My OCD was good for 2 years straight life was good, everything was okay. Then bam last week I had a relapse. I honestly have no idea or no clue what to do or how to fix it. I forgot what used to help me, one thing I hate about OCD is that it tells me don't live don't do anything just think about these horrible thoughts.. thoughts and questions and images that I have no answer to at all. I live in a constant fear at the moment, It's extremely extremely sad because I thought I got so much better and I got over that part of my life and it was a phase but god here we go. I will be watching these videos to try and help myself I also got a session with a therapist. People who have OCD are the strongest people in the planet I tell you.
I’ve had a “flare up” in OCD symptoms after a “trigger” the other day and then I see you’ve uploaded a video. It’s almost like the universe has designed you to help those suffering from OCD. Your past videos have really helped me with my OCD and I still watch them to this day. Thank you.
Thank you for the gratitude you shared...it's a testimony that this works, her methods work, and people are healing: if you healed so can I. God bless you and yours, Dr. Katie, and anyone reading this....6 weeks ago I was drowning in the waves, I'm now boogie-boarding pretty effectively, and someday soon I'll be a pro surfer. We can all heal, in Jesus name. ❤️🙏
It’s so hard to explain OCD to non-sufferers and to express feelings. I’ve never received help as I feel embarrassed and ashamed. It feels like part of me has failed and lost control.
Read Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts by Sally Winston & Martin Seif... It can help you a lot to understand how we get stuck with these thoughts and how we can come out of them
@HelterSkelter This is good to hear. I am trying to assist someone in my life that OCD has taken a drastic hold of. It's a horrible situation to be in and really heartbreaking to witness. :-(
My fear is that if I don't fight against or try and stop my intrusive fear thoughts they'll slip by me and manifest, where I'm frantically and desperately saying 'cancel' and try to replace it with a positive thought instead. This has been exhausting and tormenting for me and I feel twisted up inside.
same but i'm going to do her exercise, literally face the fears no matter how hard it's going to be and DO IT. we can do this. I'm pretty sure my brain is going to get bored eventually.
@@davidrocha9747 can you explain it further? i'm trying to do my best to heal from these thoughts, yesterday felt like hell :( i'm so hypersensitive into controlling things and then when i found out that i can't control things, it created a fear in me, kinda dreading my own mind at this point.
OMG you're back! Your videos have been the most helpful for me in tackling OCD. Other OCD channels seem to want to just continue making OCD treatment videos and get you hooked on watching them, always searching for another OCD tip or trick that will work! But your channel is just sweet and simple, which really helps me tackle OCD best.
This is phenomenal. When you hear it out loud, the intrusive thought sounds perfectly hilarious without the "What If". I actually laughed. But with the "what if" it becomes an immediate life and death question. Which points to the possibility that the power of OCD is precisely in the "what if", the intrusive questioning, and the doubt, rather than the specific thought itself. Secondly, using the past tense is preferable over the future tense is useful. Because the fear is the same, your brain agrees that you have dealt with the fear, but since it is in the past, you aren't bothered by it. For example, "what if I kill my hamster?" becomes "I killed my hamster" rather than "I will kill my hamster". I would call OCD "malicious self interrogation and self torture". I personally switch places with the interrogator thought process and try to be evil to myself, then the interrogator realises that he is hurting himself and stops the folly.
@@sudipakarki5109 Always. That's why it is good to practice techniques to change the narrative, so that your response to the repeated trolling becomes second nature. Practically speaking, OCD is either mischievous or domineering thought habits leading to constant anxiety for the rest of your mind. It takes months or years for those habits to go away completely after you start reforming them. You need to keep applying the same techniques over and over for therapy to work.
@@sudipakarki5109 CBT and ERP Therapy. I also watch many videos like this one and read books on OCD and anxiety. Importantly I try to apply the techniques in these videos and books to varying degrees, as best as I can. Without practice/application, therapy, videos, books are all useless.
Oh my gosh, I’m so happy about this. I took your first tip of advice and filmed a video of myself talking about what my issues are and what I’m struggling with. In rewatching the videos that I made, I saw how ridiculous my fears sound, and even started laughing at a few things I said because I can’t believe I’ve been fearing them! Thank you so much for sharing this video!
Wow this is great. I love the idea of videoing yourself saying it - that is powerful stuff. Thanks for sharing your experience that others can benefit from it. Great work!
Oh! I love it! The recording of the voice was a little daunting - I feel instantly better by this, and I can step it up - because, I can't back down...just recognizing that the recording of it frightened me means I must do it (I'm autistic...a lot of us are inherently brave, but mostly due to this ravenous need to not be afraid of anything), so thank you for giving me a bunny slope to warm up on before the black diamond! God bless you, yours, anyone reading this, and the forever magnanimous Dr. Katie. Prayers you're all utterly well, happy and prosperous!
