I like to think of OCD as an annoying passenger in my car. He can shout at me, belittle me, give me faulty directions all he wants, but I'm the one at the wheel and I'm the one in control.
I love your analogy! It's a powerful reminder that no matter how loud or persistent OCD gets, you're the one in charge. Your strength and resilience really shine through.
@@Wkumar07it is hard to ignore because if you try to push the thoughts away it intensifies Your job is to respond in a way that ocd does not want to respond to you For example what i use for myself are reminders I always remind myself what i have learned from what ocd does itself And use it against ocd to weaken it And i know it's easier said than done Sometimes i get anxiety and my thought spirals back But i am learning and improving better each day And you can too ❤ I have been diagnosed with severe ocd And i started experiencing pocd symptoms after a traumatic event when i found out one of my best friends (ex friend now) liked (you know) And especially with so many people making false accusations or calling me false buzz words I genuinely started believing them To put it simply Ocd makes you believe something that isn't true and creates a story to make you doubt it There is no reason to fight back these thoughts because it will just be a never ending battle because of something called the ocd cycle I wish you good luck on your journey and i wish you all the best ❤
I have been watching you since you were at 40k followers... up to 148k? You are doing something right. Thank you for helping all of us with anxiety and OCD. Great work!
I was trying to remember how many followers he had when I started watching about 1,5 years ago, because the channel seems to have grown so fast! Thank you Nate 🙏🏻
I feel like I’m at a stage where I’m fully aware of my unwanted thoughts now, because of your videos and learning more about ocd. I feel a bit more confident and more of myself around my friends, and i want to say thank you!! You really do help me during my hard times and it makes me know that, yeah I can go through life despite what my silly brain says
My favorite words to say when I get a harm OCD intrusive thought is, "Thanks brain for that thought!" It's something you've taught me Nate, and I'm so grateful! 😊
Thank you so much for filling the internet with more hopeful content regarding OCD! I've been inspired to share my own OCD story on my channel. Channel's like yours have shown me that recovery is actually possible.
I'd really really love to see a video on identifying or overcoming obsessions that are really abstract or hard to articulate or even identify. So less "what if I get cancer" and more, like, repetitive visual images or ways of interpreting time or metacognition. They're harder for me to identify in the moment and they're so malleable. I don't know if I'm making any sense lol
Sometimes when the self harm OCD becomes too much I just say “okay, I’ll off myself after the kids are grown up.” And I kind of laugh but then I get concerned again and it goes in a loop
Thank you so much ❤ I have pure o, and your videos really help to bring me back to earth and my inner strength. It reminds me of all the times I took that leap of faith and trusted myself from within and kept pushing through. Thank you
hi i also have pure o, is there any advice or tips you can give me since my intrusive thoughts involve judging people or things labeling them as “corny” and i hate it😭
I like the message here I struggle with real event OCD and usually find someone that I may have hurt or offended even when there no evidence of that! So maybe i did or maybe didn’t!!
I started saying "Oh Dipsh*t Brian. You're so funny. Or "Oh. That's a funny joke" whenever an intrusive thought pops in. And then I finish with "Okay. Now we have to get back to the task". I find it has been helping little by little the more I use it.
I keep getting intrusive thoughts like those thoughts are soo disgusting and disturbing. I don't know is this like one of the types of OCD. Okay also I do get compulsions like they are so meaningless like if I see any post I want to read fully like each and every words their I'd name song name it's so frustrating. And i keep on thinking those embarrassing stuffs which I do in my past, I'm questioning myself why did I do that? I don't wanna think about it's just wasting my time. Thinking about those stuffs whole day is useless. I don't know is this ocd or what? Pls these thoughts are literally haunting me. I'm tierd of it. I'm so helpless now😭
My wife has cancer and I have a lot of stress, concentration is bad, and I have what I call " noticing ",for example I m watching TV and suddenly become aware of my watching TV and feel self conscious and scared, anyone else that gets this weird feeling and what can I do about it would be greatly appreciated ❤
I worry that I don't have ocd. Or that it is just anxiety. How do I indentify my obsessions/fears? So one of my issues when it comes to practicing those erp techniques is, "what if I dont have ocd?" I don't know whether to go to the hospital and tell them my worst intrusive thoughts, or try to treat myself at home while waiting on a therapist that knows enough about ocd to help me.
Inhale and say Wahe then while exhaling say Guru and listen with ur ears with pure attentiveness the sound of Wahe and Guru do it even for 10 minutes ocd will be gone do it regularly for permanent results
My good dudes! Anyone got an advice for when your fears are "confirmed" by the strange and seemingly topical coincidences? Having trouble with them, otherwise would be way further in my ERP journey
I have been struggling with this so much! Really had to learn the hard way that somethings are simple coincidences even things considered "good" like if you ask "give me a sign" you'll get one but only if you choose to see it as one, you give it meaning.
i honestly been having these intrusive thoughts that I HATE because it doesn’t let me have a normal life or enjoy certain things. This may sound weird but i have this intrusive thought that says “That’s corny” to pretty almost everything😭 people, names of things, lines from shows etc. it’s so tiring can anyone help please?!? the thing is i don’t know if it’s ocd or if i’m going insane😭
Hello,there's hope for you.I suggest you to read the book "How to stubbornly refuse to make yourself miserable about anything,yes anything" by Albert Ellis.Hit me up for more
TRIGGER WARNING FOR THOSE WITH OCD I’M ABOUT TO MENTION MY OBSESSION. So I have a question, my OCD has been in remission for years but recently the very first obsession I had has come back up which is “what if you can’t socialize normally anymore and you freeze during social situations and have nothing to say, and then people will dislike you and think you’re weird” I tried not to react to the thought but did respond with a bit of anxiety. What do I do about the OCD symptoms? This thought is relentless during social situations and i’m actually starting to freeze now and can’t think of anything to say and then I panic more. it’s like my obsession is coming true and it’s painful because I also have social anxiety and I’ve been making progress so this really has me stuck.
