What are Intrusive Thoughts? [& When They Signal Pure O OCD]
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What are intrusive thoughts really, and when do they signal Pure O & OCD?
Obsessive compulsive disorder consists of obsessions and compulsions that interfere with daily life. In this interview, MedCircle host Kyle Kittleson and the world's leading OCD expert, Dr. Jenny Yip discuss...
What are intrusive thoughts & why do we have them in the first place?
What are obsessions and obsessive behavior?
What are compulsions and compulsive behavior?
Can someone just have intrusive thoughts and not have compulsions?
What is Pure O?
What are mental compulsions?
When does an intrusive thought signal OCD or Pure O?
And much more.
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You'll discover OCD treatment options like cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT, and what it takes to achieve OCD recovery.
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Have you experienced intrusive thoughts?
I always thought I never had any compulsions but the mental gymnastics and escape route are there :) I think there is a problem with the "It's just a thought" approach. That approach very much trivialises whats being experienced by the person with OCD. It's not just a thought. Intrusive thoughts come in to your mind with a massive amount of energy and impact. It's not like thinking "I want a cup of coffee". The thought will come in like a punch in the face, carrying so much energy that the impact of the thought and the forced intention of the thought will scare you and make you question your ability and mental strength to be able to resist what you are thinking and seeing in your minds eye. It's like being pushed very hard to do something and you are trying to resit.
Yes I have these uncontrollable of compulsive behaviors of trying to anylize neutralize my thoughts try to feel safe n convinced myself this is irrational but and yet g Th he thoughts come backs n it feels scary n real I’m going thru this
@@albertfigueroa11 It can be scary and feel real. This won't last though and it always gets better in time. They say "A problem shared is a problem halved." This is true, meaning talk to someone you can trust and share whats going on with them. The sharing will relieve some of the burden you have and can help greatly. If you feel it's getting worse or you think you are going to lose control then talk to a Doctor and get them to refer you to a Psychiatrist. There is no shame in seeking help! Stay away from anything mood changing like Alcohol, Caffeine, too much Chocolate(stimulant), drugs etc... As these can exacerbate the problem. One of the best things you can do but also the hardest is to "Not pay any attention to it" This is hard but it does work to stop the thoughts.
Grayham talking to a anxiety coach have to put into practice becus the anxiety can be so overwhelming so it’s all a challenge .. Thank u for responding
Sure, they come and go, maybe like intrusive people.
Kind of like a runaway train, the journey is to no end.
Intrusive thoughts are like those blinking pop-up ads on websites that wont let you proceed further until you give it some kind of attention.
Exactly 😂😂😂
that is the perfect way of putting it. I have it and that is exactly what it feels like.
Followed by extreme anxiety
So accurate 👍
Perfect interpretation😂😂
Anyone else hate when people call intrusive thoughts obsessions because it makes it sound like you are enthusiastic about them but they are the worst things imaginable
literally yea
I think the term “fixation” is more fitting
@@deannagonzalez2754 Isn't that the same thing?
I am enthusiastic
I hate them thoughts so much at it happens everyday for hours and hours
I believe I have pure O/OCD but I dont want to tell anyone because the thoughts are so messed up
I’m sorry to hear. It’s ok, many people have “messed up” thoughts. Talk to someone who can help. 💕
So true
Sorry to hear that. I have OCD myself. I’m only 20 and it feels like my thought processes are so destroyed already. Thoughts about everything are just in my head 24/7. When I was 10 I was convinced I was going blind so had to blink rapidly to stop it. I could go for hours about my OCD and how it’s effected my life over the past 10 years. These thoughts run through my head even when I sleep. I wake up in the morning feeling unrested everyday because these anxious thoughts of mine constant run through my head when I’m asleep. I’m literally hanging on for dear life. I just need a rest from this. I can still be happy a lot though, still have friends but they just don’t understand that I’m living my life on a hard difficulty when it comes to OCD
@@TehApolloEleven im so sorry thats gotta be really hard for u to wake up everyday maybe u should take meds to get rid of the thoughts
@@jellybonbon5538 I did about 20 CBT therapy sessions, they kind of helped a bit but to be honest its not something that I believe is curable, just manageable. Maybe my next option is meds.
I know they say not to self diagnose but I really wanna cry cause everything she said is exactly what I’ve been going through
Hear you!!!!
This is exactly how i feel like and i actually did cry. Specially because alot of my obsessive thoughts are towards thinking about death or dangerous situations
Same too and I’m a grown ass man I felt like I’m been going through this for a number of years
I stopped watching tv for 3 years and it went away. I don’t read news nothing that may scare me. Draw, paint do things to make you happy go for a hike. We all been there.
Stuck in obsession every waking moment
As a child I would constantly think I love the devil before I fell asleep then. I Would panic and say I love God repeatedly until I was sure I wasn't going to hell. Every single Effin night it disrupted my sleep, and sometimes I would not be able to handle it and I would start crying and run to my mom.
Damn I relate to this
omg this is me
IKR! My mind would say horrible things and i would instantly say NO
Fuck, reading this hit me right in the psyche . Never heard anyone else have these thoughts,
This happened to me too omg I was so anxious
Weird how she didn’t mention the most common intrusive thoughts which are often fear of committing violence, fear of religious persecution and unwanted sexual thoughts. That’s why they are so difficult to wrap your own head around.
You comment really made me think about my struggles, so similar. I have actually just done a video on this as its close to my heart. Keep Strong
I've become so devastated because I think I might have the worst one imaginable about peadifilla. I want to die..
Angie Duerden it’s gona be ok. Just know it’s not who you really are but just thoughts
100%
@@angieduerden128 I have it too. You aren't your thoughts. I know it's scary, I know it feels horrible, but it's not a reflection of you
"The disease of doubt" that's a way to put it.
Mistrust of independant thought construction 🙏
@@sophiegregson I never cared, when I was 16, life was most objective at that time, and since then it has always been so.
@@sophiegregson Yes, the more someone thinks they care or have cared for you, then healthwise the more they might neglect.
Your father probably got there as an indirect effect of receiving similar neglect And had his own part to play and needs some quality learning/self maintenance.
And now you know better who you should put your emotional and health matters into perspective with...anyone other than your mother, who might pretend nothing ever really is wrong.
It puts the flag up when there 'is' mail in the letterbox.
@@sophiegregson I don't know how much work I did to realize this, I'm about at my half life.
But mental disorders have some unusual algebra to their balance of equations.
Some psychopathic developed tendencies can offset the common people pleaser types.
People don't really need to exist in a state of confusion. (It's some good point to add to this thread)
@@sophiegregson there is no better help than to reconcile.
Differences and indifferences, don't stop or apprehend constant objectivity in course of free flow. It will become freedom otherwise.
When life ends, there is no longer the post.
We emboss it or take it away by decisions not reactions. Therefore the outcomes remain a mainstay to faltering motives (and which is also indecency).
What's in your vessel, ?
It’s been about 2 years since I was diagnosed with OCD. I have to tell everyone that you aren’t alone and you will get through this. I remember watching other videos and people in the comments saying they have dealt with it for YEARS. It scared me so bad and I was so afraid I would have to live with this for the rest of my life. But, I have successfully recovered through therapy. Occasionally a thought pops into my head, but it’s not intense and it’s so easy to forget about. I promise you don’t have to live like this forever and you won’t.
Thank a lot. You encourage me to overcome it
Thank you for your Advice .l had it for 3 months since the beginning of the 2021 and I feel sometimes l will run mad 😢
@@hsuhtet3580 I’m glad I was able to help :))!! I’m wishing u all the best 😌
@@asiyaasaeed8437 I totally understand the feeling. It’s very scary and upsetting and can totally make u spiral. But I promise you will overcome it and you will look back on this and see it as a success story :) I’m wishing u all the best 😌
@@s.a1114 I went through that too. It’s so frustrating and it feels really hopeless. Obviously idk ur exact situation but for me, exposure therapy was incredibly helpful and so was joking about my awful thoughts with people (obv close friends or someone who also dealt w intrusive thoughts) don’t let the hopelessness overcome all ur progress💗
My intrusive thoughts really make me feel as though I’m a horrible person for having that thought. I would tell my mind not to have that thought, and then it would have the very exact thought I’m trying to avoid. Then having the thought as a result of avoiding it, would bring even more anxiety. I, then would be stuck in a circle that would repeating the whole day. It’s so frustrating, both mentally and physically to go through this. At times, I wished I wasn’t alive, just so I could stop having these thoughts and stop engaging in them.
Went through this today. You're not alone. Hoping the best for you.
Try to view your thoughts as passing clouds rather than fighting them. Hope you’re better.
i sometimes feel so disgusted and disturbed at myself for having some of these thoughts. and i wish it was easier to just die and not think
I felt this, though I don’t think it’s a mental issue since it doesn’t disrupt my day to day life, other than making me act slightly *off* . Like, kind of dissociated, but more on autopilot? It depends, it takes different amounts of time to shake it off but I can still function so I don’t know-
Trust me I know how you feel
When I get intrusive thoughts it feels like a knot in my stomach that just gets tighter and tighter
same here
I think my fist clenches and I can't open it
OMG YES this has been happening for me for some time now. It's literally gut-wrenching.
Best advice I can give you if you have intrusive thoughts is meditating daily and constantly practicing Awareness throughout the day. Practicing Awareness means simply observing your thoughts and negative feelings in a detached manner. Realize you ARE the observer/the Awareness and not the observed thoughts. You are completely free of all of your thoughts if you do not identify with them and simply observe them from a distance. Thoughts are randomly generated and you have no control over that, but you have the control of ignoring them, and therefore not giving them any power. This is gonna be hard at first, but don't be discouraged, it will become easier and easier the more you meditate and practice Awareness (ideally 24/7).
