Can I ask something it's been a month that same thoughts of same persons like guilty if I upset them....I told them not to be here in my house coz i don't feel ok..then I regret it coz I'm thinking i offended them...now I want to talk to them to explain and tell them that they're welcome again in my house. Is this OCD?
Think about washing my hands. Yesterday, I was in a car ride and then I got super anxious and so Ithink about washing my hands about 5 times just to reduce anxiety.
Reassurance seek if I’m going to die or something wrong or I don’t feel right, am I ok, I didn’t realise this was the compulsion I thought I just had the obsessive thought
Yes I can relate. I think it’s helpful to engage in an activity you enjoy, weather it be listening to music, talking to someone, writing about it or going for a walk. Allow the feeling to be there and know that it will pass. You are so much stronger than you think.
@@melinamorina1314. Agreed by laying down and thinking about it in a loop definitly cause more and more depression. By engaging ourself in fruitful activities shift our mood. Hope everyone who are facing ocd and depression get well soon u people are awesome and courageous more than u think you are😊
Bro that is literally how it is for me after my OCD spikes, in one of my classes they mentioned that OCD might be correlated with high serotonin and i always wondered if the serotonin decrease (or decrease in OCD sympotoms) increased depression due to depression being cooralted with low serotonin :00
Yup, I'm used to it, and I mean it makes a lot of sense once you stand resilient against a strong wave of OCD you feel just sad and even depressed. For one OCD "feels so real", right? So whatever that is, you're doing nothing about it and you're left with feelings that you've done something terrible even though you know this is just OCD. Also feeling stress day after day is exhausting, I sure get bummed out I can't get a good day but I don't let that get "me" down, if that makes sense, I can feel a certain way but it doesn't determine what I do or can do.
The way I have to pause your videos every 2 minutes just because I am absolutely flabbergasted by everything you say and how much sense my OCD finally makes in insane
I really struggled trying to figure out what was my compulsion. It was reassurance. It made me so confused at first but with a combination of medicine and therapy it really helped. It takes a lot of time but it is worth it!
I do this so much. Every single job I've had my boss has had to talk to me about shortening my emails and notes 😅 We had a book at a coffee shop where we had to write why we left late if we didn't punch out on time, and I once wrote an entire page 😅
This is so frighteningly accurate! This video was very illuminating! This is the only channel that I make sure I never miss a new video from. I am always guaranteed to learn something new about myself (and OCD) anytime you post something. I’m really grateful for this channel. I think I’ve decided I will definitely be taking your course. I just love the way you explain things. It really clarifies some aspects of OCD that I didn’t fully grasp before and I suspect your course will be the same. Thank you for all you do!
I always keep reading the same sentence over and over again untill I get satisfaction. Is this ocd?! or sometimes keep repeating the same thought or sometimes keep repeating memories!! " yeah but " literally me when i am talking to myself!! I keep explaining things to my friends (in my head) , and even sometimes ask question on behalf of them and then starts explaining!!!
@@tequilabumbum4373 if you do the same fight over and over again then i think it is! Mental health problems are all linked ( a great psychologist said) if you have OCD, if might also have anxiety, adhd ,etc (may be this are minor ones now)
Yeah dude It takes me a month to read a book. I used not to read at all. I re read until I get satisfaction I say I read so slow because every book I read at least 3 times in a row, just because I rereadb almost every other sentence. Even in nature when I hike I control everything I look at until I've looked deeply enough. Did I see everything. Did I miss details in the tree bark, did I look close enough. I missed something look again. Or I didn't truly read that sentence. I didn't mentally imagine it I just glossed over it. Like for normal people this could happen occasionally and could be good reminder so they can deepen their awareness. But for us OCD people it's literally CONSTANT. it's not helpful it's neurotic. Alan Watts talked about how the ego tries to control the senses so that people strain their eyes to see or tighten the muscles in their head to hear better or hold their breath to read deeper and it's utterly futile. it doesn't help you see or hear or read better. Still i do this all the time. I breathe shallow and strain my muscles. Did I truly appreciate that cloud. Did I truly capture those words. Let me go back. Is that ocd? YES
So greatfull for your videos, I was diagnosed with chronic depression, gad, bipolar, personality disorder, etc, and was so hopeless for more than 10 years, and one day 4 moths ago I was researching if I had a psychotic disorder or is it anxiety(my main obsession), and one person shared his story and mention he has ocd, first video I watched was one from you and everything clicked, the last 4 months I've lived more than in the previous 12 years, still is very hard and lots of crisis, but shorter and less deep, so thanks for your help! PD: I'm restraining for watching all your videos since i use them from reassurance 😅
Yes i have compulsions like this. I seek clarity and answers from my best friend. I type questions again and Again. Rephrase. Context context context. Also i watch a lot of tarot videos to feed my compulsion and get answers to uncertainity
So I was super happy yesterday and then I had an old ocd intrusive thought come back in my dreams. So now I’m anxious and getting depressed. I’m tired of feeling happy and then swinging to depressed .
