I watch at least one of your videos every day, your words are in my head as soon as OCD attacks. Thank-you for helping me survive this devastating illness....The photo here is really me.
Ali I've had Pure O for 52 years I got it age 11 when my beloved grandmother passed away unexpectedly.I started praying to God to not let my parents and siblings and any other family member die on me I am now chronic OCD sufferer I just think of a person usually my children or grandchildren and if I don't make it right in my head I will somehow cause them to die or be harmed because of me I know it's illogical but even all these years later it seems real it's as if I have some kind of magical power to think people dead or harmed ,so I still can't get passed it please tell me how to get past that type of thought
You just described my life! It started at 9, stayed away until I was 16, came back very strong and has been on and off ever since. But this time (I’m 27 now) I’m actually doing the homework properly. I listen to these videos when I’m NOT feeling anxious. Thank you!!!
Vary strange I expirenced the same thing, my ocd started when i was around 7-8 (maybe younger) and then went quiet (aside from a few flare ups here and there) until I was about 19. I call it the dormancy period where ocd seems so dicipate for years at a time. I don't see other people talk about it much
I feel like I have to know everything, and if I don’t then I think something is wrong with me mentally. This is the ocd that I am now starting to come to terms with.
I became aware of my OCD at age 13..then to make it worse I was realizing I was gay as well. Image the mental games my brain was playing. Now at 57 years old I realize all the time I wasted on OCD and being gay when both were okay!! What a shame.
I have had actually really bad ocd lately and the worst part is that Its about this one memory or a moment which I'm living in my head like 24/7 and its so anxious to me. I'm not the victim there at this memory its just that I'm so scared that Im a bad person or actually I'm what my old is telling and I'm feared about it, but it has happened its just not intrusive thought
yeah i get scared that my thoughts are real and i actually did that stuff. i had one bad intrusive thought and later i developed a new one and i think i did something bad but i know i didn’t. my brain is telling me i did and it’s tiring. i’m only 14 i don’t need all of this constant anxiety and overthinking
Thank you for this wonderful video. Any information on how to live with uncertainty would be helpful. Perhaps that information can make exposure and response prevention less scary and painful.
Great video! What if u do end up heaving to face the worse thing ever? Eg terminal illness ? How would u go about dealing with that ? Hope to hear back from u. Love your videos!
First memories date back to when i was around 5. First terrible loop followed by clinical depression at 16...two years on antidepressants. Severe relapse at 35. Half a year on fluvoxamine. Sitting with ocd induced anxiety here aged 43(((( topics change but repeat sometimes...drained and devastated. miss the person i was in february.... why should topics repeat??? also appear after severe stress...combination of stresses.Damn it
Maybe for the shock aspect of it, they can, with ERP, take bach flowers to help them with the shock. Rescue remedy or Star of Bethlehem It is 100% natural and you are not dependent to it once you stop
Thank you so much Ali for this brilliant information it all makes sense, this video is really helpful. Thanks again Ali for taking your time to make these necessary video's xxx
Hi Ali, I have contamination OCD fear of chemicals. What would ERP look like for this kind of theme? I'm both physically afraid to handle them and have thoughts of having touched them by mistake, getting it on me and contaminating my clothes and things. Thank You!
So my question is when you get to the point where you only get a couple thoughts a day and they dont bother you alot like the level of anxiety is low i know I have to disregard the thoughts whenever they come in , should i also be bringing the thought up on purpose and disregarding as an on purpose exposure??
Ali appreciate for your help and thank you . You changed my life and my mind. Could you explain about type of ocd which related to afraiding of seeing especial things. I mean. Have an OCD thought then as compulsion, we should look at some especial thing. The more try to avoid watching, more looking I mean.
I'm so sorry for bothering, but I have a question. I have religious ocd and I'm a LGBT person and the ocd is ruining my life with those opsessions that are connected to the LGBT for example "tommorow when you get up you will be male, when you go there your behavior will be like a male and etc" another example for that is that I can't concentrate while I'm trying to meditate, also I'm feeling like my hands are dirty of negative energy so I need to wash my hands and more. Thank you so much for everything, sending love and light. Stay blessed.
