Is it OCD or me? It feels REAL!

[@ocdandanxiety]

Does your OCD feel real to you?

[@Goosehiss]

Yess!! So real.

[@amberpearce222]

yes , i cant focus on anything that makes me happy anymore because it feels so realll

[@goldilockz6517]

100% real 😭 I keep getting bamboozled!

[@potatoecloud2189]

Yup! It creates the certainty in the uncertainty. It is a big bully

[@elisasternberg7784]

100%

[@hitemup7950]

The worst thing to me about ocd, hocd in particular is that as you said you have to live your life the way you want, do things you want, i agree, but the worst thing is to me that i dont even know what i feel and what i dont, so i have to do the things that i think are right, and i lost the ability to tell what i am feeling because i dont even know what is genuinely what are MY feelings, and what are the made up feelings the things i made up in my head, i cant even tell the difference

[@petrichor04_]

this is literally exactly how i am. i feel ya

[@kermkerm]

Hey! Doesn’t matter if it’s a thought or feeling, if you keep listening to the fear and OCD your brain will perceive it as a threat even though it’s not! Try ignoring feeling just like thoughts related to OCD even though it’s hard. God Bless and have a nice day!

[@FriendLi_Visitor]

I feel exactly like this at the moment. iI progressed to me firstly being able to know who I am and what my feelings are. Now I just don't know anymore, which makes hocd feel incredibly real

[@daisyisthebestest4203]

And then when you do what you want instead of listening to it you feel like a sociopath because it feels so real

[@omkardhekane6346]

SOO RELATABLE!!

[@Oniysiel]

can't lie. wish i could have you as my therapist

[@ItsMeRohanX]

same

[@thebookof5rings]

my therapist ain’t good enough

[@Smiley35S]

Same! I was about to ask if he's taking new clients

[@Cloudyrain21]

Same

[@xDEATHbySTEREOxX]

Same❤

[@Cesar_00z]

Imagine yourself trapped in a room, and suddenly a monster appears and it’s telling you and forcing you to perform actions/rituals you don’t want to do, and you have to go along with what ever it tells you or else someone you love will die or something horrible will happen if you don’t do/perform what ever it’s telling you to do. And this monster reappears every 5 minutes and the cycle continues. That is what living with OCD feels like. Wouldn’t wish this on anyone.

[@marks.3798]

Perfect analogy

[@ritikamishra7984]

My anxiety and depression ruins my motivation totally... I feel so dull and lifeless that I feel bound to seek reassurance

[@saranshpandey1132]

Which ocd ?

[@hiddenperson1942]

Your videos have pulled me out of so many episodes

[@ocdandanxiety]

It makes me happy to have your support my friend. I hope you're doing well.

[@hiddenperson1942]

I’m doing better than I was yesterday and that’s progress so I am happy

[@KayFerguson-wy1ll]

I have an OCD assessment to explore a diagnosis this week through NOCD. There's no doubt in my mind that this is OCD (even though there are doubts, I'm too stubborn to listen). I'm excited and nervous, but as I've told my family, "OCD has activated my challenge accepted mode." To which we all laugh, because my challenge accepted mode is my ultimate power up and they know I'm serious & determined to beat it. Nathan, you've been a life saver. The video where you call OCD a bully is what kicked me into gear. I'm ready to live my life with OCD and I'm in the driver's seat, not the OCD. Thank you for all the work you do. I hope to contact you one day in the future and tell you how well I'm doing. 😊

[@sarahskicks]

Thanks for bringing me so much comfort and letting me know I’m no alone! It totally feels real. Ting to look at all the evidence over and over again 😬

[@juliet.olivia]

You have helped me through some awful moments. I cannot thank you enough!!

[@safiq_ur_rahaman]

My OCD seems to be controlling me. I am taking major life decisions based on these thoughts.

