Thanks for your comments everyone. I’m glad you’re finding the videos useful. I’m hoping to do them more regularly so if there are particular things you’d like me to try and cover then let me know and I’ll add to the list!
Please talk about how we can get over the fear of being alone while dealing with anxiety. Every time I’m alone at home, I start having panic attacks symptoms, I get many negative thoughts and end up having a panic attack. I used exposure and response technique a few time but I’m scared of the panic attack. Please help me
@@forbusiness7753 Ok no problem. I can make a video about this for you. Will add to the list and try and do it sooner rather than later but I can't promise it will be super speedy.
Could you do a video on false memory OCD? One of my fears is that I could have harmed someone in the past while drunk and have no memory of it. I know it sounds ridiculous but I feel like I'm stuck because there's no way to solve it.
You honestly have no idea how much you've helped me, finding out you have OCD was not a fun thing to discover during quarantine. I have bettered myself and matured so much throughout 2020 thanks to your help, I dont plan on stopping anytime soon either. Also dang, its been a WHILE since you've posted, but thats okay, the fact that you're willing to help people at all is enough retribution on its own. :)) once again Thank you, so very much
I was literally in a middle of a mentally breakdown before I found you, you’ve been such a big help, I’m gonna try use all the methods you’ve suggested, thankyou so much. Please keep making videos, it’s really soothing for me
So pleased you're back. I found your videos a few years ago when I realised I needed help but wasn't able to access any and my OCD is now almost completely under control. I hope you know what a difference you've made to people's lives.
I discovered my ocd 5 years back and subconsciously, I had started to do some of the excercises told by her and I am glad to know I was doing the right things.
I remember March 2019, 16 years old came across how to solve ocd and your videos bring a nostalgic feeling of a breakthrough and actually becoming the person I want to be
Hey! I looked into OCD channels some years ago and read into it. I am suffering from OCD for over a decade now. I had some good times without it. Sometimes I looked back and thought, why was I afraid so much? Now the anxiety is back and hit me like a truck. Each time it feels like a life/death situation and I automatically get back to some patterns - like a reflex. But your videos are so calming! I hope you know how much effect you have
Just know that God is always with you man, God bless :) Here's a verse that helps me whenever my OCD affects me: 1 Peter 5:7 "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. "
This actually makes total sense to try (my brain is mixing and making music all day-especially mixing is all about choosing what sound to focus on) thanks for this!!
This is a good exercise to learn how to tune out something you don't really want to listen to even though it's going on in the background. You kinda learn how to do this at call centres
could you possibly do a video about morning anxiety/intrusive thoughts? I always find that in the morning my anxiety is high and I always wake up automatically checking if the thoughts are still there. Thank you!
I treat my anxity as its a normal thing, I know its not harmfull at the end..so I stop caring about it. I walk, I smile, and take care of my eating.. And the most impo ignore like its nothing Let me know if it helps you!
I’m caught in 4K and being a morning person the primary thoughts largely affect me entire day. So I’ve made it a habit of mine to open my eyes and start singing a song loudly that makes me happy and start swaying to it. It seems like the last thing you want to do when you think about it from one end because you’re sad but we have to manifest happiness and make the environment for the OCD so uncomfortable it becomes hard for it to survive. I then proceed to telling myself what I am grateful for and run over all the things I have to complete for the day (being a student I think of all the chapters I have to cover and probably think of a event in the day that is exciting like a new route for my daily walk or probably a new recipe to try for lunch or something like that). It’s hard and you WILL subconsciously be aware that the monster hasn’t made its grand entrance but this will bring about a change I promise, & maybe while you’re brushing or something a thought comes start humiliating it like just say “bruh, wtf not you again” and you automatically feel like you have control over who can sit in your thoughts and who cannot. I generally busy myself first thing in the morning and then step out for a walk and the fact that I exercised and completed an important subject brings in a sense of productivity which is nice and the more and more you start being involved in stuff other than your OCD then less invited the OCD feels. By not letting the other guests in your thoughts and waiting for this bitch to walk in itself makes it a VIP. Hope I made sense…
@Arpita2049 Hey; our mind is completely blank in the morning and it's like an empty stage where a lot of thoughts come and speak their intentions and affect our day greatly. When I wake up I want to make sure I call in the right thoughts, like good ones and productive ones. But if I wait for the OCD to be triggered or wait for it to start dominating my mind; I'm kind of preventing the ones who are good and I'm paving the way for the OCD monster. I believe that we are all strong to control what runs in our mind and we have to fight it out with strong will and it's not impossible. I like to believe that my problems are nothing compared to a lot of people who are going through more difficult struggles and when they don't give up; I too should not give up.
