19.OCD Treatment: How to stop your thoughts: Part 2

CBT therapist, Katie d'Ath, talks more about how you can help yourself learn to respond to your unwanted thoughts, images and sensations differently. Katie offers individual therapy, but is not always able to take on new clients. Other treatment options you might like to try include BetterHelp at betterhelp.com... -​ who can connect you to a licensed, online counsellor in your area. Compensation received using these links supports Katie's work in helping people overcome OCD.

[@SuperMatical]

What a coincidence that right when I start to take my ocd seriously and watch your videos you upload after 4 years

[@aimeestallard1794]

same!!! wishing you all best on your journey❤️

[@aylinmontes8055]

Divine Providence! God always provides and is with us in the journey ❤

[@igobyspider]

ahh your back, thank you so much for this channel you’ve changed my life for the better❤️

[@23katied]

Yes sorry for the radio silence! I'm hoping to find time to do more regular uploads (why I choose the time of juggling homeschooling and work to do this is anyone's guess!!)

[@satyuga7322]

@@23katied You're great!

[@gogoi8091]

@Pinki Roy She has a series of videos on how to deal with thoughts.If I say we live in Mars will you believe it,Probably not.You have two sides of your mind,one is conscience with rational thought and other is superstitious mind with irrational thought.Arrange a debate in between them and try to convince your mind.Sometime it will take time to feel or realize that thoughts are actually harmless,and at that time your ocd anxiety and fear will start to dissappear. Time will heal everything take care...

[@DevSharma-xv7cv]

@Pinki Roy nothing bad will happen not matter how many negative thoughts you get while drinking water. Thoughts are just thoughts, don't give them meaning. It's your ocd. See a doctor. You can get help from youtube also. Don't be afraid from thoughts.

[@nottobecompared4099]

PULOK GOGOI Thanks so much for that. That’s exactly what I’m dealing with now. This comment alone just made me feel relieved for now. Lol

[@danaekoloka9819]

I've been struggling a lot lately with my intrusive thoughts and im trying to find the courage to talk to a therapist, thank you for helping me realize it's my responses that make it worse

[@kabir1557]

Thank you so much for uplaodin again. I'm 16 and these Intrusive thoughts are killing me . I feel like commiting suicide. But your videos give me hope. Ma'am plz don't stop uploading OCD and Intrusive Thoughts related videos.

[@DurgeshYadav-ip1zr]

Don't think about suicide bro, it can get bad at this age but believe me it'll be better very soon.

[@kabir1557]

@@DurgeshYadav-ip1zr thanks for the kind words bhai! It's been a long time since I wrote the previous comment and while my OCD hasn't gotten better, I've learnt to live with it and not stress to much.

[@DurgeshYadav-ip1zr]

@@kabir1557 glad to know that😀👏🏻

[@SrijitaBanerjee-qs2dt]

Its very hard..I understand....I've been dealing with ocd since I was a kid..You will get through it one day..We all will..💪

[@theanswerisegg]

I'm a clinical psychologist in the NHS and always recommend your videos, so glad to see you do more of these again :)

[@23katied]

Thanks so much for sharing them. I'm always happy to hear that more people are getting access to them.

[@nikkig3799]

You have changed my life Thank you from the bottom of my heart❤️

[@CarnivorganicGal]

You're one of the few out there that actually gives an additional option of switching your attention, instead of just ERP ERP ERP .. thank you.

[@ivan_ninic]

Oh my goodness, 2021 couldn't start any better!

[@craven5328]

I just stumbled on your earlier videos after realizing my generalized anxiety was more akin to Pure O...and I was sad to see the videos stopped about 4 years ago. But, just in the nick of time, you are back! I'll take it as a sign there is hope, and will be talking to me therapist about ERP :)

[@billegr]

Very good

[@priyanshramnani1751]

Katie, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart!! My first experience with OCD was 8 years ago, I was so anxious but I came across your OCD playlist when I searched "How to stop my thoughts" on youtube and then started to ignore these thoughts and not putting meaning in them, with time it got improved and now I feel I am completely free of those intrusive thoughts. It took almost 7 years to retrain my brain and get rid of the anxiety from these thoughts. Thank you so much, you kinda saved my life! :)

[@23katied]

So great to hear that you have made such a turn around. Thanks for sharing your experience - I hope it will inspire others to know that they too can retrain their brains.

