Living With OCD Uncertainty

[@imanmatazu7741]

“what if i got to jail? you’re already in jail!” - honestly the best ocd clapback i’ve ever heard😭👏🏾

[@stevehortongothlindreiss3983]

Agree 100%, Iman!! So very TRUE!! Good luck with your OCD recovery...!! G. Reiss

[@الأملبالله-و6ر]

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[@johncarter8842]

Some intrusive thoughts about being jailed even the worst jail in usa and the west which you western Ls grow to hate is a heaven combared to the jails we ocd patients in other parts of the warld obsses about and by the way push your governments to send more bombs to get us redd off of those jails and who run it at least you can feel the jet fighter coming with much love behind the iron curtain and I wish if it was the communist one

[@bradders9743]

6:50 "this is a physical issue, it is not metaphysical...the brain needs to heal, those neuro pathways need to die out" - this is something that a lot of people miss. They think that just by putting the right action into practice, or even just knowing what the right response is, that this will solve it like it was a spiritual issue. But it's like growing a garden, you can't water the seeds once and then get disappointed that there are no flowers the next day, these are real, tangible, physical processes that need to be fixed and it takes time and discipline to get there, it's not a fluffy case of changing mindset and all of a sudden you're better.

[@preeque]

the way i learned to accept uncertainty, was realizing that the 1% chance of the thoughts being real, is waaaay better than any probability higher than that. and from that decide that im not going to be a slave to something so minute. no matter how you look at it, its going to be a leap of faith, but dont let OCD ruin your life.

[@harutarzumanyan6599]

When i had my first OCD thought I didn’t know what to do I didn’t know what is going on with me i tough i am getting crazy i lost 15 pounds and so depressed that i stoped going to work .. Now i have fun with my OCD every time i have a silly thought i just start lounging and tell me yeah bro its ok . Sometimes i start deep thinking too but when i realize i do that i just tell myself no i am not playing this games anymore. It gets easy and easy but sometimes it seems real . Just don’t believe your emotions . Emotions are fake !! Thanks for your help Ali Greymond . And btw its also interesting too have ocd there is always something to think about at work and time flys like that lol

[@ravimn4637]

What kind of thoughts bothered you?

[@Phushprada1]

ravim n gosh where do I start????

[@ravimn4637]

@@Phushprada1 just tell me one of them. The hardest one. I just want to compare with mine

[@savennarose3713]

This happen to me too, i started an antidepressant that gave me intrusive thoughts about harming somebody I love, and the thought scared the living hell out of me, I had a major panic attack, and I stopped the medicine, I never went back to normal, I became worse, I lost weight, I cried everyday, I didn’t know what was wrong with me, I thought I was going crazy, the thought became obsessive and I was like this is not me why am I having these thoughts, and i found Ali videos and realized I was feeding the thought by fearing it and questioning now I haven’t had a bad reaction to a thought in 4 days, I been doing the ERP when a thought comes up, and it’s helped me so much, and my anxiety manageable again, some times I feel like a thought is taunting me or trying to intimidate and I just like disregard loud noisy neighbor I don’t hear it, it works usually the first time, but sometimes i have to repeat it like 5 or 6 times, but I totally understand how u were feeling

[@lukeroberts5770]

good way of looking at things! :)

[@kpaullo3641]

I hope your video reaches millions of people. So helpful and valuable, thank you.

[@dexterreyes9372]

OCD is one big BLUFF.

[@gavinduggan199]

You’re helping me a lot at the moment to recover. Thank you for all you do.

[@mattl415]

I felt like you were talking to me directly. Thank you.

[@ninarughals1895]

It's very easy to speak but difficult to practice.

[@r.michaelboyer7837]

Interesting video. For a very helpful narration on when ERP will fail at mitigating OCD and how Response Prevention can still succeed please click on the attached hyperlink. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n17aimCkfKljsNE

[@albertfigueroa11]

There’s no other way around n practice the tools for recovery

[@gianymariela]

That is very true. Is no so easy just say to yourself disregard. But yes there Is no other way. Doing the work

[@yacobeinauan9533]

If you watch her videos and actually listen to what she is saying and realize it it will be alot easier. She had OCD herself but she recovered. She knows what she is talking about.

[@shardaramcharitar1005]

Sometimes I really can't tolerate the ocd thoughts anymore I really wish to put my mind on silent mood

[@timtpr7104]

I don't have OCD but I have suffered with generalized anxiety for most of my life. I believe your advice can be applied to my situation and others as well. Thank you.

[@editinggacha132]

I’ve got both, as well as depression. *It’s hell*

[@timtpr7104]

@@editinggacha132 It seems it never ends, no matter what I do.

