Dealing with false memories and real memories in OCD.

[@Britpopsoul]

Thanks for the reminder that arguing with the ‘content’ is the disorder.

[@chandlerburse]

But what if the content if true would make you a monster?

[@Britpopsoul]

Read that comment again and you’ll see the uncertainties within it

[@chandlerburse]

@@Britpopsoul not when it involves child abuse and it was recent i had this thought and almost immediately i began to question if it happened because i was near a kid

[@daveinchina]

You speak so much sense about OCD. I have suffered since I was 9 years old and you are one of the best therapists. Your grey hair really makes you look more attractive too!

[@shalan_777]

very happy to see you posting, thank you for always standing by our side and helping us.

[@mehmetalivat]

Thoughts that are not valued are forgotten.

[@starrypunk20]

My husband always tell me, do you remember any of those thoughts you had 6 months ago? and of course the answer is no.

[@mehmetalivat]

@@starrypunk20 Dwelling on thoughts and enriching them strengthens OCD. We can develop methods to deal with this. I know it's hard and it was hard for me too. But we must not let thoughts rule us. Only then can we defeat OCD.

[@starrypunk20]

every time you upload a video like this, im mind blown. I feel like there's no way what im going thru would be real, or any one else could have this, or even possibly understand. And its like you're addressing ME. Its crazy. And I appreciate this so much

[@23katied]

I'm glad the videos are helpful - hope you can take some strides forward to help yourself further.

[@charanv3330]

I was suffering from ocd back in 2020 and you’re the one who helped me out 🙏 you’ll definitely have a great life ahead since you saved another man’s life and probably countless others

[@stevemelvin7308]

Thanks for posting videos again. I hope you can continue more. I have to try and work on my OCD again, its crazy the thoughts and compulsions I live with daily. Your videos bring help to many people.

[@EppingForest304]

I’ve just found this channel & am grateful. I’m going to save these 39 videos to my OCD playlist 🙏

[@Hasan-ed1fz]

How the hell i did i find out i have false memory ocd? I lost 6-7 kg in one year, excessive drinking, marry jane and i started to belive for some moments my worst fears became real. My mind is too creacked and i am over analyzing, over checking in everything one broke hand of the door, just remembered i would broke so many things when i was a kid because i over analyze and people hate that. Sometimes people helps, pot and alcohol helps. Sometimes just everything makes it worse. How the fuck i am not scared to die and do extreme things and adreline feels good. How the hell i would drink and drive and never anything happened even made it 160km. No police ticket, no accident nothing. Actually once, when i was sober. I think i got anxious. Then hit back of the car. How the hell i have clear memories and i can remember so many details. But sometimes everything is missing. Then it just kept getting worse for some moments i fucking belive my worst fears became real such as i got raped or another one i fucking lost my mind and everything knows about it. Not just false memories and sometimes false beliefs like i don't want to live if i get old or something. I always need to care of myself. Or such as i fucking lost my mind and everyone knows about it. Note: i been drinking lot however also do extreme things for fun.like enjoy couple of beers and swim lot or drink and do anything. Because alcohol and substances only affects mental. So if part of you is still conciouss, if youd be walking like a zombie or discordinared and still youd try to do it right. Because thats what you want it to be and youre scared not to. But at the same time, even without drinking you could become consimed by emotional bullshit such as hatred and anger and just blew up in random places. Or get angry or paranoid. Just because you try to control everything and just blow up. There is no fucking balance. I think i lost it long time ago, trying to enjoy it.

[@MegaJamesno1]

Your great katie 💚i was dealing with ocd for years. Still have it but it is alot better now. Thanks for the free videos they helped me alot when i was flat broke.

[@pratibhasrivastava1506]

I was worried about u😢 Please never stop posting ❤ I missed u so much😭

[@23katied]

I'll do my best to be more regular!!

[@lisa__rcs]

Saving this to come back to. I went through ERP treatment and it was incredibly helpful but it’s nice to have these tips as a refresher.

[@23katied]

Great plan. Glad you had ERP and it's been helpful. It's kind of you to share that as lots of people avoid ERP because it feels hard and confronting but it is very effective as you say!

[@Higgzbonez]

This is life altering😢 i may lose everyone and everything because of this. I suffered since i was 11 now 38 and it's worse than ever at least death is an option

[@AntonArmstrong-ju4kf]

❤️🫂

[@PlanetWomble]

Death is not the answer. Don’t underestimate the void you would leave. You matter. I’ve been struggling with mental health for 30 years.