Thanks, Katie. Great explanation. I am familiar with attention training and will use in my OCD practice. Also will refer your page to my clients as i have done before, as with your book. J. Michael McGee USA
If you could do a video on morning anxiety/intrusive thoughts and if there are any techniques which we could use to help this. Thanks alot for these helpful videos though!!!
That is exactly it, you're noticing both, you're hearing both, but that doesn't mean you're being distracted - because you can pay attention primarily to one while also noticing the second from time to time.
Attention training seems like exposure avoidance but I love the idea of taking back my attention when I've been led down a rabbit hole. It's very good to see you are posting again, you look great... beautiful. I will try attention training.
It's less avoidance and more mindfulness. Paying attention to the present moment without judgement. Like "ah yes there's a thought about X. Thank you for that thought. I'm going to go back to what I was doing"
Another note on this - As you know I am a massive advocate of ERP because not only has it been a tried and tested effective method for years but also I have seen how quickly it can achieve results. Having said that we should remember that the goal of ERP is to help you face your fears and learn to deal with them differently. If you are one of the rare people who can go, "Oh, so it probably doesn't mean anything and I should just let it come and go and not do anything about it" and then becomes fearless of the thoughts then fabulous - no ERP needed - BUT this is very rare in my experience. Generally people will want to tell themselves they don't need to do ERP but if I scratch the surface i find it's because they are fearful of it. If they are fearful then clearly they haven't truely learnt to not care about the thoughts and therefore ERP is the best plan. I think this last point is perhaps what you are saying so thanks as it's a good thing to clarify.
The problem is not the thought is how we react to them, if a thought pops up in my head even if I know it is a stupid thought I can't stop paying attention to it and keeps ruminating about it for a long time then my therapist taught me mindfulness so I can pay attention to present moment and basically let the thoughts keep popping in my head and something similar is what this video is about
Exactly. The more we can learn not to pay attention to them - whether by engaging in them or by pushing them away or avoiding them - the less important they seem and the easier it becomes.
This sounds like a great process. I decided to use a mixer on my phone, download an acoustic song, and a full band song of my favourite genre, pan both of them and then let the focus begin
Dear Katie, to be honest you are a live saver. My OCD kicked in again in the pandemic and your videos are very very very effective. My request is, can you please cover the area of religious OCD and how to do ERP on that area. Because Religious OCD create a lot of anxiety. Thank you in advance.
Violent, I am using Brainlock’s 4 steps, and I thought the same thing you did. Also, practicing meditation is similar, for when your mind wonders from what you are attempting to focus on.
@@aliiiiibaby works really well for pure o, for self help, it is the best you can do, you have to practice and be patient, I am taking 3 to 6 months, but may vary person to person
I wanted to write thank you because you dont realize how much attention training has helped me with everything that I do... Well the things im interested at least haha.. 👏🏻
Hi @Katie I love your videos and they had been a great help. Recently my OCD has been changing its shape from time- consuming Contamination cleaning OCD to cleaning and then within seconds of it worrying or doubting whether I cleaned it or not. It feels like I am loosing my memory or doubting my memory too much. Can you make a video on this? Also, regarding this attention video, I am worried if this falls under avoidance category?
Redirecting your attention is not avoidance as long as your goal is to simply let the thoughts be there and focus on other things rather than having a goal of getting rid of the thoughts or pushing them away. It’s like having the radio on but choosing to pay attention to the tv.
I have a mild ADHD that comes aound once in a while and driving becomes very dangerous all of a sudden.I will practise the following excersises and i will give an update whether or not it will work for ADHD.
It's so counterintuitive to let go of control. To let go of the need to search and find info on the subject. To let go of the thought. What I find confusing is if you let the thought be and don''t engage it with a compulsive reaction what do you do? What do you think about? How to you fill the empty space?😂
Very helpful! I can't stop touching my face (the hair of my mustache, just lightly bending and pulling on it) I've tried telling myself not to do it. Seems to have started 2 years ago. I don't understand why I do it and can't stop.
Could you make a video detailing the difference between Obsessions and Compulsions or Mental Rituals, etc.? Specifically Pure “O” Compulsions and Rituals and how they differ from our obsessive thoughts.