[@millstreetteut7835]

I got depression from ocd now i ruminate about the depression all day

[@jordanhaynes9728]

stay well and strong xx

[@thebgagabati]

Thanks Ali... this is what i really wanted to know what you said in this video. You are a pro in understanding OCD. Great job as always.

[@calliepearl7193]

lol i cried w this. i have a past life event that im worried about going to jail and legit i was thinking im gonna go to jail and ill always be worried but ur right i am in jail rn ill deal w it if it happens thank you calmed me down

[@dreamwrestling8915]

Hey there I am literally having the same thing …..glad I found you out…..Its like I always have a fear police will be heading my door anytime…..They will arrest me and put me in jail….I am constantly trying to reassure myself by researching about lawyers and how this thing can be stopped and not land me in jail….Did you notice any difference….How are you feeling now and what were the ways you dealt with this ?? Please reply when you see this I see its been a year already

[@calliepearl7193]

@@dreamwrestling8915 hi there, sadly and not to make u upset but I’m still going through it. It’s been event after event after event. I’ll get through one and then have something else. I am so sorry you’re dealing with this. My best advice I can give is to get you a therapist. I went to an intensive program and went to one everyday for 2 hours M-F and that helped a lot. Once again, I am so very sorry as I know exactly what you’re going through.

[@dreamwrestling8915]

@@calliepearl7193 No worries…. I am not able to move on with my life until I find the solution for that Its been like I am on google seeking reassurance constantly like 14-15 hours and I go through each and every detail of what happened that day and reassure myself I will be good….I even called laywers around here for no real reason and its like I constantly want someone to tell me “NO you are not going to jail” and I also watched jail videos to calm that fear but no luck Its been an obsession after obsession after obsession …..I cant even enjoy any time with anybody because I feel that if I dont read about this Something bad is going to happen….Glad that I found someone going through the same thing …..

[@calliepearl7193]

@@dreamwrestling8915 that is not going to help you. The only thing that will is knowing you cannot do anything now, u cannot go searching and searching for reassurance and trying to figure it out. Whatever it is, u can be a better person from it and just move on

[@dreamwrestling8915]

@@calliepearl7193 Thank you 😊🙏🏻

[@samealey8517]

'one giant lie' Thanks again Ali 👏

[@hassaanatif3302]

I remeber when I had severe kind of OCD I used to keep on washing my hands,face and body. I would continously feel that I am not tidy enough. It was horrible!

[@nikitasingh7351]

What ever you say is extremely difficult to bring to practice

[@dreamwrestling8915]

Very true

[@tommytommy1240]

Thank you so much Ali! Your videos have been very very helpful!

[@V-man117]

I know what worries me isn't true, and despite managing multiple times to convince myself that it shouldn't worry me, my brain just keeps bringing it back. And it also brings massive waves of anxiety with it, which makes it impossible to just ignore. My head is literally going to explode, I am sweating from stress! What is this OCD madness? I've literally had it my whole life and I can't defeat it...

[@Anton33175]

Thank you Ali for what you do, your videos helped me a lot to better control my thoughts and rationalize. According to your experience, is there a cause that originates OCD? Any past situation or trauma that could have started it? Thanks again, you're amazing, only a person that had OCD can explain things as sensibly as you do.

[@bevbev-t9l]

Blinding in the here and now Ocd taught me life lessons Choosing and LIVING life STOPping Wantching checking was pure PAIN deserving my health and feeling GOOD was my biggest revenge , ocd was ruinning my life and doesn’t deserve me I faked till I make it true don’t know to check anymore or look back I don’t know do it how to check fake till you make it attitude .Life is so uncertain And that’s the Beauty of it living with mystery And go completely new heal me and we are supposed to close doors that is uncertainty the new themes truth is never a repetition i didn’t have time And don’t want to know no rights or wrong mentality now .

[@DogMommy.]

Ali my OCD just got alot worse . I was getting better but now I'm back at square 1 .

[@bier1921]

I keep getting this to, i do great, it all falls down with one intrusive thought. I start believing the thought, a few days later I am back in square 1. Doubting everything about my morals. I do everything I can but I am stuck in this loop. I really hope Ali is going to help with this in a video.

[@alifleih]

This is particularly challenging to do for anything supernatural. Existential anxiety, anxiety about possibilities of harm after death, these do not dissipate as easily. It can feel easier to get rid of a fear of spiders or riding an elevator than a fear of being in the Matrix, since in vivo exposures are more effective than imaginals. I've been doing ERP for existential OCD for the past 9 days, and although my anxiety has steadily decreased, there remains residual anxiety, and often my worst anxiety episodes come outside of exposures. So depending on the nature and severity of the fears of these possibilities, ERP can be more or less effective. I'm still trying to find my way out of this. Maybe there is a way to fully and radically accept these thoughts, even when they involve the worst imaginable outcome.