[@akshaythakare6595]

Hello Priyansh how are you now ? Great to hear that you retrain your brain . I'm also trying to retrain my brain .

[@priyanshramnani1751]

@@akshaythakare6595 hi Thank you for asking! I am doin very well! Let me knw if i can help u with my retraining process story!

[@akshaythakare6595]

@@priyanshramnani1751 thanks for replying me. How exactly do this things. It's required any medication or other things to overcome the situation with few time period.

[@priyanshramnani1751]

@@akshaythakare6595 hey so sorry for the late reply; was caught up; i didnt take any medication; whenever i started having anxiety, i just used to tell myself once that these thoughts dont mean anything, and I would distract myself into something; bt ya it took me 7 years to get almost completely rid off of the anxiety;

[@Anfazameen578]

OCD is an invisible enemy, it comes in different forms, sometimes with the blasphemous thoughts, sometimes the numbers and even creating and rectifying things in imagination, however there is a way to get out of these intrusive thoughts, trust me, with the better self control you can get rid of these compulsive thoughts, so don't loose hope, you will win over it. Thank you. ❤️

[@sadie9392]

Can you give some tips ? How to deal with it ? My thoughts are getting wirse and worse everyday it comes with panic attacks icant help it in any way

[@gisellelucero8998]

Just stumbled across your channel and I’m going to watch your other 2 new OCD videos thank you so much I have been struggling with all these intrusive thoughts feeling images and all kinds of stuff since last year for months and about a week ago I learned that I can’t control my thoughts and I’ve been working through it, I will find happiness with my mind and everyone else will too, things will only get better ❤️💜

[@kirilakmadjov8307]

I just Found your channel 3 weeks ago and i just wanted to tell you that i applied 2 of the tactics you mentioned in your previous videos as i had so much weight on my chest it was hard for me to breath because of anxiety and i am happy to tell you that after 2 weeks my anxiety have almost disappeared like a miracle.It wasn't easy i will not lie even though im brave but it was defenitely worth the additional suffering. Ive had anxiety for a long long time but it wasn't until last year when i had a nervous breakdown that it got out of hand and i tried few types of antidepressants but they only id the anxiety and it even made it much worse once i stopped them. So i just wanted to say Thank you, you really did save me on this one.

[@23katied]

I'm so happy to hear this. Thanks for sharing your experience because I think a lot of people struggle (understandably) to keep the faith and get through the really hard bit but this treatment really does work if you stick at it!

[@GipsyDanger77]

@kiril akmadjov can you share exactly which two tactics you were referring to?

[@kirilakmadjov8307]

Yes the first one i dont know the name but basically when you start feeling anxious about anything and you usually perford a compulsion thinking it will make your anxiety better, but in reality it only gets worse overtime and performing your ordinary compulsion doesent make any difference at all.So what i learned from her first videos is that whenever i get anxious i try my best not to perform a compulsion first and second most importantly to simply feel the anxious feeling you are feeling and experience it.And so what eventually happens overtime is that your body gets used to the anxious feeling more and more and you will feel less tense every time you just sit with this anxious feeling and the trick is to just sit with it and not experience rather than just acknowledge it and try to avoid it. Second tactic i did is called exposure terapy which in my opinion have much bigger results but it requires more will power. So what this is all about is whenever you get into a situation where your anxiety is stopping you from doing something you really desire or think it will be worth the risk you simply do it inspite of your anxiety and as strange as it sound it works just like that. Of course im talking about things that would be moral ethical and legal im not saying to do something that would put others in danger. All in all you can get rid off from most of the anxiety using the first tactic which is much more simple and more easily applicable as regards to the second one i like it more but i couldnt practise it at the beginning as i was way too anxious but now i do it dvery day.Hope that explains it.