Can you do this with headphones ? For instance music and affirmations you can at one minute pay attention only to the music in the headphones and then change only to pay attention to the affermations? I am prfoundly deaf but have some hearing in left ear this was due to double ear infections when my ocd got 10 times worse . Will this method work do you think . I have had alot of types of ocd since the age of ten and when you think its gone or my mind just gets fed up with it it tricks me and moves on to another plane / type of ocd.
Hi Julie. My videos are all CBT based - CBT for OCD is quite specific and differs from some of the standard CBT practices (the main difference is we do not do thought challenging and rationalising etc when working with OCD). Is there something specific you wanted to learn about?
Does this work for reading? I love reading, it is my life, but have been extremely bothered over distracting thoughts/impulses while trying to concentrate. Actually, I got into performing cognitive compulsion or "techniques" to deal with the thoughts and help me concentrate, and that made it worse. Thanks so much for your work and your time.
I'm struggling with intrusive thoughts so thank you Katie. Your right we shave lots of distractions now I read it in a book call the shallows what the Internet is doing to our brains by Nicholas Carr.
Thank you for this series BUT the recording level is SO low (compared to other YT videos) that I had to turn on the CC, nd that is not a good substitute. It was low even in video 20
Something weird happened to me.. Im 30 minutes into this practice paying attention to my hearing... My uncle and I went to get a burger and when they asked me what sauce I immediately said BBQ sauce... I was shocked! I woukd normally just say ranch and kind of like a bypass and then say BBQ sauce.. It was weird
Katie, I dont understand how exposure therapy works in combination with the attention therapy. On one hand, I need to think of my obsessive and scary thoughts and make them worse and listen to my recording, but the method of "choosing what you pay attention to" kinda goes against it. Do I get deeper in my scary thoughts and try to habituate to them or show i use the other method, of just trying to pay attention to one sound over the other? What if I am trying to do this and I have OCD thoughts while i do them? What do i do with the thoughts WHILE i am trying to pay attention to a specific sound? Can do do the exercises together, but at different times?
Hi there. Yes I plan to talk about different presentations but ultimately the treatment process is the same regardless of the content of the thoughts/images/sensations. You just need to tailor the ERP so that it is exposing you to your particular fears.
Hi Katie, just started watching your videos and they are some of the most in depth I can find on treatment. I’m just wondering if you think this tool, as well as exposure therapy will work with Real Event OCD?
Yes - treatment is the same regardless of the content of your OCD. I would recommend doing both the attention training and the ERP. Often people want to just do the attention training as they are too fearful to do the ERP but the ERP is very powerful in teaching yourself to let the fear subside without doing anything and not to pay attention to unwanted or unhelpful things.
So I have watched your videos and truly agree with them, however when I come to practice your techniques, my anxiety knows I'm doing something different and I struggle with minor panic attacks and in the end, I don't always manage to practice your techniques in full. Any advice on this and why it happens as well as how to stop myself from feeling scared about practising please?
Hi Philip. I'm wondering about whether you've made yourself a hierarchy of fears and if so whether you are choosing something that is manageable enough. Ultimately you may well feel more anxious when initially doing a deliberate exposure but the key is in picking something where you can keep the exposure up long enough to start habituating. Regarding feeling scared of practicing there's no rules that say you shouldn't feel scared - just because you feel scared it doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad thing to do...in fact when dealing with OCD differently we usually see that fear is an indicator that you are doing something challenging and therefore useful.
Dear Katie, I have been having a thought about the black and white kind of "dots" when we look at the wall and the sky and phone screen, anything pretty much, that's how the human eye sees. Everytime I think about this it makes me so scared and I can't enjoy life anymore, I dont wanna look at the sky or sea or anything, just trees and leaves where I dont see the dots. Is this OCD? How can I help myself? Please please help 🤍🤍🤍
Yes so sorry about that. I'm working on it! Also will try and get subtitles on some of the older ones where the sound is not good. As you can probably tell I'm not very tech savvy!
It’s not the same. You shouldn’t block/get rid of it. You gotta accept the thought, but still be able to do your own things, while letting the negative thought go away by itself without interacting with it. Mediation is also a good attention training, but her method is also good. Sounds are pretty similar to thoughts. You can’t mute a sound in your head, just like you can’t ignore a thought.