Wishing you all the best 😊❤
@@feelsokayman3959 thank you for saying this :)
Most thoughts are automatic, they just ‘pop’ into our heads. It’s the unpleasant ones we label as intrusive
No, it's when you can't stop thinking about them, you don't want to think about these thoughts but you are obsessing over it. For me what I have experienced is kind of like someone else is planting these thoughts, because it's not what I want to think about and i can't shift my thought pattern and just willingly move to a different topic. Obviously no one is planting thoughts in my head, but when you can't shake these thoughts that's a little different. Have you ever had the same thoughts for 4 or 6 or even 8 hours a day, day after day, especially with thoughts that you don't want to have, thoughts that scare the hell out of you, thoughts that are incredibly dangerous if you were to act on them, thoughts that make you scared of yourself? I experience unpleasant thoughts that are not intrusive as well because I can shift these thoughts but the ones that last for that long and you have the same thoughts for days on end these are intrusive thoughts as they are not "you", you don't want these thoughts but you can't stop thinking about that topic. When you are starting to question if there is something seriously wrong with you and these thoughts are impeding on your life, they are no longer just an unpleasant thought that pop's into your head.
Too many idiots say "that's my OCD", because they LIKE something a certain way, but more often than not there is nothing obsessive or compulsive about their actions or thoughts and therefore it's just they are fussy. Your comment kind of reminds me of that. I could be wrong but my interpretation of your comment is that you need to understand that there's a huge difference between a simple bad thought that pop's into your head and a thought that you can't stop thinking about. I have not been diagnosed with OCD but I have definitely had intrusive thoughts which can happen to many people with other issues
@@trevormerivale6882 yes I have had the same distressing thoughts going round my head obsessively for days on end, only to be replaced by other thoughts just as, if not more distressing. The more I tried to avoid them the worse they got. It took time, support, resilience and patience but they no longer have the power they once had
My question is, is it my fault if these thoughts pop up in my head?😩😖. I feel like it’s me that let’s there thoughts come to my head😩😩😢
@@bridget8739 it's not your fault at all. It can't be helped sometimes you just need to work through them. It's annoying and it's difficult when you obsess over them but it's ok
THIS
Has anyone been experiencing this too, when I thought of a weird thought, then I didn't get worried, but am worried about not being worried at that thought..?
Omg all the time
OMGGG YOURE NOT ALONE!!! I was asking myself this morning i was thinking that if I don’t worry abt the thought it’s might define me or that I need to worry abt it! I was worried that the thought didn’t worry me.
YESSSS
This coment maked me stay in shock this happens to me too and its horrible!!!
Yes
I honestly don’t know I keep having these extremely messed up thoughts and it makes me cry bc I can’t stop and it makes me feel horrible but glad I’m not alone
You’re definitely not alone and I promise you that you’ll overcome this ❤️
@@raissaferreira3057 thank you ❤️
@@lemxontarts5802 what type of stuff do you get, i also have this
@@binaryblaze69 well lot of things against god or just nasty things 😔🖐
@@lemxontarts5802 whats your insta i want to talk to someone that has the similar thing as me
Watching these videos is part of my compulsions 😔
Looking At Him Hurts i wouldn’t instantly call it “compulsion”, because how else are you gonna learn about the disorder. Especially first step to get better is to learn more and more about aspects of it.
BUT if you are looking for these kind of videos only to lessen stress of the thoughts, then yes, it is a compulsion. Pay attention whether you seek for these ocd videos when you are at your calmest and eager to know more in positive way or just when anxious about your intrusive thoughts.
@@annanavenicka9688 yes, I called it compulsion cause that's exactly what I do...whenever I have intrusive thoughts I seek reassurance through these videos or articles
But eventualy this information will help you in the future to deal with this problem.
Please talk to someone about this, please get help
International helpines-
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www.therapyroute.com/article/helplines-suicide-hotlines-and-crisis-lines-from-around-the-world
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USA helplines-
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I had to force myself to watch this video, anything about OCD or anxiety triggers mine for some reason. Very informational though. I hope you feel better since when you posted this. I have OCD too and it does get better.
Watching this while suffering..
Ify
Me too
Hayy 😢
Best advice I can give you if you have intrusive thoughts is meditating daily and constantly practicing Awareness throughout the day. Practicing Awareness means simply observing your thoughts and negative feelings in a detached manner. Realize you ARE the observer/the Awareness and not the observed thoughts. You are completely free of all of your thoughts if you do not identify with them and simply observe them from a distance. Thoughts are randomly generated and you have no control over that, but you have the control of ignoring them, and therefore not giving them any power. This is gonna be hard at first, but don't be discouraged, it will become easier and easier the more you meditate and practice Awareness (ideally 24/7).
Wishing you all the best 😊❤
If you have intrusive thoughts, do these two things consequently and your intrusive thoughts WILL 100% get better or maybe even completely vanish if you do it long enough: Meditate daily (ideally 30-60+ minutes, I recommend Vipassana, which is simply putting your Awareness on your breath) and constantly practice Awareness throughout the entire day. Practicing Awareness means simply observing your thoughts and negative feelings in a distanced and detached way. You have to realize that you ARE the observer/the Awareness and not the observed thoughts. Do not identify with your thoughts and simply observe them from a distance. Intrusive thoughts are randomly generated and you have absolutely 0 control over them, but you have the power of being able to ignore them and not worry about them. Fully accept and welcome all thoughts, no matter how strange or disturbing they may be. Never feel ashamed, disgusted or shocked, this fuels intrusive thoughts immensely. Intrusive thoughts thrive on the attention and meaning you give to them. Meditating is gonna be extremely hard at first, but don't be discouraged, it will become easier and easier the more you meditate and practice Awareness. The goal would be to remain in Awareness 24/7, which would make you completely invulnerable to all intrusive thoughts.
Wishing you all the best 😊❤
I literally don’t feel alone anymore I thought I was the only person in the world who had this😰😰😰
Ya me too
no wayyy i thought this too but we are definetely not alone
I thought i was alone too! now i see i how untrue tht is...even though this illness is so tormenting, seeing tht so many other ppl struggle with it is comforting in a weird way. I have hope we will get better though! 💪
FR SAME
If you have intrusive thoughts, do these two things consequently and your intrusive thoughts WILL 100% get better or maybe even completely vanish if you do it long enough: Meditate daily (ideally 30-60+ minutes, I recommend Vipassana, which is simply putting your Awareness on your breath) and constantly practice Awareness throughout the entire day. Practicing Awareness means simply observing your thoughts and negative feelings in a distanced and detached way. You have to realize that you ARE the observer/the Awareness and not the observed thoughts. Do not identify with your thoughts and simply observe them from a distance. Intrusive thoughts are randomly generated and you have absolutely 0 control over them, but you have the power of being able to ignore them and not worry about them. Fully accept and welcome all thoughts, no matter how strange or disturbing they may be. Never feel ashamed, disgusted or shocked, this fuels intrusive thoughts immensely. Intrusive thoughts thrive on the attention and meaning you give to them. Meditating is gonna be extremely hard at first, but don't be discouraged, it will become easier and easier the more you meditate and practice Awareness. The goal would be to remain in Awareness 24/7, which would make you completely invulnerable to all intrusive thoughts.
Wishing you all the best 😊❤
Repetitive thoughts that consume a lot of time
I have repetitive thoughts and there maddening aren’t they ,going over and over the same subject
@@rickydb8591 me 2☹️
@@priyatyagi9708 me too dear
True. A few years ago I was stuck thinking about death. Like, I really didn't need an existential crisis at age nine.
I want it to stop
Why am i such a HUGE OVERTHINKER like i blow everything out of per portion😭
Hahaha i was one of these too! Changes are needed my friend. If you need assistance with OCD/mental health I can help. I can show you the skills I've learned in my journey. Email: abraham.valera001@gmail.com
@@Zeroshift21 Would i still be able to take you up on that? it’s gotten really bad right now
@@ST-zc7qu what problems are you encountering?
@@binaryblaze69 i cant seem to stop getting disturbing thoughts and it feels like im thinking them myself
@@ST-zc7qu whats your insta, i can talk to you about my experiences and what ive found out, its so weird and im trying to understand this thing
The “What if...” 😕
“What if I like these thoughts” “why aren’t I reacting to this thought” “does it mean I like them” “what if I’m like this” are my mains😕
@@abbilolzz416 YUP YUP YUP YUP YUP YUP
@@abbilolzz416 "Am I just numb towards them or have I just accepted them?" "Am I even disgusted?"
@@nah_. Dude you just described them so well I just get so tired of my thoughts that I don’t even react I just get frustrated but then I question if I am accepting the thought and that I believe that is what I am it’s tough especially at my age nobody gets it because I’m just “growing up” or “figuring things out” which stresses me out more:/
@@abbilolzz416 I've been suffering with these intrusive thoughts for about 2 years, I can relate to your comment, thank you for letting me know I'm not alone. Abby.
Intrusive thoughts are scary. You can't control them, you can't tell anyone, and part of you wants to do it. They're dark all the time..and it doesn't get off of your mind until later. This one time, I was making a salad for me and my brother..so I was carefully cutting the tomato just how he likes it. During this, I had the sudden urge, desire, whatever you may call it; to cut my fingers off and serve it to my brother without his knowledge. This is only one of the few, but it was the most recent and the most scariest one I've ever had..considering I came REALLY close to actually doing it. At the time, I felt as if something was wrong with me..and if I was turning into some psychopath and I googled about it, and came across this video. These comments make me feel like it's completely normal for these to be accuring..and I hope they're right. Because dear God, the things I've wanted to do were brutal in many ways.
