Fear of Losing Control

[@project-ogarage784]

Great video. This is one of my main fears. Losing control, developing schizophrenia and ending up in a metal hospital. I’m doing a lot better now and it was a mixture of different things. I have accepted that maybe I do have schizophrenia and my “psychosis” isn’t that bad and I could live with it. Still gets hard and I know I have a lot more work ahead of me but I’m ok with that. I think what I learned so far is the more out of control I feel the more control I actually have. Which is a hard thing to under stand because the moment you try to control this “ new control “ your lost it because that’s how you lost it in the first place. Any ways I could go on and on but I just want to say to those struggling. Keep on keeping on. It does get better don’t avoid but face your fears! Cheers!! #hope

[@mominmasood]

"The more out of control I feel the more control I actually have" - that's a really great way to put it! 👌🏼 Thank you for your message.

[@daffodill90]

This video was very deep and profound. Thank you so much for sharing your personal experience. It is an all rounded video about letting go of control. Relinquishing control, the only way to actually live life.

[@mominmasood]

Thank you for your kind words. :)

[@olivep7920]

Yes, very interesting. Thank you Momin.

[@j.c.denton2060]

I'm so sorry to hear about your son. I'll be praying that he can recover from this.

[@geranmusic1478]

Thanks mate this video really helped me a lot. I’ve been trying to work out what my core fears might be and I think this might be one of them. I didn’t realise how many different ways the fear of not having control affected me and a lot of the examples you brought up really hit home. My ocd stems from a real event of being involuntarily hospitalised and diagnosed with schizoaffective bi-polar. Looking back I’d actually taken some drugs that induced psychosis temporarily but the ocd kicked in when I tried to control every thought I had because I was so afraid of making my condition worse or being taken back to hospital. It’s stupid how many different ways the fear of losing control has slipped into my life since. It’s definitely a relief to hear something that makes sense to me though! Hopefully I can start bringing the fear down on this one, you’re a legend.

[@OCDRecovery]

There are a few videos on this channel covering fear of going crazy and fear of schizophrenia. We also have a webinar coming up next month on fear of going crazy. For info 📧 [e-mail]

[@geranmusic1478]

@@OCDRecovery thanks guys!

[@mominmasood]

Thank you so much for your words! Glad this helped you. :)

[@viktoriagavrikova3460]

thank you for the video! For some time I wanted to ask is there such a thing as addiction ocd? I couldn’t find anything related to this on the internet and started thinking that I’m just trying to justify myself with ocd. the thing is, i’m terrified by the idea of becoming an alcoholic/drug addict. I’ve spent days analysing my relationship with drinking and remembering through all the times I drank to make sure I wasn’t developing an addiction. Even now, when I almost don’t drink at all I always think about how something could break in me long time ago that made me an addict or what if I just got drunk right now and all that stuff or what if i’m an addict already as I think about it that much i start loosing sense of self? how can I be sure that I need to start ocd recovery and I’m not just having drinking issues?

[@mominmasood]

Yes. That relates to a fear of being addicted. Like with any OCD theme, this might lead you to completely avoiding alcohol because it might become a trigger for you. Remember avoidance is not the answer, balance is essential of course. And you can continue to also breakdown your fears related to becoming an addict - what will happen as a result - what will happen to your life? Seeing those fears can help show us what is it we're actually afraid of beyond just the surface level fear.

[@MissSarahGM]

Very interesting. With the example you gave of being happy in your marriage and family and that would be perfect time for OCD to come in. I wonder if the brain now sends these intrusive thoughts to make the person DO something and become overprotective of their happiness, though the illusion of control. Or does the brain sends the OCD in this happy time, because there is an underlying unconscious belief that the person doesn't deserve this and it's a way to sabotage and confirm to the person "you're not worth it". You say being overprotective and anxious leading to being emotionally numb : you mean through doing the compulsions? So that the person is stuck in the OCD and in their head? I found my ex partner seemed to be emotionally numb, because of trying to control his rOCD, and concluded he was unhappy. I think I understand better now. Thank you

[@cloneraged]

Hello, i have fear of being unconscious. It started few months ago. Not afraid of dreams or death or anything. Just the act of losing consciousness. I have trouble falling asleep. It is so tormenting. Someone told me it might be ocd. Is this “fear” of losing control too? In the past I had some symptoms like afraid of focusing on my breathing during meditation etc, i didnt know it was ocd till now. I really dont know how to tackle this fear of sleep/uneasiness around sleep. The past week i have been facing the fear head on. But it did not reduce at all. Please help me.

[@mominmasood]

There is a possibility that losing consciousness might relate to a fear of losing control over your body. Like I say in the video, go a step further and ask yourself what you're afraid of if you lose consciousness? What are you really losing out on there? Also be mindful of compulsions you might be doing around this fear of being unconscious. Cutting those compulsions out will help you.

[@evjogkg344]

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