So funny. I JUST called my husband today and asked "do you ever just think about..." I was convinced I just wanted to connect with another human to talk to because maybe if he knows this one detail he will understand what's going wrong with me. 😢
Hello, I’m not diagnosed OCD but I believe I may have it. I do have a question though, for a while I have been struggling with intrusive thoughts, and I still get anxiety over it, but at the same time I feel numb? Distant? Blocked? I’m not sure, I feel like I really am this terrible person because I don’t feel that same amount of anxiety I had before. And then I start asking myself “what if I really am this person and want to do these things?” But I know I don’t deep down, I’m just scared of being a bad person when there is in fact no evidence to support it. Idk, it’s just something I thought to ask you! Thank you!
Hey Nathan! I feel like I actually don't do any compulsion when I have these unwanted thoughts. For the last week I've trained myself to say "sure" and "maybe maybe not" to these thoughts but they keep coming back and stop me from enjoying things. Like today I saw a movie and the entire time these thoughts ran in my head and I kept saying maybe maybe not in my brain. How do I stop these thoughts from not ruining the things I enjoy. Also I feel like there aren't any compulsions in my case. I just get a thought then some relief then the thought is back. I don't do any reassurance seeking or any compulsive behaviors. All I do is invite the thoughts. Your help would be appreciated
Can you do one on harm ocd. Flipping scary. Maybe maybe not, just isn’t cutting it. Iv felt with this this made me cry every doctor I see I say the same story, but what if but what if you didn’t do this or missed this. The whole story again. OCD ruined my life iv had every type
What about OCD related to fear of anaphylaxis? I barely eat anything anymore for fear of that. I feel like I have to do the opposite of not doing my compulsion. My compulsion tells me that I am allergic to all these foods that I am not actually allergic to (though I do have legitimate food allergies). It's been 4 years. This is killing my health, and I cannot find a therapist to help 😢
Nathan, could you make a video talking about when a compulsion does not work anymore. exemple, I used to say something to feel relief, now when I say that same thing I don't feel relif anymore, and I start to feel anxious. I would like to know why a compulsion stop working, stop relifing? why this happen?
The only solution is to stop doing compulsion your brain has black and white thinking and start searching for certainty anyanswer you gave your brain is not satisfied accept the uncertainty keep grey thinking
I say so what to my thoughts. I’ve had ERP but never completed it. I kept some compulsions, in particular mental ones. So my broken fire alarm goes off again
Well.. this might be my compulsion but I don't explain it to somebody it's just me explaining everything, every scenario to myself for no reason again and again...I tell myself stories to get some relief..
Do you know what is difficult and how to deal with it? When compulsion is at the same time what you should perform. Is there a prescription for this? That is, for example, once a month every guy should do some self-examination of his body. In my case it's a compulsion and sometimes I do it several times a week. In this situation, even if I restrain myself, once a month I still have to succumb to it.