[@SnighdhaHalder]

Yes it feels like the same thoughts overwhelm me as they are important for me .have a nice day ❤

[@speco6298]

If you have never seeked medical attention please go see a doctor. And therapist who has experience working with ocd. If you have already done that you probably know what to do in order to recover from ocd. Good luck brother❤️

[@safiq_ur_rahaman]

@@SnighdhaHalder yes

[@safiq_ur_rahaman]

@@speco6298 I haven't been to therapy but I try to apply Exposure Response myself watching his videos. But it's really very tough for me to practice ERP specially in the case of religious OCD.

[@user-hx7mi7ml8u]

@@safiq_ur_rahaman Nate had lots of videos of all types of OCD, along with other KZbin channels, it’s like getting free therapy.

[@varuna6089]

Nate, you very well maybe the best OCD therapist in the world. Your words make sense to me more than all the other resources/therapists/books that I've tried. Can't tell you how thankful I am to you.

[@thomasschott6735]

Thank you so much for all the work you’ve done and you’re doing. I have to say that each video I’m looking helps me to better understand OCD and helps me to get released of it. Your videos are so well done, with a description that is EXACTLY what’s going on. For someone suffering of OCD for years and not knowing it, believe me your videos (+ exposure I‘ve learned with other therapists) really helped me to deal with my brain). Watching your videos I learnt What real event OCD is and it really helped me to Go through it. Anyway your content is extremly qualitative and thank you, so much for sharing this on You Tube. I Hope one day I’ll be as competent as you to help people get through it. Thank you Nathan 🙏

[@minimal13579]

Your videos on ERP especially are helping me so much with identifying those sneaky thoughts and compulsions of mine as OCD-related and give me the motivation to go through with an exposure when I feel like I can't!

[@Rowe_Ti]

The self-awareness and the lack of self-restraint, that's ocd

[@bier1921]

How to get rid of your OCD; Trigger warning, strong topic (myself as an example): I want you guys to give an example for what OCD can make you believe, when its not your theme you can see how redicilous it is. I had a big fear of losing private data like a scanned passport, so my fear was losing SD cards with private information on it. I never scanned my passport... I would go out of my way and open up my smoked up rolled sigarettes (my country you roll sigarettes) because I felt there could be (even though sigarettes are to small) an SD card in it. It had to be fallen in to it because it felt like it. Now I have severe harm and p OCD. I am somewhat impulsive, I have been a rough teenager but nothing too crazy. Generally I am a very kind and warm person, due to autism I can be a bit cold because I try to solve stuff logically but my heart is soft. OCD convinced me I could be a r*pist that wants to act out. Internal feelings or uneasyness are interpreted like an urge to do something, ocd then sends a lot of intrussions, very very very vivid bad intrussions. My point is, this is how real it can get. It can really tell you from the gut instinct something is very wrong. It can let you question and believe your a very bad person. If you say no to it, it will take something from your history and trow it at you completely out of perspective, and gasslights you in to thinking there is something very wrong with you. It can gasslight your sexuality, your morals, your feelings, your intentions, send guild, fear, anxiety, 'unsolved feelings'. Listen up, here is how to get rid off it. Here is the complete plan to get rid of your OCD: 1. You need to accept OCD for what it is completely. The feelings of realness, fear, anxiety, every bad feeling from it, intrussions, what if's, etc 2. But what if its not OCD? Go back to point one, you didnt fully accept it as ocd. 3. How to accept it? Take the "chance" it is ocd, which isnt a chance but feels like one, don't use this for reasurance. 4. Go as 'cold turkey' as possible with compulsions. This means fast as possible, imperfections happen, don't beat yourself up for it. Compulsions are: Rumination, what if thoughts, thinking about trueness of the thoughts, everything about your ocd theme, checking, handwashing, everything you do to reduce stress. The last one is very very very important because that rule apply. A compulsion can be to relax when having intrussive thoughts, these are hidden compulsions. 5 catalyst thought. These are technically rumination thoughts but go unoticed because you really try to figure out how bad the situation is, you are already in ocd land, go back to point 1. This also includes: what if its not ocd, i am never going to recover, any negative self talk, its all ocd fuel. 6. Write down how much you ruminate (in minutes) (important) Example, A day can look like this 6+8+4+30 and so on, write it down, with the total, do this every day all day, but as passively as possible. Try to reduce it with 10 minutes a day. 7. You NEED to live like you don't have ocd. Go to school, take up responsabillity's. Get out of the rut you live in. You can not get through OCD recovery in a bubble. 8. OCD is curable. I have seen it when people really get trough it it can dissapear entirely. The key is to not stop recovery when your cured but change the reaction you give to anxiety irl, because this is often the trigger for new ocd episodes. I failed doing this, and am back in OCD land. 9. The reason why 'specialists' say you can't. They only do exposures and think your ocd is magically going to disapear, exposures are good but are no substitude for the real thing, stopping the reaction. It can fix your theme but OCD can, and often will switch to the next thing your afraid off. Hirarchy erp will keep your OCD chronic at best. 10. Everyone seem to keep a OCD thing they don't get rid off completely, it will take you back to OCD land. This one is very personal. I had 1 OCD behaviour left and wasnt willing to let it go. I did it once in a while while recovered and by keeping on that flame I am back with severe OCD. 11. OCD will get very bad when you refuse reaction. Go back to 1.