Thank you so much for this and other OCD videos you've made. I've had intrusive thoughts my whole life that have taken many forms and only recently I realised I probably have OCD with how strongly I relate to the compulsions and giving the thoughts too much power. It feels good that I'm not alone and it feels good to know I don't have to give these thoughts power. I always thought I had to be disgusted by vulgar intrusive thoughts I've had in order to show I care, but turns out, I just need to ignore them. I also realized I've had moments before where I let the thoughts pass and remember how it felt stressful but yet made me feel good. The pain of acknowledging and ignoring them has discouraged me in the past to try ignoring them again. It may be a bit painful and stressful at first to go on ignoring these thoughts, but pain is the first step to healing. It's better than the explosive reactions that have become of my OCD. I'm going to commit starting today to change how I respond to intrusive thoughts. Thank you for these videos and God bless you. ❤
I love this video ! Very helpful tips but I’ve experienced similar OCD where I had panic attacks, anxiety as well as focussing so much on negative thoughts and felt so confused. Honestly what worked for me is having a relationship with Jesus. God says in Philippians 4:6-7 states “Do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanks giving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which surpasses all thing will guard your hearts and your minds in Jesus Christ”. If you put you trust in God he will give you the peace that never goes away x
This video of yours will be helping a lots of person suffering ..i am so gald that I listen to this...i watched this video today morning and by night I m already much better..thank you . I have been suffering from this since 5 years .thank you ❤️
Intrusive thoughts can be 100% dealt with.. you just got to be patient with yourself.. your videos have really helped me with my ocd .. they aren't as frequent as they used to be.. only come once In a while
Dear Katie, welcome back! It has been so long since your last video you posted. You are my life saver, I have tried many things to overcome my ocd, and nothing worked. After watching your videos and following your tips and tricks, it has been two years that I am living my normal life with your great professional advice. I owe you my life. I only have one request, I would sincerely appreciate it if you could please as now you come back to rescue so many, please post more videos about how to improve our lives and facing lots of challenges in our life. In addition, I would be so grateful if you could post some videos about the relationship between couples, or if you know a person who shares his/her experiences and advises on youtube, can you please recommend their channel here, thank you so much Katie, god bless you.
I can’t tell you how much your videos have helped me. I love your upbeat attitude and clarity. I see intrusive thoughts are not the end of the world. You can handle them!
I totally agree with these great comments. You really know what Pure O is, and that list with mental compulssions was crucial for me, you’re so sure that these exposure methods will help and that’s good because I can trust you and have the same belief. You’re doing great job for people who suffer from Pure O. Lots of love, Patricia from Poland
Katie, I am so glad you are back after all this long time. I hope you have been great. Can you just believe you have followers from Tunisia? I love your videos. They have helped me so much to cope with my pure O and educating myself about OCD which is just something very new to me. Please do make more videos.
Katie i'm imaging how it would be using someone's bathroom after they'd forgotten to take the sticky notes down. your videos are very enlightening. thank you for doing them.
Thank you so much for this video and for all the other videos you made!! You are making such a big difference in my life and I feel so grateful!! You're incredibly talented and I appreciate you so much!!
You've helped me so so much today! Started having a new reoccurent thought I didn't like. You helped me so much with the repeated message statement. It worked wonders to free me of the anxiety and thought loop I was in.
Hi Sarah, what kind of therapy did you have? I’ve been having a lot of intrusive thoughts lately ( it started this year) so I think it will be better to treat this right now! Thanks in advance
Can you talk about OCD and shame? I still struggle a lot with beating myself up over the thoughts I have, even after being told plenty of times that my thoughts don’t make me who I am. I feel like the shame can sometimes get in the way of making progress.
You're so patient to do those wonderful videos Katie..... It's so heartwarming to see so many people appreciating Your efforts !! BIG THANKS from all of us!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your time and effort to help so many of us!! You are a really freaking cool person and your tips are amazing! A genuinely awesome expert ❤
The ‘snap I’m a sex offender’ comment 😅 honestly though, I think these videos are great and it’s so true the importance of just exposing yourself to these thoughts you fear and changing your perception of them, almost humouring them. Treating them as the meaningless thoughts they are. No matter how bad your thoughts are, the reason you fear them so much and strive to avoid them is because you’re a good person. And for that reason, you’re sane to be fearful and scared of such awful thoughts. Because you know that they don’t represent you. These aren’t thoughts reflecting you, therefore they don’t sit well with you. You’re not a bad person. You don’t need to fight them with compulsions because the outcome will be the same whether you do the compulsions or not. Only by doing them, you’ll have to keep repeating the process. But by avoiding them, you’ll be out through a period of doubt, worry and anxiety, but as you allow that, remind yourself ‘this feeling is normal when overcoming OCD’. The anxiety will soon calm down naturally and you’ll feel empowered by the evidence you have just experienced that ignoring a compulsion actually poses no risk. OCD is a monster, compulsions are it’s food. Starve the monster, don’t give in to its compulsion, it’ll get hangry and try to bully you to feed it. Make you anxious. But then it’ll tire out, and give up, and you’ll anxiety will fade. Repeat this process and the monster will starve to death. You’ll no longer have to feed it. Then monster wants food. It will manipulate you into thinking that it will help you if you feed it. But it’s plan is to get stronger and control you. That’s why when you don’t feed it and ignore a compulsion, it puts up a fight and makes it hard for you to resist. Keep resisting, because you’re strong than the monster and it’ll get so tired it will give up. I promise
What you do is awesome! That said, any chance you can address the audio issue? The volume output in the video is very low and echos. Maybe add an external microphone? That would help with the quality of your videos. The info you provide is great and it deserves greater production value. Love your work!