[@GipsyDanger77]

@@kirilakmadjov8307 Thanks a lot ❤️

[@23katied]

@@kirilakmadjov8307 Thanks for sharing this. I'm so happy you did well with this. For a lot of people just trying to not do the compulsion and sit with the anxiety is too difficult and if you're not mindful people can accidentally end up trying to block and resist more which ultimately makes the problem worse. It's absolutely ok to do it like you did but I usually recommend using ERP and the idea of sitting with the anxiety together. When you do the ERP you are going towards the problem and tackling it head on so it's like saying to the OCD -whatever - I'm doing this whether you like it or not which can be powerful stuff.

[@kingmarcus7215]

Dr. D'Ath you are a godsend. Your videos have helped me more than anything that I've researched on OCD. Thank You so much!

[@Adam-sq5nl]

Thanks for coming back. It’s so surreal how you just continued seamlessly from the last video 4 years ago like it was just yesterday 😂. You are helping so many of us just at the right time! 🙏

[@23katied]

Ha ha yes I guess that is a bit odd isn't it!! I wanted it to be easy for people to pick up where I left off!

[@gogoi8091]

Your videos worked as a therapy for me in my hard times,Thank you Katie,please keep uploading videos so that millions can get benefits from it and can heal themselves.

[@vishaljames8471]

You came back❤️!! I owe you my life .

[@RiteshKumar-qb9ee]

Hii Vishal , can you help me?

[@vishaljames8471]

@@RiteshKumar-qb9ee for sure

[@vishaljames8471]

@Pinki Roy how can i help you

[@theotherway1639]

A good book for OCD is "30 Days to Stop Obsessing" by Harper Daniels.

[@alihaider9896]

You are doing a great job for all humans on earth. Your past videos changed my life. Hats of to you !

[@cayverse4679]

You have changed my life today and the way you phrased it to just let the thoughts be there instead of fighting to get rid of them helped turn my head back to normal, yesterday I wanted to do nothing but sleep and felt so in my head I couldn’t escape I played a video of you and fell asleep and the last thing I heard was that phrase and my head is changed I feel like I need no medicine I need nothing, thank you so much❤️🤧

[@kaitorres1530]

Saved my life, changed my perspective, great to see there is things that we can do to mitigate our response rather than stopping it at hand, which we have no control over essentially

[@gabriele.5549]

I finally started dealing with my anxiety, OCD, intrusive thoughts and I'm also seeing a therapist, I have alot of coping skills and trying medication.

[@bruhhh5415]

is it just me, but one moment I'm getting better at ignoring my thoughts and then another i just completely forgot what i just learnt, i kept on doing the completions again and again and even if i kept on telling my self that "its not real" "its not real" i atill couldn't stop the compulsions, I have to re watch this entire video and other videos just like it for me to be able to understand AGAIN that i just have to ignore it. i hate my OCD!! being 17 and self diagnosed. i have to thank you guys though, one of my compulsions back when i was 16 was punching my self to the point where you can see burses on my face, and i rarely do that anymore. i hate this. sometimes i thought of just giving up, stop it entirely, but I'm doing a little better now after watching this, earlier my anxiety was high and i was stiff, and i couldn't relax ANYWHERE , but at leat now I'm good.

[@WelcometoMidnight]

I usually don't comment on videos, but just yesterday I was watching your videos which have been tremendously helpful, and wished you had continued doing them, and one day after you come back,, thank you so much! It truly feels like a hopeful message from the universe :') Thank for the help!

[@ash-rw8cb]

I understand the concept of ignoring your thoughts as it doesn't hold meaning however recurrent violent thoughts of seeing yourself harmed is kind of difficult to ignore

[@23katied]

You need to try not to listen to the content - it is a thought or fear of yourself being harmed not it actually happening to you. Yes your mind and body may respond as if it is happening and feel a lot of fear or pain but this will diminish the more you go towards the problem rather than trying to run away from it.

[@Amazedchili]

I’m so glad you’re making videos again! My therapist recommended you because you focus on thoughts and mental habits rather than behaviors. Thank you, and I hope you’re well :)

[@rickrobert9319]

I can't tell you Ma'am how glad and relieved I am to see you again, there were literally tears in my eyes. Your previous videos were so well made and powerful. I have been following you since you made them. Kindly stay this time and help us. We need you. Thank you so much Ma'am.