[@Aras483]

Thanks for this.

[@sipping]

Wow, this was great, proud of you. On my way to fixing my situation for a healthier life and healthier relationship

[@hiddenperson1942]

The way you describe The stress makes me break it down and it helps me gain control and not focus on intrusive thoughts

[@instant_mint]

To the commenter whose comment is gone now (I was replying to you when it was deleted): Hi! I'm so sorry to hear that you're struggling! Please know that behind OCD there is a calm rational you that is able to experience joy and peace, and it's just temporarily clouded by your fight/flight mechanism. Have you talked to a counselor or therapist? It can really help especially when you feel discouraged and worn out

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

A lot of helpful information in this video about those ocd moments of unnecessary doubt, and why we are having them then lead to the compulsion to problem solve the "problem" that ocd throws up through anxiety - the compulsion to solve ocd's doubt can be hard to resist, but this video helps put a lot of things in perspective. Thanks :)

[@englishmoky7725]

we're so lucky that you're here ❤

[@katekurtz1640]

Oh gosh now I’m like my mom watching KZbin for therapy! Also because I have OCD I don’t even understand how a thought like that can leave your brain like how do you just think that and be like whatever it will be fine, no it won’t! That’s just my brain, if you can actually do that and you don’t have OCD that’s a great thing!

[@UltraRaditzStane]

This is a weird comparison but i always compared OCD to the Tryiands from 40k for some reason. A endless horde of intrusive thoughts that smashes your mind with issues and when you feel like you were successful in fighting them back then they come back harder to take down and adapted to your first victory.

[@katekurtz1640]

Here’s my problem I try to not do my impulses by “promising” myself I won’t do them but then those “promises” just turn into impulses where I feel like I can not break a “promise” which is that I will stop doing my impulse but then I feel like something bad will happen if I break my “promise” so then I make myself break it to get out of the impulse by doing the impulses and now I don’t know what’s an impulse and what’s not and it’s a confusing mess!

[@mcarlson6712]

thanks for this advice I found the channel and realized how much of my self-critique was just these sorts of behaviors I'm not diagnosed with OCD officially, but it's prominent in my immediate family your suggestion on how to not give into the compulsion gave me comfort thank you

[@ranc1977]

Symptoms of Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (when criticism hurts) - Being easily embarrassed - Heightened fear of failure - Unrealistically high expectations for self - Assuming people don't like you - Avoiding social settings - Perfectionistic tendencies

[@yuvrajpratapsingh1396]

Can you please make a video on Pure-O? Mostly I don't have any specific compulsions now but it has wired down into obsessive thinking that cannot lead anywhere. It's a kind of continual rumination that doesn't stop despite trying the utmost to just sit with the anxiety and fears. They just keep going on and on. As there is no way to CERTAINLY Reassure myself that the thing I fear won't happen,it just sits there as a nagging doubt in my brain. I wish I could receive some inputs on it if possible.