"mom why do you have a slideshow wallpaper of moms stabbing daughters?" I loled. thanks these videos are also great for my health anxiety, one of the hardest parts in HI is reaction to not just thoughts but body sensations.
This is so accurate. OCD is really a fear of thoughts. I grew up in an evangelical home and was afraid of ending up in hell. However, I realized that I am not afraid of hell IF everyone ends up there. Strange, right? Hell is hell. Why would I not be scared of ending up there if everyone is there too? Because it’s a fear of thought of hell. When I was young, being alone without my parents was scary but not if we are all together in the same place.
tips note: STOP the thought- not pay attention to it - after breathing in, you dont have to think of breathing out , it comes natural - it comes by its own, it goes by its own. gradual exposure- attention training - power and control: practice your attention and control when u doing your exposure. record a video of what you fear, play back yourself, what is the intention- to make them less bothersome- do recording video/audio , make it a statement not a worry. stay with the recording until the anxiety comes down. play it again , the more you hear it, do it 5 minutes 1-2x twice. if it gets scary do it longer. images as a screen saver, see more of it, sensational images- in conjuction .
OMG THESE ARE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL! MORE PURE O OCD TREATMENTS PLEASE! I noticed when I was listening to the recordings and started to feel a dopamine rush like OMG ha I'm going to kill my husband! I think it was me realizing the thoughts have no depth or weight when there's no "social stigma?" fear attached, i.e. "what if people hear this, and what would they think?" Life-changing. MORE IDEAS PLEASE and thank you so much!
You make it funny please😂 But I love also how my psychologist digs a bit deeper into why my thoughts suddenly popped out. We go to the past since intrusions are unconscious thoughts. I use that to respond my what ifs.
thanks for this i needed this i have intrusive thoughts and i struggle with it a lot and most of the time i try not to think about it but it bothers me so much because thoughts just pop into head
my fear is not about having these thoughts, imagies, ect..but because they where so strong, i couldnt function properly, that is why i take my medication!
Amazing tips, My problem is I’m so terrified of saying my thoughts out loud on a recording because I think if I say my thoughts, they will happen to me or others around me. Is there anyway to help with this feeling? Thank you.
You should say them anyway. The more you avoid your anxieties, the stronger their power is over you. You'll see that nothing bad happened to you or the others around you.
Thank you for your practical, no-nonsense help, Katie. My question is about blasphemous thoughts or images. The issue here is that by doing ERP, one is consciously engaging in blasphemy. Please advise, thanks
Yes that's the case. The thing is rather than see them as 'blasphemous' see them as thoughts that come which the OCD knows will upset you and get your attention. You need to train yourself not to listen to the content. I would recommend recording your blasphemous thoughts and listening to them on loop. This way you will learn to habituate to them and then when they randomly pop into your head it will be much easier not to feel so disturbed by them or attach meaning to them.
@@23katied Thank you so much for your detailed response but I am sad to say that for me, in this particular case, it would be a step too far to make a tape as I feel that there would be some personal responsibility for initiating these thoughts - however diminished. Nevertheless may I take this opportunity to comment on the meaning that is ascribed to such thoughts. When troubled, a sufferer could choose to reflect on the aspect that they are so disturbing precisely because they run contrary to what is valued (i.e. "This is upsetting because it means so much to me" or "Only a person who really cared about this would be upset by this" - a positive spin) rather than a reflection associated with their content (i. e. "I must be a bad person for thinking these things" - negative spin).Through such positive associations to disturbing thoughts/images a sufferer could plot an escape from the vicious spiral of self destructive 'talk'. Rather than a constant thorn in the suffering, the pain can be a pointer/marker on the path to healing and wholeness if one can learn to attribute it as such.
I have done the ignoring the thoughts for quite some time, it was just like “oh, there you are”, I might aclnowledge, sometimes not even that, and now that I had a minor relapse, I might do the bingo thing, I can’t think of no better way to steal their power from them 😂
I'm so scared that if I make myself think more about the shameful horrible thoughts I'll end up wanting to actually do them instead of caring less about them. With anything if you want to make yourself like something you'd do it more so it feels more natural. How do I expose myself to awful thoughts without them becoming more natural to me and maybe carrying them out.
