I’m 30 years old and have battled with ocd all my life as long as I can remember. It’s got far worse through my 20s and the past 12 months have been hell and really got to a point where I don’t want to deal with it anymore. I came across your videos a few months ago Chrissy and I can’t tell you how much they have helped me make more sense of things in my head and the intrusive thoughts and compulsions overwhelming me telling me I’m this and that have got easier to deal with. You help more than you know with your videos Chrissy thank you for your time and help it is valued by many of us who struggle every day of our lives with ocd. Too many people throw the term ‘ocd’ about claiming they have it because they like to clean or what not but most people have no idea what real ocd is like it consumes your life and can suck all happiness and meaning out of it. Love to all of you getting up every day and fighting the fight 🙏💙
My problem with mentally reviewing my childhood is that I'm inevitably finding more and more evidences that my thoughts are true. It started out with reassurance because of a lot of evidences that proved my thoughts were not real, but then more and more proofs of the opposite started popping up. It still feels wrong to have the thoughts that I have and they still feel lie they're not a part of me, but now they seem more real then ever because it feels like I accidentally found definitive evidence
Chrissie you are awesome! Thank you so much for talking about this. I have been struggling with this a lot, in my 40s reviewing stuff from childhood and teenage years, making myself sick with fear. Thank you for helping clear this up
You’re amazing Chrissie. I have been struggling so much with this and it had gotten to the point where I felt so alone and I didn’t think I would make it through. I have so much respect for you and what you do. You’ve helped me so so much. Thank you 🙏🏻
Chrissie, I am 16 struggling with ocd, but you have made me so much more educated on the topic and I am so grateful for that. I am hoping my mother let’s me purchase your book lol. It would be really cool if you did a topic on aromanticOCD because I feel like it’s a very common OCD to move onto after HOCD and TOCD subcategories :) thank you for everything you are doing, you are just great :)
@@ash_is_sleepy it’s such a scary subtype to go into while still dealing with TOCD because being aromantic and transgender is such a common thing to go hand in hand. I’m glad I’m not alone :)
@@blushingrxes-quit7774 I’m not too informed on pure-O, but just stay as grounded as you can, in class repeat the words the teacher says to keep your mind busy. It’s so hard for me to have OCD at school because often times I feel the need to go to the bathroom just to cry, so I don’t have much advice. Just know you aren’t alone :)
Thanks a ton! I've been struggling with ruminating about past thoughts so this helped me to let go:)❤ Could you maybe do a video about OCD and periods? I've heard of many people whose OCD gets a lot worse when their period starts and this also happens to me. Would appreciate it a lot!❤
This is such a big part of my OCD and becomes part of my searching for “evidence”. The backhoe in my brain is always digging for information and answers. And it fuels on itself.
@@1974alancampbell that was the first OCD drug I was ever one many years ago but the side effects were too unbearable for me. I now take Paxil and it works fairly well.
Struggled baddly with this, to the extent ocd would torment me with conffessing to the people involved, but the reality is people dont want or need to hear it, that would just fuel the cycle even more. Im on an ssri now which has really helped calm this down, we all probably done messed up shit when kids but OCD makes you feel like your the only one and you are a monster, when you do things as kids you dont feel any anxiety at the time because what you have done is somehow validated by how you are feeling, its when you start reveiwing it yrs later and start assessing the act against your current morals, this is the basis of the anxiety loop.
Hey Chrissie. I understand your video premise, but if we had these horrible experiences when we were 18, is that still an experimentory phase? I don’t know why I did what I did. But my mind is pulling all the possibilities to the forefront of what they mean about me. I regret my actions with an utmost horror.
Exactly you need to forgive yourself. This life is for learning. Do you still do what you are horrified by or did you learn and never repeat it? If you learned from it and grew as a person good job. You are a good person.
Can you have real event ocd that involves other people? Like for example I had a bad dream about a family member and my intrusive thoughts were what if they did something to me I don’t remember ? It’s so distressing 😞
I’m 30 years old and have battled with ocd all my life as long as I can remember. It’s got far worse through my 20s and the past 12 months have been hell and really got to a point where I don’t want to deal with it anymore. I came across your videos a few months ago Chrissy and I can’t tell you how much they have helped me make more sense of things in my head and the intrusive thoughts and compulsions overwhelming me telling me I’m this and that have got easier to deal with. You help more than you know with your videos Chrissy thank you for your time and help it is valued by many of us who struggle every day of our lives with ocd. Too many people throw the term ‘ocd’ about claiming they have it because they like to clean or what not but most people have no idea what real ocd is like it consumes your life and can suck all happiness and meaning out of it. Love to all of you getting up every day and fighting the fight 🙏💙
9:45 Very true, though as a 19 year old I know a lot more now compared to when I was 13-17.
Literally struggling with this issue so bad right now. Doing my erp but the false memory/real event is making is so depressing and so shame-ridden!