[@s55333]

My experience has been there's not quite a word for it; because "I" am not actually scared or anxious about something, I am not actually worried about something, but that's kind of the best words we have available... I am frozen and overwhelmed by doubt/fear/worry/anxiety even though I know it doesn't make sense, or I'm not actually worried about it, etc. I put "I" in quotes because it seems the conscious experiencing I isn't the one experiencing whatever the OCD is, but feeling the effects of whatever thing/part is freaked out. Sometimes too it feels like meaning is distorted; it's not psychosis, but like something of the realness and accuracy of meaning making is not working right...

[@starsINSPACE]

I am using my phone rn but I am still somewhat worried that maybe I put it in the dishwasher. 🤦‍♀️

[@instant_mint]

OCD in a nutshell 🙃

[@tripwire202]

Yup! "Am I going to crush this bug on purpose" I think as I gently capture it in a glass cup. The only bug I've killed in years was an aggressive mosquito which flew at my face repeatedly. (I tried to scare it away multiple times first.) Spiders and moths are either left in peace or put in a cup and taken outside. I am still the person I was as a child who picked up worms on the concrete and hid them under leaves so the birds wouldn't get them. But it still feels real - like I'm about to hurt a tiny helpless creature and I hate it so much.

[@bunvathanavorn843]

I can say you're expect in OCD based on the knowledge I have gotten from you. Thank you so much

[@elanasilverman4468]

You went on KZbin without your face being perfect. You are my effing HERO! ❤❤❤🙏 Also, convincingly human appearance eases my T-100 OCD (ancient cultural reference to Arnold Schwarzenegger as an evil robot, NOT to the Texas Instruments “Tandy 101/102” portable which is adorable and should be loved by all)

[@sense_storiess]

I have an OCD that my hair is damaged. And that's my i feel an urge to pull out the weak or different textures hair. That means I basically have TTM Which is not ok logically as if the different texture doesn't mean it's weak and even if they are weak they may fall on their own so yeah... I figured out my OCD. And that's the best thing ever! 😁

[@setayeshanari4279]

I've seen 4 therapist so far and you're the best

[@LeeLeeCRN]

This makes me feel so much less alone. While i dont wish this on anyone im glad im not the only one going thru it. My mind is in a constant spin n im always on high alert. It can be exhausting.

[@KrisVic91]

Ive been doing way better. Thank you. I still live with people who don't wash their hands after bathroom and they touch all my stuff and lot of my food I've asked politely and one told me to f**k off and the other ignores me. Duno what to do mate. Really duno. Ps they are family, so even if I move out... am I just supposed to not care? All my stuff is already contaminated.

[@eaglegolden8326]

IF they are contamined cleam them with some correct product and the problem ITS fix

[@user-hx7mi7ml8u]

What a bunch of respectful, considerate people. 🙄 You should move out if they can’t respect your stuff and talk to you that way. Who wants to be told your opinion doesn’t matter. Why live that way? But, remember there are germs most everywhere and our bodies/immune systems get used to them. I work as a cashier and have touched many things people have and who knows what’s on the items. But, I’m not compelled to go wash my hands after each person, I don’t have that fear of contamination that you do. I sanitize and wash when I can but try to realize that you will never rid yourself of every germ, it’s not possible. I get a cold once a year, but that’s about it. So, if it was true everyday germs and being around the public can make you deathly ill, I would have been a goner along time ago. Make yourself touch everyday things that you are afraid of, (I’m not talking about having no common sense and running your hands through cat litter) and then, resist going and washing your hands. You’re still here as an adult, so that means getting germs on you since childhood, didn’t wipe you from the planet yet. 😊

[@paulanunez658]

Thank you for sharing with us with technique that has worked for dissipating my intrusive thoughts. You saved my life with this, I never imagined I'd get to experience how a clear mind feels like, thanks again for everything.