The worst intrusive thoughts I have I would never write down, or record. If someone read them or heard the recording, they would think it was a confession to a horrid crime. At least if you record yourself saying "I'm afraid I might" then at least I wont have to worry someone will hear a recording of me saying strange scary things taken out of context. What if I'm dating someone and they find it on my phone. I do find your videos very helpful though. Thanks..
I used to have OCD where I'd run to my local fire station or call an ambulance anytime I had an anxiety attack. Even got to the point where I started to spend my days close to the hospital in Cafe shops etc. I was afraid of dying from a panic attack. I wonder if anyone else has done this 👍🏽. Is this behavior/ritual common with the clients you've helped. I'd be interested to know. It was awful. I decided to stop the compulsions and just accept death from panic. Guess what? Panic can never kill anyone. So I stopped the compulsions
Katie, if I were to write the thoughts statement down and keep repeating it, for example if I wrote my thought statement as “ I am evil”, and when I repeat it, doesn’t that mean like I am also affirming that I am “evil”? I have been practicing positive affirmations recently and now confuse after you shared about this. Hope you can answer. Thanks for your support
I think to avoid affirming you could say instead, "I am having an intrusive thought that I am evil" or just "i'm having a thought that I'm evil" "I'm convinced that I am evil" etc.
I feel affirmations are kind of mental compulsion, where you are again trying to avoid it... Its better to face your fear cuz you don't want it to come back stronger in future....
Hey Kate. I am having severe attacks of OCD and I feel like I can't trust myself anymore. It's like getting into a trance. I can't explain how you're helping.
Does writing them down and reading them enough since i am always surrounded by my family and doesn't want them to hear my intrusive thoughts while recording.
On the left low corner of your screen there is some black dot. Must be a piece of dust on your camera or something. I can’t focus nos on what u say, all my thoughts are about when are how to clean it, but as you advised i am not going to do anything anout it
I tried doing the recording erp for my intrusive thought and I gotta say it's slowly working.. and it's been only a week.. I noticed that it isn't as frequent as it used to be.. but it does pop into my head from time to time.. thank you Katie.. I love you.. Earlier today it was almost as if I had forgotten about the thought cause i went for at least 30 minutes without any single thought and I know it's a process we just got to keep doing what we doing the thought doesn't give me anxiety anymore ..I expose myself to the thought Everytime I remember.. is this a good thing? Hope to get a reply
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My OCD was good for 2 years straight life was good, everything was okay. Then bam last week I had a relapse. I honestly have no idea or no clue what to do or how to fix it. I forgot what used to help me, one thing I hate about OCD is that it tells me don't live don't do anything just think about these horrible thoughts.. thoughts and questions and images that I have no answer to at all. I live in a constant fear at the moment, It's extremely extremely sad because I thought I got so much better and I got over that part of my life and it was a phase but god here we go. I will be watching these videos to try and help myself I also got a session with a therapist. People who have OCD are the strongest people in the planet I tell you.
That too happened to me went 100 % downhill I'm sad thus is ruining me again I have to start over
Have you tried having a relationship with Jesus? I’d say give him a go and you’ll see amazing results to your OCD as it did mine 🥰🥰
Felt this^^ it’s like being trapped in the same room as before but the password to leave changed.
How u doing now mate hope ur good
We really are the strongest people.
I’ve had a “flare up” in OCD symptoms after a “trigger” the other day and then I see you’ve uploaded a video. It’s almost like the universe has designed you to help those suffering from OCD. Your past videos have really helped me with my OCD and I still watch them to this day. Thank you.
Me too
Thank you for the gratitude you shared...it's a testimony that this works, her methods work, and people are healing: if you healed so can I.
God bless you and yours, Dr. Katie, and anyone reading this....6 weeks ago I was drowning in the waves, I'm now boogie-boarding pretty effectively, and someday soon I'll be a pro surfer. We can all heal, in Jesus name. ❤️🙏
It’s so hard to explain OCD to non-sufferers and to express feelings. I’ve never received help as I feel embarrassed and ashamed. It feels like part of me has failed and lost control.
I'm the same...
Read Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts by Sally Winston & Martin Seif... It can help you a lot to understand how we get stuck with these thoughts and how we can come out of them
@HelterSkelter This is good to hear. I am trying to assist someone in my life that OCD has taken a drastic hold of. It's a horrible situation to be in and really heartbreaking to witness. :-(
I hope you are doing better!!
I feel the same way. It’s very difficult.
My fear is that if I don't fight against or try and stop my intrusive fear thoughts they'll slip by me and manifest, where I'm frantically and desperately saying 'cancel' and try to replace it with a positive thought instead. This has been exhausting and tormenting for me and I feel twisted up inside.
omg thats the exact same as me
Same it’s so hard
same but i'm going to do her exercise, literally face the fears no matter how hard it's going to be and DO IT. we can do this. I'm pretty sure my brain is going to get bored eventually.
