I'm in Pure O recovery with your videos. These are your amazing powerful phrases that help me: 1. The Anxiety Reaches a Peak! 2. Walk Parallel to the OCD! NUMBER ONE CURE! 3. Urgency To Solve! 4. Don't Chase The Feeling! 5. You Made the Thought Important! 6. Whatever OCD tells you to do, don't do it! 7. Do a different reaction on purpose! 8. You're OCDing because of a Trigger! 9. The Big Lie my current theme is real and all of a sudden my previous themes don't matter. 10. This is the REAL one! I thought the previous thought was! 11. You might as well have the anxiety of recovery rather than the anxiety of compulsions! 12. OCD says keep doing it and then you're fully protected! Thank you so much Ali, only you understand, no therapist understands 🏆👏
Doing exposures is not enough. You need to do exposures while remaining calm. Facing OCD is like standing in front of the scary dog that’s about to attack you, the moment you turn and run it will get you. Exposures can be overwhelming and trigger so much anxiety that a person will never want to do them again. In order to be successful you must learn relaxation techniques and be able to deploy them when you’re facing your fears. For some reason nobody ever Addresses this issue.
Love that idea of viewing it as a neighbor next door playing music with obscene language. It doesn't have to do with us so we should not attribute it to ourselves. It's like you say, everyone has so many thoughts throughout the day. Our brains just aren't as good at filtering out what's important and what's not. Our brains are trying to help us by sending off alarms saying that something is wrong when in reality nothing is. Makes me have more compassion on myself when I realize my brain is just trying to helped me even if it's not doing a very good job lol.
Ali you are my life saver now ... and I am going better following your all the process . But still everyday thoughts are coming with fear but I am disregarding it ..... 🙏
Hi Ali Greymond - love all your videos. Can you PLEASE do a video on how to overcome health anxiety/hypochondriac? Is it the same as the other OCDs - to do ERP? Everytime I get a sensation on my body or even a slight itch or accidentally touch my body (eg: chest/leg/etc) - I'd think there's terminal disease growth. I'd then seek assurance or run to the doctors to check. Thanks
Hi, it looks very much like OCD. just be like: I have checked a million times before, this time I'm not gonna. Or at least delay the checking at first.
I've had something like that. Now, my OCD just switched themes. If you already had yourself checked and everything's normal and the next day, you feel unsure again, let it be. Ignore it. Do ERP. It will be scary but it will subside all by itself. I've had anxiety riding trains because I feel cramped thinking there's not much oxygen. But, no, it's not true. I had to train my mind until I realized there's nothing wrong. I can ride trains all by myself again.
Hi Ali , thank you for your support,thank you for taking your time to help people who are suffering from ocd thank you for you daily videos, thank you for everything you do, much appreciated, i just want to ask u if u don’t mind , i would really appreciate if you can talk about this topic please even if it’s a short video ( what are the causes of an automatic or intrusive inner talk inside the head, why this is happening ?what’s causing this scary distressing intrusive automatic inner chatter?what caused it? i don’t mean inner critic voice ), you have explained to us how ocd works , how the mind works and how to know if a thought , it’s an ocd thought and the symptoms of ocd , i know ocd can come as an thought, an image, an urge, an intrusive feeling , but i can’t find if it comes as an intrusive non stop inner talk , is it a new theme? Is it a new form of ocd? I can’t differentiate anymore i feel sometimes like iam the one talking , how i can heal the mind from this forever, i didn’t have it before , it started last year with mant themes of ocd, i have pure o , it’s been a long time, i have many themes, iam depressed, iam suffering, i have extreme fatigue , even i have a symptom in my tongue ( i don’t have any medical condition , i know it is linked to anxiety ) i just want to understand about this topic if u don’t mind , thank you again so much and God bless u 🌸
Can you please talk about postpartum ocd. I know all ocd is suppose to be the same but this is so miserable....n could it turn into full blown harm ocd?? Is there ever a way out?? I’m so afraid I’ll never love or have a bond with my baby. It’s been over 2 months and I’ve been following your disregarding tips, but my sleep n schedule is all messed up...please help
I also had Harm OCD! And its tooks few months until you understand what is OCD like. I learn a lot from Ali's videos and its does help me. I can handle it. And whatever thought coming in Its just OCD not you.. Hold on and you are not alone.. We are all on the same page.. always disregard dont anylize.. just think like a wind.. and keep your self busy.. dont stress its also important for recovery. hope it helps 🙏🙏
I’ve been having a few good n been disregarding days but I’m afraid that it’s going to get bad again. It feels real. I’ve also been through severe trauma too during pregnancy, I hope my hormones will settle down. I get really scared and hope to enjoy life one day. It hit me out of the blue, I just learned of ocd. Did you get over your harm ocd? I’ve never had this theme n I just feel so afraid. 😟
@@nylalar1002 Not yet overcome completely. It also hit me out of the blue. Before that i dont know if its OCD until i find in Ali's video. i learn from that and its not easy journey. I am scared at home i cant enjoy anything. But now i feel better than i used to be. I had this just 10 months ago. Dont worry keep your self busy and do enjoy what you love to do. Its help a little bit. Family support also very important. Hang on there and trust me you will be better and better ..