I'm glad I came across your comment, my thoughts are so awful at times there is no way I can tell anyone about them because they are in my opinion like you said thoughts if a psychopath. I am not even brave enough to type an example , I've never felt the urge to act on them,with me it's the worry that I would. It's shit that not many people understand just how difficult it is.
All the best to you !
@@margking5482 Oh my goodness, thank you very much for that! I wish you the best too 🙏🏼🤗
@@margking5482 I have had the same intrusive thoughts as you ppl do and trust me this type is one of the easiest ocds to get rid of try ERP you should be fine in 2 weeks
@@premswaroopumaney2841 thank you ! What is ERP ? I've never heard of it and I've had many sessions of therapy years back.
@@margking5482 exposure and response prevention more you face the fears more likely you are gonna get rid of ocd
How do you guys physically feel when a thought comes? I feel knots in my stomach or a sinking feeling. Then it goes to heart palpitations. This isn’t fun :(
I also got extreme gut cramps and heart and chest aches.
If you have intrusive thoughts, do these two things consequently and your intrusive thoughts WILL 100% get better or maybe even completely vanish if you do it long enough: Meditate daily (ideally 30-60+ minutes, I recommend Vipassana, which is simply putting your Awareness on your breath) and constantly practice Awareness throughout the entire day. Practicing Awareness means simply observing your thoughts and negative feelings in a distanced and detached way. You have to realize that you ARE the observer/the Awareness and not the observed thoughts. Do not identify with your thoughts and simply observe them from a distance. Intrusive thoughts are randomly generated and you have absolutely 0 control over them, but you have the power of being able to ignore them and not worry about them. Fully accept and welcome all thoughts, no matter how strange or disturbing they may be. Never feel ashamed, disgusted or shocked, this fuels intrusive thoughts immensely. Intrusive thoughts thrive on the attention and meaning you give to them. Meditating is gonna be extremely hard at first, but don't be discouraged, it will become easier and easier the more you meditate and practice Awareness. The goal would be to remain in Awareness 24/7, which would make you completely invulnerable to all intrusive thoughts.
Wishing you all the best 😊❤
Yes, these feelings are all common, and much much more. But why not enjoy what you do and feel the uncertainty and body sensations at the same time?
@@feelsokayman3959 thank you! I have started meditating and yoga since this has begun. What scares me is, I never used to have thoughts and I miss my normal self and it causes me so much distress. 😞 ruminating also plays a huge factor. Again, thanks for responding!
@@Zeroshift21 Because I analyze everything. If I have physical anxiety symptoms, I’m like “what does this mean?” Then I go on a rabbit hole on google.
@@cara_alexis missing your "normal" self is just another trick your mind plays on you. you are always normal. just your thought, that arent you and that you cant control, are going crazy.
everything is okay, you can have any thought you want, nothing bad will happen. thoughts are not reality. :)
i tried to tell my mom about my intrusive thoughts and how i have signs of pure o, she told me to stop trying to diagnose myself and to “just live my life”, i’m sorry if anyone else’s parents are like this, we’ll be ok :(
im so sorry to hear that. just know you're not alone. you're safe, well, and im proud of you.
Same mom don’t believe nor my sis
🛑 ITS GOIN TO BE LONG BUT I WANT TO HELP U SO READ IT ALL🛑 it's for u and all the gals and guys outta there so plz open ur ears:
IT IS HEALABLE ( i don't even know if this word exists but u understood). Now personally my obsessional thoughts and intrusive thoughts were only mental( as the name says it lol) and ive had a REALLY hard time cuz i couldn't manage my thoughts that were gettin out of my pure deep fears buried in me. They were main three: endin up lesbian( nothin against LGBTQ it's just taht am 100percent heterosexual), the second is stop brlievin in God( am muslim and convinced) and the third frar was mixed with incredible shame cuz ive thought of suicide ( not as a solution. I just saw a razor on the shelf and thought ''Oh it'd be easy to end it up just open up the veins and booom no more suffering'') and so all kind of ideas started stormin in my head and wreckin me up I thought that I went crazy and that I was even goin to die from the suffering and the anxiety it got mixed with. So that's what I did:
1) germotherapy saved my life: figs and Hawthorne extracts are magical to get back the neuron path ways to their place and help a lot fir sleep cuz I went insomniac
2) homeotherapy was my second superhero for insomnia and anxiety cuz it calms u down the one i used i have their name in french( or maybe latin dunno) just google it : Gelsemium, Staphysagria, Ignatia Amara, of the Boiron laboratory. Now u need to take 5 lill balls 3 times a day it takes some time to see results but tust me with consistency it saves
3) WRITE WRITE AND WRITE some more: I used to take a piece of paper and make it as a dialogue between what i named my ''self in distress'' the one that's suffering and my ''confident self''. Give u an example:
''Hey i need help! Yeah as always spit it up sup? Well its a bit complicated, i don't know why, but am feelin kinda down for no apparent reason. I feel kinda empty. I reastablished my relationship with God still i feel like something is missing, am fillin my leisure time with gibberishes and the show i saw reminded of myself like i might be fleein from my problem. And my soul is EMPTY...STOB IT! Really why talkin gibberishes, u just neeed to fill ur time diffrently that all so stop complicating it. U have faith in God and ur not threatened by losin it (in this time i thought that i might) no u r not losin it! (That's why i got scolded).....''' Anyways that was an exmple so u see how we do.
4) its pretty the same thing then writin but orally in front of the mirror id let the ''confident self'' talk to coach me and reassure me
5) a mix between 4 and 3: u close ur eyes ur in ur head and that's ur work: u bring up ur confident self ur heart self( the one that's always rootin for u and cheerin even when ur wrong like a grandma) and ur scared self. The scared self talks first exposes all the idea the why and how and everything about the thing that's scarin u or wreckin u and ket her explain and then let the two other selves answer. Let it be a dialogue where the thing taht's scarin the hell outta u gets really deeply explained and let the two selves crush it every single one in their own way. Don't force anything let it flow. Tell me if u wnat me to write u an example to better explian it to u cuz sadly vocals on utube doesn't exist 😅
6) This more works when u believe in something bigger than u no matter what it is i don't know if it works for atheists. But anyway here's the thing: every night half an hour before u sleep go to ur window or go out on ur terrace if u have one or ur balcony, and observe the stars, the sky, feel the aur on ur skin and smell it let memories flow through this smell. Maybe it reminds u of summer nights or goo'old days. Let memories and feelings flow. Then ipen ur eyes and poor ur heart out to God or the universe or whatever. Tell him everything. Everything. Every idea scarin u every thing that upsets u, things that ur grateful for, how u REALLY feel everything puts it into words don't be ashamed of ANY SINGLE FUCKIN THING
7) And that's the last tip: fon't be ashamed. Don't be ashamed of ur thoughts or afraid of them. Be indulgent with urself. Be compassionate with urself. I knwo its hard and it takes time but if u put it into work u'll succeed, i swear u'll do. THOUGHTS ARE THOUGHTS. They r deadly to ur mind when u ignore them or let them be in ur mind without treating them and goin deep whith them. Flr em for example it was the COVID-19 quarantine taht messed up my head and got out all of those inner fears. U have to find the reason that made u go Dutch like that. Not why THIS thought, but why u even got to this critical point. For me the answer was not enough spirituality, not enough exercise, feelin bad in my skin in my body, and so and so forth. Every single one of u has it's own answer go search it!
Now that's the end and i hope i helped u and if i did plz tell me and if u have any questions tell me too i want to help u guys.❤️❤️❤️
I m sure your school has a psychologist or smth like this.You can try to reach oit to them!
i ll tell everyone there is one true solution to end the misery which is there in our mind that is go for a 10 day vipassana meditation course this course truly helps us to remove any suffering which comes in our mind and gives us a much happier life there is a solution for all this things that you guys are experiencing so i will really request u all to apply for a 10 day vipassana meditation course im lost for words how good the meditation is it will change ur life foreveer vipassana is truly a gem to.humanitydo surely go for it
I have pure-O. My obsessions include:
What if I step out in traffic.
Maybe I'll hang myself if I'm not paying attention.
I think I ran over someone (when I was taking driving lessons. I gave up on getting a driving license because of this.)
I'm going to end up homeless one day (this is accompanied by compulsively checking my financial accounts).
Thankfully going to an OCD support group has helped massively. The intrusive thoughts come back from time to time especially when I'm stressed but it doesn't cause nearly as much anxiety now!
Same here.
I still get intrusive thoughts but not anxiety any more
I'm glad you got support and feel better know
I now can laugh about mine, but my pure-o kicked in when i saw interview of one Japanese cannibal, and for a long time i questioned myself if i am gonna eat people in future. It took to the point i woke up with panic attacks every night and asked myself - who am i. (the theme was ongoing for months, now it doesn’t appear as much, but still carries discomfort.)
@ oh look, a super genius with the empathy of a rock offering a free greatly useless opinion. Yeah, people have freedom of speech, but geez... 🙄
@@Mtz2604 Yo, what lmao?
Has anyone ever thought something mean or cruel about someone they cared about who hasn’t done anything to them provoke such thoughts? This is one line of intrusive thought that has bothered me a lot at times. Let’s say it’s about the persons appearance. They’re standing in my presence and a thought pops in my head that if I said out loud could deeply hurt them. I don’t even believe the thought, but I think it and feel a lot of guilt. I wonder why I thought it. Maybe I do believe it. Of course I don’t, but what if maybe I do. It’s exhausting.
