Thank you Patrick and Stephen for all you do. I’m struggling with OCD and hope someday you take MediCal.

Lot of people don’t even know what OCD is. I hate having OCD.

Very, now stigma is broken. 26 years ago I remember telling my friends. It took courage. I'm glad I'm brave. I've experience most themes. I'm now qualified in social psychology too.

Reassurance isnt avoidable and i like it, why should i have to deprive myself of it because of my OCD. Nothing is gonna fix us, not even exposure therapy.

Well I have Spent 55 years in OCD,,and still facing ,,but intensity of OCD is low now I have learnt to manage any how,,,but my own experience says once you have OCD,,you will never free From this,,, ocd will always with you but you can manage it,,,,so OCD is not caure able,,,only manage able,,,, OCD sufferer may get each and every thing,,but all will less

i have never been diagnosed, but i really relate to the “i feel like what i am feeling is more than anxiety”. im dealing with mostly rumination. i do that constantly.. all day. it’s exhausting. really its just trying to catch yourself in the act and giving yourself certain reminders but i have really been struggling with being able to take a step back and look at my thoughts from a outsider’s perspective. i really appreciated this video, i needed this badly today.

I really respect Johnny Say. The struggle for me remains putting things into practice because of the hold my obsessions have.

Plus I kept mine hidden really well. I couldn’t talk about it.

I thought I was so weird growing up. I’m 48 now and have had the symptoms of OCD since a young age. I learned about actual OCD almost a couple years ago.

Horrible advice

I have the same thing. I live in fear every day. Whenever I try to ignore my OCD, bad things tend to happen, so I get scared back into the OCD loop. I do not believe that I will ever be helped . I have no hope for a future and no joy in my life. I'm literally too clscared to shower or cook .

As a STEM professional I understand that climate anxiety and social anxiety and sexually intrusive thoughts are all related. The woman is in the environment and the climate heats up, causing the sexually intrusive thoughts.

Did you forget to caption this with something?

Thank you!

That's interesting, because ls'real doesn't spend a single New SiIver ShekeI on 'climate chains'(c). al-Goreian eco-Terroists' 'polycrisis' 'Hottest Day on Record!" in June 2023 magically aligned with Congress voting on Biden's $84Billion 'Renewable Energy' slush fund. _What are the odds!?_ Buried in HDR!s report, a disclaimer: *(...climate model simulation...)* _and it's been these FAKE climate model simulations ever since._ It's a FRAUD. Now it's CLIMATE BOILING!! with $300 Billion 'Climate Reparations Ransom, *for ln'dia, whose top export is FOSSIL FUELS!!* Here's a twist: Biden got his $84Billion 'Renewables' slush fund, _then Pentagon swooped in and skimmed $30Billion off for advanced B6l-l3 taxtical nvclear bvnker bvsters!!_ YOUR 'CLIMATE' TAXES, ... _off to TelAvivKyiv!!_ The People: "Climate Change' (c) is a Government Racket!" Government: _"Fill out your Scope 3 ESG Materiality Assessment Carbon Tax Return by April 15th!"_ Bwaaa,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha! The Climate CathoIic New Dark Ages of 1,000 Years!

I like the definition of neurodivergent as "anyone with a brain-based disability." OCD falls under that. I'm also Autistic and have ADHD, and my friends with those conditions agree OCD counts. I think it's there as a label that can be claimed by anyone with OCD who wants it!

If only what were that simple? Painting roses red? This trend involves context😂 not just a voice over.

What I've noticed is the older I get the more intense the pure O themes get, the rumination tends to decrease though which to me makes sense because if you're not stressing the thoughts as much your brain will just find alternative crap for you to worry about

OCD can definitely be a real SOB, but it is always inspiring to see People like Howie and Mark be open about their struggles and still continue to move forward. I have suffered from OCD since I was 6 years old. Oddly enough I think of OCD as similar to a video game. As you beat one level, you get a reprieve for a little bit until your mind comes up with the next challenge or the next level and this one is harder than the last. So you have to upgrade your skills to combat it until you can defeat it. Ive dealt with everything from germophobia, to meticulously organizing things to feel just right, to repetitive compulsions to combat intrusive thoughts, to somatic compulsions. Some days are better than others, but we must all keep fighting the good fight.

OCD can't stop anyone from excellence

Two legends. As a 35 year old with OCD seeing how far they have gotten is inspiring ♥️

There’s great humor in this episode; it made me laugh so much! Will there be translations of the book? I'm especially interested in a German translation.

I be doing routines eating only even hours. I eat 1 minute before the even hour. For example, if its nearing 4:00, i'll eat at 3:59.

So true. Why can't people understand that actual OCD is brain controlling depressive devastating brain disorder. It controls your whole life. Everything you do. And that is even after you learn to control. Even harden when you have no parents or family there to help you understand and get through it.

I'm a teen and I have weekly appointments on NOCD it helps so much ty Howie!

Is HOCD real, or does it just mean I'm in major denial??

Patrick is by far my favourite OCD specialist. He’s made an incredible contribution to so many OCD sufferers lives over the years. And doing a great job with all the NOCD videos. One of the key takeaways I think we can take from Patrick is that, life can be so difficult for anyone, with or without OCD. I can’t imagine what it must have been like being his wife’s carer while she had the cancer. Heartbreaking. If he ever visits Scotland on holiday, I’d be delighted to sign him on to the golf course where I play for a game.