Hey man How u doing now?
My problem with mentally reviewing my childhood is that I'm inevitably finding more and more evidences that my thoughts are true. It started out with reassurance because of a lot of evidences that proved my thoughts were not real, but then more and more proofs of the opposite started popping up. It still feels wrong to have the thoughts that I have and they still feel lie they're not a part of me, but now they seem more real then ever because it feels like I accidentally found definitive evidence
this is me too, I hope you’re going okay now?
Chrissie you are awesome! Thank you so much for talking about this. I have been struggling with this a lot, in my 40s reviewing stuff from childhood and teenage years, making myself sick with fear. Thank you for helping clear this up
Thanks for another perfectly timed video! 💜 It's been hard being Trans with OCD but your videos help!!
You’re amazing Chrissie. I have been struggling so much with this and it had gotten to the point where I felt so alone and I didn’t think I would make it through. I have so much respect for you and what you do. You’ve helped me so so much. Thank you 🙏🏻
Chrissie, I am 16 struggling with ocd, but you have made me so much more educated on the topic and I am so grateful for that. I am hoping my mother let’s me purchase your book lol. It would be really cool if you did a topic on aromanticOCD because I feel like it’s a very common OCD to move onto after HOCD and TOCD subcategories :) thank you for everything you are doing, you are just great :)
Omg I had aromantic OCD too, I felt like I was the only one! (It's mooostly under control now)
@@ash_is_sleepy it’s such a scary subtype to go into while still dealing with TOCD because being aromantic and transgender is such a common thing to go hand in hand. I’m glad I’m not alone :)
@@kate-yp4tji’m 14 and have pure o how do you manage it with school bcuz like omg 😭😭😭
@@blushingrxes-quit7774 I’m not too informed on pure-O, but just stay as grounded as you can, in class repeat the words the teacher says to keep your mind busy. It’s so hard for me to have OCD at school because often times I feel the need to go to the bathroom just to cry, so I don’t have much advice. Just know you aren’t alone :)
As always, saying it exactly how it is so that all OCD sufferers dont feel so alone and isolated. Thank you for being so brave❤
Thanks a ton! I've been struggling with ruminating about past thoughts so this helped me to let go:)❤
Could you maybe do a video about OCD and periods? I've heard of many people whose OCD gets a lot worse when their period starts and this also happens to me. Would appreciate it a lot!❤
UGH I LOVE YOUR HONESTY
This is such a big part of my OCD and becomes part of my searching for “evidence”. The backhoe in my brain is always digging for information and answers. And it fuels on itself.
Clomipramine absolutely stopped my thoughts and saved my life. Bit therapy helped too.
@@1974alancampbell that was the first OCD drug I was ever one many years ago but the side effects were too unbearable for me. I now take Paxil and it works fairly well.
O.C.D makes me create alternate realities within my mind that have unrealistic outcomes.
Thank you so much Chrissie, I really really needed to hear this, I always think that I'm the only one dealing with this theme.
Struggled baddly with this, to the extent ocd would torment me with conffessing to the people involved, but the reality is people dont want or need to hear it, that would just fuel the cycle even more. Im on an ssri now which has really helped calm this down, we all probably done messed up shit when kids but OCD makes you feel like your the only one and you are a monster, when you do things as kids you dont feel any anxiety at the time because what you have done is somehow validated by how you are feeling, its when you start reveiwing it yrs later and start assessing the act against your current morals, this is the basis of the anxiety loop.
You are so real and honest thanks
thank you so much for this ❤. I've been having this issue for a while and seeing this video really helped me understand this obsession.
your videos always come at the perfect time, thank you so much chrissie
Sweet Chrissie Hodges.
I love your method here your make it okay.
Hey Chrissie. I understand your video premise, but if we had these horrible experiences when we were 18, is that still an experimentory phase?
I don’t know why I did what I did. But my mind is pulling all the possibilities to the forefront of what they mean about me. I regret my actions with an utmost horror.
I’m in the same boat. I think we need to forgive ourselves
Exactly you need to forgive yourself. This life is for learning. Do you still do what you are horrified by or did you learn and never repeat it? If you learned from it and grew as a person good job. You are a good person.
Thank you Chrissie
Truth. It' good.
Chrissie ❤
Thank you again
Been struggling with this for years and it’s spiked again. I’m so scared and don’t know how I can go on like this
Same here. Listen to the book by Eckhart Tolle “The power of now”
Thank you
Hi Chrissie, I wonder if ocd cause smiling to intrusive thoughts? It makes me feel horrible to smile right after intrusive thoughts of feelings
I actually heard that’s a good form of exposure therapy
Why all the bananas! One was plenty. What are you pushing?
But this really isn’t us right?
Can you have real event ocd that involves other people? Like for example I had a bad dream about a family member and my intrusive thoughts were what if they did something to me I don’t remember ? It’s so distressing 😞
Yes you can, this is common
thank you
Thank you