I thought i was just a jerk. These comments are insightful.
i ll tell everyone there is one true solution to end the misery which is there in our mind that is go for a 10 day vipassana meditation course this course truly helps us to remove any suffering which comes in our mind and gives us a much happier life there is a solution for all this things that you guys are experiencing so i will really request u all to apply for a 10 day vipassana meditation course im lost for words how good the meditation is it will change ur life foreveer vipassana is truly a gem to.humanitydo surely go for it
bro go for a 10 day vipassana meditation course i also did the course and not much thoughts like this come now
vipassana meditation will change ur life
Yessss. I get that every time. I don't really obsess over it though. I Just let it go feeling bit sad that I would think that but I do recognize its Just an intrusive thought.
Yes I struggle with that right now and it’s been so hard. This is the first time I come across someone with the same problem like me. Did you overcome it?
being obsessed with something you find repugnant or detestable can make you think you really feel that way about something, and that's where the anxiety steps in.
It’s hell dealing with it. 😔
@@hueso5071 You just have to remember you don't actually want to act on those thoughts, it's just a form of anxiety where your brain tortures you with with the thing you find most reprehensible. It's fun being human, isn't it?
@@kennethshiro9500 Thank you for that !
Literally, my newest obsession is having a "crush" on someone i don't really have a crush on. And it is hell. I'm in a relationship so the thoughts of having crushes on others so so disturbs me !!! It's so silly cause whenever I talk to the "person I have a crush on." I feel blank and disgusted even acting on the thought, but the anxiety sticks. Just a huge big cycle.
@@youtubewatcher830 I understand!
The key to overcome ocd is to always observe your feelings, your reactions, yourself. Know why we have these thoughts and it's not because we want or like them. It's the exact opposite. It's because of anxiety and pain. They hurt us and the mind shows it to us as a warning to be careful of these threatening thoughts. It's a survival instinct. When you walk inside a tiger's cage the first thing we lookout for is the tiger, for safety.
thank you 😔😔😔 needed this
@@maddierose918 no prob!!😊 You should really consider an anti inflammatory diet. That's the one thing that has helped me immensely. I could give you a list of the worst foods that worsen my ocd if you want.
@@flambojr.4235 Could you please send me the list? Would be great😊
@@flambojr.4235 yes pls!!
Definitely! 😊 This list took me almost 2 years of self experimenting and reading to complete. A lot of these foods are extremely hard to let go but the results are definitely worth it. Without doubt they all trigger me;
1. Cooking oils. (Corn oil, olive oil etc.)
2. Fried fast food (pizza, wings etc)
3. Dairy
4. Eggs
5. Sugar ( High Fructose)
6. Green Tea
7. Coffee
8. Oats
9. Generic bread (too many chemicals/oils in them)
I did lots of trials to prove myself wrong with these foods but I always suffered horrible ocd storms that wouldn't let me sleep. Try a dry/water fast and avoid these foods for at least a week. Your ocd should definitely lessen and if you fast correctly you can see huge improvement in 1-2 days.
If you end up being inflamed by these foods don't use anti-inflammatories; that will only stop the healing process. Let the inflammation heal itself. Fasting is the solution.
The worst thing about Pure O is searching for it and then getting frightened of everyone else's irrational fears lmao
Same!
If you have intrusive thoughts, do these two things consequently and your intrusive thoughts WILL 100% get better or maybe even completely vanish if you do it long enough: Meditate daily (ideally 30-60+ minutes, I recommend Vipassana, which is simply putting your Awareness on your breath) and constantly practice Awareness throughout the entire day. Practicing Awareness means simply observing your thoughts and negative feelings in a distanced and detached way. You have to realize that you ARE the observer/the Awareness and not the observed thoughts. Do not identify with your thoughts and simply observe them from a distance. Intrusive thoughts are randomly generated and you have absolutely 0 control over them, but you have the power of being able to ignore them and not worry about them. Fully accept and welcome all thoughts, no matter how strange or disturbing they may be. Never feel ashamed, disgusted or shocked, this fuels intrusive thoughts immensely. Intrusive thoughts thrive on the attention and meaning you give to them. Meditating is gonna be extremely hard at first, but don't be discouraged, it will become easier and easier the more you meditate and practice Awareness. The goal would be to remain in Awareness 24/7, which would make you completely invulnerable to all intrusive thoughts.
Wishing you all the best 😊❤
We'll get better trustme
@Stella Mariss 🛑 ITS GOIN TO BE LONG BUT I WANT TO HELP U SO READ IT ALL🛑 it's for u and all the gals and guys outta there so plz open ur ears:
IT IS HEALABLE ( i don't even know if this word exists but u understood). Now personally my obsessional thoughts and intrusive thoughts were only mental( as the name says it lol) and ive had a REALLY hard time cuz i couldn't manage my thoughts that were gettin out of my pure deep fears buried in me. They were main three: endin up lesbian( nothin against LGBTQ it's just taht am 100percent heterosexual), the second is stop brlievin in God( am muslim and convinced) and the third frar was mixed with incredible shame cuz ive thought of suicide ( not as a solution. I just saw a razor on the shelf and thought ''Oh it'd be easy to end it up just open up the veins and booom no more suffering'') and so all kind of ideas started stormin in my head and wreckin me up I thought that I went crazy and that I was even goin to die from the suffering and the anxiety it got mixed with. So that's what I did:
1) germotherapy saved my life: figs and Hawthorne extracts are magical to get back the neuron path ways to their place and help a lot fir sleep cuz I went insomniac
2) homeotherapy was my second superhero for insomnia and anxiety cuz it calms u down the one i used i have their name in french( or maybe latin dunno) just google it : Gelsemium, Staphysagria, Ignatia Amara, of the Boiron laboratory. Now u need to take 5 lill balls 3 times a day it takes some time to see results but tust me with consistency it saves
3) WRITE WRITE AND WRITE some more: I used to take a piece of paper and make it as a dialogue between what i named my ''self in distress'' the one that's suffering and my ''confident self''. Give u an example:
''Hey i need help! Yeah as always spit it up sup? Well its a bit complicated, i don't know why, but am feelin kinda down for no apparent reason. I feel kinda empty. I reastablished my relationship with God still i feel like something is missing, am fillin my leisure time with gibberishes and the show i saw reminded of myself like i might be fleein from my problem. And my soul is EMPTY...STOB IT! Really why talkin gibberishes, u just neeed to fill ur time diffrently that all so stop complicating it. U have faith in God and ur not threatened by losin it (in this time i thought that i might) no u r not losin it! (That's why i got scolded).....''' Anyways that was an exmple so u see how we do.
4) its pretty the same thing then writin but orally in front of the mirror id let the ''confident self'' talk to coach me and reassure me
5) a mix between 4 and 3: u close ur eyes ur in ur head and that's ur work: u bring up ur confident self ur heart self( the one that's always rootin for u and cheerin even when ur wrong like a grandma) and ur scared self. The scared self talks first exposes all the idea the why and how and everything about the thing that's scarin u or wreckin u and ket her explain and then let the two other selves answer. Let it be a dialogue where the thing taht's scarin the hell outta u gets really deeply explained and let the two selves crush it every single one in their own way. Don't force anything let it flow. Tell me if u wnat me to write u an example to better explian it to u cuz sadly vocals on utube doesn't exist 😅
6) This more works when u believe in something bigger than u no matter what it is i don't know if it works for atheists. But anyway here's the thing: every night half an hour before u sleep go to ur window or go out on ur terrace if u have one or ur balcony, and observe the stars, the sky, feel the aur on ur skin and smell it let memories flow through this smell. Maybe it reminds u of summer nights or goo'old days. Let memories and feelings flow. Then ipen ur eyes and poor ur heart out to God or the universe or whatever. Tell him everything. Everything. Every idea scarin u every thing that upsets u, things that ur grateful for, how u REALLY feel everything puts it into words don't be ashamed of ANY SINGLE FUCKIN THING
7) And that's the last tip: fon't be ashamed. Don't be ashamed of ur thoughts or afraid of them. Be indulgent with urself. Be compassionate with urself. I knwo its hard and it takes time but if u put it into work u'll succeed, i swear u'll do. THOUGHTS ARE THOUGHTS. They r deadly to ur mind when u ignore them or let them be in ur mind without treating them and goin deep whith them. Flr em for example it was the COVID-19 quarantine taht messed up my head and got out all of those inner fears. U have to find the reason that made u go Dutch like that. Not why THIS thought, but why u even got to this critical point. For me the answer was not enough spirituality, not enough exercise, feelin bad in my skin in my body, and so and so forth. Every single one of u has it's own answer go search it!
Now that's the end and i hope i helped u and if i did plz tell me and if u have any questions tell me too i want to help u guys.❤️❤️❤️
Hey idk if it'll help u but have a couple positive affirmations. Write it down or something. And always have this in your mind:- "BE NORMAL". Fake it till u make it kinda. I assume u envy "normal" people. Have that one random person as ur inspiration. Dont idolize careless people but Careful ones. You're obsessive, you wanna be careful not obsessive. So "be normal". Make it a habit.
I know it’s cliche but I really thought I was the only person who had thoughts like this and then “obsessed” over them and it feels so good to know I’m not alone in experiencing this
Same oh my gosh-
You are not !!!