[@freiheit1372]

You: "Mr. Ocd, I have seen through your tricks, this time no matter what you say, you can never lure me walk into this room!" Ocd: "...yeh, I think I can't lure you walk into the room, but I think I can lure you walk out of the room." You: "O.K., give it your best shot, let's try it!" The moment you walk pass the doorway, Ocd says: "You lose!" Ocd's lure that you have to clear up the uncertainty before you can move on is a similar lie.

[@ArtStyleStudio]

You mentioned before, dont agree with your thought but accept it. Then doesn't this means, not agreeing with uncertainty

[@billyno-neck9576]

I think she means accept that the thought but do not make a conclusion. The thought I there, but it doesn't mean anything. If you accept the thought it's like saying "What my thought I saying is true!" It may be true, but it also might not. You need to sort of say "Hey, I don't know what this thought means, but I'll just accept that it's here because fighting only makes it worse."

[@ellieabdu4593]

You’re Angel 👼 Ali thank you 😘

[@Becca-UK]

I have had a lot of time of work because of ROCD and other mental health issues. I had an investigation done at work last week and I am now having to go to a disciplinary meeting this Friday. This is triggering my main OCD and I’m struggling to cope with the not knowing of what’s going to happen. I might get fired, don’t know what’s going to happen ☹️ My ROCD and OCD is so bad. Don’t know how to get through til after this meeting

[@dreamwrestling8915]

How do you feel after an year….Have you gone throught it smoothly?

[@savetheplanet1575]

I'm stuck between my Pure o & sensomoritor ocd. Once one hides, the other comes into light. 😭😭😭😭

[@alr.3137]

save the planet same here 😢

[@tanveerdhillon9022]

Same here, don’t give up

[@jordanhaynes9728]

stay well and strong xx

[@jordanhaynes9728]

@@tanveerdhillon9022 neither do you xxx

[@jordanhaynes9728]

@@alr.3137 stay well and strong xx

[@bettinabautista1412]

Thank you so much

[@megan5873]

What if the door is unlocked ?

[@ocdhelp]

so what? ocd is still worse

[@rakhijadav8368]

Thanks for valuable video Ali

[@notrebroncos2615]

Would seeking help on the internet be a compulsion?

[@darkknightdummo6660]

Isn’t it really just trying to get help like we can’t battle this on our own

[@lakeroswell]

researching and trying to figure out the answer to your theme on the internet, yes. seeking an ocd recovery coach or therapist, no.

[@yacobeinauan9533]

@@lakeroswellI can’t access a therapist right now so doing what i can to make myself better to the best of my limited abilities isn’t really something that should be considered as a compulsion.

[@ShellyBroomes]

Ali...please dont burnout

[@c.k.1958]

Thanks Ali x

[@a.shademan2067]

Love it very good

[@amethyst3128]

But what if I am certain that I didn’t kill anyone.Why on earth I have to live with uncertainty?

[@yacobeinauan9533]

Because you thought of it once and it gave you anxiety so the irrational part of your brain that tries to protect you from anything and everything marked you thinking of the fact of whether or not you killed someone as something you need to be scared of and need protection from and now every time you think of it you will be afraid that you may or may not have killed somebody. Its up to you to keep ignoring those thoughts until they fully go away.

[@jimcox5151]

How do I speak with you Ali...about my ocd

[@albertfigueroa11]

Thats precisely what i have for 3 yrs Ali

[@iliana2003]

Ok but what if it was an attraction for a moment towards a family member and idk if it was real or not. I need to know if it was real or not

[@luciayoung8220]

You don’t need to know- Embrace the uncertainty. That’s what she is talking about.

[@lawrencefirth2559]

What about if u can figure it out

[@yemkonhongha8148]

OCD can be controlled by Buspirone ❤❤❤

[@merilynpowell9261]

What is ocd

[@annepascoe3029]

So true

[@drwoo6090]

Stop saying “ya know”. 😡

[@senaidsakonjic9755]

Look for erp for ocd

[@eternalchange5496]

I’ve had rOCD for 3 years now.

[@saritaraquel8689]

Eternal Change so have I. Doing the work to treat it is hard. But I’ve found that when I really do those “leaps of faith” to help beat it it has gotten better and better with time.

[@eternalchange5496]

Sarita Artista, yeah.

[@DogMommy.]

Same here 🥺

[@bebylovita3470]

Punten

[@rogerbrunette6761]

I think your information is great but I have never heard anyone use a phrase, in your case You Know, over and over again as much as you do.

[@ocdhelp]

Lol, we all have our faults :)