Rumination and OCD

[@thomasswords6837]

I am a big-time ruminator, so this resonated a lot for me. I'm pretty good at stopping rumination early on, but the more OCD gets its teeth into me, the more I will ruminate. Thank you for talking about this, and focusing on something a lot of us have in common. Sometimes it's hard for me to relate to your videos when there's too much focus on themes, because mine are somewhat uncommon (I think). I have had more typical ones in the past, but I like your focus on things many of us struggle with. Also, I love love love your honesty about your struggles. There are some OCD content creators who give the impression they have it all figured out, and that's demoralizing for me, who has been struggling with OCD for 27 years, all as an adult. It's better now, but I still fall into OCD's traps and will have a really shitty week or if I'm lucky, just a day or two. Keep up the great work!

[@kaitlinvazquez1565]

This video just changed my entire life. I'm literally having a spiritual experience. And ruminating. Oh my God. Thank you.

[@jahkarl7376]

Lovely Chrissie Hodges. P.S sorry about your pending split.

[@patrickc1862]

Love the way you described the gut feeling as the stomach bomb! Another amazing video!

[@Bobonion]

i got diagnosed with OCD last year. let me tell you.... the amount of worrying, rumination, and obsession i will have with whatever causes me anxiety is..... well not good. like i have real event OCD theme/health so basically something health related will happen and it’s real so in my brain it’s like “well it’s real and it’s happening so it can’t be OCD” but what i’m worrying about will be a “what if” to that health problem that i will obsess about 24/7 non-stop until i get a doctor to tell me to my face it’s not that or there’s not a problem. it’s awful i literally go anywhere and everywhere worrying about it. and like i will get short periods where i won’t and then it’s like i get major anxiety being like “omg i have to think about this to figure out the answer to solve the problem” and yeah it’s bad......

[@Alritealritealrite]

I've been transplanting flowers on and off for a couple weeks and yesterday I went in put three more in. I realized it was 13th and my OCD kicked in. Long story short I went and pulled those flowers out after fighting with it. Family looks at me like I'm stupid. I hate OCD and have had it all my life. 46 now

[@vivi1998]

my thoughts and rumination were getting better for a while and now it's come back almost worse than it was before :( having your videos have always helped me to ground myself and have made me feel less alone so thank you so so much you're a lifesaver 💓

[@nickboreham5977]

Thanks Chrissie, another great discussion on OCD. I recently underperformed in a university exam and I could not stop ruminating on how it was "unfair" or a "set-up". Even though I knew how ridiculous my thoughts were, I could not stop them! Sometimes I forget that I have OCD and it presents in a new form, I think that I am "flawed" or have a "personality disorder" (Maybe, maybe not true!)

[@Joethebro101]

Thank you Chrissie for being so honest. I loved your interviews with Dr Michael J Greenberg. I have the same issues as you. Keep up the good work. We’ll get better together.❤️🌹

[@kurtisvaughn1468]

To me mental rumination is like marinating meat before you toss it on the grill. It just sits up there collecting negativity. Except marinating meat is usually a positive thing lol.

[@beartechdeck]

I’ve been struggling with rabies ocd too!! I’ve been going through it for a year and a half now. 😭

[@haleyc6782]

This really helped me.. I’m a ruminater and I feel like it’s definitely affected people and I wasn’t really aware that’s what it was. I felt unloveable and “too much” because of it

[@shawnobrien6427]

Hi I’m Shawn, and I’m a Ruminator too!

[@TM-1000]

My rumination was bad in my early 20s. I was put on an SSRI and it nearly disappeared for years. I would still have intrusive thoughts here and there but they didn’t strike anxiety inside of me and affect me the way they had before. I came off of the medication for a couple of years and experienced some complex trauma and it came back full force, worse than ever before. I really don’t like the thought of being on medication but if it is going to help pull me out of this OCD, anxiety and depression like it did so well before, then I’ll do it. Can anyone relate? Thanks. Xx

[@timchristmas7278]

Yes. I was in a wonderful place while on Paxil. Then I weaned off and it’s been the worst year ever. I’m currently coming up on week 3 of Paxil at 30mg. I’ll most Likely be on meds for life unfortunately

[@AndalusianLuis]

What do you mean by complex trauma?

[@BackTo1969]

I used to ruminate a LOT. Especially at home on my own. If my then girlfriend was there she would say "Hunny what you thinking" and I'd be thinking "If I wanted YOU to know I'd be talking." Ive studied greebergs work and I still cant seem to fully stop. Great video Chrissie, you're a 24 carat babe.

[@joejoe77_gold]

Thankyou friend