Yes, support from Germany 🇩🇪
As someone diagnosed with OCD, I think that this lady knows her stuff. She describes the thought processes of a person with OCD well, and I think this information is sound. The best advice I ever recieved on dealing with the intrusive thoughts and the discomfort they bring is that sometimes, you just have to sit with that uncomfortable feeling: allow yourself to feel uncomfortable, and after a while, I began to realise that the situations I was facing and worrying about weren't as terrifying as my OCD made me believe.
Right. I noticed that as well.
i ll tell everyone there is one true solution to end the misery which is there in our mind that is go for a 10 day vipassana meditation course this course truly helps us to remove any suffering which comes in our mind and gives us a much happier life there is a solution for all this things that you guys are experiencing so i will really request u all to apply for a 10 day vipassana meditation course im lost for words how good the meditation is it will change ur life foreveer vipassana is truly a gem to.humanitydo surely go for it
Yes, this is the right thing to do I think, but it's sometimes so hard
@@Chowkko I fully agree!! Somedays I feel up to fighting a thought, and other times I just don't, I think it is important to do sometimes though, just so that you know you can!
Well i just cried, realizing I'm not actually a horrible person for these thoughts and I'm not the only one having these thoughts, idk if i have anything like OCD, but the overwhelming intrusive thoughts, i feel like I've recognized for the first time that im truly truly stressed by these thoughts that I've forced myself to bottle away and do silent rituals to make them go away (like literally pretending im shrinking the memory in a box and then using the shotgun to blast it into pieces, is my favorite for the really extremely fucked up ones)
i ll tell everyone there is one true solution to end the misery which is there in our mind that is go for a 10 day vipassana meditation course this course truly helps us to remove any suffering which comes in our mind and gives us a much happier life there is a solution for all this things that you guys are experiencing so i will really request u all to apply for a 10 day vipassana meditation course im lost for words how good the meditation is it will change ur life foreveer vipassana is truly a gem to.humanitydo surely go for it.......
hannah i had these thoughts to but they are going away and i dont have to do anything also..try a 10 day vipassana meditation course and it will change ur life forever
a message to anyone with these kinds of thoughts including me:
thoughts are just thoughts and remember that. tell yourself you know that the thoughts will do nothing to you. talk back to those thoughts and every time that you get a thought and nothing happens, remember that victory. the more you do this the weaker your OCD gets, and hopefully it will start to bother you less. you got this!! you are stronger than your OCD!!!!!
You comment really made me think about my struggles, so similar. I have actually just done a video on this as its close to my heart. Keep Strong
Thank you for this!
But my thoughts keep reocurring every seconds so it has mean something.....???
I know I’m late but just remember that you aren’t alone, your thoughts don’t reflect off desires but FEARS, instead of trying to get rid of it replace it with another thought, and this one helped me the most. Tell someone about it.
Share ur Instagram account let's not be alont
i ll tell everyone there is one true solution to end the misery which is there in our mind that is go for a 10 day vipassana meditation course this course truly helps us to remove any suffering which comes in our mind and gives us a much happier life there is a solution for all this things that you guys are experiencing so i will really request u all to apply for a 10 day vipassana meditation course im lost for words how good the meditation is it will change ur life foreveer vipassana is truly a gem to.humanitydo surely go for it
I learned to completely shift them to other less harmful thoughts but it ended up impairing my ability to concentrate. Which is very inconvenient considering I'm still a student that has to do school stuff. I honestly wouldn't wish these obsessive intrusive thoughts to anyone and after checking all the comments, it seems their ocd is way worse than mine. Or.... How should I say it, mine is different? Anyways point is, replacing thoughts with another does not go well with school
You’re not late, I’m just now finding this comment and it’s really resonated with me. Thank you.
I have so many messed up thoughts and sometimes the thoughts are towards my family.
hey me too especially to my mom i was so scared😭
what is your date of birth , birth time and place . I have so many OCDs
Best advice I can give you if you have intrusive thoughts is meditating daily and constantly practicing Awareness throughout the day. Practicing Awareness means simply observing your thoughts and negative feelings in a detached manner. Realize you ARE the observer/the Awareness and not the observed thoughts. You are completely free of all of your thoughts if you do not identify with them and simply observe them from a distance. Thoughts are randomly generated and you have no control over that, but you have the control of ignoring them, and therefore not giving them any power. This is gonna be hard at first, but don't be discouraged, it will become easier and easier the more you meditate and practice Awareness (ideally 24/7).
Wishing you all the best 😊❤
Ruth Ynea They tend to latch on to the ones we care about the most.
@@nottobecompared4099 it sucks
My intrusive thoughts: sudden graphic visions of my children dying, me forgetting to put one of my kids in the car, picturing any particular terrifying event.
My compulsions: air "typing", counting the letters in a phrase or sentence, reordering the letters, repeating words in my mind over and over, reading billboards outloud compulsively, saying thoughts outloud compulsively. I'm sure there are others but those are the main ones.
I was recently prescribed zoloft for anxiety and depression but I've noticed it has helped tremendously with the OCD.
i ll tell everyone there is one true solution to end the misery which is there in our mind that is go for a 10 day vipassana meditation course this course truly helps us to remove any suffering which comes in our mind and gives us a much happier life there is a solution for all this things that you guys are experiencing so i will really request u all to apply for a 10 day vipassana meditation course im lost for words how good the meditation is it will change ur life foreveer vipassana is truly a gem to.humanitydo surely go for it.
It’s sooo stressful I don’t know what life is without this shitty OCD. It has consumed my entire life, I couldn’t enjoy many beautiful moments of my life because of this... I am sooooo tired and late all the time lost many opportunities because of this. I am so tired.
Thank you for posting this wonderful video.
I was there too, years ago but there is hope believe me be strong and search for help some antidepressants and knowing about this nightmare it will you a lot.
I know how it can be deeply corrosive to the spirit. After so much time being plagued by it I started to truly empathize with characters in horror movies who were haunted by inescapable demons.
But time and reconceptualizing the OCD as a false alarm has helped tremendously. Use this phrase “this does not require my attention”. Recognize that the OCD is like a broken alarm that will never not be annoying, but you learn to ignore. That helped me a lot to be where I’m now mostly out of the woods. I still have the occasional nagging doubt, but it’s nothing like it was before.
Synthol Aesthetic Antidepressants can sometimes make them worse.
@Stella Mariss 🛑 ITS GOIN TO BE LONG BUT I WANT TO HELP U SO READ IT ALL🛑 it's for u and all the gals and guys outta there so plz open ur ears:
IT IS HEALABLE ( i don't even know if this word exists but u understood). Now personally my obsessional thoughts and intrusive thoughts were only mental( as the name says it lol) and ive had a REALLY hard time cuz i couldn't manage my thoughts that were gettin out of my pure deep fears buried in me. They were main three: endin up lesbian( nothin against LGBTQ it's just taht am 100percent heterosexual), the second is stop brlievin in God( am muslim and convinced) and the third frar was mixed with incredible shame cuz ive thought of suicide ( not as a solution. I just saw a razor on the shelf and thought ''Oh it'd be easy to end it up just open up the veins and booom no more suffering'') and so all kind of ideas started stormin in my head and wreckin me up I thought that I went crazy and that I was even goin to die from the suffering and the anxiety it got mixed with. So that's what I did:
1) germotherapy saved my life: figs and Hawthorne extracts are magical to get back the neuron path ways to their place and help a lot fir sleep cuz I went insomniac
2) homeotherapy was my second superhero for insomnia and anxiety cuz it calms u down the one i used i have their name in french( or maybe latin dunno) just google it : Gelsemium, Staphysagria, Ignatia Amara, of the Boiron laboratory. Now u need to take 5 lill balls 3 times a day it takes some time to see results but tust me with consistency it saves
3) WRITE WRITE AND WRITE some more: I used to take a piece of paper and make it as a dialogue between what i named my ''self in distress'' the one that's suffering and my ''confident self''. Give u an example:
''Hey i need help! Yeah as always spit it up sup? Well its a bit complicated, i don't know why, but am feelin kinda down for no apparent reason. I feel kinda empty. I reastablished my relationship with God still i feel like something is missing, am fillin my leisure time with gibberishes and the show i saw reminded of myself like i might be fleein from my problem. And my soul is EMPTY...STOB IT! Really why talkin gibberishes, u just neeed to fill ur time diffrently that all so stop complicating it. U have faith in God and ur not threatened by losin it (in this time i thought that i might) no u r not losin it! (That's why i got scolded).....''' Anyways that was an exmple so u see how we do.
4) its pretty the same thing then writin but orally in front of the mirror id let the ''confident self'' talk to coach me and reassure me
5) a mix between 4 and 3: u close ur eyes ur in ur head and that's ur work: u bring up ur confident self ur heart self( the one that's always rootin for u and cheerin even when ur wrong like a grandma) and ur scared self. The scared self talks first exposes all the idea the why and how and everything about the thing that's scarin u or wreckin u and ket her explain and then let the two other selves answer. Let it be a dialogue where the thing taht's scarin the hell outta u gets really deeply explained and let the two selves crush it every single one in their own way. Don't force anything let it flow. Tell me if u wnat me to write u an example to better explian it to u cuz sadly vocals on utube doesn't exist 😅
6) This more works when u believe in something bigger than u no matter what it is i don't know if it works for atheists. But anyway here's the thing: every night half an hour before u sleep go to ur window or go out on ur terrace if u have one or ur balcony, and observe the stars, the sky, feel the aur on ur skin and smell it let memories flow through this smell. Maybe it reminds u of summer nights or goo'old days. Let memories and feelings flow. Then ipen ur eyes and poor ur heart out to God or the universe or whatever. Tell him everything. Everything. Every idea scarin u every thing that upsets u, things that ur grateful for, how u REALLY feel everything puts it into words don't be ashamed of ANY SINGLE FUCKIN THING
7) And that's the last tip: fon't be ashamed. Don't be ashamed of ur thoughts or afraid of them. Be indulgent with urself. Be compassionate with urself. I knwo its hard and it takes time but if u put it into work u'll succeed, i swear u'll do. THOUGHTS ARE THOUGHTS. They r deadly to ur mind when u ignore them or let them be in ur mind without treating them and goin deep whith them. Flr em for example it was the COVID-19 quarantine taht messed up my head and got out all of those inner fears. U have to find the reason that made u go Dutch like that. Not why THIS thought, but why u even got to this critical point. For me the answer was not enough spirituality, not enough exercise, feelin bad in my skin in my body, and so and so forth. Every single one of u has it's own answer go search it!