[@asdfasdf3989]

Please do not end your life. You are loved.

[@dadmindmatters]

thanks so much for your great work, as someone who has OCD it's hugely helpful. James

[@SALMA-ec8vc]

I appreciat you sooo much you cant even imagine.

[@Omarr_1]

Katie Im 13 and i live in America and i feel like whatever i do the thoughts and images won’t go away and when they do it’s only for a little time your videos have helped me a lot and i want to thank you and i also want to ask if you have any advice because i feel like I’ll never be normal again if you could please respond so I have some reassurance and feel a little better about myself and my ocd

[@anushachatterjee7221]

Do you think ocd could also be the result of continuous feelings of low self confidence over a long period of time? Like feelings of frustration and anger ar yourself for not doing the proper things at the proper time?

[@murali9315]

Hi mam do you know about recovery from antidepressants side effects

[@23katied]

Sorry to hear you have had side effects from your medication. That is very bad luck as it's quite rare to have side effects and most will reduce over time but you may want to consult your medical doctor to discuss.

[@murali9315]

@@23katied thankyou mam

[@megasuperbonus]

This is such helpful video, Thank you!!!

[@Irivesper]

Hi Katie, I am wondering what your thoughts are of the overlaps between OCD and ADHD. In previous videos youve talked about attention training and its benefits to OCD. I ask because I recently started taking medication for ADHD treatment, and in the few days I've been on it I have found that it has helped my OCD, seemingly because by being able to hold focus on work/life tasks its cut off a major highway my brain used to ruminate on obsessive thoughts, i.e. frequent task switching. Wondering if this is something youve explored, or if OCD and ADHD treatment work well together or not. Thanks! And you're videos have been a tremendous help!

[@23katied]

OCD and ADHD are often seen together. My non-scientific explanation for this would be that an ADHD brain is busy working faster than the world needs it to and therefore it needs other things to think about to minimise the discomfort of the whizzy brain. So sometimes OCD will come along and say 'hey, look at me I can help - focus on this and you'll feel better' (the sly little monster). I think you are probably right that in being able to slow your mind and focus better taking the ADHD meds then the OCD becomes less of a necessity and/or because you are focussing on the task in hand the OCD recedes into the background. Don't know if this answers your question and whilst I have some experience in ADHD I am by no means an expert in it!

[@CDPlayer1994]

Do you have the same perspective on dreams? Been having a lot of vivid dreams recently and I can never decide whether it's better to analyze them or just ignore them

[@23katied]

I think that all depends on whether it's helpful or unhelpful for you.... As a CBT therapist I'm not well versed in analysis but generally we wouldn't recommend someone with a tendency towards OCD analyses things because it usually ends up getting them stuck in a negative cycle.

[@nikhilarora7681]

Could you please make a video on sensory ocd. I have mental compulsions problems related to it. And I am not able to understand how to get rid of it.

[@King1229-tl]

How do you get rid of the extreme anxiety you get when you try and let the thoughts ? I get really bad anxiety when i yry and let the thoughts pass.

[@King1229-tl]

How do you get rid of the extreme anxiety when i try and let them pass?

[@fatimamaymoonah]

What about something that happened that I didn't do, I guess same apply to these? Specially with ROCD :(

[@hjustchillin]

How to deal with this If ima Christian? Repentance are important to me, and not being able to know what I did is important to me.

[@asdfasdf3989]

Are you baptized?

[@brantleymoore9670]

I have ocd this kind and when I’m 40 now but from like 8 to 33 I doubted my salvation if I had repented enough if I prayed the right prayer if I really meant it …. I came to the conclusion I may just never know . Because it was an intrusive thought the idea of not really being saved and potentially going to hell . It was a bad intrusive thought . I finally got it settled because I understand now that’s my salvation is in Jesus Christ finished work on the cross his death burial and resurrection paid for me sins and my faith in that act is what will get me into heaven . I am still not over OCD but this ladies videos are really helping me .