[@carriemanastyr2651]

What happens when the “I know” goes away. It’s what kept me going but now I don’t have the “I know feeling” and I feel like I’m going crazy

[@nimrahh8836]

These type of skills really helpful when awful things really happen it keeps me going towards my values ♥️

[@thedetti616]

My Problem with OCD(in my case HOCD) is that the feelings wich i dont want to be real, feel real and thinks like a good feeling if thinking about kissing a man or be in a relationship with a man feel comfortable. And then i start falling down in big dark hole, because thats not me, i know it because i had a girlfriend and was realy in love with her. But i dont understand why the feelings i dont want to be real, be real in this short moment. After me and my ex broke up, i didnt have hocd thoughts and i feelt comfortable and so real, i was enjoying my life an was sure about my sexuality. But than it came back and now i have the fear that could be Bisexuell... And everything feels so real and but thats not me, if i dont think about it and dont do tests there is no feeling for man only if i do the tests... can somebody relate? I need help, it destroys my life.. I think I tell myself all this and that's why it feels real...is this possible?

[@dannasofiacalderacamargo7897]

hi, how are you now? l feel the same

[@KALOSZ2]

​@@dannasofiacalderacamargo7897same but i have SO-OCD

[@Cineyame]

Thank you so much for these videos :)) I was wondering if you could please cover metaphysical ocd of you have not already. I always feel like everything gives off a certain vibe or energy and the good energies get contaminated and take on the bad energies of other things in my life. It feels like I have to constantly have to avoid everything I enjoy in fear that they will develop a negative vibe attached to the past traumatic event.

[@kermkerm]

Hey! Don’t worry about your thoughts or feelings, regarding OCD it’s the same. Try to ignore your thoughts and feelings the same even though it’s hard. If you ignore it your brain won’t perceive it as a threat anymore eventually. God Bless and have a nice day!

[@hektorfrisch4547]

1. You know that you probably have another OCD thought/problem 2. But the thought or problem feels very real for you 3. You ask yourself what if that particular thought or problem is not just OCD 4. You get very unsecure and do your compulsions

[@Army_Guy_]

Love your videos. I’ve been really struggling lately since switching meds but I have really been fighting to resist the compulsions and intrusive thoughts.

[@Army_Guy_]

@Its_humsheelspores I’ve been in therapy for years

[@teresas8919]

Hey Nate, I wish she would do more videos on how things IT that’s what I’m struggling with right now and it moves from topic to topic to topic to topic till I can make sure 100%. That is not what is wrong with me because my anxiety is pretty much almost all day well, most of the day and I have to make sure if the compulsion sites trying to but I’m doing like the checking the lab work the doctor visits, making sure I am to the point where it’s making my anxiety worse I mean my compulsions are not working anymore for me, so I am slowly whittling away at not giving in to some of my compulsions, and just setting with the fear and anxiety and letting it just kind of wash over me and just keep doing it over and over and over again till eventually, my brain is like OK, there’s no threat here , I just started yesterday. I absolutely committed to the fact that I have got health anxiety OCD and I can’t know for sure that nothing bad is going to happen. I don’t have the heart palpitation the heart Cody cardiophobia it’s just it’s other topics. Anyway thanks, Nate.

[@leo7ots728]

Can this also apply with false emotions/feelings, like for a while now I get intrusive feelings and thoughts that I am angry but in all reality im not angry at all im just sitting their or doing something and randomly my brain makes me think I’m “mad” and it leaves me confused and anxious but it feels so real that I am mad or angry, it’s like im gonna snap at my friends for no reason, but I don’t want to I love my friends :p, it makes me sooo anxious when it includes people close to me too 😢, but not just anger other emotions as well but for every single one I am fully aware from start to finish and I ruminate about it, because it makes me scared that I might be bipolar which is one of my ocd fears

[@ahxmxdb]

Exactly

[@thegolfer8810]

Thanks for your support!

[@tugbaokyay]

What do you think about ACT therapy against OCD? Is it effective?

[@x.0.x.]

‼️ Yeah but whenever I try going against my OCD bad stuff ends up happening in real life and it freaks me out and I get scared back into it there is clearly some type of power it has that's beyond therapy and I don't know how escape it without risk of harming the people I love for instance I've had passing thoughts that I didn't think much of and ignored only for them to manifest in real life soon after..THIS is what makes it so hard to free myself from this mental hellscape

[@flowbossandre]

It might just be confirmation bias. You feel like something will happen or expect something so your mind is trying to "prove" your expectation is true.