@@pinglove3027 Can You Tell What Was Your Response Prevention Part In ERP After Doing Exposures & What You Did When Suddenly A New Intrusive Thought Came In ?
@@chetanyasinghbhatti69 When the thought new come in, at first the anxiety level is very high. cant sleep always scared. The only method that i do i listen Ali's video one day one video not much. Then i realize i have to face the thought and not run away. So when the thought come i just let it be. anxiety level high i let it be. i dont deny it, at the same time think that its only OCD control. Not i am the one who want that thought. I do it every single day and every thing that trigger or anything that can cause the urge i just let it be. if i have to cry i cry but face it and bravely said to my self. this is not me this OCD. hope that helps 😊 i dont take any medication or go to therapist.
I'm not sure how to do exposure with the obsession that i am having at tge moment. Its not the norm its focusing on me talking or other people talking and sometimes repeating whats being said. So where do i start with this one?
Hi, when I get bad thoughts, I feel some sort of evil smile inside me..a very bad urge to smile evil kind of like this emoji😈 .... Like I want to smile with my mouth wide spread...for moments it feels like I am some other person....a villain of some movie laughing evil.. I feel like acting like the villain not doing bad stuff but laughing and smiling and saying some cheesy villain dialogue... I get very confused... Can someone tell if this can happen when you are suffering from OCD or is this something else? Thank you.
@Agha Iqra Thank you so much!! I feel so much better!! And I am so sorry, I can feel your pain. You are right Ali's videos are very very helpful. All the best to you!! And Thank you once again.
@@honeykumar5448 pocd a lot yesterday; I got so trapped on Saturday that my partner couldn't crack me out of the spell of hyperfocus. Suddenly everything is just you and the thoughts/false memories and even when you come to realise that you believe it isn't real then it brings back that little bit of doubt with a whole lot of anxiety. I just want to be finished with it now but frankly I think it might be leaving me for a long time a while again. 😪😪
I'm in Pure O recovery with your videos. These are your amazing powerful phrases that help me:
1. The Anxiety Reaches a Peak!
2. Walk Parallel to the OCD! NUMBER ONE CURE!
3. Urgency To Solve!
4. Don't Chase The Feeling!
5. You Made the Thought Important!
6. Whatever OCD tells you to do, don't do it!
7. Do a different reaction on purpose!
8. You're OCDing because of a Trigger!
9. The Big Lie my current theme is real and all of a sudden my previous themes don't matter.
10. This is the REAL one! I thought the previous thought was!
11. You might as well have the anxiety of recovery rather than the anxiety of compulsions!
12. OCD says keep doing it and then you're fully protected!
Thank you so much Ali, only you understand, no therapist understands 🏆👏
Thanks for your input.
Amazing list, thank you 🙏
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Doing exposures is not enough. You need to do exposures while remaining calm. Facing OCD is like standing in front of the scary dog that’s about to attack you, the moment you turn and run it will get you. Exposures can be overwhelming and trigger so much anxiety that a person will never want to do them again. In order to be successful you must learn relaxation techniques and be able to deploy them when you’re facing your fears. For some reason nobody ever Addresses this issue.
Google ocd expert muthana attar he spoke of this
m.ruclips.net/p/PL7p7Bbz8IYb-Mvs30IsaQEoeKxHY9Dv0z
Love that idea of viewing it as a neighbor next door playing music with obscene language. It doesn't have to do with us so we should not attribute it to ourselves. It's like you say, everyone has so many thoughts throughout the day. Our brains just aren't as good at filtering out what's important and what's not. Our brains are trying to help us by sending off alarms saying that something is wrong when in reality nothing is. Makes me have more compassion on myself when I realize my brain is just trying to helped me even if it's not doing a very good job lol.
So true
Ali you are my life saver now ... and I am going better following your all the process . But still everyday thoughts are coming with fear but I am disregarding it ..... 🙏
Beautiful Ali Greymond. I love the noisy neighbours metaphor, which separates my spirit from the OCD demons.
Now i think something stuck in my crocs shoes, a dirt particle , i ignore it but it wont go away
You saved my life.
Hi Ali Greymond - love all your videos. Can you PLEASE do a video on how to overcome health anxiety/hypochondriac? Is it the same as the other OCDs - to do ERP? Everytime I get a sensation on my body or even a slight itch or accidentally touch my body (eg: chest/leg/etc) - I'd think there's terminal disease growth. I'd then seek assurance or run to the doctors to check. Thanks
Hi, it looks very much like OCD. just be like: I have checked a million times before, this time I'm not gonna. Or at least delay the checking at first.
I've had something like that. Now, my OCD just switched themes. If you already had yourself checked and everything's normal and the next day, you feel unsure again, let it be. Ignore it. Do ERP. It will be scary but it will subside all by itself. I've had anxiety riding trains because I feel cramped thinking there's not much oxygen. But, no, it's not true. I had to train my mind until I realized there's nothing wrong. I can ride trains all by myself again.
