Eating disorders and OCD - The same?

[@Nainaargari]

Youre much more helpful in one video than 15 yrs of multiple therapists I have seen

[@ocdandanxiety]

Wow! That is very kind of you. I wish you the best!

[@elizabethdelullo6900]

I’m betting those therapists in 15 years were not specialized or trained in ERP for OCD. Glad you find it helpful!

[@Nainaargari]

Half true half false. They all claimed to have specialty in ocd, they had it listed it in their bios and were explicit about during intake. Its one of the first things that led me on to the fact that mental health training is such a failure. Some of them (remember all specialized in ocd) hadnt even heard of erp

[@elizabethdelullo6900]

@@Nainaargari correct. I should have used the term certified. Anyone can claim specialty which is just wrong. All it does most of the time is prolong someone’s suffering

[@Nainaargari]

True. Its crazy . Youd assume its fraud to pretend to specialize when you dont even know the basics, yet many do with no consequence. In fact it seems they use ocd as a buzz word I see most ALL therapists you look up thru zocdoc or even thru your insurance have it listed as specialty. Sickening and sad. Glad this creator is actually helping ppl

[@ima9664]

I just found your channel and I've been binge watching your videos/reading comments. It makes me feel less lonely and more hopeful to know there's people out there also dealing with ocd but overcoming it, thanks to everyone for sharing tips, and you too for making this videos and giving visibility 🙏🏼

[@lilymulligan8180]

I've been diagnosed with OCD, have spent my entire life in the dance and circus world, but have somehow avoided an eating disorder - at least in the long term. I can absolutely understand the appeal of an ED to feel some sense of control in life. But then I get hungry and need to eat. Lol

[@playstore7882]

Please make more videos on real event ocd , You are the best therapist !!

[@mozhdehbesharatifar1999]

I have ocd and ED. My eating behaviours got worse since six months ago and changed from not eating to binge eating. I had really, really tough days with my EDs. Thanks to my antidepressant it is exactly 7 days that I have gotten better in my EDs. I am so glad I never thought I would recover from that nightmare. 😢 Thank you for this video for today.

[@michelle-h]

May I ask what you’re on? Dealing with the same :(

[@mozhdehbesharatifar1999]

@michelle-h first, I started taking citalopram up to 20 mg because i only saw my gp, but after a while, it stopped working, and my overeating came back .My psychiatrist decided to change my medication to fluoxetine now on 60 mg.

[@velvetwahl289]

As I got my generalized anxiety under control, my OCD decided to come rearing it's head. I've been struggling with a super restrictive diet the last 3 years and fear of eating because I've dealt with acid reflux issues my whole life and majority of foods/drinks make me feel sick. I'm glad I found this channel! It's probably more connected to my OCD than I thought

[@teethbones]

I just got diagnosed with OCD and this has been on my mind a lot. I often feel like I must purge but not just due to body related thoughts, but the need to follow through on the compulsion. It’s interesting seeing how they overlap, even if they are separate disorders for me. Thank you for all of your work, it is so helpful.

[@2Riri]

I both have ocd and aneroxia I definitely have issues whit body image but also the weird toughts repeating stuff etc… theres so many stuff i do i sometimes forget, i like seeing people that also has the same problems i feel less alone and more safe.

[@chriskoepke8492]

As someone who has struggled with an eating disorder and OCD over the years, I really appreciate your insights and the way you make a connection between the two of them. Thank you very much for taking time to make these helpful videos.

[@ocdandanxiety]

I appreciate it. I wasn't sure how well this video would do. I'm glad it helped you.

[@fibee8324]

@@ocdandanxiety So glad you went ahead and did it anyway - I can very much relate to this - ED and OCD are very much intertwined for me which makes it very hard sometimes to tackle each issue. But, as always, your videos are amazing and regardless of what you're discussing, always very helpful and most welcome! Keep on doing what you're doing!

[@voidspepper]

I got diagnosed with both, the OCD was something I never thought of. This video was really enlightening!

[@the_beevsknees]

I actually did have an eating disorder when I was a kid but that was way before I was diagnosed with OCD. But maybe that was early signs.

[@JB-sh7qy]

I love ur calm voice when talking about tough topics. I wish u were a therapist in my state. ❤

[@AwakenedStarseed]

I wonder how someone could have one without the other..

[@jbb8637]

but can ocd sometimes be mistaken for ED? i haven’t really come across anyone talking about this, but i’m pretty sure that was what happened to me. when i was in my early teens i stopped eating anything my mom had prepared for me at home. it was such a toxic and bad environment at home at the time, and i think that was why i stopped eating. it wasn’t about wanting to lose weight, i would literally only eat junk like chips or donuts and things in general that came in closed containers. i could especially not eat anything my mom had touched. but i think my mom and my doctor just assumed it was anorexia, so i ended up getting committed for ED treatment and for years i identified as someone having that condition.. the messed up thing is, i have had ocd ever since i can remember. i actually remember a lady at the facility center, where i received treatment for ED, telling me that i was only to wash my hands 10 times a day at the most. it has stuck with me more than anything, cause i literally wash my hands +100 times a day, and up to 200 times in bad periods.. but because not eating is linked to anorexia, i ended up getting the wrong treatment and i’m still struggling with ocd

[@ec3300]

It's the second (not only the first, the-actual-second) time you give me the pivotal hint which allows me to get capable to express my inner world better and actually be understood both by my therapist AND my psychiatrists. Basically you are my personal secret hero, leaving for me the clarity crumbles to exit the void - and maybe ultimately hack this game. I'm so thrilled! (Restrictive ED, PTSD & consistent OCD family history: not to complain but I feel I'm living in hard mode! So that's MINDBLOWING)

[@wero1799]

When anxiety hits hard and I lose control over my thoughts or can't ignore them, I stop eating till the thoughts finally stop to scare me. Sometimes it lasts for one day, sometimes a week and once I was on Yfood only for a month because I wasn't able to eat at all. My worst weight ever was 38kg.