[@hjustchillin]

@@brantleymoore9670 hi!! Thank you for replying to me btw. I realised that Our Lord Jesus is merciful, loving, kind, faithful and He loves us infinitely more than we could ever possibly fathom. And for that reason, I know he knows that If I ever remember what I did wrong, he'd forgive me. Because I do Love Him, and I do want to be close to Him. Words by the Barron of Ibelin from the film "The kingdom of Heaven": "god will understand my Lord. And if he does not, then he is not God, and we need not worry (slightly paraphrased)" But both of us know the Love of Christ. He 1000% understands ✝️🙏

[@johnrainsman6650]

Can OCD make you think you JUST tried to do something bad, or that you ARE going to _in the moment._ False memory about the past is absolutely a thing in OCD, but what about _in the moment_ ? Like, "Did I JUST try to...?" Or _in the moment,_ "I'm gonna do this," YET you weren't ACTUALLY gonna do it, it was just a false "intention" triggered randomly. You felt it, you thought you were about to do it, you "consciously" planned to _in the moment_ until you snapped out of it. Is either a thing in OCD? Feel free to ask for clarification.

[@adryel9458]

You already know the answer, which is yes.

[@johnrainsman6650]

@@adryel9458 Then why'd you answer?

[@adryel9458]

@@johnrainsman6650 im just tired. Sorry for the sass. Trust the process, do ERP.

[@bradley-kn6zt]

Could you please drop a link on how to stop obsessing? I can't find it

[@varkosa2210]

Thank you ❤

[@QuickCars-j2i]

I was abused as a child. How do I do ERP properly? How do u deal with real contamination? As in, some fear but others experience. Your advice would be helpful…

[@CrimsonWhiteIndigo]

Has she responded ?

[@cfcarmy9262]

Ma'am I'm waiting for those BDD management videos ma'am. Kindly help me ma'am I cannot afford to get help from a professional in my present moment. Now by reading Katharine Phillips' book (UNDERSTANDING AND TREARING BDD)I'm doing good. But sometimes I feel like struggling kindly help me to overcome this problem ma'am. Please

[@methylmercury]

How to stop constantly checking your surroundings when walking or being out in public, or constantly looking back to see if you haven't lost anything even though there is nothing that can fall out, or going for a jog and every piece of trash on the road resemble a 100$ bill, so the whole jog turns into a trash checking exercise, I haven't actually found anything of any value as of yet, but better to reverse my car to check on that black looking spot on the tarmac, might be a lost wallet, nope it isn't, it's just an oil spill. That's my day. I am about to cause myself a concussion just to get rid of this nonsense.

[@23katied]

So the trick is not to try and stop yourself checking but instead engage in some ERP exercises in order to learn to deal with the doubt and discomfort differently. Firstly make a vicious flower (see my video on this) on all the things you do to try and make yourself feel more certain and less uncomfortable like checking. Then when you do the ERP you are going to do the opposite of these things. The sort of thing that you might do as ERP could be, for example, to put extra bits of paper in your pocket and let then rummage around in your pockets when out so that it INCREASES the likelihood of you worrying that you have dropped something. When you deliberately increase the likelihood of bringing on the worries and discomfort you set yourself up with a chance to learn to respond to them differently. Might be worth checking out my videos on ERP to help you further. ERP is such an efficient way of learning to live with uncertainty - once you get the hang of it you will not regret it!

[@EppingForest304]

I feel your pain. I feel like I’ve dropped or lost something, so keep checking my pockets, & behind & around me 😢

[@methylmercury]

@@EppingForest304 Lately I've been able to take control of the monster inside of me. I got tired of it, it was sucking out too much energy and time. I lost something? I don't think so, since I've spent over a year looking for things that were not there. A year and a half of this nonsense and it is starting to fade away. Slowly but surely. Tell that voice in your head "go fuck yourself" and bleed that monster like a stuck pig

[@ambyjay2199]

Hey katie can you talk about sensorimotor OCD

[@QuickCars-j2i]

How do you deal with trauma ocd?

[@انكليزيايمارتاسعوبكالوريا.أ.اب]

Strict Headache coz of fear of madness leads to madness?

[@SrijitaBanerjee-qs2dt]

You're an angel🙃❤️

[@CesarSandoval024]

She is soo beautiful lol

[@jumparound1234567]

You’re great

[@MultiMagnumforce]

Mind trip !

[@AbdulQaadir-j8r]

Katie, please advise on CBD oils to cope with OCD and Anxiety. Thank you so much.

[@judithbaban5150]

Why would I want to speed read? It’s not enjoyable.

[@AbhiramN_1289]

You can know you did something even if you don't remember it like a video recording. For example, you may rememebr that you had toast for breakfast, but you don't remember putting the bread into the toaster or spreading the butter, just that you were eating toast. That feeling of "I know I did something or I know it happened, though I can't remember it like a videorecording frame by frame" is all you need to get by, and I garentee you it is likely correct.