I have been getting better since I got my my adhd medication back about asking for reassurance from my ai therapist and friends my intrusive thoughts are is your favorite artist and friend a secret horrible person and it does it by calling him something really bad that I won’t say when he does any thing I beat this 5 times in the last 5 years this is the longest it’s been it’s been a year but make progress slowly first 3 months was constant now I am able to move on
Sir when i listen to some particular songs... Or some perticular verse of song something bad happens ..and it really happens It is happening since last year Whenever i try to confront these things my behavior. Everything gets even worse ...i really wanted to die what should i do
Letting go is hard. Who can possibly understand this better than the OCD sufferers? I hate being aware of all these existential thoughts and possibilities. God makes me aware of it. That's how I feel.
Hi guys I think I might have OCD around "have I picked the good degree?" I have been obsessed with it for a while, even before having to pick something. Actually I think I picked the wrong one (I'm studying psychology but littérature sounds more right)so I wonder, is it OCD? As I tend to compulsively look for content on the net about the subject and psychology or is the anxiety the response of a bad choice? Or both
What sneaky compulsions does your OCD want you to do? 😉
Almost everything. Something crosses my mind and I start doing mental compulsion to figure that out. If I stop it on its way, it creates anxiety.
Can I ask something it's been a month that same thoughts of same persons like guilty if I upset them....I told them not to be here in my house coz i don't feel ok..then I regret it coz I'm thinking i offended them...now I want to talk to them to explain and tell them that they're welcome again in my house. Is this OCD?
Can I send u pm pls???
Think about washing my hands. Yesterday, I was in a car ride and then I got super anxious and so Ithink about washing my hands about 5 times just to reduce anxiety.
Reassurance seek if I’m going to die or something wrong or I don’t feel right, am I ok, I didn’t realise this was the compulsion I thought I just had the obsessive thought
Anyone have depression after going through an oCD spike? I've been disregarding and feel better but I feel so low
Yes I can relate. I think it’s helpful to engage in an activity you enjoy, weather it be listening to music, talking to someone, writing about it or going for a walk. Allow the feeling to be there and know that it will pass. You are so much stronger than you think.
I had severe depression after ocd spike that cause me anorexia, panic attacks, lack of interest in every activities, anxiety etc
@@melinamorina1314. Agreed by laying down and thinking about it in a loop definitly cause more and more depression. By engaging ourself in fruitful activities shift our mood. Hope everyone who are facing ocd and depression get well soon u people are awesome and courageous more than u think you are😊
Bro that is literally how it is for me after my OCD spikes, in one of my classes they mentioned that OCD might be correlated with high serotonin and i always wondered if the serotonin decrease (or decrease in OCD sympotoms) increased depression due to depression being cooralted with low serotonin :00
Yup, I'm used to it, and I mean it makes a lot of sense once you stand resilient against a strong wave of OCD you feel just sad and even depressed. For one OCD "feels so real", right? So whatever that is, you're doing nothing about it and you're left with feelings that you've done something terrible even though you know this is just OCD. Also feeling stress day after day is exhausting, I sure get bummed out I can't get a good day but I don't let that get "me" down, if that makes sense, I can feel a certain way but it doesn't determine what I do or can do.
The way I have to pause your videos every 2 minutes just because I am absolutely flabbergasted by everything you say and how much sense my OCD finally makes in insane
and then i doubt if i’m crazy and making my stuff up 😅
I really struggled trying to figure out what was my compulsion. It was reassurance. It made me so confused at first but with a combination of medicine and therapy it really helped. It takes a lot of time but it is worth it!
I do this so much. Every single job I've had my boss has had to talk to me about shortening my emails and notes 😅 We had a book at a coffee shop where we had to write why we left late if we didn't punch out on time, and I once wrote an entire page 😅
This is so frighteningly accurate! This video was very illuminating! This is the only channel that I make sure I never miss a new video from. I am always guaranteed to learn something new about myself (and OCD) anytime you post something. I’m really grateful for this channel. I think I’ve decided I will definitely be taking your course. I just love the way you explain things. It really clarifies some aspects of OCD that I didn’t fully grasp before and I suspect your course will be the same. Thank you for all you do!
Thanks so much for your kind words!