Hi Lauren. When you push something away you are trying to get rid of it. When you choose to put your attention elsewhere you are simply choosing not to focus on it BUT you are not trying to get rid of it. It's like if you were trying to concentrate on reading a book and someone was doing building work next door the noise bothers you but you can't do anything about it - the more you try not to hear the banging the more you will notice you and the more it will annoy you. If you take the attitude that you can't do anything about the noise from the building work and choose to focus back on your book you would find that you would cease to notice the building work as much. It does take practice but it works. Remember the intention is not to get rid of anything but just to focus elsewhere (let the thoughts, feelings etc take care of themselves). I hope this helps.
I am wondering how these forms of exposure work for ppl who are neurodivergent. My brain is different and neurologically I am unable to ‘tolerate’ the exposure. It never got better only worse from trying that. I know that many folks for that reason do not think ABBA is a good treatment way, they even say it tortures these children. Studies do not show much of any positive outcome of change other than behavior to be modified, so allistic folks do have a calmer life.
This isn't going to work for me. I think I have Hyperacusis or Misophonia. Every time I'm on a train and someone is eating a packet of crisps I have to try not to get irritated by the noise. All your other advice is good though
I practiced Attention Practice because my OCD wasn’t severe and I found it slowly crawling like an infant monster trying to feed and grow with my attention but if you feel that your OCD has grown into a big monster; I think practising both would be beneficial. Like by starving it you are weakening it and by Exposure you are slaying it, does that make it a understandable analogy?
Thanks for your comments everyone. I’m glad you’re finding the videos useful. I’m hoping to do them more regularly so if there are particular things you’d like me to try and cover then let me know and I’ll add to the list!
Thank you so much ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
Please talk about how we can get over the fear of being alone while dealing with anxiety. Every time I’m alone at home, I start having panic attacks symptoms, I get many negative thoughts and end up having a panic attack. I used exposure and response technique a few time but I’m scared of the panic attack. Please help me
@@forbusiness7753 Ok no problem. I can make a video about this for you. Will add to the list and try and do it sooner rather than later but I can't promise it will be super speedy.
@@23katied thank you so much
Could you do a video on false memory OCD? One of my fears is that I could have harmed someone in the past while drunk and have no memory of it. I know it sounds ridiculous but I feel like I'm stuck because there's no way to solve it.
As a intern therapist who suffers from OCD and treats OCD, you have been a life saver. Thank you.
You honestly have no idea how much you've helped me, finding out you have OCD was not a fun thing to discover during quarantine. I have bettered myself and matured so much throughout 2020 thanks to your help, I dont plan on stopping anytime soon either. Also dang, its been a WHILE since you've posted, but thats okay, the fact that you're willing to help people at all is enough retribution on its own. :)) once again Thank you, so very much
Are yiu okay now?
I am glad you're getting better, may God bless you, I hope you tell me if it still works until now
I was literally in a middle of a mentally breakdown before I found you, you’ve been such a big help, I’m gonna try use all the methods you’ve suggested, thankyou so much. Please keep making videos, it’s really soothing for me
I am really grateful for those videos. After many years of suffering I am finally on the right path thanks to you
So pleased you're back. I found your videos a few years ago when I realised I needed help but wasn't able to access any and my OCD is now almost completely under control. I hope you know what a difference you've made to people's lives.
I discovered my ocd 5 years back and subconsciously, I had started to do some of the excercises told by her and I am glad to know I was doing the right things.
Wow I'm glad you're back!! You've helped me a lot and I'm forever indebted to you! ❤️
Great to see you back dear , you are a life saver thankyou so much for everything and you are looking very different now beautiful but different .
I remember March 2019, 16 years old came across how to solve ocd and your videos bring a nostalgic feeling of a breakthrough and actually becoming the person I want to be
I'm very happy that you're back! ☺️ Thank you so much for saving my life.
John this is another John who feels the exact same way as you !
Hey! I looked into OCD channels some years ago and read into it. I am suffering from OCD for over a decade now. I had some good times without it. Sometimes I looked back and thought, why was I afraid so much? Now the anxiety is back and hit me like a truck. Each time it feels like a life/death situation and I automatically get back to some patterns - like a reflex. But your videos are so calming! I hope you know how much effect you have
Thank you for doing this Katie you are helping and saving the lives of thousands of people including me and we are extremely grateful for this❤️
Yes, that’s true. Thank you very much, Katie!
It’s kind of a long story. But I want you to know you have saved my life. And far more.