[@evanmcdonald8346]

I feel like I have genuinely reachead a point where I know the different between the thoughts and reality. BUT GOSH! There are times when the thoughts just flow and flow one after the other and it can be so crippling. I understand thats just the cacoon before I become a more stable butterfly, but It can be so so so hard. Excited for my wellness in the hopefully near future.

[@vanshikawalia8653]

Exactly sometimes we tend to merge those thoughts into reality when the reality is quite the opposite and those negative intrusive thoughts that are unwanted in our head tend to grow more and more. It starts anxiety and what not. I have been feeling this same exact way from a week or so and it has been devastating but yesterday i came across this channel and these videos and it’s safe to say that it’s helping me stay normal and helping me differ between thoughts and reality.

[@itsRichieArts]

You're back!! Your videos have been helping me for years and I'm glad to see you've made some new ones now. I appreciate the help you provide.

[@jamesjohnstone1224]

Hey just wondering how you’re getting on now cheers

[@itsRichieArts]

@@jamesjohnstone1224 Hi, I can deal with the fears and thoughts a lot better now. It goes up and down, with some good time and some a bit less. But still slowly progressing. Thanks for asking!

[@spencerchapman1873]

Hello am 41 years old and I have suffered with ocd and anxiety for most of my life and i am seeing a therapist at the moment well on the phone with whats going on at the minute but watching you videos has been good

[@emmadoran844]

How did you get even MORE beautiful with age??? stunning and smart.... Your videos are AMAZING. Thank you for breaking down these concepts. So helpful for users and practitioners!

[@anthonystitt3052]

You are a blessing... You are a gift to so many.

[@sleepyraisins]

Thank you so much for your videos! They have given me a lot of hope that I no longer have to constantly live like this ❤️

[@meeksikh1]

Hi Katie, thank you so much for making videos again! Your understanding and compassion is so appreciated 💖 The isolation of 2020 has impacted many people's mental health, and these days I find my OCD symptoms are worse than ever. I struggle with motivation to begin ERP because I've suffered so many setbacks in the past. Can you please make a video about perfectionism as an obstacle to starting and sticking with treatment and how to deal with lapses/relapses. God bless 🙏

[@23katied]

HI Devinder -sorry for the delayed response. Yes, I will add these to the growing list of videos to do. In the mean time - stick with it - every time you overcome and obstacle you are that much stronger.

[@meeksikh1]

Thanks for your reply Katie! I will persevere! Keep up the amazing work 💖

[@kamalpreetsingh1686]

Katie dath you are best psychologist of our era..... Thanks for uploading videos after long time , i am from India......i couldn't recognise you , i guess because of your hair colour..... thanks again dear.....

[@user-asfh2ubiv5dh]

5:40 6:00 1. Practice training attention. 2. Exposure and response prevention exercises in a gradual way 6:10

[@Someone-id3qx]

Bring 'em on, I'm ready, cant wait, thank you👍

[@kkochismile5813]

wow I only just found your channel a few weeks ago... and now you make another video after 4 years !! I feel like this is a sign,, maybe I will try harder to get rid of my ocd

[@jamesjohnstone1224]

Hey just wondering how you’re getting on now cheers

[@Yashvi-ki-masti]

Thankyou for coming back mam. People like me were waiting for you from last 4 years.

[@1972glm]

It's been a few years since Ive watched your videos and just discovered you came back this year. So happy to see this new "whatever" series you're doing! You communicated how to help one's self with OCD more clearly than anyone I've ever seen.

[@pedroh4778]

Thank you very much for coming back. You are the best. knowing all of this information from such a professional like you along side getting to know even myself better with these videos really changed my life for better. I did not know I had OCD until recently, even though I do struggle with it for like 10 years. Thank you very much. I am doing my best to get better, you have helped me a lot.

[@23katied]

Really glad they are helpful. Keep up the good work and let me know if there's something in particular you'd like to learn more about and I can add it to the list.