@@mina4426 another tip that’s worked for me in the past 48 hours is “starve the monster”!!!! It’s done wonders and I recommend
@@davidrocha9747 can you explain it further? i'm trying to do my best to heal from these thoughts, yesterday felt like hell :( i'm so hypersensitive into controlling things and then when i found out that i can't control things, it created a fear in me, kinda dreading my own mind at this point.
OMG you're back! Your videos have been the most helpful for me in tackling OCD. Other OCD channels seem to want to just continue making OCD treatment videos and get you hooked on watching them, always searching for another OCD tip or trick that will work! But your channel is just sweet and simple, which really helps me tackle OCD best.
I agree!
Agree
Amen.
This is phenomenal. When you hear it out loud, the intrusive thought sounds perfectly hilarious without the "What If". I actually laughed. But with the "what if" it becomes an immediate life and death question. Which points to the possibility that the power of OCD is precisely in the "what if", the intrusive questioning, and the doubt, rather than the specific thought itself. Secondly, using the past tense is preferable over the future tense is useful.
Because the fear is the same, your brain agrees that you have dealt with the fear, but since it is in the past, you aren't bothered by it. For example, "what if I kill my hamster?" becomes "I killed my hamster" rather than "I will kill my hamster".
I would call OCD "malicious self interrogation and self torture". I personally switch places with the interrogator thought process and try to be evil to myself, then the interrogator realises that he is hurting himself and stops the folly.
Do those thoughts come back again to bother you?
@@sudipakarki5109 Always. That's why it is good to practice techniques to change the narrative, so that your response to the repeated trolling becomes second nature. Practically speaking, OCD is either mischievous or domineering thought habits leading to constant anxiety for the rest of your mind. It takes months or years for those habits to go away completely after you start reforming them. You need to keep applying the same techniques over and over for therapy to work.
@@actsrv9 Did you go through therapy of any kind?
@@sudipakarki5109 CBT and ERP Therapy. I also watch many videos like this one and read books on OCD and anxiety. Importantly I try to apply the techniques in these videos and books to varying degrees, as best as I can. Without practice/application, therapy, videos, books are all useless.
Oh my gosh, I’m so happy about this. I took your first tip of advice and filmed a video of myself talking about what my issues are and what I’m struggling with. In rewatching the videos that I made, I saw how ridiculous my fears sound, and even started laughing at a few things I said because I can’t believe I’ve been fearing them! Thank you so much for sharing this video!
Wow this is great. I love the idea of videoing yourself saying it - that is powerful stuff. Thanks for sharing your experience that others can benefit from it. Great work!
Oh! I love it! The recording of the voice was a little daunting - I feel instantly better by this, and I can step it up - because, I can't back down...just recognizing that the recording of it frightened me means I must do it (I'm autistic...a lot of us are inherently brave, but mostly due to this ravenous need to not be afraid of anything), so thank you for giving me a bunny slope to warm up on before the black diamond!
God bless you, yours, anyone reading this, and the forever magnanimous Dr. Katie. Prayers you're all utterly well, happy and prosperous!
Thank you so much for this and other OCD videos you've made. I've had intrusive thoughts my whole life that have taken many forms and only recently I realised I probably have OCD with how strongly I relate to the compulsions and giving the thoughts too much power. It feels good that I'm not alone and it feels good to know I don't have to give these thoughts power. I always thought I had to be disgusted by vulgar intrusive thoughts I've had in order to show I care, but turns out, I just need to ignore them. I also realized I've had moments before where I let the thoughts pass and remember how it felt stressful but yet made me feel good. The pain of acknowledging and ignoring them has discouraged me in the past to try ignoring them again. It may be a bit painful and stressful at first to go on ignoring these thoughts, but pain is the first step to healing. It's better than the explosive reactions that have become of my OCD. I'm going to commit starting today to change how I respond to intrusive thoughts. Thank you for these videos and God bless you. ❤
Im glad that you came back.mam you made my life easier.if it wasn't for you i wouldn't have survived my ocd .I owe you my life ...
Your return is so valuable for many people Katie, keep posting new videos, so valuable, best regards.
When you went haaaaa I got so scared lol
hahah same
Same hahahaha😂
i littersly fell off my bed-
@@sofiaser537 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
omg me too her video wasn’t so loud and i was nearly zoning out when she did that
Thank you for coming back! Your videos really saved my life!
I love this video ! Very helpful tips but I’ve experienced similar OCD where I had panic attacks, anxiety as well as focussing so much on negative thoughts and felt so confused. Honestly what worked for me is having a relationship with Jesus. God says in Philippians 4:6-7 states “Do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanks giving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which surpasses all thing will guard your hearts and your minds in Jesus Christ”. If you put you trust in God he will give you the peace that never goes away x
Thank you so much. Welcome back. You are a life saver. Please keep posting more videos. I am a big fan of you. We love you!