Aw bless ya mate, Well done on getting through it, I hope all goes well for you =)
Wow! This is so beautiful! Ocd is horrible... Totally relate with what you feel....
❤️ We will get through anything together Bless you
Just know that God is always with you man, God bless :) Here's a verse that helps me whenever my OCD affects me:
1 Peter 5:7 "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
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Plz dnt stop posting videos they are the only help to somebody like me dealing with ocd and living hell anxiety
Thank you dr . Your CBT videos and book helped me a lot in recovering from OCD. Keep sharing ...
She has a book?
@@partypoisonbemine Ya she has a book " Managing OCD with CBT for dummies" by Katie dath and Rob Willson. It's a very good book
Katie, you are amazing at explaining things in detail, all your videos are super helpful and soothing!
This is the best thing I’ve come across in years
I didn't know that aging makes one more beautiful.
This thought you should have just let flow by and let go without paying attention. Hahaha 😂😂😂
Lol
@@imammumbata194 he needs to expose himself to that thought without commenting (compulsion) 🤣
This actually makes total sense to try (my brain is mixing and making music all day-especially mixing is all about choosing what sound to focus on) thanks for this!!
Thank you so much for your videos! You've been of great great help not only to me but so many other people. Wish you all the best!
It’s great to see you back Katie!!
I covered OCD in one of my videos for my UA-cam channel and it’s definitely a topic that needs more awareness! Thanks for the upload 👍
infectious positive energy and brilliant advice, thank you
Glad you found it helpful.
Thanks very much! Great LIKE ALWAYS!
By the way, the glasses! They had become a brand for you. Keep on using them :)
I know I'm gutted - I loved those glasses and had them for years but they just snapped in two because they were so old : (
This was really awesome. Your videos have been a total game changer for me. Thank you!
This is a good exercise to learn how to tune out something you don't really want to listen to even though it's going on in the background. You kinda learn how to do this at call centres
could you possibly do a video about morning anxiety/intrusive thoughts? I always find that in the morning my anxiety is high and I always wake up automatically checking if the thoughts are still there. Thank you!
I treat my anxity as its a normal thing, I know its not harmfull at the end..so I stop caring about it. I walk, I smile, and take care of my eating.. And the most impo ignore like its nothing
Let me know if it helps you!
I’m caught in 4K and being a morning person the primary thoughts largely affect me entire day. So I’ve made it a habit of mine to open my eyes and start singing a song loudly that makes me happy and start swaying to it. It seems like the last thing you want to do when you think about it from one end because you’re sad but we have to manifest happiness and make the environment for the OCD so uncomfortable it becomes hard for it to survive. I then proceed to telling myself what I am grateful for and run over all the things I have to complete for the day (being a student I think of all the chapters I have to cover and probably think of a event in the day that is exciting like a new route for my daily walk or probably a new recipe to try for lunch or something like that). It’s hard and you WILL subconsciously be aware that the monster hasn’t made its grand entrance but this will bring about a change I promise, & maybe while you’re brushing or something a thought comes start humiliating it like just say “bruh, wtf not you again” and you automatically feel like you have control over who can sit in your thoughts and who cannot. I generally busy myself first thing in the morning and then step out for a walk and the fact that I exercised and completed an important subject brings in a sense of productivity which is nice and the more and more you start being involved in stuff other than your OCD then less invited the OCD feels. By not letting the other guests in your thoughts and waiting for this bitch to walk in itself makes it a VIP. Hope I made sense…
@Arpita2049 Hey; our mind is completely blank in the morning and it's like an empty stage where a lot of thoughts come and speak their intentions and affect our day greatly. When I wake up I want to make sure I call in the right thoughts, like good ones and productive ones. But if I wait for the OCD to be triggered or wait for it to start dominating my mind; I'm kind of preventing the ones who are good and I'm paving the way for the OCD monster. I believe that we are all strong to control what runs in our mind and we have to fight it out with strong will and it's not impossible. I like to believe that my problems are nothing compared to a lot of people who are going through more difficult struggles and when they don't give up; I too should not give up.
@Arpita2049 how is your anxiety now?
@Arpita2049 how have you been?
Thank you, you are an awesome person and keep doing it because you’re helping lives
Thanks, Katie. Great explanation. I am familiar with attention training and will use in my OCD practice. Also will refer your page to my clients as i have done before, as with your book. J. Michael McGee USA
Please do upload more vedios...Good to see you back..you are a hope for a lot of people
Are there any particular things you'd like me to cover in upcoming videos?
