Stop compulsions, absolutely no compulsions. If you ignore in very initial time when obsession just come, it is very easy to handle. If you try and start to correct obsessions by saying something or doing physical compulsions, it will worsen the situation. Remember my dear friend, you don't have to correct anything by compulsions because Everything is already in a corrected state. Just say or think THIS IS OCD 😊🌹🌹🌹🌹
You are a blessing !❤❤❤❤ The best coach ever who understands OCD mind very accurate. Pls talk about that theme "in which person keeps obsessing what others said to him/her or it might affect her/him"
Im constantly doing rituals in my head about stuff I already know how i feel about ... I am repeating the same thing over and over and it drives me insane cuz i know the rituals dont need to be repeated.
You helped me save my relationship... I have rocd and for a minute there my bf and I were close to breaking up... But your advice helped me so much. I am still getting there but I feel better
One thing where I get stuck often is when I get high anxiety or even a panic attack, you know everything kind of goes surreal or blurry, I get many what if thoughts that make it worse, what if I did something wrong or inappropriate (I'm mainly suffering of sexual OCD) while I was in such state, since you can't really think or remember clearly, that's when all the ruminate and reassurance seeking starts.
you probably dont give a damn but does anybody know of a tool to log back into an instagram account..? I was stupid forgot the password. I would appreciate any tricks you can give me!
@Brett Kaiser i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and I'm in the hacking process atm. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
In my experience, I can have an OCD thought that I can't get rid of for maybe even 3 days, but it doesn't take days to dismiss it. I find that if another OCD thought arises, it then replaces the 3 day old thought sometimes very quickly. Comments are welcome. Thanks
@@cerealis_5432 I have improved recently by really trying my very best to follow exactly what Ali says over and over. DISREGARD, AND FORGET THE THOUGHTS AND DO YOUR VERY BEST NOT DO THE COMPULSIONS. IT'S EASIEST TO DO THIS WHEN YOU JUST GET THE THOUGHTS BEFORE YOU POWER THEM UP. I hope this will help you and others.
I’ve been watching your videos for two months and been trying so hard not to emotionally attach myself to my thoughts but I am finding it impossible. My heart feels broken about this it’s getting worse each day it feels like my life is legitimately over. 💔
I have OCD thoughts every single second. How am I supposed to function when the thoughts constantly come? Not one every hour. Not one every half an hour. Not every few minutes. CONSTANTLY.
U have mainly talked about ur harm ocd.. situations.. but its not about harming or feary situations.. the things which u know.. logically.. like why we have a name.. or whatever logically concept u studied.. u understood. But soonly ocd brain send so strange illogicall thoughtss related to that concept.. which is completely a mess in head.. we know consciously about that its ocd brain sendingit out.. and logical concept we knw.. but the intense signal creates anxiety
Ur erp is of great use.. great workk.. butsome people r hitted not just by harm one.. but also.. wverysort or. Like why colours look different, why some words have samne pronunciation sound?? All r illogicall many more but its due to brain striatiumm. Defectiveness.. which creates in false neural wiring.. and i agree. Medication is just a help. 10-20%
Hi Ali, if someone acts out one of there urges from there OCD what does this mean and do they need more help, maybe from a psychiatrist? For example if someone had a blasphemous though and ignored it, but then had a urge to say it and said it like they didn't care and meant it but it was harmful and bad is this still OCD or does the person need to seek more help. Thanks for answering our questions x
my worry is whether something happened or not. I tried the tips in the video about saying"ok this is just an ocd thought" how do I know it's not something I just forgot and it did happen?
I have not been diagnosed with OCD but I feel that I have the symptoms and have done online tests that have showed me that I could have ocd, but because I haven't gone to the doctor to get a proper diagnosis, everything happening in my head still makes me feel uncertain which is why it is so hard for me to move on from a thought. :(
Hi Ali, I wanted ti ask what to do with thoughts that automaticaly gives me super anxiety in my gut and all of my body. And already the scary images pop in my mind before I get the chance to ignore them. What then? The fear is already in my body and Im scared. How to ignore that intense fear? How to be able to not be afraid?