[@nuggets1356]

I'm failing to see how any of this actually applies to real event OCD. When that theme is based around obsessive thoughts about something that actually happened. For a lot of us it's constant guilt and shame over something wrong we actually did. I just don't get how I'm supposed to tell myself it's fake memories or just OCD when it actually happened. And now I'm even having doubts my diagnosis with real event OCD is even OCD or some kind of excuse for what I did in the past that was wrong. Such a confusing time for me. Still love your videos though since finding them.

[@danielmonsalve8471]

Hey! Thanks for your videos! I have a question. Can I recover without extra exposures? I mean, I only do ERP when my thoughts come and no watching more weird videos and looking for more weird things. And I ask this bc I believe in God and it just not ok for me to go and put more things in my mind. I suffer from harm ocd by the way. Thanks!!

[@Blessednesting]

Interesting because I went through therapy about 5 years ago and we rehashed or brought up some things that happened in childhood and ever since this I have faced ocd on this topic in which I didn’t before.

[@sailajan.v.9671]

Hey Nate, Are you available for 1-1therapy session. My Name is Sanket I am from India I am An 18 year old male who caught with HOCD/SO-OCD from past 9 months. I need your help, If you could do any please let me know. LET ME KNOW YOUR TIME SO IF YOU CAN PROVIDE ANY HELP

[@sailajan.v.9671]

@@Sunshine-p3p No,not completely I guess

[@michaelholdren9776]

When i get mine i get so scared and my body basically locks up. Like. Did I harm anyone around me in anyway? And am i doing it right now

[@loppan4534]

This video was good 👍

[@nigamjogadia356]

THANK YOU SIR

[@sanchitdesai4241]

Hi can your online course be accessed only in the US or elsewhere as well

[@ocdandanxiety]

It can be accessed anywhere! 😉

[@nimrahh8836]

​@@ocdandanxiety is your service available in Pakistan??

[@justmadeit2]

Question, does anyone else have insomnia caused by their ocd anxiety?

[@Thatoneswimmernamedr-lh5vv]

Why does it make you feel like you’re lying to yourself??

[@seanc2136]

I hear you on the religious ocd

[@georgiannationalist1719]

I know usually u don't answer comments but man i need to do this... I'm 17 years old and have been suffering from ocd for 3 years already, my ocd themes started with HOCD than Religious OCD and there was a little gap between worse of my ocd themes few weeks after i had ocd about my nationalism (thoughts were like "what if I'm not nationalist and it was just a age?" "Wait nationalist wouldn't say that" and so on) shortly after i lost the sense of nationalism... during my ocd i got extremely weak(emotionally and spiritually) and after that i got ocd thoughts about masculinity I can't feel any of those feelings(nationalism and masculinity) i have no emotion at all and i wonder if treatment will give me my nationalism and masculinity back along with my emotions P.s thanks for answering

[@goldenage323]

Definitely go for the treatment. Just make sure ur therapist is knowledgeable & experienced in OCD. You feel this lack of masculinity and nationalism because they are attacked by OCD, which gives u anxiety and triggers you whenever these 2 themes are involved. Seek treatment. Your life will change for the better. Good luck

[@ritusharma6866]

Ohh.. i have thoughts of dying and getting old.. all the time i do something or talk to someone it makes me feel like we are getting old and one day we will die.. which makes me feel scared and these thoughts are not leaving me alone.. soemtimes i feel scared of getting old ..

[@janeenharrison1396]

But what if your feared consequence happens 3times?

[@Lolalee87]

OCD has taken over my life... I can't enjoy anything anymore & I don't ever want to leave the house. I haven't left the house in over a month 😞.

[@goldenage323]

Seek an ocd therapist. You deserve to be happy. Don't let ocd ruin precious time u could enjoy doing something u really care for. Good luck !

[@Lolalee87]

@@goldenage323 thank you for your kind words! God bless you!