Welcome Back Katie!! Thanks for the video
If you could do a video on morning anxiety/intrusive thoughts and if there are any techniques which we could use to help this. Thanks alot for these helpful videos though!!!
Did you find anything to help you?
Thank you! I will be incorporating this into my routine as best I can!
That is exactly it, you're noticing both, you're hearing both, but that doesn't mean you're being distracted - because you can pay attention primarily to one while also noticing the second from time to time.
i thought that i will be one who tell you BIG thanks for all of your work but I am so happy that you helping ppl like me.THNX
Hi Ms Katie, I am so happy that you have just came back, thanks so much for your videos which help me to be able to heal myself.
So you mean when I can learn to pay attention to present moment, then I can choose to pay attention to what ever I want and also not what I want.
The most efficient and the hardest way is to confront your trauma...takes time and money!
Attention training seems like exposure avoidance but I love the idea of taking back my attention when I've been led down a rabbit hole. It's very good to see you are posting again, you look great... beautiful. I will try attention training.
It's less avoidance and more mindfulness. Paying attention to the present moment without judgement. Like "ah yes there's a thought about X. Thank you for that thought. I'm going to go back to what I was doing"
@@etal.038 believe me I get it. I just see a possibility to avoid exposure if the person/patient gets really great at attention training.
Yes, definitely use this along side ERP not instead of....!!
Another note on this - As you know I am a massive advocate of ERP because not only has it been a tried and tested effective method for years but also I have seen how quickly it can achieve results. Having said that we should remember that the goal of ERP is to help you face your fears and learn to deal with them differently. If you are one of the rare people who can go, "Oh, so it probably doesn't mean anything and I should just let it come and go and not do anything about it" and then becomes fearless of the thoughts then fabulous - no ERP needed - BUT this is very rare in my experience. Generally people will want to tell themselves they don't need to do ERP but if I scratch the surface i find it's because they are fearful of it. If they are fearful then clearly they haven't truely learnt to not care about the thoughts and therefore ERP is the best plan. I think this last point is perhaps what you are saying so thanks as it's a good thing to clarify.
@@23katied I look forward to your next video. Maybe you can talk about attention training a little more. Have a great day
The problem is not the thought is how we react to them, if a thought pops up in my head even if I know it is a stupid thought I can't stop paying attention to it and keeps ruminating about it for a long time then my therapist taught me mindfulness so I can pay attention to present moment and basically let the thoughts keep popping in my head and something similar is what this video is about
Exactly. The more we can learn not to pay attention to them - whether by engaging in them or by pushing them away or avoiding them - the less important they seem and the easier it becomes.
@@23katied but I feel like thoughts are outside of mind what can I do for that mam ?.
That was really helpful! Thank you so much
Thank you so much for these videos.
Thanks for help on the intrusive thoughts they happen less now. Happy your back
Super helpful Katie thank you for all the videos you are the best.
Mam .thank you for everything that you've been doing for us... you're a life saver
Thank you so much, your videos have helped me so much in the past
The next u upload videos, please turn the volume up. It's very low, hard to hear even on max volume from my phone 🙏🙏❤️❤️ keep it up
Sorry about that. I do have a new microphone so hopefully it will be better next time.
Volume is fine on my nokia
This sounds like a great process. I decided to use a mixer on my phone, download an acoustic song, and a full band song of my favourite genre, pan both of them and then let the focus begin
Please do a video on checking OCD.
Great to see you back Katie
Dear Katie, to be honest you are a live saver. My OCD kicked in again in the pandemic and your videos are very very very effective. My request is, can you please cover the area of religious OCD and how to do ERP on that area. Because Religious OCD create a lot of anxiety. Thank you in advance.
Thank you for this, this similar to ocd 4 steps by Jeffery Schwartz. This and erp really helped to a large extent
Violent, I am using Brainlock’s 4 steps, and I thought the same thing you did. Also, practicing meditation is similar, for when your mind wonders from what you are attempting to focus on.
is it for pure O
@@aliiiiibaby works really well for pure o, for self help, it is the best you can do, you have to practice and be patient, I am taking 3 to 6 months, but may vary person to person
Glad to see yr back Katt!
You are wonderful!!! Thank you!
it reminds me mindfulness meditation
I’ll give it a go and see how I get on!
Love to see you after a long ...