I have ocd thoughts about my ex....like i could be doing...watching...listening to or even looking at anything and my brain immediately makes it about my ex...and it's so annoying becoz they're not who i want to think about...and most times it's like my brain wants to think about her...I'm literally like "wtf" most times coz it's annoying...and i really don't give a flying F about her but she's in my head...it's literally so damn annoying...they're less now but it's annoying...i get so frustrated with myself...becoz i just want to be present...that first thought was her...and now it's just them...my gf and the relationship I had with her was the most important thing to me 10 months ago...we broke up in december last year...and i still have the ex before her in my head...it's annoying...it makes me feel like I'm not over her when i really don't care...and just want to get my gf (recent ex) back...
Hi Ali can OCD religious OCD make you want to say the thing you don't like in purpose. Can it give you the urge to say the bad thing you don't want to as if you don't care. I said to myself I don't care I want to say it and I mean it. And then said it on purpose only after felt guilt like no I didn't mean that I am sorry to God. Is this OCD or did I chose to say this. Or is this just a part of OCD as I have never heard people wanting to say it on purpose and not care. X thanks Ali
Im thinking I need meds, cus I dont know if these ocd exercises are gonna help me. Been suffering a long time. Cant read books. Hard to process simple things in my mind sometimes
+Bahadur shah +OCD Victory Before telling my story, I thank for the article above. Like many, I too started having this intrusive thought at the age of 14-15. I scored 90% marks in schools, for me, I am the greatest in the world, if anyone score 1 mark above I used to cry, a kid of ego. Then one day a thought came to me. Just striked on my Mind. It just echoéd on mind repeatedly, 'hey, You[that means me] are going to destroy the entire world". I started worrying about this, like a poor kid. I almost forgot what a smile would be.Thinking and thinking and thinking. My Academic Grades were poor and poor. My studies showing a downward graph. A thought just eaten a Poor, innocent and Dreamful person. Got failed on all my exams, got zero marks, not attended exams, not respectful with lecturers. Jealous on others when they laugh or fun with others. After suffering for 4 years with intrusive thoughts, I just planned to commit suicide. I googled all methods, attempted too, but failed, thank God now. All my friends who were below my study level, were in better position in life compared to me. I did not wanted to share the thoughts with anybody, because I was very sure, week minds will get affected once told. One day, Out of tired, I stopped the intrusive thoughts, I started doing things happily, only fun and no other serious things in my life. Then I joined college, again the intrusive thought affected me, this time, with some more intense. suffered for two years. Now I become dull, less studious, moneyless person. After completing college, I recovered. I thought I may not be interested in theory. For the last 10 years I handled these intrusive thoughts very wisely, I am happy. My life got some values. Everything goes fine. I hate God, I am philosophical. I am a very intelligent person, I know. But these thoughts just made me like a Joker. But I am challenging. When I turn back, those 6years very bad. All songs, people and place that I came across in that period of time - i dont like. I just wondered here online, how people frankly share their stories. Kudos. I dont like Kitchen. I dont like knife. I always take and keep the knife out of my sight. I wont stand near train tracks. I dont like politicians. I blaspheme God. Because I GET Intrusive thoughts. I never took tablets. Only once in my life, I took two/three sleeping tablets, dont try plz. 10 years back I went to meet psychaitry, paster, etc, nothing worked. Only recent days only I come to know that, What I have suffered was intrusive, ocd etc, and many have this. Advice: Enjoy the challenge, handle wisely, Live happily.
Hi Ali, I made the mistake of writing OCD thoughts down, as a compulsion, basically analyzing the thoughts. And one note retrospectively kind of reads as if the thing actually happened... now I fear like I'll have this forever
Βαγια Ιακωβακη I'm 90% better - it helps to grasp an understanding of the root causes. The obsessions/compulsions are just placeholders for deeper emotional issues. In the sense I believe that ERP alone will only get you half-way, with the other being dealing with bottled up emotions and the underlying trauma. ERP however is the necessary condition to deal with the deeper issues.