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watch this video it will have a cure
I'm glad you made a new video! Thank you Katie!
This video of yours will be helping a lots of person suffering ..i am so gald that I listen to this...i watched this video today morning and by night I m already much better..thank you . I have been suffering from this since 5 years .thank you ❤️
Intrusive thoughts can be 100% dealt with.. you just got to be patient with yourself.. your videos have really helped me with my ocd .. they aren't as frequent as they used to be.. only come once In a while
Thank you Katie! I have severe OCD and you are really helping me to understand what I really have to do to get better. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Dear Katie, welcome back! It has been so long since your last video you posted. You are my life saver, I have tried many things to overcome my ocd, and nothing worked. After watching your videos and following your tips and tricks, it has been two years that I am living my normal life with your great professional advice. I owe you my life.
I only have one request, I would sincerely appreciate it if you could please as now you come back to rescue so many, please post more videos about how to improve our lives and facing lots of challenges in our life. In addition, I would be so grateful if you could post some videos about the relationship between couples, or if you know a person who shares his/her experiences and advises on youtube, can you please recommend their channel here, thank you so much Katie, god bless you.
@Pinki Roy is there some one you can reach out to. Your doctor a helpline. Xxx
The audios put everything into perspective it’s so liberating
I can’t tell you how much your videos have helped me. I love your upbeat attitude and clarity. I see intrusive thoughts are not the end of the world. You can handle them!
The most beautiful OCD doctor ever be seen
I totally agree with these great comments. You really know what Pure O is, and that list with mental compulssions was crucial for me, you’re so sure that these exposure methods will help and that’s good because I can trust you and have the same belief. You’re doing great job for people who suffer from Pure O. Lots of love, Patricia from Poland
You are an angel i prayed for you. Thank you
i havent seen her vids on yt for 4 years . good to see her back and love the new hairdo!
Katie, I am so glad you are back after all this long time. I hope you have been great. Can you just believe you have followers from Tunisia? I love your videos. They have helped me so much to cope with my pure O and educating myself about OCD which is just something very new to me. Please do make more videos.
Katie i'm imaging how it would be using someone's bathroom after they'd forgotten to take the sticky notes down.
your videos are very enlightening. thank you for doing them.
Thank you so much for this video and for all the other videos you made!! You are making such a big difference in my life and I feel so grateful!! You're incredibly talented and I appreciate you so much!!
You've helped me so so much today! Started having a new reoccurent thought I didn't like. You helped me so much with the repeated message statement. It worked wonders to free me of the anxiety and thought loop I was in.
I feel happy you are back!
Your videos in the past are so helpful.
Finally there is an answer. I use to pay $150.00 an hour for therapy that was totally useless. Thank you!
Omg thank god after years you made a video please continue making it
Thanks for the video katie. My tip is to explain accept vs be okay. Most viewers think they are equal
sooo happy you are back! I hope all is well with you. you're videos are so helpful! you look amazing I'm loving the hair!!!
Most useful lectures on OCD.
I’ve had effective therapy in the past but this video was really helpful as a booster. Thank you so much.👍
Hi Sarah, what kind of therapy did you have? I’ve been having a lot of intrusive thoughts lately ( it started this year) so I think it will be better to treat this right now! Thanks in advance
So glad you’re back!
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Can you talk about OCD and shame? I still struggle a lot with beating myself up over the thoughts I have, even after being told plenty of times that my thoughts don’t make me who I am. I feel like the shame can sometimes get in the way of making progress.
You're so patient to do those wonderful videos Katie..... It's so heartwarming to see so many people appreciating Your efforts !! BIG THANKS from all of us!!!!!!!!
Good to see you back❤️
Thank you for your time and effort to help so many of us!! You are a really freaking cool person and your tips are amazing! A genuinely awesome expert ❤
The ‘snap I’m a sex offender’ comment 😅 honestly though, I think these videos are great and it’s so true the importance of just exposing yourself to these thoughts you fear and changing your perception of them, almost humouring them. Treating them as the meaningless thoughts they are. No matter how bad your thoughts are, the reason you fear them so much and strive to avoid them is because you’re a good person. And for that reason, you’re sane to be fearful and scared of such awful thoughts. Because you know that they don’t represent you. These aren’t thoughts reflecting you, therefore they don’t sit well with you. You’re not a bad person. You don’t need to fight them with compulsions because the outcome will be the same whether you do the compulsions or not. Only by doing them, you’ll have to keep repeating the process. But by avoiding them, you’ll be out through a period of doubt, worry and anxiety, but as you allow that, remind yourself ‘this feeling is normal when overcoming OCD’. The anxiety will soon calm down naturally and you’ll feel empowered by the evidence you have just experienced that ignoring a compulsion actually poses no risk. OCD is a monster, compulsions are it’s food. Starve the monster, don’t give in to its compulsion, it’ll get hangry and try to bully you to feed it. Make you anxious. But then it’ll tire out, and give up, and you’ll anxiety will fade. Repeat this process and the monster will starve to death. You’ll no longer have to feed it.