Good to see you back :)
I wanted to write thank you because you dont realize how much attention training has helped me with everything that I do... Well the things im interested at least haha.. 👏🏻
Thanks u are back
This is great! ❤
Hi @Katie I love your videos and they had been a great help. Recently my OCD has been changing its shape from time- consuming Contamination cleaning OCD to cleaning and then within seconds of it worrying or doubting whether I cleaned it or not. It feels like I am loosing my memory or doubting my memory too much. Can you make a video on this?
Also, regarding this attention video, I am worried if this falls under avoidance category?
Redirecting your attention is not avoidance as long as your goal is to simply let the thoughts be there and focus on other things rather than having a goal of getting rid of the thoughts or pushing them away. It’s like having the radio on but choosing to pay attention to the tv.
what video of yours has the Dr suess poem read in it, it helps me so much !
Will do. Thank You
Great video, hard to hear, could you please increase the volume. Thanks!
I have a mild ADHD that comes aound once in a while and driving becomes very dangerous all of a sudden.I will practise the following excersises and i will give an update whether or not it will work for ADHD.
You’ve helped me.
It's so counterintuitive to let go of control. To let go of the need to search and find info on the subject. To let go of the thought. What I find confusing is if you let the thought be and don''t engage it with a compulsive reaction what do you do? What do you think about? How to you fill the empty space?😂
we have to do this exercise when we are having thoughts or daily we have to practice irrespective of our mood
Very helpful! I can't stop touching my face (the hair of my mustache, just lightly bending and pulling on it) I've tried telling myself not to do it. Seems to have started 2 years ago. I don't understand why I do it and can't stop.
Could you make a video detailing the difference between Obsessions and Compulsions or Mental Rituals, etc.? Specifically Pure “O” Compulsions and Rituals and how they differ from our obsessive thoughts.
You should find all this info in the earlier videos where I describe what obsessions are and what compulsions (sometimes called rituals) are.
Thanks Katie
3:18 is where she begins talking about how to do it!
Can you do this with headphones ? For instance music and affirmations you can at one minute pay attention only to the music in the headphones and then change only to pay attention to the affermations? I am prfoundly deaf but have some hearing in left ear this was due to double ear infections when my ocd got 10 times worse . Will this method work do you think . I have had alot of types of ocd since the age of ten and when you think its gone or my mind just gets fed up with it it tricks me and moves on to another plane / type of ocd.
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Great videos. Would you be able to do one on CBT in the future please? Many thanks :-)
Hi Julie. My videos are all CBT based - CBT for OCD is quite specific and differs from some of the standard CBT practices (the main difference is we do not do thought challenging and rationalising etc when working with OCD). Is there something specific you wanted to learn about?
Does this work for reading? I love reading, it is my life, but have been extremely bothered over distracting thoughts/impulses while trying to concentrate. Actually, I got into performing cognitive compulsion or "techniques" to deal with the thoughts and help me concentrate, and that made it worse. Thanks so much for your work and your time.
Thank you.
I'm struggling with intrusive thoughts so thank you Katie. Your right we shave lots of distractions now I read it in a book call the shallows what the Internet is doing to our brains by Nicholas Carr.
Thank-you:)
Thank you for this series BUT the recording level is SO low (compared to other YT videos) that I had to turn on the CC, nd that is not a good substitute. It was low even in video 20
Yes so sorry for this. It’s now been rectified in other videos.
@@23katied Thank you once again! For the rectification AND for this series
Something weird happened to me.. Im 30 minutes into this practice paying attention to my hearing... My uncle and I went to get a burger and when they asked me what sauce I immediately said BBQ sauce... I was shocked! I woukd normally just say ranch and kind of like a bypass and then say BBQ sauce.. It was weird
Thanks for the video, please make the sound in your video better as it’s not good , thanks you so much
Sorry for that - I have a new microphone now so hopefully next ones will sound better.
But what if the OCD revolves around fantasising and having feelings for someone? It brings anxiety, but it also surely stimulates it too no?
Thanks for this... should volume be the same on both records?
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Katie, I dont understand how exposure therapy works in combination with the attention therapy. On one hand, I need to think of my obsessive and scary thoughts and make them worse and listen to my recording, but the method of "choosing what you pay attention to" kinda goes against it. Do I get deeper in my scary thoughts and try to habituate to them or show i use the other method, of just trying to pay attention to one sound over the other? What if I am trying to do this and I have OCD thoughts while i do them? What do i do with the thoughts WHILE i am trying to pay attention to a specific sound?