[@christiangirlforhumanity3853]

Unfortunately, my ocd journey began with Anorexia for almost 15 years. Thank the Lord he freed me from it but then my ocd moved onto Postpartum ocd which I experienced for over a year and now I am going through Scrupolosity ocd.😔🙏🕊 Praying that the Lord will deliver from this and free me from ocd once and for all!😔🙏🕊

[@teedamusic1991]

Hi Nathan. Would you say OCD can take the form of CONSTANTLY avoiding foods that aren’t organic due to ethical reasons and feeling EXTREMELY guilt that comes with it?

[@MegaSaanch]

I only watched your OCD videos but this opened a whole world for me, im that 41% and I have all these disorders too. I was just suffering with all these in denial not acknowledging they’re eating disorders. It was very eye-opening, once in my life I weighed 45 kgs when I was 14, (I weighed 38 kgs when I was 5) and it was because of all those symptoms as well as my OCD. These compulsions and obsessions help me in another way to grapple with the exposure. Already feeling better, phew. Thanks!

[@presleysharpe2890]

I wish u the best and I hope u recover! 😊 I’m just wondering though how tall were u at 14 because I wanna know if I’m going through the same thing but it’s fine if u don’t know lol

[@MegaSaanch]

@@presleysharpe2890 I was about 5’3” when I was 14. Thank you, same to you too x

[@presleysharpe2890]

@@MegaSaanch thank you!😊

[@AmyClarkesinger]

I would love a video on ocd and autism, I've been struggling with eating because certain Textures of foods and smells will cause me to have intrusive images of horrible things like bugs and it will really put me off

[@elizabethleonard4952]

This was a really stressful video for me. Because I am diagnosed with both so I felt the pain and I feel like I can't accept myself.

[@connectingadventures2622]

Wonderful video Nathan. Thank you. It makes sense the connections between the two.

[@ocdandanxiety]

Thanks for being here! I appreciate your comments!

[@zebracorn9184]

I recovered from my eating disorder and then got stuck in my first ocd episode like one or two months into recovery. Almost like it just… switched themes Also I think my weirdest compulsion with ocd was making myself throw up so whatever germs were in the food I just ate wouldn’t be there anymore. Everything is so messy

[@laceywilkerson7420]

I am diagnosed with OCD, calorie counting is a huge trigger for me and I feel like it leads me to compulsively overeat. Very frustrating in this modern diet culture of “just have a calorie deficit” if you want to lose weight.

[@MyOCDCoach]

Great video!

[@raduplesa6356]

Great video! I was wondering if you can tell us how to treat triggers when it comes to OCD (e.g. seeing something online or over the news that activates the intrusive thoughts)? Should we expose ourselves to more and more triggers intentionally or not look for them and wait for them to appear?

[@claycox3627]

I have sensimotor OCD - fear of 'uncomfortable' swallowing sensation health ocd - fear of death/choking on food I am working through them, it's going well, disputing my irration beliefs

[@ocdandanxiety]

So glad to hear that it's going well for you. Thanks for sharing your success!

[@junique212]

Ì'm still navigating through my pbobia of swallowing

[@claycox3627]

@@junique212 Another great channel is 'OCD Recovery' if you search Sensory Motor OCD and then Health OCD they give solid advice too.

[@giraffewhiskers2045]

I feel like either my ocd almost led to an eating disorder like osfed/ednos or I do have it See the issue is whenever I bring it up to my mom she mentioned something that those doctors who told me I have Munchausen syndrom to her face, but then told me I had ednos/osfed All I do know is that I do have disorded eating and I fear how much I weigh and how much I eat I have ocd, major depression and generalized anxiety disorder, autism and adhd

[@heidighomi6489]

Thank you for all your help. Are religious rituals ocd? All religions impose on their followers various kind of repetitive rituals and rhymes as prayers etc ever since they are born. That stays in human memory for good like ocd. Is there a connection there?

[@dylv1]

Do you have advice around exposure and repsonse prevention; specifically around, if i am removing a compuslion can it lead to creating new compulsions in other areas of your life if you do it too quick or too many at once?

[@pinadelmonico]

I have a family member who anxiety, adhd & ocd. He also has night eating disorder. Sleep doctors say they can’t treat him bc it’s not a sleep problem but a behavioral one. Any tips or suggestions?

[@-whos.rei-]

what if I have both like im obsessing over calories rn and I even think 100 is too much or even 50 (cus I want to be skinny I guess) but it's not but I'm also terrified of food poisoning so now I saw something that ham is more like easier to get food poisoning so now I can't eat that

[@emilywhite6458]

This helped me with anxiety

[@marshi115]

Hey Nate! Ive been going through some intrusive and Repetitive thoughts or some thay keep coming back. (Edit: I also noticed it like you said to do in your videos and i dint understand why i need constant reassurance from others even tho i can just pass but i dont quite get it) I have seen some of your videos that seem to be helping so far. Im new to this Exposure response prevention so i have a few questions if you are able to answer! Do i still do my every day thing while doing the ERP or make time to practice with it? Do i have to think and accept my thoughts even if they scare me and what not? I really hope you can respond! I just need understand this better.

[@CODAnkurYT1506]

Can you tell which faith you believe in Nathan please

[@usbeinghumanz]

yes

[@messpilo]

I see similarities and with anorexia.

[@ocdandanxiety]

Thanks for sharing!