[@Gohappygirl]

Well I had no idea you had stopped making videos. I see you come and disappear for years at a time. I’m so glad I found them at the right time.

[@chlover908]

I just found your page after a major ocd relapse (almost lost a family member to childbirth but didnt thank god!) But my ocd is back in FULL swing! Thanks so for your videos!

[@actsrv9]

Emma McAdam sent me here. This is amazingly clear and useful. KZbin therapist channels like Emma and yours are 10x times better than half the mental health providers out there (around the world, for eg., Asia)

[@abdulraheem20102]

Doing nothing to the intrusive thoughts is the best method. Recently, I have tried Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz Four Steps for OCD Step 1: Relabel. Step 2: Reattribute. Step 3: Refocus. Step 4: Revalue. However, it made my ocd worse. 1) Please what is your thoughts of the four steps of Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz ? 2) best book do you recommend to read ? Thanks a lot , your videos are the best I’ve ever seen. Changed lives ❤️

[@rhafaellopes8832]

You're back!

[@allanahhickey556]

Yaaay you’re back 🙏 love your hair by the way !

[@Earth098]

Your video series has helped me a lot. So glad to see you again, and thanks for resuming!!!

[@panoramalamjam3926]

We miss you!

[@salvominecraft]

She is always beautiful

[@sadie9392]

She is so pretty ! Watching her felt like my mom is helping me out

[@wylieprice6228]

Amazing to have you back. Your videos are really life-changing. I've now sought some professional help myself. I reached out to your team but as i assumed you're very busy haha

[@scorpio.66]

You changed my life for the better - thank you from the buttom of my soul

[@paulwinter5btopenwor]

Katie’s BACK!! 😁😁😁

[@doobies1234]

Welcome back and thank you for sharing

[@mmehdi3437]

You are back !!! amazing, your videos from 4 years ago have helped me a lot :)

[@davidmacdowell4796]

She's back... and looks better than ever!

[@rahulonline_]

Hey thanks for coming back to this

[@i-fanlin568]

I feel happy to see your new videos. You are so great! Your videos are very helpful.

[@optimistic_psyche1574]

Ohh god i am glad you are back... Please continue this work..you are giving people new lives..❤❤❤

[@jayakrishnanm7838]

Hey where have you been all this while.. yours was one of the first videos I watched about OCD and you helped me diagnose my OCD. Thank you so much ! You helped me so much !

[@jamesjohnstone1224]

Hey just wondering how you’re getting on now cheers

[@jayakrishnanm7838]

Hey! Yeah I'm going good now. I have still mild symptoms but basically very little. I did a bit of ERP I think it is very effective. You can beat OCD and live a happy life. If you are struggling I hope you see light at the end of the tunnel.

[@VikramPandita456]

Thank you for being back. You have been a great help.

[@usha6844]

Kya kiya kaise kiya pls batye

[@VikramPandita456]

ERP se.

[@robbert5784]

Thanks alot, I didn't know I had OCD until a few weeks ago. But your advice is spot on. The fertilizer analogy really makes sense

[@darshanpagare8774]

Now i am challenging myself to observe them without reacting or responding to them..hope they will gradually gets reduced

[@23katied]

Hi Darshan. Just remember your goal should not be to reduce the thoughts but to reduce the fear of the thoughts. If your goal is to reduce the thoughts themselves you will end up looking to see if they are there or not - this means you'll be paying more attention and so they will take this opportunity to get louder again!

[@darshanpagare8774]

@@23katied Exactly..i was checking in between are they still there or not..thanks mam i recognized now how to deal with it

[@nottobecompared4099]

Katie d'Ath I think this is my issue. Thanks.. I believe I receive better therapy from the comments on here. Lol

[@ana.maria..3]

I been dealing with suicidal intrusive thoughts and its been so hard,I will try this out and let you guys know how am I doing.WISH YOU ALL LUCK YOU CAN WIN

[@jojos-here]

I’m going through the exact same thing, it’s terrifying 😣 I know we’ll get better though💓

[@ana.maria..3]