[@goldenage323]

@@Lolalee87 God bless you too 🙏 We're all struggling through OCD, but we shall overcome 😊

[@Lolalee87]

@@goldenage323 Yes we shall 🙏. Hope things get better for you my friend! Good luck to you too!

[@tromboneman4517]

I am not sure if you are Christian, but as a Christian who is about to start treatment for OCD, get help. God blessed us with people who have the intellect to diagnose issues like this, and then treat it. I know how horrific those thoughts can be, but God loves you and wants you to be cured. He made a way for you to be cured. Go and get treatment! NOCD is the source I’ll be using to start my therapy.

[@Patricia-lk6mf]

My OCD is when I want to learn something,I have to learn all aspects. When I’m studying Christianity and Christians disagree or if it’s history and not super clear it drives me crazy! Help

[@ItsMeRohanX]

I try to practice erp everytime I get an intrusive thought but still it feels so real maybe I need medication, I dunno I cant get out of this trap and now its been more than 1 year and its getting worse

[@justthatgamergirl1]

With mine I don’t intrinsically know it’s ridiculous because it’s to do with past actions.

[@Kite28-]

Why do I feel like ocd is a person living inside my brain

[@AhmadKhairulAsfa]

i always Get angry by MY FATHER, THIS IS SO HARD BUT I CANNOT DO ANYTHING..

[@ramzyaissaq1698]

My ocd makes me feel likd i want to take myself to the cops

[@elanasilverman4468]

To be literal AF about it… your brain is where all REAL things are experienced. What, I’m supposed to disregard the 100-billion+ neurons who have kept me alive this long??? 😉

[@QbertGamingXXIV]

Can anyone answer in ocd the thoughts like ,is it reality or not mind confusing iam i dreaming or living in dream thoughts will come ?

[@Goosehiss]

Do you feel that OCD (for me ROCD) that likely has a basis in real trauma is still responsive the same way to ERP? :) Thank you for your resources Nate ❤

[@ocdandanxiety]

I think anxiety in relationships can be due to poor past experiences. Either way, ERP seems to be the best way to help someone stay uncertain, give them the benefit of the doubt and enjoy the moments with their partner.

[@londonbro8131]

My husband has obsession to watch girls outside any age any colour creed just only women. He had a lot desires to watch women. His thoughts could not stop about women. Whenever he is outside he couldn’t b able to control him not to watch girls. He started getting so much anxious when there are a number of women around him. He started to afraid that he will star to watch every one of the woman in detail and he he started to have thoughts about them. He is struggling very hard he is suffering mood swings anger frustration anxiety low mood lack of energy every thing. He is getting mentally so much worse. He most of the time does not accept that he has actually a problem in real. I as a wife do not know what to do where to go. Every one life and our relationship is distributed now. Please help me.

[@user-hx7mi7ml8u]

Seek help from a doctor/ therapist!

[@londonbro8131]

@@user-hx7mi7ml8u will you b able to tell what these symptoms is. Is it ocd or something. He sometimes tried very hard and successful and sometimes he is very much weak that he couldn’t b able to cope up with it. He tried to avoid many social activities due to this problem. It’s been 9 months or so when I started to notice about it or talking about it with him. Really feeling also what a doctor or therapist will think about it. When we discuss these with them. It’s the kind of ocd or any normal thing? Please help me in this regard

[@londonbro8131]

@@user-hx7mi7ml8u thanks

[@Lolalee87]

So sorry to hear this but this isn't OCD, he has another kind of problem. He definitely needs to get help because thats not normal.

[@SnehaKhunti-o1t]

I hate my brain so much

[@BOOMBOOM6DoubleO]

I miss being attracted to girls man I hate these thoughts I always wanted to have a wife of my own one day and have beautiful kids. It feels like that has been snatched away from me 😢

[@tromboneman4517]

So you have HOCD? Same here. You can still have all that. These thoughts are NOT you man!!! Get help. Seek out NOCD.

[@kylieskiffington479]

I do not WANT to live in uncertainty. I am very happy in my OCD. It keeps me safe. 💙

[@kevinzu9039]

Try benzodiazapam