Hello,there's hope for you.I suggest you to read the book "How to stubbornly refuse to make yourself miserable about anything,yes anything" by Albert Ellis.Hit me up for more
Do you think OCD can be a form dissociation?I'm beginning to wonder because ever since 30 years back I have certain moment we're I have no OCD, therapists over years often don't believe me, but I have days were I can touch ob jects that would be massive OCD "breaches" only for the next day for me to have contamination OCD against that's thing,but not feel contamination about touching it,when I was on that other mental state the other day,and then I hope to get back to that mental state,which feel like a different person,I do have PTSD issues too,
@@neslihancomments I'm treating it as trauma at the moment,I notice isolation seems to be a key factor on days when OCD it the dominant force,so I've joined a mental health/coffee group that's not on the internet,still to early to say whether its healing OCD but it's helping with the depression side of it,and try to just get out of the house most days.still get random days were its gone though,there great but heartbreaking when it's back like I'm a different person.the doc thinks i might have adult ADHD,which surprised me, talked me into getting an accessment still in it. I heard that can make OCD harder to overcome, 🤷 Just being patient these days,🕯️
Sir I am wondering if I am in denial or hocd I watched a few of your vedios and tries the compulsion prevention and when the anxiety gets low now again I am wondering if this is denial as the anxiety is not high enough and wanting that anxiety for surety or something Why is this ? What is this?
And I am thinking everything I do is well homosexual is this also something and think if this is not anxiety and is another feeling is this also related or what ?????
The phrase you’ve taught us «maybe yes, maybe not» actually saves me every day, as a person who lives with OCD literally their whole life. Your channel is priceless! I become stronger every day. Thank you! P.S. I would love to become a translator on your channel to spread awareness about OCD in my country.
Thank you so much for sharing! It’s inspiring to hear how our content helps you. Thanks for the suggestion with translating as well. What country are you in?
@@ocdandanxiety I’m Ukrainian, but now I live in France because of the war. I can translate into both Ukrainian and French (I just got C1 certificate)🙏🏻My main goal, however, is be to help my people in this hard time.
"It will never be enough" I say that to myself whenever I start to insanely ruminate or try to replay memories in my mind. Or after I get reassurance I'll still find a way to worry about the same thing I just did a compulsion on. This phrase helps me realize it will never be enough to fi ally get a clear answer.
I am having the exact issue! And I am currently suffering from this. Have you found more peace with this situation? If so will you please share your techniques. Thank you!
I like to use the phrase "crazy s**t" like my OCD is some annoying relative that keeps telling me boring stories and I'm acting like I care. It works well because it acknowledges the thought, but at the same time is such a non-answer that I can't be pinned down on anything relating to the contents of the thought.
BINGOOOOO, within the first month of getting diagnosed, I realized that "yeah but" is an OCD dog whistle for me. Whenever my brain says "yeah but" I know to be suspicious 😂
After watching the majority of your videos I now know that this isn’t who i am It's just my ocd fearing of who i could be When i know that the intrusive thoughts don't align with my morals And ocd treats it as facts When they are just lies Thank you ❤ You are a lifesaver and the reason i can sleep comfortable at night Knowing deep down i am a good person and that these thoughts do not bother me 🎉
What I am trying to do is let my thoughts pass by I don't interact with them. And If OCD gives me some suggestions that I am a person that I wouldn't like to be I don't listen to that, because I know is is meaningless and encounter productive. In pass when I did have scrupulosity which I still have I trusted my confessor.
It is all depend on severity the person has, i am not afraid of the thoughts, but without meds i couldnt function, because severity is so huge..Always find a help people!
Retired NHS psychotherapist here. I like this clip. Just to add, it could be intrusive images, feelings ( felt sense) etc. If you feel anxiety that is the default setting that your thoughts etc are egodystonic ( opposite your character).Otherwise it wouldn't be upsetting. Ritualistic mantra type phrases require modifying. I've found just changing one word in the phrase starts to split up the compulsion for the patient. I also demonstrated behaviours that patients found fearful/ aversive. So allowing modelling and social learning to help with erp. I did some bizarre things, but I'd draw the line at licking a toilet seat, though.😮
How would this work for physical sensations where no actual thoughts are occurring in the moment? For example, I'm feeling dizzy all the time because I'm mentally focussing on it (I don't want to be dizzy). So I can go to work and do all the stuff but in the meantime I still focus on the dizziness and along as I focus on it it's there. But there are no actual thoughts going on like "this needs to go" it's more like something in the back on my mind if that makes sense.
