Aggressing on OCD

[@humanentity2214]

Incredibly brave and intelligent dude. He's not going to take it, he's going to defeat OCD.

[@alfieb8427]

Yes, very. 🙂

[@MrJimmy1953]

Here’s what I say to OCD, “ thanks for sharing, I’m not caring”.

[@inherentmusic]

I love that response.. but how is it not considered avoiding or self-reassuraning? That's what I'm struggling to understand. So far, from my ridiculous amount of research, it seems like the only way "out" is to say "OCD, you could be right, IDK...oh well, we'll see." Which, to me, is basically validating these fears.

[@MrJimmy1953]

@@inherentmusic Chris, self soothing, self talk in a positive way, self talk in a grounding way or reality way is fine. Constant research on the Internet or reassurance from someone else (that is too much reassurance from someone else) is not healthy. But, let’s not confuse self talk in a recovery soothing way to comfort yourself with reassurance. And, in my experience, sometimes I have to borrow somebody else’s brain for some facts about my fears. That’s OK to as long as it’s not an all the time thing. Know what I mean? Hope this helps. Jim

[@chaitanyadeshmane8243]

When i say it , a counter thought comes which says that you are uncareful for genuine concern. Obsession sounds genuine as my obsession regarding harm has a lot of analysis , microlevel detailing and OCD always has a reality. Thus indulging in this obsessive thoughts worsens my life. Any enlightened OCD warrier can share his /her thoughts on it.

[@chaitanyadeshmane8243]

@@MrJimmy1953 Also when a person has a severe ocd a thought can not come on demand.

[@wybuchowyukomendant]

and my OCD says "thanks for sharing, do the compulsions lil shit" lol

[@billmiles9413]

Understanding how ocd operates is key.if you know what you are dealing with, then you know what the answer is.watching ocd videos like this each day keeps me in the right frame of mind.peace and best wishes to all my friends with this condition -you are not alone!!!!!!❤

[@argeliadavilarendon2940]

I loved the part of the handshake. I've been there... That's a great moment shared between patient and therapist.

[@anthonystitt3052]

The patient is brave. I admire him a lot.

[@stwhit000]

Crazy - but this paradoxical approach works. I’ve been trying let this kinda of FU response to my anxiety be my norm for a couple weeks. I have a long way to go, but this actually works. Even when I don’t believe that aggressively challenging it will work, even when it has me on the floor, I have found that if I start to talk shit back, before I know it, I’m up on my feet looking down on it.

[@OliAikawa]

I can do this. You can do this. We can do this. Lets go.

[@brianpoetart]

Thank you for these posts - really important at the point I am at with my lifelong OCD of a mainly mental kind :-)

[@humanentity2214]

Pure O sucks. You are suffering inside and outside all looks good but you're the only witness to your suffering. How are you feeling during the pandemic?

[@Ma-tu2jd]

Hello you can recover from ocd , it doesn’t need to be lifelong :)

[@zarrsar6372]

I really wonder how he is now. I wish I knew.

[@MaSTerKNivEE]

Yes some update would be nice

[@Dylvente]

Thank you for sharing!

[@y2taner]

Hi, i have your book Stopping the noise in your head, but Anxiety keeps on making me think that i am doing the techniques wrong and not believing in them enough, so therefore i have to keep checking in the book if i am actually doing it right... its hard to tell if this is noise or a signal...

[@waqasullah5125]

accept that , when anxiety makes you think that if you are doing it right , do not act on that thought like to do compulsion, do not check , checking is also a compulsion, when anxiety give you that uncertainty , do not try to kill it feel it and it goes a way , cause you logical mind knows that you are doing every thing right still this irrelvent thought over shadow the logical thinking and compels you to check a what ever, do not chase uncertainty

[@y2taner]

waqas khan Thanks Brother!

[@waqasullah5125]

bro i am also on the road to recovery on OCD and a lot of positive things are happening... i recommend you to see youtube channel like mark freeman channel, ocd victory channel, and youhave ocd bu ALI graymond... they great channels and doing great job.. also if you need any further help i am here for you

[@y2taner]

Thanks Brother! feel free to message me whenever you want :)

[@y2taner]

Hey Bro, so tonight... one of my old negative beleifs came back into play... about my fear of me "wanting" to give people the finger... for a week now i disabelived i wanted to do it and was feeling really good about it, i just told my self it was just a sensation in my finger ( a tingling feeling in my finger ) that i interprt as MYSELF wanting to give the finger to get rid of this sensation... so... the way the belif came was... i was sitting at the computer... and i think i had the sensation in my finger or maybe it was just a negative thought so started to slowly give the finger to the wall so i could get the sensation or the feeling to go away... and then BAM! the Anxiety started telling me "SEE! i told you it was just in your head and you really want to do it!"... and then i went to the bathroom and although im not sure if i gave the finger ( to the wall once again ) while i was not very conciously aware. so... now i guess i'm trying to figure out if i really just want to give the finger or if anxiety is making my interpreation all whack... But the backstory of this is that this all started when i was on weed and whilst on weed had a panic attack and then did somthing inapropriate... and then the next day i was fine... but then, i basically sleept all day isolating myself, but anyway... i also started confessing to my mum like 2 days later some really stupid shit, and then whenever she would ask me a question id have to tell her straight away, most likely because my brain didn't want to deal with stress and was like "go to safety now!"... and also i started to lock my self in my room diddnt do anything but sleep in there for a month. so i Didnt say anymore dumb stuff... and then i remember one night i heard my dad cough and im not 100 percent if i thought it my head or automatically with no conciousness of my own mubled under my breath "shut the f up.....