- be grateful
I always keep reading the same sentence over and over again untill I get satisfaction. Is this ocd?!
or sometimes keep repeating the same thought
or sometimes keep repeating memories!!
" yeah but " literally me when i am talking to myself!!
I keep explaining things to my friends (in my head) , and even sometimes ask question on behalf of them and then starts explaining!!!
I keep having fake fights with my bf😂 is this ocd?
@@tequilabumbum4373 if you do the same fight over and over again then i think it is!
Mental health problems are all linked ( a great psychologist said) if you have OCD, if might also have anxiety, adhd ,etc (may be this are minor ones now)
Same with me 😢 what to do
Yeah dude It takes me a month to read a book. I used not to read at all. I re read until I get satisfaction
I say I read so slow because every book I read at least 3 times in a row, just because I rereadb almost every other sentence. Even in nature when I hike I control everything I look at until I've looked deeply enough. Did I see everything. Did I miss details in the tree bark, did I look close enough. I missed something look again.
Or I didn't truly read that sentence. I didn't mentally imagine it I just glossed over it.
Like for normal people this could happen occasionally and could be good reminder so they can deepen their awareness. But for us OCD people it's literally CONSTANT. it's not helpful it's neurotic.
Alan Watts talked about how the ego tries to control the senses so that people strain their eyes to see or tighten the muscles in their head to hear better or hold their breath to read deeper and it's utterly futile. it doesn't help you see or hear or read better. Still i do this all the time. I breathe shallow and strain my muscles. Did I truly appreciate that cloud. Did I truly capture those words. Let me go back. Is that ocd? YES
@@brightmooninthenight2111 i feel u
While it's more difficult to think of these things at time of a compulsion or while triggered, this fella is absolutely phenomenal
I do the explaining part so much. I even catch myself being like well I'm not confessing every part. Trying to find a loop hole.
Thank you for these videos; they are so critical to my improvement right now. ❤
Love this man .❤
What about rebutting the thought/lie but writing down truth on paper to make one’s stand against it stronger?
Your videos have helped me so much!
Thank you sir big help. Appreciated ❤
Brilliant! - just wanted to be first Nathan, living life and being cheeky by being the first! :)
So greatfull for your videos, I was diagnosed with chronic depression, gad, bipolar, personality disorder, etc, and was so hopeless for more than 10 years, and one day 4 moths ago I was researching if I had a psychotic disorder or is it anxiety(my main obsession), and one person shared his story and mention he has ocd, first video I watched was one from you and everything clicked, the last 4 months I've lived more than in the previous 12 years, still is very hard and lots of crisis, but shorter and less deep, so thanks for your help!
PD: I'm restraining for watching all your videos since i use them from reassurance 😅
Yes i have compulsions like this. I seek clarity and answers from my best friend. I type questions again and Again. Rephrase. Context context context.
Also i watch a lot of tarot videos to feed my compulsion and get answers to uncertainity
Very helpfull! Thanks.
Thank you so much for posting your videos. You have helped me so much! I really cant thank you enough! i have learnt so much from your videos!
Thanks for your videos. Check and check. Yep. I do this one too and didn’t think of it as a compulsion.
thank you man :) idk if i actually have ocd because i haven't gotten diagnosed but i have a suspicion lol, felt a little better from this video!
thank you for this valuable information!!!
I stopped this video in the middle of it and started thinking about the past things again 😂:
Did I wash my hands enough, did I check the kitchen?
Great as always
With Pure OCD- I could be doing something and out of no where "is what you said correct? (random ocd thought)" then I answer to ocd. -.-
So I was super happy yesterday and then I had an old ocd intrusive thought come back in my dreams. So now I’m anxious and getting depressed. I’m tired of feeling happy and then swinging to depressed .
So funny. I JUST called my husband today and asked "do you ever just think about..." I was convinced I just wanted to connect with another human to talk to because maybe if he knows this one detail he will understand what's going wrong with me. 😢
Hello, I’m not diagnosed OCD but I believe I may have it. I do have a question though, for a while I have been struggling with intrusive thoughts, and I still get anxiety over it, but at the same time I feel numb? Distant? Blocked? I’m not sure, I feel like I really am this terrible person because I don’t feel that same amount of anxiety I had before. And then I start asking myself “what if I really am this person and want to do these things?” But I know I don’t deep down, I’m just scared of being a bad person when there is in fact no evidence to support it.