I'm LGBT too and I have OCD. My thoughts when reading your message is that OCD can hook up to anything. As long as you react with fear it's going to cause you problems. But as was mentioned in this tutorial these thoughts are just a symptom of OCD. The obsessions mean nothing, they are trash. I hope you find a way to get over this as I'm looking for a way too. Or, rather, I know the way to get over it. I just need to do it even though I am scared. And by that I mean a heavy daily dose of exposure and response prevention. I am preparing to live life as my true gender after many decades in the closet and I don't want OCD to ruin my life and I don't want it to ruin yours either. Best of luck and lots of love to you.❤️
@@mariii5991 Thanks for sharing. It's okay that you find it difficult to explain. ERP can be painful: a short term sacrifice to get better. I just hope you give ERP every chance to work before you ever consider giving up on the technique. You can, for example, break down the tasks and take on smaller chunks at a time, or see a therapist, or find a new therapist that you may click with better, or develop skills to distract yourself when out of ERP mode (when doing ERP you don't distract yourself, you face the fear and get that anxiety up on purpose). 💗
Afreen Afzal But how do you make them go away, if you have them constantly with every fear and you feel like your a second from doing a harmful thing , the urges so strong?? How do you make your self think that it won’t happen ??
M suffering sensorimotor ocd from 33 years in silence... Never told a soul till today..... Cus i fear others will catch it .... But I need help... Want to know how exactly I do the erp and everything. Pls help
I had a few videos on sensorimotor, we can also do recovery program if you would like to do so. If you have any specific questions I can answer here, please let me know.
I watch at least one of your videos every day, your words are in my head as soon as OCD attacks. Thank-you for helping me survive this devastating illness....The photo here is really me.
Ali I've had Pure O for 52 years I got it age 11 when my beloved grandmother passed away unexpectedly.I started praying to God to not let my parents and siblings and any other family member die on me I am now chronic OCD sufferer I just think of a person usually my children or grandchildren and if I don't make it right in my head I will somehow cause them to die or be harmed because of me I know it's illogical but even all these years later it seems real it's as if I have some kind of magical power to think people dead or harmed ,so I still can't get passed it please tell me how to get past that type of thought
You just described my life! It started at 9, stayed away until I was 16, came back very strong and has been on and off ever since. But this time (I’m 27 now) I’m actually doing the homework properly. I listen to these videos when I’m NOT feeling anxious. Thank you!!!
I've had OCD since I was 5 and now I'm 13 and when I was 12 I got HOCD and this sucks
Vary strange I expirenced the same thing, my ocd started when i was around 7-8 (maybe younger) and then went quiet (aside from a few flare ups here and there) until I was about 19. I call it the dormancy period where ocd seems so dicipate for years at a time. I don't see other people talk about it much
Never diagnosed but I relate to your descriptions & explanations frighteningly accurately. Hope this is the beginning of the end
I feel like I have to know everything, and if I don’t then I think something is wrong with me mentally. This is the ocd that I am now starting to come to terms with.
Same, and I don't know how to stop caring because it feels like it's such a big part of me
Same! It's so hard to disregard bc it feels like it'll never go away
@@breeny162 yes
Yes
Ali is a God send.
OCD and ADHd... I have to watch these multiple times and take each one in at a time. I just found these. Please make more. Thank you.
I have OCD on a person. I feel very fearful when I get thought that the very specific person is in pain or I feel guilt I might hurt that person
I became aware of my OCD at age 13..then to make it worse I was realizing I was gay as well. Image the mental games my brain was playing. Now at 57 years old I realize all the time I wasted on OCD and being gay when both were okay!! What a shame.
What was ur ocd theme?
Did you have OCD about being gay?
This is a fantastic video ! Great information and 100% spot on .
I have had actually really bad ocd lately and the worst part is that Its about this one memory or a moment which I'm living in my head like 24/7 and its so anxious to me. I'm not the victim there at this memory its just that I'm so scared that Im a bad person or actually I'm what my old is telling and I'm feared about it, but it has happened its just not intrusive thought
and I was like 12 years old in this so I wasn't that young so I wouldn't blame that I was little
yeah i get scared that my thoughts are real and i actually did that stuff. i had one bad intrusive thought and later i developed a new one and i think i did something bad but i know i didn’t. my brain is telling me i did and it’s tiring. i’m only 14 i don’t need all of this constant anxiety and overthinking
@@kierawilliams1781
How are you doing now? Can you update please (my daughter has OCD).
Thank you for this wonderful video. Any information on how to live with uncertainty would be helpful. Perhaps that information can make exposure and response prevention less scary and painful.
I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THESE VIDEOS :( OMG you helped me so so so much.
Great video! What if u do end up heaving to face the worse thing ever? Eg terminal illness ? How would u go about dealing with that ? Hope to hear back from u. Love your videos!
Thank you Ali for your very grounded and wise sharing of your professional experience.
Good because I have HOCD and this sucks I know I'm strsogjt but these thoughts kill me
great channel,God bless you,your videos are so helpful,thanks
First memories date back to when i was around 5. First terrible loop followed by clinical depression at 16...two years on antidepressants. Severe relapse at 35. Half a year on fluvoxamine. Sitting with ocd induced anxiety here aged 43(((( topics change but repeat sometimes...drained and devastated. miss the person i was in february....
why should topics repeat??? also appear after severe stress...combination of stresses.Damn it
Maybe for the shock aspect of it, they can, with ERP, take bach flowers to help them with the shock. Rescue remedy or Star of Bethlehem
It is 100% natural and you are not dependent to it once you stop
Thanks Ali this is a good reminder xx
Hi Ali Graymond, thanks for all your videos , really helped a lot. Thanks lot.
