Why Does OCD Come Back?
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- Опубліковано 8 січ 2023
- Taking a look at why we have setbacks and relapses, what makes anxiety spike again and how we can make a robust framework for recovery.
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Why doesnt this channel have more subscribers? This is the top 3 OCD resources out there, which is such an important thing to have during OCD recovery for many people, other than a trusted therapist
Mine came back with all themes 15yrs later. It was awful. Took me 18 months to get into a better place. Ocd still pops up but not like it was. Thank you for covering this
Very welcome Kristy :-) I am glad the video provided some insight.
I can't do anything without feeling like I did something wrong, I should apologize, did I just hurted that person, or if I actually did mess up then I feel way too bad. This is hardddddd :/
Hey Anna! It’s certainly difficult, but you can get underneath it!
This is a great point for ten years my ocd didn’t attack me but then all of sudden it attacked me. Because I had so many worries that jumped up in my life. I thank god for my doctor on the tools. I am getting better to get back to full control.
How u managed when u encountered the trigger or faced those things that caused compulsion..medicine exercise or anything else ?
@@rachna0367 I am still managing them. I still working on everything. One of the books my doctor suggested was brain lock. Which I read 10 years ago and I reread again to remember my steps. I do have difficult times. But I have to keep going.
@@DAlizo1 hope you get completely symptoms free.good luck 👍n thanks
@@rachna0367 thank you. It is a journey and takes time.
Hi Nick I from algeria..i just learnt a little bit English in order to do my recovery. For sure I am so good in French but unfortunately there s no good therapist in UA-cam for ocd . May I email you please I m suffering form real events ocd from a long time ago.. you re always talking about acceptance...i don't know where I should start or accept .. my 14 years old fault or my ocd my thoughts.. what's unconditional acceptance is ??
Thank you for help
Very good video, Nick! Just out of pure curiosity, what video games did you play?
So I play COD for 9 years and 4-5 competitively, but it was so bad towards the end. No land events or anything though, just MLG, game battles, and CMGs, nerd life lol.
@@aguywhohikes1271 You’ve always mentioned video games, I was just curious ha. I’m a gamer myself, though since the recovery process, I’ve scaled back tremendously (only 4-5 hours a week now!). Maybe you’re the one who was kicking my ass in those Search and Destroy lobbies all those years back 😂
@@TomDabektv That’s so funny you say that - So search was my extreme dominant game as I was very tactical, but cap the flag I was a moderate to even weak player. One time I was playing in a lobby with a few guys from optic, way back, and the search games were really good - once we switched to cap the flag, lollll, yeah that went well
Hi Nick, I have a couple of questions, don't know if you could perhaps do a video on them at all? The first one is in regards to the breaking down of beliefs, how does it work exactly? I have begun to dispute my beliefs, but once I have disputed my belief/fear, do I simply keep repeating the breakdown of the fear to myself over and over again until my brain believes it? I just want to make sure I'm doing in correctly and not wasting my time or hindering my recovery.
Secondly, I really struggle to not confess to loved ones even though I am aware it is a compulsion. I just feel so guilty and it builds up in my chest until it feels like its going to burst, its past event related and could be over a white lie I said about a year ago that my OCD suddenly brings up or from something that happened ten years ago, and they are always things I wish I hadn't done, even if its a tiny little thing. I feel like if I don't tell the person it relates to then I am the worst person in the world and am betraying and lying to them, but then I am also scared that if I do tell them that they will reject me as a person. I can see the fears I need to break down here, but I just wonder if you have any tips on preventing yourself from confessing or gaining reassurance?
Hey Amy! So yes, if you go to our acceptance playlist I’ve covered the first question a lot :) There’s no right or wrong with the disputing so we need to lean into the uncertainty of, “am I doing this too much or correctly?” - The second question is, unfortunately, quite straight forward: Only we can bring down our need to confess and sit with the discomfort! You can do it, but I can make a separate video on that again :)
@@aguywhohikes1271 Okay I shall check those videos out. I see, I guess I will have to try my best to sit with it, but that would be great! Thank you so much for your feedback! :)
Love your videos Nick!!! I suffer with sensory motor OCD As well. well… some days I suffer and some days I don’t haha.
Thanks Autumn! I know that journey oh so well!
What about if you’re having set backs but not that regularly? I had severe ROCD two years ago and went through therapy, learning about OCD etc. But I feel like I’ve been really suffering again recently, almost as if all the hard work and progress is unraveling and starting from square one. Does that I mean I’m no longer in recovery? X
Hey Katie. I think for now the best thing to do is look at some of the underlying fears that could be resurfacing. Sometimes when I thought I was recovered, which was a lot, I didn't actually give up ALL the subtle compulsions, I mean tiny ones, and my acceptance wasn't as strong as I thought. I would start looking there!
In my ocd recovery there are no absolutes. No black and white. Live in uncertainty. No amswers. Sounds like you guys believe in answers for ocd. Id like to hear more on your techniques
Heyy:) thank you so much for this video. I’d like to ask. If ocd can mimic the fears of the person, could it mimic depression? If the person is scared that he has depression, could it happen that ocd makes it feel that the depression is real?
Hey Gabriellus! Absolutely! That's a massive one for OCD sufferers - Fear of the sensation of depression lasting forever, aka fear of fear.
@@aguywhohikes1271 thanks for your answer! :) it’s a very interesting phenomenon. For example I started working out and my serotonin levels increased which is very new for me. So when I feel this ecstatic serotonin rush, I get scared of it and when I do, it persists even more and more intense:D
@@aguywhohikes1271 that’s so crazy that ocd can make the feeling of depression real, even if you are not diagnosed with depression. It’s bloody mental
@@gabrieliusgasparavicius Absolutely! It can make someone absolutely convinced their pregnant just by looking at a condom - just by looking at it. That's the realness of OCD!
No Alcohol damn