Now that's the end and i hope i helped u and if i did plz tell me and if u have any questions tell me too i want to help u guys.❤️❤️❤️
Same 😭😭😢😢😢😢
I never imagined myself to be stuck in these kinds of videos ever but here iam anyways everything's going to be fine for me and for all of us.
Same i never thought id be here butm life isnt easy and we all have our troubles. We will get through this no matter how hard with jesus
i ll tell everyone there is one true solution to end the misery which is there in our mind that is go for a 10 day vipassana meditation course this course truly helps us to remove any suffering which comes in our mind and gives us a much happier life there is a solution for all this things that you guys are experiencing so i will really request u all to apply for a 10 day vipassana meditation course im lost for words how good the meditation is it will change ur life foreveer vipassana is truly a gem to.humanitydo surely go for it..........
I’m a door locker, a closet/cabinet checker, and I’m terrified to fall asleep, and am scared of family members dying. I was diagnosed today, but now I can look back and see how it is something I’ve dealt with my whole life. This video made a LOT of sense to me.
How are you doing now?
will tell u to try vipassana meditation
its something which will really help u with ur overthinking and help them go away
it will help u free ur self from.those negative thoughts and will give u a much happier and a peaceful life..i have been in ur place and i know how it feels..
do surely try vipassana..its a life changing art and will totally change ur life
it has helped me so much it will help u also
there are many vipassana meditation centers around the world.find one near ur area and go for a 10 day vipassana course
type vipassana meditation on the internet and their website will come
Crying cause I feel like I’m being torchured in my own brain. Even with this lol
abbie dont worry u dont have to cry because there is a solution to come out from our negative thoughts and that is Vipassana meditation
vipassana has changed ny life and made me such a peaceful person and a happier person compared to before..do surely try vipassana once it will change ur life and u wont be the same person as u were before
there are many vipassana meditation centers around the world
find one near ur area and go for a 10 day vipassana course
type vipassana meditation on the internet and their website will come
I would rather be in a wheelchair with a healthy mind than have intrusive thoughts, ocd, anxiety and depression. I just want to feel normal….
I would think twice about that, chap. Try to have gratitude, it's one important part of OCD treatment
Everything will be ok. Believe me! There are people who have been healed. Just understand that there is still light in your heart. It will save you, try to listen to it in the darkness of intrusive thoughts, even though it is very difficult. You can, I believe in you!
I love how they try and light heartedly say some intrusive thoughts but all of us that suffer badly from this know the actual thoughts we have are ten times worse than kicking a ticket machine.
100%.
No one has an intrusive thought about harming an inanimate object.
It’s all about protecting people and not wanting bad things to happen to people. Essentially we are hyper caring people, too much so, we police ourself.
Praying for everyone watching this and battling this alone without therapy and trying to become self aware without suggestion from others. True awakening on a beautiful and spiritual level. You’re doing amazing 💕✨
God bless you 💓💓
Thank you so much🤍 I'm in a bad home environment where therapy is stupid and not an option, but I am trying to better myself. Bless you 🤍
@@youtubewatcher830 I'm so sorry for what ur going through!! God loves u and cares Abt u give whatever ur going through to him!! I'm a Christian and I have horrible thoughts that I don't want at all and sometimes it keeps me up at night actually alot but reading God word and rebuking the thought helps!!
I don't suffer from ocd but because the past few years i have been extremely stressful about everything that changes in my life i started having intrusive thoughts and its the worst thing imaginable so just keep in mind that if you have disturbing thoughts that doesn't mean you have ocd just think if u are in a period of ur life that u are being stressful for a long of time if left untreated can lead to intrusive thoughts so do not self diagnose keep strong
Same here. I fell into a deep depression a few years back because of some financial problems and it's caused me a great amount of stress that I started having random intrusive thoughts. I don't deal with OCD or anxiety disorders.
I actually remember the first time I had an irrational thought. And it scared me so that I stared avoiding it and repeating another thought. The opposite of the scary one. My parents did not notice anything. Because my rituals where inside my head. I mentally broke down when I went to another school. With news environment. Where I couldn't keep those thoughts in my mind. It started at 12 and I went to the new school at 15. After a few months in my new school. I told my mom and we went to an psychologist. And the doctor gave me some medicine that helped. But it helped only with stopping the obsessive thoughts. Those that I was repeating. I'm still scared of my own thoughts. Even though they are not the same as those at 12 years old. I still avoid to do the things that scare me. Even though its something like looking at something.
Tell me i ll help u
Hadn't heard of Dr. Yip before. I like her no nonsense approach.
It's good to see well educated therapists like herself educating the world on ocd. A lot of therapist lack the education to properly treat people with ocd and end up traumatizing people with ocd. It's very unfortunate.
I just imagine someone knew what i was thinking and would instantly hate me or something
I wish I only had an hour a day wasted on thoughts and compulsions. If it's only an hour I would consider it a very good day 😞
If you have intrusive thoughts, do these two things consequently and your intrusive thoughts WILL 100% get better or maybe even completely vanish if you do it long enough: Meditate daily (ideally 30-60+ minutes, I recommend Vipassana, which is simply putting your Awareness on your breath) and constantly practice Awareness throughout the entire day. Practicing Awareness means simply observing your thoughts and negative feelings in a distanced and detached way. You have to realize that you ARE the observer/the Awareness and not the observed thoughts. Do not identify with your thoughts and simply observe them from a distance. Intrusive thoughts are randomly generated and you have absolutely 0 control over them, but you have the power of being able to ignore them and not worry about them. Fully accept and welcome all thoughts, no matter how strange or disturbing they may be. Never feel ashamed, disgusted or shocked, this fuels intrusive thoughts immensely. Intrusive thoughts thrive on the attention and meaning you give to them. Meditating is gonna be extremely hard at first, but don't be discouraged, it will become easier and easier the more you meditate and practice Awareness. The goal would be to remain in Awareness 24/7, which would make you completely invulnerable to all intrusive thoughts.
Wishing you all the best 😊❤
I was diagnosed with OCD. I'm 39 years old. I have overcome this battle and I'm willing to help others who need help.
How have u overcomed bro please help me i am suffering from.pure-o ocd sexual intrusive thoughts for more than 6 years
@marta true dear in my case too
what is your date of birth , birth time and place
I'm so glad for you. Must be wonderful to be through with this shit.
@@versatilehumanbeing6013 Im sorry your suffering, i know what it is like aswell and ive left it behind. If you need assistance with OCD/mental health I can help. I can show you the skills I've learned in my journey. Email: abraham.valera001@gmail.com
I just want to say these comments helped me out so much and I finally know now after so long that the thoughts are not real. I know now I do have ocd and I’m willing to over come it. For so long I have struggled with invasive thoughts coming in and out as they please. I thought I was a horrible person for ever thinking those things. Constantly crying and being anxious to shutting everything and everyone out because I didn’t want to deal with the thoughts anymore and if there wasn’t anything to deal with there wasn’t anything to think. I would pray and pray for these to just go away and ask god for forgiveness for ever thinking them ,Never forgiving myself. I thought I was being a selfish asshole and the thing is they really fuck with you. I would over think it and then start thinking about it even more to the point where I felt like just passing out. Know your not alone and we can fight this.
After hearing this I felt so relieved that there are people out there who can understand me & I'm not alone anymore... Thank you so much 🥺😢
4:27 MEEEE but not cause ocd but my personality. im always trying to be a good person cause in scared of being bad. so im always just questioning everything i do
Kudos to this doctor for really understanding this mental disorder. Majority of psychiatrists and therapists are still so clueless on this, it's unbelievable. It's so frustrating for people dealing with this because they are never heard and get help they need.
I got diagnosed with ocd at 17 I am now nearly 22. When I say its so mentally draining and emotionally and physically it really is, I do have coping mechanisms when I sleep well and exercise and keep a good maintained diet sometimes I don't even notice that it is there. But everything you said is how my ocd is getting up and down off the toilet seat for an example 7 times because ocd says if you don't you have to act out on this thought etc etc. It is tough but I'm working on it. I hope everyone who has ocd is having a good day and rememeber your anxiety is not who you are, thoughts are just thoughts. ❤️
Omg this is so spot on it’s crazy. Now I’m just doubting everything even more. This takes up most of my time in a day and I didn’t even know this is what ocd is like. I’m constantly thinking and researching and the funny thing is it’s about mental illness and wether I’m insane but it’s never been on ocd.
This is everything for OCD sufferers, omg so helpful, honestly who else was nodding and saying out loud "OMG YES this is what happens to me" the whole video was dead on! Thankyou for explaining its so hard explaining this mental illness, very mentally and physically draining, Takes over your life if you let it...