@@jojos-here aww babes I hope u get better you are strong and if you dont want to do it you wont do it!!! God bless

[@Azetaris]

If any one of you is still struggling, then I can share with you how I've beaten my OCD pretty much in a week. So first of all you need to know that thoughts are something that come no matter what, we can't control whether they will appear or not, but we can stop them in their tracks. I figured this method of stopping OCD thoughts myself, so basically what you need to do is whenever you'll get triggered with impulsive thoughts, you focus your mind on an image representing both distracting thoughts and your focus - for example it can be thought of a sphere (which represents focus) surrounded by red clouds (which represents negative thoughts). Now, what you'll need to do after imagining that is thinking about going from those red clouds inside this sphere, after that, you just focus on being inside of it, no other thought should come to your head. You do that for max. 30 seconds and after that, your thoughts most likely will be a lot calmer than they were (it was like that for me, I've definitely felt a difference). So now, what exactly are we doing here? Well, I'm not a doctor or anything, but from what I could've gathered, we are doing those few thing: 1.We are breaking our thought loop by focusing on something else 2.We are training our ability to focus (which yes, is a matter of skill and practice) 3.We are weakening our reaction to OCD thoughts (because now, we have some kind of "weapon" against them - therefore them coming to our heads is not that scary anymore, because we know, that we can get rid of them) 4.We are making our thought pattern different from before - what I mean by that, is that after some time, those thoughts won't even come to our heads anymore, because they become nothing of significance (With time) Now - I know that it may sound like it's just a recipe for creating your own compulsion, not a solution, but actually it is NOT a compulsion. Compulsion is something USELESS IN NATURE that we do, because we belive that it helps us (and in some way it does) - this however, is pretty much a focus excersise, and it actually does something more than just giving us this placebo effect. Because of that, we won't stick to it after our issue is gone. Hope it will help someone with their OCD fight, because it sure helped me, pretty much completely.

[@reybatistafan]

Wow I've really been watching your videos and now you upload after years haha

[@emanelkholy5127]

Thank you for being back❤️

[@siavashnoorb9604]

Dear Katie, Long time no see! Great to see your new videos. PLEASE keep on posting :)

[@averypollack6948]

so glad i found your channel, thank you

[@AndrewZaidan1997]

I'm gonna do your advice I remember someone suggesting it. I've forced myself to do exposure therapy. Now I'm gonna do nothing in regards to my compulsion and sit with the anxiety. Thank you so much!

[@tempa04]

Thanks so much for this.. I have OCD and helps lots. My faith (Christianity) made mine so much worse.. I was so anxious that my thoughts affected my standing with God and disqualified me from Christianity etc. I got taught about demons etc.. and was then worried about that too... Thanks for sharing.. am getting better x

[@23katied]

So happy to hear that you are getting better - great work. Thanks for sharing - I hope others can benefit from knowing that it is possible!

[@parkerb654]

Thank God you are back !

[@Ballerism]

So glad you’re back.

[@nohesitations609]

Thanks so much for all your videos

[@perrolutxo]

thanks for posting again! your videos are really helpful

[@Barcelonkaa]

So happy you're back 🤗

[@Jojo-ke9dh]

Your back and you look so beautiful. Your videos helped me. Thanks

[@light_angel.23]

My problem is that I get locked on a negative thought. Like, it’s automatic. It comes and it doesn’t go. I’m stuck on it. It’s not coming and going. I can’t just observe it and let it go naturally. And 99% of the time it’s when I’m alone. When I’m not distracted with someone’s company or doing something (working), it comes. And a cycle begins. The longer I’m left with the thought, I get more and more stressed. I can’t stop it and it doesn’t just go. I have to literally go to work and disconnect from thinking all together. I can’t be alone with my own thoughts. I begin to self-destruct. And I feel exhausted both mentally and physically. I get fight of flight mode symptoms. In this case, I have to not be alone too much. A lot of these thoughts come from being easily offended. My self-confidence is minimal. I can’t handle stress too well

[@gemx4300]

So glad you’re back!! I’m really needing help with my OCD and habits at the moment 😭 can’t wait for your upcoming videos! X

[@jamesjohnstone1224]

Hey just wondering how you’re getting on now cheers

[@jackjohnson7396]

Great video, you look younger than ten years ago!