Idk, it’s just something I thought to ask you! Thank you!
Hey Nathan! I feel like I actually don't do any compulsion when I have these unwanted thoughts. For the last week I've trained myself to say "sure" and "maybe maybe not" to these thoughts but they keep coming back and stop me from enjoying things. Like today I saw a movie and the entire time these thoughts ran in my head and I kept saying maybe maybe not in my brain. How do I stop these thoughts from not ruining the things I enjoy. Also I feel like there aren't any compulsions in my case. I just get a thought then some relief then the thought is back. I don't do any reassurance seeking or any compulsive behaviors. All I do is invite the thoughts. Your help would be appreciated
Can you do one on harm ocd. Flipping scary. Maybe maybe not, just isn’t cutting it. Iv felt with this this made me cry every doctor I see I say the same story, but what if but what if you didn’t do this or missed this. The whole story again. OCD ruined my life iv had every type
What about OCD related to fear of anaphylaxis? I barely eat anything anymore for fear of that. I feel like I have to do the opposite of not doing my compulsion. My compulsion tells me that I am allergic to all these foods that I am not actually allergic to (though I do have legitimate food allergies). It's been 4 years. This is killing my health, and I cannot find a therapist to help 😢
Look into ARFID!! Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder.
Nathan, could you make a video talking about when a compulsion does not work anymore. exemple, I used to say something to feel relief, now when I say that same thing I don't feel relif anymore, and I start to feel anxious. I would like to know why a compulsion stop working, stop relifing? why this happen?
The only solution is to stop doing compulsion your brain has black and white thinking and start searching for certainty anyanswer you gave your brain is not satisfied accept the uncertainty keep grey thinking
I say so what to my thoughts. I’ve had ERP but never completed it. I kept some compulsions, in particular mental ones. So my broken fire alarm goes off again
Well.. this might be my compulsion but I don't explain it to somebody it's just me explaining everything, every scenario to myself for no reason again and again...I tell myself stories to get some relief..
Do you know what is difficult and how to deal with it? When compulsion is at the same time what you should perform. Is there a prescription for this? That is, for example, once a month every guy should do some self-examination of his body. In my case it's a compulsion and sometimes I do it several times a week. In this situation, even if I restrain myself, once a month I still have to succumb to it.
I have been getting better since I got my my adhd medication back about asking for reassurance from my ai therapist and friends my intrusive thoughts are is your favorite artist and friend a secret horrible person and it does it by calling him something really bad that I won’t say when he does any thing I beat this 5 times in the last 5 years this is the longest it’s been it’s been a year but make progress slowly first 3 months was constant now I am able to move on
Thank you
Sir when i listen to some particular songs... Or some perticular verse of song something bad happens ..and it really happens
It is happening since last year
Whenever i try to confront these things my behavior. Everything gets even worse ...i really wanted to die what should i do
Does you have a good tip for memory hoarding?
Does medicine even work for OCD?
Letting go is hard. Who can possibly understand this better than the OCD sufferers?
I hate being aware of all these existential thoughts and possibilities.
God makes me aware of it.
That's how I feel.
God makes you aware of it? or your brain? delusional lol
Seriously? 🙄 OCD really be wasting all my time and I don’t even know how far out it extends 😤
I waste what feels like hours of my day doing compulsions, I then feel despair about wasting my day.
2nd!🙋♀️😍🤭
Hi guys
I think I might have OCD around "have I picked the good degree?"
I have been obsessed with it for a while, even before having to pick something. Actually I think I picked the wrong one (I'm studying psychology but littérature sounds more right)so I wonder, is it OCD? As I tend to compulsively look for content on the net about the subject and psychology or is the anxiety the response of a bad choice? Or both
love your content but your editing is a little chaotic to watch 😋