Sometimes I trick my thoughts and say don’t do this or “something” will happen
This happens to me all the time
same im scared is this normal
Best advice I can give you if you have intrusive thoughts is meditating daily and constantly practicing Awareness throughout the day. Practicing Awareness means simply observing your thoughts and negative feelings in a detached manner. Realize you ARE the observer/the Awareness and not the observed thoughts. You are completely free of all of your thoughts if you do not identify with them and simply observe them from a distance. Thoughts are randomly generated and you have no control over that, but you have the control of ignoring them, and therefore not giving them any power. This is gonna be hard at first, but don't be discouraged, it will become easier and easier the more you meditate and practice Awareness (ideally 24/7).
Wishing you all the best 😊❤
With due respect, it's almost so beautiful to have a loving partner like her, who understands and helps u. God keep u people well, thank you for putting this up here
I have this. Never diagnosed. Haven't told my therapist about it. I keep it inside. I work on it as best as I can. I use to love riding on the back of my husband's motorcycle. We use to go on long fun rides. Until I had the thought "I'm going to jump off the bike" "just jump" "what if I actually jump myself off?" It scared me so much and made me so uncomfortable that I stopped going for rides... Finally the other day after two years of not riding, I got back on and we went on a 60 mile trip. I worked through it and I did really good! I felt comfortable. Thank goodness for RUclips! Btw jumping off the bike is just one of the countless thoughts I deal with.
She did an amazing job and portraying exactly how OCD is! For anyone struggling with OCD, it gets better! 🙏🏼💓 therapy and ERP works.
Wow! That part when she talked about thought-action fusion... That really opened my eyes and made me more aware now...
I want to thank you guys for posting this. When I say this one helped, it really did help. My life has become better because of this video. Nothing can express how thankful I am❤️
i have an extreme amount of ocd, intrusive thoughts, false memories
its terrifying
its absolutely terrifying
dont worry, me too
Me too, it makes me feel disgusted towards myself.
You're not alone sometimes it just makes me question my own sanity
me too :/
What do you mean by false memories
As a person who has Ocd, I feel glad that I am not alone
exactly how i feel... !! one obsessive thought after another 😪 whenever i think one thought is finally "over" another random one accurs that almost drives me insane for weeks & months.. usually it's thoughts about human behaviours, the way things are, existence, things that i love etc. 😞 it was never as bad as it is like the last few months.. so exhausting.. and those thoughts effect the way i feel about certain things
These are exactly the kind of thoughts I've been having too, but no one else in the comments seemed to relate, so I'm glad to find it's not just me. I always question if I have ocd because it isn't the same as most people's ocd. I'm sorry to hear that you are having those thoughts as well, they can be absolutely terryifying. Thanks for your comment, and I wish you luck in recovering 💛
Me too. Exactly the same.
You’re not alone. We won’t struggle like this forever. It will get better. Stay strong.
Lolll! "Not me at MedCircle!" He cracked me up!
I've had ocd for almost 24 years or so. When I didn't know what it was at first i believe it was the worst. I've had hurting ocd, going crazy ocd, sleeping ocd and religion ocd amongst others. Some only lasted a short time while others that's scared me the most lasted more. What helped me was knowing everyone even people that don't have ocd have bizarre thoughts it's just us who suffer ocd we get caught in a vicious cycle thinking" What ifs" also what helped me just let my intrusive thoughts be there accept them. You are not your thoughts. And finally God helped me so much 😊😍
I have OCD, and let me say it’s something that people think is “being neat” or smth. But no, it’s very serious and I hate when it’s not taken seriously
I watch this video to calm down and reduce my anxiety whenever my intrusive thoughts are overwhelming. This is the 1st & only video I've come across on RUclips on "pure OCD" which describes exactly what I have which
I never knew the name of until I came across this video. The 1st time I had very bad intrusive thoughts, I was losing my mind and having panick attacks left and right. Fortunately I saw a psychologist for several years who calmed me down and healed me 90% by diagnosing me with OCD and helping me understand and manage these thoughts.
Thank God for this amazing psychologist & for MedCircle 🙏.
I might not qualify for an OCD diagnosis but I get these intrusive thoughts all the time with social anxiety. There's a hell of a lot of overlap between anxiety disorders.
I have compulsive behaviours like, reflexively looking away from people to avoid eye contact, wondering if people are looking at me and laughing. I have to practice pushing my attention elsewhere when these thoughts arise.
I have the same issue wow!
This really helped me a lot. I have anxiety issues I seek constant reassurance on my fears and my therapist wanted me to see a dr.
Thank you for explaining it so simply ,
My son has extreme pure O/ OCD with sexual intrusive thoughts.
At times it’s been really hard to wrap my own mind around what he tells me goes for him , this has helped give more insight . Especially when you mentioned the fork/ knife , I used be are kidding me his really examine the fork and then putting it back if he thinks it’s not clean . Now I get it .
He now has a team of professionals working with him which is helping him heaps.
And I’m more calmer as I learn too how to assist him in combating the compulsions.
How she delivered information was so comforting. It really was helpful just for feeling validated.
i have all the symptoms of ocd. I have been professionally diagnosed, and one of the first things my psychiatrist said to me was "you can't control everything. You can't be sure about everything."
Pure O is way too difficult. I think that at some point it makes you doubt your identity; who you are as a person. Be strong and go on all of you who have OCD.
Yeah, but u should know that it's not you. A common misconseption is that intrusive thoughts are our secret desires that we don't want to admit which usually causes more anxiety, but its actually our worst fears. So don't feel guilty about having such thoughts, they're anything but you.
And I feel like I'm pushing my friends and family away because of this!
I want to cry because this lady perfectly explains and captures what I've been going through for years.
I can’t tell you how helpful it was to me to hear the thought process of someone with OCD. Thinking that they are terrible people and thinking they are a criminal because of those random thoughts that come up at terrible times. I have been diagnosed but had have these thoughts and anxieties for as long as I can remember. I have just recently started to stop my I guess what are now as I understand them as compulsions. Like flipping the light switch multiple times because if I don’t such and such will happen to this person. Thank you thank you for this video!!
I was diagnosed with ocd as a child along with selective mutism and socia phobia. THIS!!! THIS is the best “real life description” of pure ocd that I have found!! I’ve started sharing this with people in my life to help them understand what it actually is and how it affects me. Thank you so much for this video!!
Sounds like autism
i obsess over instructive thoughts and i feel so disgusting because i would never do anything my mind replays
Exactly!!! 😩😩 I can be at a family outing and if I'm having eye contact too long... I have the dumbest thoughts like sometimes violent or sexual. Things I wouldn't dare to do. It's so annoying, turns me into an introvert when in reality I want people around. It's very frustrating. I just want to have a regular day without my mind searching for the worse things to think of.
I knock on wood all the time hoping none of my intrusive thoughts come to reality
This 10 min vid really helped me understand how it affects a friend of mine who has OCD.
I am a prisoner of my own mind. I cannot quiet the thoughts. They are always there. It hurts. I see normal people who are able to enjoy life without this burden. It hurts. It hurts...
My age of 12 was exactly the Golden Debut of my intrusive thoughts. I call it so fanciful because right in this period obsessive thoughts and overthinking hit me so bad that I never imagined. It might sound silly, but I read the article that traumatized me very much so I couldn’t even finish reading and just closed the tab. And then I thought I was okay, I didn’t even remember about this one for a long, but one day... one day I realized I always feel like my brain encourages me to reread that article and eventually get to end of it. I’ve never faced anything like this before. I knew nothing about GAD/OCD and didn’t know what’s happening to me. It was getting harder and harder to deal with eternal anxiety and compulsions and one night I decided to find that article and read it again. I did it. And then the horrible stripe hit me. I had intrusiveness EVERY SINGLE DAY. I always remembered and retold that text in my head. I retold the lines traumatized me the most. And every single day I felt like I must come back to reread it again even though I’ve already read it to its damn end. I really thought it would pacify me and my brain, but everything became even worse than before. I couldn’t stop thinking. I was afraid of going to bed at nights because thoughts always got harder at nights. I started thinking what if something bad would happen. I was scared it would or even have already happened.
After this this kind of behavior became my usual one. There isn’t even a month when I wouldn’t have any intrusive thoughts about something. It’s been years since this article situation, but obsessive compulsive problems haunt me even more as I think. I miss the moment I didn’t feel anything like this. I just wanna be normal. Normal. Healthy. Without any intrusivenesses. When I was 12 I had the close one to share it all with (something like my first love), but now I don’t have anyone and moreover even if I had there’s no way to me to share it with them. I’m ashamed and confused. I’m introverted. I don’t imagine how I could share my anxiety problems (much less the reasons and triggers) with someone and I had no idea how I did it several years ago.