Wow…It’s unreal how crazy you actually feel when this happens

Ha, total truth

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You just saved me!!!!!! I thought I was the only one omg!!!

Youre 1 strong man! And i know im a ramdom dude on the internet but youre live changing. Cant wait until you giys take my insurance in florida. 🤞🏼

When I have nightmares, I'll spend 1-3+ hours correcting the dream. Like imagining ways to make everything okay. That is what I used to do because now I say that maybe that'll happen, maybe not. I then bring my attention back to breathing and repeat that until I fall back to sleep. Of course, my mind wanders back to it and tries to fix it, but I'm getting faster at being aware of that and again radically accepting that maybe it'll happen who knows. It's uncomfortable, but I do get more sleep. I've been in NOCD therapy(still do twice a month) and got the conquer badge! It's constant maintenance and still daily doubting if I actually have OCD or not. Whether I have it or not, here's a big thank you to NOCD (Mandy) for giving me hours of my life!

Can’t wait to do ERP in my next dream!

I am NOT going to say that I may do that

Not a big fan of planning out the whole holidays. Just go for it and see what happens is my approach.

Love the passion this ladys got 💪🏻💪🏻 takes courage to post about it

What if bad things actually do happen every time we ignore them ?

I wonder if anyone even ourselves have or use the label of OCD as an excuse to sin. Is there a possibility? I'm constantly questioning this about myself. I have battled with this "scrupulosity or ocd" since my teenage years, but I didn't know it was an actual condition until recently about one or two years ago. It's really scary to think that I'll be going to hell even though I plead to God for mercy every day or that I'm not a true christian or that I didn't read repent many years ago when I did, or maybe I'm deceiving myself. Salvation to me is not something that I can treat lightly, because we only get one chance in life unlike a videogame when we can try again. I struggle with this and more always wondering always questioning always afraid of some sin that I may be committing or I'm engaged in. It never ends when one gets over one thing another one comes up.

Hi, thanks a lot for sharing such useful help. I am very grateful to you. I am in deep trouble since last 1 year. I had some ocd before this but from last year due to some fear something got triggered and it became very worse. I am fighting since 1 year and currently the main problem is. That my mind is auto visualizing everything, mostly if it dangerous or fearful then it does it more. Even while talking or reading etc. And a constant rubbish auto visualization that a big knife or something harmful(a sharp plate type thing or something unclear) is coming with speed on my neck and will cut it or hit it. It is very frequent sometimes😔😢 and the thing is everything is normal around me but this visualisation keeps going and it is very difficult to convey to my mind that nothing of that sort is real. But it creates choking and pain in neck😔 I am troubled due to this. Then I have to change it or do something or kill the visualisation with another visualisation or something otherwise it becomes very distressing and I am not able to work or focus on anything😞 My intrusive images are tu totally unnecessary and 😢 extremely bad. Some form of unclear figure forms in imagination and comes harming me on my head or in some other place like neck. It creates lot of pain and anxiety 😢 Pls help And this 1 is main and another is the fear of some wandering soul (bhatakti aatma) which i fear is in my house of entering my body, it started from this only. I am not able to fully get over this fear as this fear accompanies the visualisation where my mind creates auto visualisation of something unclear coming towards me from back and will enter my body and do harm to me and will cause trouble to my body😢 and it creates lot of heaviness in back and bad feeling where it is difficult to work or do something 😞 And based on different fears it changes and creates anxiety accordingly as my mind auto imagines these fearful things. Like I heard about an incident where rods in a truck entered inside the bus in an accident. So that auto visualisation comes that the rod might hit my neck or chin and i see that as mind creates that imagination automatically 😢 and creates distress and anxiety. And then all of this leads to overthinking a loop of thoughts that nothing will happen to me and all. And I fear dogs to sometimes when I am outside walking and there are fogs around then the mind creates auto visualisation that the dog will come from back and will bite or attack me. And due to that lower legs and that region gets a bit of pain and heaviness 😢 How to deal with all of this? Please please help. I have been trying several ways, it has got better but not cured. Sometimes it gets difficult. My kind tries creating some visualisation formed of light always. It is always requiring some visualisation otherwise it tries to go to bad ones and I am fed up of doing replacement visualisations as that also doesn't lets me focus. I need help!😢 Please!

Despair lies; also, despair is another word for hope (willa cather)

I can describe psychic pain. Anxiety is like walking around with a pair of hands slowly choking you all day. It's like the inside of your skin has recent cat scratches everywhere. It's like someone just keeps throwing balls just past your head all day.

Does Violet in that movie by Justine Bateman have ocd?

When they think your ocd is adhd and you're worse on amphetamines for 5 yrs. Mental health is the wild west. You think you have autism but it's just your annoying because you can't let things go

Jesus help me

I’ve had these symptoms throughout my life from age 8 give or take. I’m 48 now. I’ve inadvertently been using ERP on my own without the talk therapy but having problems with it. If that mashes sense. I’ve discovered what OCD really is in the last two years. I kept this private for so long. I’ve tried talking about my thoughts here and there years ago. It was difficult to explain how different it was for me.

Does anyone else have these obsessions of questioning self if you love your family and it significant other?