Can do do the exercises together, but at different times?
A good book for OCD is "30 Days to Stop Obsessing" by Harper Daniels.
Mam can you please do a video about treatment for HOCD. I developed it in lockdown itself and it's very much disturbing.
Hi there. Yes I plan to talk about different presentations but ultimately the treatment process is the same regardless of the content of the thoughts/images/sensations. You just need to tailor the ERP so that it is exposing you to your particular fears.
Hi Katie, just started watching your videos and they are some of the most in depth I can find on treatment. I’m just wondering if you think this tool, as well as exposure therapy will work with Real Event OCD?
Yes - treatment is the same regardless of the content of your OCD. I would recommend doing both the attention training and the ERP. Often people want to just do the attention training as they are too fearful to do the ERP but the ERP is very powerful in teaching yourself to let the fear subside without doing anything and not to pay attention to unwanted or unhelpful things.
So I have watched your videos and truly agree with them, however when I come to practice your techniques, my anxiety knows I'm doing something different and I struggle with minor panic attacks and in the end, I don't always manage to practice your techniques in full. Any advice on this and why it happens as well as how to stop myself from feeling scared about practising please?
Hi Philip. I'm wondering about whether you've made yourself a hierarchy of fears and if so whether you are choosing something that is manageable enough. Ultimately you may well feel more anxious when initially doing a deliberate exposure but the key is in picking something where you can keep the exposure up long enough to start habituating. Regarding feeling scared of practicing there's no rules that say you shouldn't feel scared - just because you feel scared it doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad thing to do...in fact when dealing with OCD differently we usually see that fear is an indicator that you are doing something challenging and therefore useful.
Dear Katie, I have been having a thought about the black and white kind of "dots" when we look at the wall and the sky and phone screen, anything pretty much, that's how the human eye sees. Everytime I think about this it makes me so scared and I can't enjoy life anymore, I dont wanna look at the sky or sea or anything, just trees and leaves where I dont see the dots. Is this OCD? How can I help myself? Please please help 🤍🤍🤍
Yes this is an OCD thing. You can follow all the advice in these videos to help yourself learn to deal with this differently.
i like some of your videos, but the sound level varies wildly !
Yes so sorry about that. I'm working on it! Also will try and get subtitles on some of the older ones where the sound is not good. As you can probably tell I'm not very tech savvy!
I have a question, attention shifting seems the same as "blocking or getting rid of" a thought, which is counterproductive. how are they different?
It’s not the same. You shouldn’t block/get rid of it. You gotta accept the thought, but still be able to do your own things, while letting the negative thought go away by itself without interacting with it. Mediation is also a good attention training, but her method is also good. Sounds are pretty similar to thoughts. You can’t mute a sound in your head, just like you can’t ignore a thought.
This is what I dont understand isnt me changing my attention me pushing them away and thats a mental compulsion?
Hi Lauren. When you push something away you are trying to get rid of it. When you choose to put your attention elsewhere you are simply choosing not to focus on it BUT you are not trying to get rid of it. It's like if you were trying to concentrate on reading a book and someone was doing building work next door the noise bothers you but you can't do anything about it - the more you try not to hear the banging the more you will notice you and the more it will annoy you. If you take the attitude that you can't do anything about the noise from the building work and choose to focus back on your book you would find that you would cease to notice the building work as much.
It does take practice but it works. Remember the intention is not to get rid of anything but just to focus elsewhere (let the thoughts, feelings etc take care of themselves). I hope this helps.
Thank U
I am wondering how these forms of exposure work for ppl who are neurodivergent. My brain is different and neurologically I am unable to ‘tolerate’ the exposure. It never got better only worse from trying that. I know that many folks for that reason do not think ABBA is a good treatment way, they even say it tortures these children. Studies do not show much of any positive outcome of change other than behavior to be modified, so allistic folks do have a calmer life.
This isn't going to work for me. I think I have Hyperacusis or Misophonia. Every time I'm on a train and someone is eating a packet of crisps I have to try not to get irritated by the noise. All your other advice is good though
So when do you know weather to practice Attention Practice and or Exposure?
I practiced Attention Practice because my OCD wasn’t severe and I found it slowly crawling like an infant monster trying to feed and grow with my attention but if you feel that your OCD has grown into a big monster; I think practising both would be beneficial. Like by starving it you are weakening it and by Exposure you are slaying it, does that make it a understandable analogy?
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