Then monster wants food. It will manipulate you into thinking that it will help you if you feed it. But it’s plan is to get stronger and control you. That’s why when you don’t feed it and ignore a compulsion, it puts up a fight and makes it hard for you to resist. Keep resisting, because you’re strong than the monster and it’ll get so tired it will give up. I promise
WOOOOOOOW!!! THANK YOU FROM MEXICO, YOU ARE A MASTER
you are just amazing. Thank you sincerely..
Needed this thanks kindly
I am really happy you posted new content!
Thank you so much for posting this ❤
What you do is awesome! That said, any chance you can address the audio issue? The volume output in the video is very low and echos. Maybe add an external microphone? That would help with the quality of your videos. The info you provide is great and it deserves greater production value. Love your work!
Yes sorry this one was really bad!! I do have a mic now....
"mom why do you have a slideshow wallpaper of moms stabbing daughters?"
I loled. thanks these videos are also great for my health anxiety, one of the hardest parts in HI is reaction to not just thoughts but body sensations.
🥰🥰 thank you so much for sharing these really helpful videos
Thank you very much for the video, your advices are very helpful! Just one thing, I almost had a heart attack when you yelled at 7:16 :P
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You really are the best!
Thank you Matthew!
just what I needed thanks.
so glad you are back.Love from bangladesh
This is so accurate. OCD is really a fear of thoughts. I grew up in an evangelical home and was afraid of ending up in hell. However, I realized that I am not afraid of hell IF everyone ends up there. Strange, right? Hell is hell. Why would I not be scared of ending up there if everyone is there too? Because it’s a fear of thought of hell. When I was young, being alone without my parents was scary but not if we are all together in the same place.
I just found you and you have helped me so much!
Thank you so much for these videos!
tips note: STOP the thought- not pay attention to it - after breathing in, you dont have to think of breathing out , it comes natural - it comes by its own, it goes by its own. gradual exposure- attention training - power and control: practice your attention and control when u doing your exposure. record a video of what you fear, play back yourself, what is the intention- to make them less bothersome- do recording video/audio , make it a statement not a worry. stay with the recording until the anxiety comes down. play it again , the more you hear it, do it 5 minutes 1-2x twice. if it gets scary do it longer. images as a screen saver, see more of it, sensational images- in conjuction .
I could cheer, thank you
Love your videos. Please increase the volume on your end so it's similar to other UA-cam videos. Thanks.
Thanks for the new video ☺️
I'm almost laughing with the final tip because it's so unexpected LMFAO and that's why I love it! Genius! Thank you so much!
You’re really funny! Thank you so much ☺️
OMG THESE ARE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL! MORE PURE O OCD TREATMENTS PLEASE! I noticed when I was listening to the recordings and started to feel a dopamine rush like OMG ha I'm going to kill my husband! I think it was me realizing the thoughts have no depth or weight when there's no "social stigma?" fear attached, i.e. "what if people hear this, and what would they think?" Life-changing. MORE IDEAS PLEASE and thank you so much!
You make it funny please😂 But I love also how my psychologist digs a bit deeper into why my thoughts suddenly popped out. We go to the past since intrusions are unconscious thoughts. I use that to respond my what ifs.
thank god for you
Thanks for the videos !!!
I see you've gotten divorced. Wow, what fool would let you get away, Katie? You're a goddess. ❤
Haha I noticed that too , exactly she’s a pretty one
@@naomichisholm7709 Katie looks like a really fun girl, too. I wonder what kind of music she's into. 🎸
thanks for this i needed this i have intrusive thoughts and i struggle with it a lot and most of the time i try not to think about it but it bothers me so much because thoughts just pop into head
my fear is not about having these thoughts, imagies, ect..but because they where so strong, i couldnt function properly, that is why i take my medication!
Amazing tips, My problem is I’m so terrified of saying my thoughts out loud on a recording because I think if I say my thoughts, they will happen to me or others around me. Is there anyway to help with this feeling? Thank you.
I have the same issue
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You should say them anyway. The more you avoid your anxieties, the stronger their power is over you. You'll see that nothing bad happened to you or the others around you.
You have a black smudge on your camera btw, you can see it at the 6:53 time stamp overtop of your hand. Just helping out 👌 hahah
Very nice, thank you madam
Thank you for your practical, no-nonsense help, Katie. My question is about blasphemous thoughts or images. The issue here is that by doing ERP, one is consciously engaging in blasphemy. Please advise, thanks
Yes that's the case. The thing is rather than see them as 'blasphemous' see them as thoughts that come which the OCD knows will upset you and get your attention. You need to train yourself not to listen to the content. I would recommend recording your blasphemous thoughts and listening to them on loop. This way you will learn to habituate to them and then when they randomly pop into your head it will be much easier not to feel so disturbed by them or attach meaning to them.