But my thoughts are extremely violent and just horrible and horrific. No one can have the thoughts I get I’m sure of it 🙁
Beautiful Video .. So well observed and explained here Ali Greymond .. Thank You .. Arjun ..
Thank you so much Ali for this brilliant information it all makes sense, this video is really helpful. Thanks again Ali for taking your time to make these necessary video's xxx
You make me survive Ali😇
Ocd videos always help me through the day
Hi Ali, I have contamination OCD fear of chemicals. What would ERP look like for this kind of theme? I'm both physically afraid to handle them and have thoughts of having touched them by mistake, getting it on me and contaminating my clothes and things. Thank You!
Gema Guevara get a chemical that won't hurt you and expose yourself to it - touch it and see that nothing happens
Thank you so.much for this..
It would be much better if u present it as a video like you speaking
Thank You Ali Greymond .. God Bless You .. Arjun ..
Thank you ali for this helpful information xx
Thanks for the videos Ali! What book can you recommend to know more about OCD, especially Pure O?
Absolutely 100% right!
So my question is when you get to the point where you only get a couple thoughts a day and they dont bother you alot like the level of anxiety is low i know I have to disregard the thoughts whenever they come in , should i also be bringing the thought up on purpose and disregarding as an on purpose exposure??
Yeaa i need to know that too someone asnwer please
Thank you so much for these videos
Ali appreciate for your help and thank you . You changed my life and my mind. Could you explain about type of ocd which related to afraiding of seeing especial things. I mean. Have an OCD thought then as compulsion, we should look at some especial thing. The more try to avoid watching, more looking I mean.
I'm so sorry for bothering, but I have a question. I have religious ocd and I'm a LGBT person and the ocd is ruining my life with those opsessions that are connected to the LGBT for example "tommorow when you get up you will be male, when you go there your behavior will be like a male and etc" another example for that is that I can't concentrate while I'm trying to meditate, also I'm feeling like my hands are dirty of negative energy so I need to wash my hands and more. Thank you so much for everything, sending love and light. Stay blessed.
I'm LGBT too and I have OCD. My thoughts when reading your message is that OCD can hook up to anything. As long as you react with fear it's going to cause you problems. But as was mentioned in this tutorial these thoughts are just a symptom of OCD. The obsessions mean nothing, they are trash. I hope you find a way to get over this as I'm looking for a way too. Or, rather, I know the way to get over it. I just need to do it even though I am scared. And by that I mean a heavy daily dose of exposure and response prevention. I am preparing to live life as my true gender after many decades in the closet and I don't want OCD to ruin my life and I don't want it to ruin yours either. Best of luck and lots of love to you.❤️
@@smurfette1509 thanks a lot I've tried erp but I don't know how to say the right word but it "hurts" feeling something like idk how to explain...
@@mariii5991 Thanks for sharing. It's okay that you find it difficult to explain. ERP can be painful: a short term sacrifice to get better. I just hope you give ERP every chance to work before you ever consider giving up on the technique. You can, for example, break down the tasks and take on smaller chunks at a time, or see a therapist, or find a new therapist that you may click with better, or develop skills to distract yourself when out of ERP mode (when doing ERP you don't distract yourself, you face the fear and get that anxiety up on purpose). 💗
@@smurfette1509 Thank you so much for the advices. You are so kind. Wish you all the best 💝
Ali, Can you tell us when it is good to do exposures and when it turns to be obsessions, I hope you understand
Thanks to the video! Is OCD developed the urges? How to handle the strong urges? for Pure O (Harm OCD) its totally not okay to have the urges.
@Afreen Afzal thank you so much! really appreciated your advice 🙏🙏
Afreen Afzal But how do you make them go away, if you have them constantly with every fear and you feel like your a second from doing a harmful thing , the urges so strong?? How do you make your self think that it won’t happen ??
Have you ever had a client with rabies fear ocd? It’s what I have.
Very excellent!!!
God bless you :)
I have ocd and severe anxiety! I've been trying to look for an ocd therapist. No luck. Any help????
I'm here when you are ready to do real recovery work.
M suffering sensorimotor ocd from 33 years in silence... Never told a soul till today..... Cus i fear others will catch it ....
But I need help... Want to know how exactly I do the erp and everything.
Pls help
I had a few videos on sensorimotor, we can also do recovery program if you would like to do so. If you have any specific questions I can answer here, please let me know.
Which ocd you have?
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