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. (Aristotle)
You're the BEST Ali ❤🙏
Thank you for sharing this with us 🙏
Hi Ali , thank you for your support,thank you for taking your time to help people who are suffering from ocd thank you for you daily videos, thank you for everything you do, much appreciated, i just want to ask u if u don’t mind , i would really appreciate if you can talk about this topic please even if it’s a short video ( what are the causes of an automatic or intrusive inner talk inside the head, why this is happening ?what’s causing this scary distressing intrusive automatic inner chatter?what caused it? i don’t mean inner critic voice ), you have explained to us how ocd works , how the mind works and how to know if a thought , it’s an ocd thought and the symptoms of ocd , i know ocd can come as an thought, an image, an urge, an intrusive feeling , but i can’t find if it comes as an intrusive non stop inner talk , is it a new theme? Is it a new form of ocd? I can’t differentiate anymore i feel sometimes like iam the one talking , how i can heal the mind from this forever, i didn’t have it before , it started last year with mant themes of ocd, i have pure o , it’s been a long time, i have many themes, iam depressed, iam suffering, i have extreme fatigue , even i have a symptom in my tongue ( i don’t have any medical condition , i know it is linked to anxiety ) i just want to understand about this topic if u don’t mind , thank you again so much and God bless u 🌸
Can you please talk about postpartum ocd. I know all ocd is suppose to be the same but this is so miserable....n could it turn into full blown harm ocd?? Is there ever a way out?? I’m so afraid I’ll never love or have a bond with my baby. It’s been over 2 months and I’ve been following your disregarding tips, but my sleep n schedule is all messed up...please help
I also had Harm OCD! And its tooks few months until you understand what is OCD like. I learn a lot from Ali's videos and its does help me. I can handle it. And whatever thought coming in Its just OCD not you.. Hold on and you are not alone.. We are all on the same page.. always disregard dont anylize.. just think like a wind.. and keep your self busy.. dont stress its also important for recovery. hope it helps 🙏🙏
I’ve been having a few good n been disregarding days but I’m afraid that it’s going to get bad again. It feels real. I’ve also been through severe trauma too during pregnancy, I hope my hormones will settle down. I get really scared and hope to enjoy life one day. It hit me out of the blue, I just learned of ocd. Did you get over your harm ocd? I’ve never had this theme n I just feel so afraid. 😟
@@nylalar1002 Not yet overcome completely. It also hit me out of the blue. Before that i dont know if its OCD until i find in Ali's video. i learn from that and its not easy journey. I am scared at home i cant enjoy anything. But now i feel better than i used to be. I had this just 10 months ago. Dont worry keep your self busy and do enjoy what you love to do. Its help a little bit. Family support also very important. Hang on there and trust me you will be better and better ..
@@pinglove3027 Can You Tell What Was Your Response Prevention Part In ERP After Doing Exposures & What You Did When Suddenly A New Intrusive Thought Came In ?
@@chetanyasinghbhatti69 When the thought new come in, at first the anxiety level is very high. cant sleep always scared. The only method that i do i listen Ali's video one day one video not much. Then i realize i have to face the thought and not run away. So when the thought come i just let it be. anxiety level high i let it be. i dont deny it, at the same time think that its only OCD control. Not i am the one who want that thought. I do it every single day and every thing that trigger or anything that can cause the urge i just let it be. if i have to cry i cry but face it and bravely said to my self. this is not me this OCD. hope that helps 😊 i dont take any medication or go to therapist.
I'm not sure how to do exposure with the obsession that i am having at tge moment. Its not the norm its focusing on me talking or other people talking and sometimes repeating whats being said. So where do i start with this one?
I'm also having a weird thought it switched from another theme to this one I feel like I'm having a setback but I'm picking myself up
Hi, when I get bad thoughts, I feel some sort of evil smile inside me..a very bad urge to smile evil kind of like this emoji😈 .... Like I want to smile with my mouth wide spread...for moments it feels like I am some other person....a villain of some movie laughing evil.. I feel like acting like the villain not doing bad stuff but laughing and smiling and saying some cheesy villain dialogue... I get very confused... Can someone tell if this can happen when you are suffering from OCD or is this something else?
Thank you.
@Agha Iqra Thank you so much!! I feel so much better!! And I am so sorry, I can feel your pain. You are right Ali's videos are very very helpful. All the best to you!!
And Thank you once again.
@@surbhithakur26 hlo now u recover or not
And sometimes it makes you feel that you are, or it happens and you don't mean it but still dpubt; yes, I've had that before sadly 😪
@@bethanyjosephadventures2935 which type of ocd u have??
@@honeykumar5448 pocd a lot yesterday; I got so trapped on Saturday that my partner couldn't crack me out of the spell of hyperfocus. Suddenly everything is just you and the thoughts/false memories and even when you come to realise that you believe it isn't real then it brings back that little bit of doubt with a whole lot of anxiety. I just want to be finished with it now but frankly I think it might be leaving me for a long time a while again. 😪😪