@@23katied Thank you so much for your detailed response but I am sad to say that for me, in this particular case, it would be a step too far to make a tape as I feel that there would be some personal responsibility for initiating these thoughts - however diminished. Nevertheless may I take this opportunity to comment on the meaning that is ascribed to such thoughts. When troubled, a sufferer could choose to reflect on the aspect that they are so disturbing precisely because they run contrary to what is valued (i.e. "This is upsetting because it means so much to me" or "Only a person who really cared about this would be upset by this" - a positive spin) rather than a reflection associated with their content (i. e. "I must be a bad person for thinking these things" - negative spin).Through such positive associations to disturbing thoughts/images a sufferer could plot an escape from the vicious spiral of self destructive 'talk'. Rather than a constant thorn in the suffering, the pain can be a pointer/marker on the path to healing and wholeness if one can learn to attribute it as such.
@@23katied so listenting to blasmpheous thoughts is enought is overcome fear ?
I have done the ignoring the thoughts for quite some time, it was just like “oh, there you are”, I might aclnowledge, sometimes not even that, and now that I had a minor relapse, I might do the bingo thing, I can’t think of no better way to steal their power from them 😂
You ended my OCD
this is quite novel to me. and i'll try it out. thank you for caring so much 🥲
Did it help
@@robinkat yes it did.
@@robinkat but still have certain problems. guess i have to work on it
Love the content and great tips! Is there anyway to get more volume, it is very quiet?
I'm so scared that if I make myself think more about the shameful horrible thoughts I'll end up wanting to actually do them instead of caring less about them. With anything if you want to make yourself like something you'd do it more so it feels more natural. How do I expose myself to awful thoughts without them becoming more natural to me and maybe carrying them out.
Thank you
The sound is really low. Adjusted my side but it won’t go ⬆️ in sound..
So 👎🏽for my OCD or every day folk ..
This is so helpful. I want to drive again. My fear is I’ll lose control and crash in purpose
The worst intrusive thoughts I have I would never write down, or record. If someone read them or heard the recording, they would think it was a confession to a horrid crime. At least if you record yourself saying "I'm afraid I might" then at least I wont have to worry someone will hear a recording of me saying strange scary things taken out of context. What if I'm dating someone and they find it on my phone. I do find your videos very helpful though. Thanks..
That jumpscare actually surprised me 💀
It’s never easy; there is someone hanging with a power saw above you and you are not allowed to flee!
I used to have OCD where I'd run to my local fire station or call an ambulance anytime I had an anxiety attack. Even got to the point where I started to spend my days close to the hospital in Cafe shops etc. I was afraid of dying from a panic attack.
I wonder if anyone else has done this 👍🏽.
Is this behavior/ritual common with the clients you've helped. I'd be interested to know.
It was awful. I decided to stop the compulsions and just accept death from panic. Guess what? Panic can never kill anyone. So I stopped the compulsions
Katie, if I were to write the thoughts statement down and keep repeating it, for example if I wrote my thought statement as “ I am evil”, and when I repeat it, doesn’t that mean like I am also affirming that I am “evil”? I have been practicing positive affirmations recently and now confuse after you shared about this. Hope you can answer. Thanks for your support
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I think to avoid affirming you could say instead, "I am having an intrusive thought that I am evil" or just "i'm having a thought that I'm evil" "I'm convinced that I am evil" etc.
I feel affirmations are kind of mental compulsion, where you are again trying to avoid it... Its better to face your fear cuz you don't want it to come back stronger in future....
Hey Kate. I am having severe attacks of OCD and I feel like I can't trust myself anymore. It's like getting into a trance. I can't explain how you're helping.
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You're back 😘😍
Excellent!
@katie please do videos on sensorimotor ocd or hyper awareness ocd
Does writing them down and reading them enough since i am always surrounded by my family and doesn't want them to hear my intrusive thoughts while recording.
On the left low corner of your screen there is some black dot. Must be a piece of dust on your camera or something. I can’t focus nos on what u say, all my thoughts are about when are how to clean it, but as you advised i am not going to do anything anout it
Excellent.
Wait... trying to stop ourselves from thinking doesn't work, so the solution is to try and think more about it? Did I get that right?
Thnks katie
Thank you for the video ❤
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That took me a minute to get 😅
I tried doing the recording erp for my intrusive thought and I gotta say it's slowly working.. and it's been only a week.. I noticed that it isn't as frequent as it used to be.. but it does pop into my head from time to time.. thank you Katie.. I love you..
Earlier today it was almost as if I had forgotten about the thought cause i went for at least 30 minutes without any single thought and I know it's a process we just got to keep doing what we doing the thought doesn't give me anxiety anymore ..I expose myself to the thought Everytime I remember.. is this a good thing? Hope to get a reply
It's working I guess, cuz you are giving no power to that thoughts and you are nt labelling it anymore. Plz do tell how are you feeling now?