I'm 16 and have struggled with intrusive thoughts for years I hate them so much 😢
🛑 ITS GOIN TO BE LONG BUT I WANT TO HELP U SO READ IT ALL🛑 it's for u and all the gals and guys outta there so plz open ur ears:
IT IS HEALABLE ( i don't even know if this word exists but u understood). Now personally my obsessional thoughts and intrusive thoughts were only mental( as the name says it lol) and ive had a REALLY hard time cuz i couldn't manage my thoughts that were gettin out of my pure deep fears buried in me. They were main three: endin up lesbian( nothin against LGBTQ it's just taht am 100percent heterosexual), the second is stop brlievin in God( am muslim and convinced) and the third frar was mixed with incredible shame cuz ive thought of suicide ( not as a solution. I just saw a razor on the shelf and thought ''Oh it'd be easy to end it up just open up the veins and booom no more suffering'') and so all kind of ideas started stormin in my head and wreckin me up I thought that I went crazy and that I was even goin to die from the suffering and the anxiety it got mixed with. So that's what I did:
1) germotherapy saved my life: figs and Hawthorne extracts are magical to get back the neuron path ways to their place and help a lot fir sleep cuz I went insomniac
2) homeotherapy was my second superhero for insomnia and anxiety cuz it calms u down the one i used i have their name in french( or maybe latin dunno) just google it : Gelsemium, Staphysagria, Ignatia Amara, of the Boiron laboratory. Now u need to take 5 lill balls 3 times a day it takes some time to see results but tust me with consistency it saves
3) WRITE WRITE AND WRITE some more: I used to take a piece of paper and make it as a dialogue between what i named my ''self in distress'' the one that's suffering and my ''confident self''. Give u an example:
''Hey i need help! Yeah as always spit it up sup? Well its a bit complicated, i don't know why, but am feelin kinda down for no apparent reason. I feel kinda empty. I reastablished my relationship with God still i feel like something is missing, am fillin my leisure time with gibberishes and the show i saw reminded of myself like i might be fleein from my problem. And my soul is EMPTY...STOB IT! Really why talkin gibberishes, u just neeed to fill ur time diffrently that all so stop complicating it. U have faith in God and ur not threatened by losin it (in this time i thought that i might) no u r not losin it! (That's why i got scolded).....''' Anyways that was an exmple so u see how we do.
4) its pretty the same thing then writin but orally in front of the mirror id let the ''confident self'' talk to coach me and reassure me
5) a mix between 4 and 3: u close ur eyes ur in ur head and that's ur work: u bring up ur confident self ur heart self( the one that's always rootin for u and cheerin even when ur wrong like a grandma) and ur scared self. The scared self talks first exposes all the idea the why and how and everything about the thing that's scarin u or wreckin u and ket her explain and then let the two other selves answer. Let it be a dialogue where the thing taht's scarin the hell outta u gets really deeply explained and let the two selves crush it every single one in their own way. Don't force anything let it flow. Tell me if u wnat me to write u an example to better explian it to u cuz sadly vocals on utube doesn't exist 😅
6) This more works when u believe in something bigger than u no matter what it is i don't know if it works for atheists. But anyway here's the thing: every night half an hour before u sleep go to ur window or go out on ur terrace if u have one or ur balcony, and observe the stars, the sky, feel the aur on ur skin and smell it let memories flow through this smell. Maybe it reminds u of summer nights or goo'old days. Let memories and feelings flow. Then ipen ur eyes and poor ur heart out to God or the universe or whatever. Tell him everything. Everything. Every idea scarin u every thing that upsets u, things that ur grateful for, how u REALLY feel everything puts it into words don't be ashamed of ANY SINGLE FUCKIN THING
7) And that's the last tip: fon't be ashamed. Don't be ashamed of ur thoughts or afraid of them. Be indulgent with urself. Be compassionate with urself. I knwo its hard and it takes time but if u put it into work u'll succeed, i swear u'll do. THOUGHTS ARE THOUGHTS. They r deadly to ur mind when u ignore them or let them be in ur mind without treating them and goin deep whith them. Flr em for example it was the COVID-19 quarantine taht messed up my head and got out all of those inner fears. U have to find the reason that made u go Dutch like that. Not why THIS thought, but why u even got to this critical point. For me the answer was not enough spirituality, not enough exercise, feelin bad in my skin in my body, and so and so forth. Every single one of u has it's own answer go search it!
Now that's the end and i hope i helped u and if i did plz tell me and if u have any questions tell me too i want to help u guys.❤️❤️❤️
I have pure o and it's hell, I'm suffering alone.
Sorry to hear, don't be afraid of your thoughts and please know that you are not your thoughts. You are very strong to handle them and you can get over it and find happiness and peace, trust me.
You are not alone.. A lot of people suffer from it! I thought I was the only one in the whole world who had "pure o". Hang in there!
Yeh, its hell alright, their is no real peace to it, You're at different volumes of mental pain each day, but even on your best days, you're still suffering at least 10% of torture, and 80-100% is pure hell..
Trust me mate I’m going thru it too.
Suffering alone here too.. stay strong
I’ve been fighting OCD on my own for years, I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy. It’s a living hell
brother try vipassana meditation its one true solution to all the ocd and other negative thoughts that we get
i have been through it my self and there is such a change in my livelyhood i have became much joyful and a peaceful person as compared to before and it has really made me a happy person compared to how i was before and i experienced so much benefits from it on the first day it self after doing a vipassana course so i will recommend it to u also to try it
there are many vipassana meditation centers around the world find one near ur area and apply for a 10 day vipassana course
@@ilupillu4915 thank you bro I’m gonna go ahead and try that, anything to cure this painful ride of OCD
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@@ilupillu4915 SA Texas
I was diagnosed with OCD specifically pure O. I always thought I wasn't as valid as people who had compulsive behaviors just because I only had the horrible thoughts. I overthink everything I think, I do, I feel. I always wondered if I really had OCD or I was just an obsessive thinker. But knowing that I have OCD and embracing it makes me feel a little bit better. The fears doesn't control me like they used to, but Feelings do. Physical responses to horrible thoughts makes me feel horrible and hopeless. But I am constantly in a mental process of reaching the point where I know this is all because of fear. I know God will guide me to the correct path and make me feel happy with who I am and my useless thoughts. This video was so helpful to understand more what I am going through, because my thoughts erases logic and reality sometimes. Thank you.
this!! this!! exactly how I feel.
Excellent topic and well-addressed.
I had this and then it magically went away. And I had it for years growing up but I did not really panic when I got them, I stood strong. Even now when I think of the time it happened It doesn’t effect, I’ve grown out of it. Trust me it will go eventually just stay busy.
Really?
This is called avoidance
This has just completely validated everything I'm going through. I want to work up the courage to tell my parents and get help. Thank you so much for these videos
Do it! I told my parents and I’m getting help! There’s hope!!
@@chelzyramirez3663 How are u doing?
Best advice I can give you if you have intrusive thoughts is meditating daily and constantly practicing Awareness throughout the day. Practicing Awareness means simply observing your thoughts and negative feelings in a detached manner. Realize you ARE the observer/the Awareness and not the observed thoughts. You are completely free of all of your thoughts if you do not identify with them and simply observe them from a distance. Thoughts are randomly generated and you have no control over that, but you have the control of ignoring them, and therefore not giving them any power. This is gonna be hard at first, but don't be discouraged, it will become easier and easier the more you meditate and practice Awareness (ideally 24/7).
Wishing you all the best 😊❤
@@feelsokayman3959 stop replying to every comment with that same bullshit
Goddd!! Intrusive thoughts are really tough ….to go through..honestly. Sometimes these unwanted and unusual thoughts occupy my brain SOOO much that i actually force myself to watch a horror movie so that at least for a couple of hours i can avoid these thoughts completely.. and the thoughts are sooo unusual that i don’t even have the gut to tell it to anyone ..
I hope everyone becomes well, I struggle with this it really is a struggle. I’m slowly getting better using hypnosis and mediation. We can all get through this.
i feel so alone because i feel that my intrusive thoughts aren't considered OCD or intrusive. theyre thoughts that i never wouldve ever guessed would be protruding through my brain in my LIFE and make me feel so sick and sad. its hard to convince myself theyre just thoughts and not feelings because it feels so real. :(
I know it’s not good to self diagnose but I know with 100% certainty, not a single doubt in my mind, I have OCD and I am terrified of telling anyone because they won’t believe me. I have tried telling my family I have “issues” before like my social anxiety and no one believed me until I went to a therapist, its wrong, Maybe have some doubt but to dismiss something that important that someone is so evidently serious about is cruel. I wish YOU ALL nothing but the absolutely best, love you guys. ❤️
OMG, I was diagnosed with opssesive compulsive disorder (OCD)when I was 17, now I am 39, and I still fight with this desease. My opsessive thoughts are telling me: you are not going to sleep, I will not let you, so I have been dealing with insomnia for 22 years now. So not only I have these opssesive thoughts but also insomnia is torturing me. There were times I wanted to give up, because I couldn't stand all that torture anymore, I think I am running out of hope.. Sorry for my English, I am not a native speaker.
Pls dont give up hope bro. Self cure is possible from all the sources we have. Meditate, sprint and lifte weights and good diet. U will recover bro.
Full transparency, this brought a tear to my eye, like feeling like someone understands. I'm not diagnosed with OCD. When she said it could take up an hour of a day, I thought, "I wish!" Crazy.
😂😂😂 a hour? really? Did she took her degree from a grocery store?
This resonates with me so much. I've been suffering with this my whole life. I feel like I can't talk about it because I know my thoughts are stupid or possibly not even real. Ive been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder but I feel like that doesn't even cover it. I feel like I've missed out on so much because I'm stuck in my head
This explains the everything about my life. My dad also acts strangely also and my brother, my son just got diagnosed with OCD as well.
I have pocd it is the WORST. The absolute WORST. Dont wish it on my worst enemy.
Me too.
I have zocd :(
What is that
I have hocd and i believe that this is the worst theme of ocd.
@@greatshadow9840 yep I get you
Acknowledgement is the key. Acknowledge your thoughts and start by small to control your emotions related to your intrusive thoughts. Talk to yourself. Consider the thought as your alter ego. Listen to thoughts but acknowledge it that it is just a thought. I have tried it on myself and it works within some time.