ocdandanxiety thank you so much! i really appreciate you and your channel :)
I get obsessed about splitting poles lol.. and I told a gf this and one time she did it purposely.. and I got anxiety lol and I was so embarrassed.. I didn’t want her to think I was a freak so i started crying out of frustration.. lol it was the worst feeling..