[@dreamboy5298]

Legend getting old💔..please keep uploading ur videos regular mam.💚

[@shakebahmad9601]

oohh wow you are making videos again really nice it is helpful for humanity

[@Hoytbuff]

Your videos are a God send

[@Leo-ie1jk]

Thank you so much for your help! ❤️

[@marinamerch]

Thank you for sharing this

[@fatbear750]

Thank you for your videos! These videos are really invaluable for all of us!! I have been facing pure O (triggers ranging from anything from activities of daily life) for some time now (?8 years) and after watching your videos I've decided that whenever I have the obsessive thoughts ill acknowledge its presence but not put any meaning on it.. As a result I've not felt any anxiety after The obsessive thoughts do still come back but am able to repeat the above My understanding is trigger->obsession->imbue meaning-> anxiety-> compulsion; so I hope I'm heading the right direction? I'm worried that it's a type of compulsion that is suppressing any potential anxiety?

[@23katied]

Sounds like by changing your appraisal of the thoughts you are able to let them do and therefore aren't feeling the same anxiety. As you said for now the thoughts will continue to come and you have to keep doing the same thing (over and Over!) BUT eventually the thoughts will come less as a result of being starved of attention and you'll learn to respond in this new way automatically so the whole thing becomes easier. Really happy to hear you are starting to benefit from trying this a new way.

[@anastasiialytvyn2941]

Your videos changed my life. Thank u very much -^-^-

[@Mortivex_CR]

this video is good but its difficult to actually do it its a horrible feeling ocd is it is not just about washing Your hands all the time or having things clean its like something in Your head and it will not leave You alone and if You don't do what Your mind wants its like a horrible and uncomfortable Feeling And You cant think about anything else and when You try to not think about it it will keep coming back and get worse and worse I suffer from severe symptoms of ocd and she is right kinda to an extent Thanks making this video Katie!

[@jamesjohnstone1224]

Hey just wondering how you’re getting on now, cheers

[@coupey123]

Thankyou so much for this. I’ve been obsessively thinking since about august because I looked up some bad people and the thoughts started. I really don’t know if it’s me controlling them or not. But due to this I now can’t speak without stopping to think the thought before continuing to speak again and I’m not too sure what to do about that. But thankyou so much this has helped

[@suhamgupta6847]

Thank You So Much :) You have really helped me..

[@EnglishSimplified-ByArun]

Hi Katie! One of my friends desperately needs your help in overcoming an extreme level of OCD. This is really impacting his life very negatively and he is willing to consult a reliable specialist all over the world like you regardless of the effort or price involved! Please advise if you are able to provide an exception and entertain this case though you do not seem to have capacity for every request I guess. We would be very grateful to you. Thanks a ton in advance!

[@Snakeyturan]

U r amazing and kind Lady thank u

[@aishaaa7159]

These videos have been helping me so much and have made me look at things in a much different light which is so helpful thank you so much 🤍

[@deanwong5915]

Thank kathie you video help me thank for your return

[@simonwood1853]

Excellent video, thank you.

[@dikshagadekar8402]

The main thing is stopping me from ignoring the thoughts is.... what if i am ignoring the truth?

[@23katied]

Yup that's a common worry. This is where the risk taking comes in. Take the risk of treating the thoughts like they don't mean anything and see what happens (even though it is difficult and uncomfortable!)

[@user-zz3kc5dl9y]

💘 OCD can be treated by Buspirone/Esketamine ! Wishing all ocd sufferers getting healthiness & happiness.

[@monster11223]

Wow you’re back!

[@lucidlagomorph5809]

I suffer from this I just use reason - I repeat the opposite rational truthful thoughts from the lie Its annoying sometimes it takes 10 mins and then it goes away.

[@timhayner2182]

Is it just my device or is the volume really low?Good to see her back anyway.

[@23katied]

Sorry apparently it is - I've just got a new microphone so I will try and make it better for the next uploads...