Master OCD & Rumination: Try the I. A.M. Method

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@PaigePradkoTherapy 5 ай бұрын

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@mohamedmihoubi2698 5 ай бұрын

I love one thing about you that you really care about your followers and the people you trynna help. U give every single advice or information that u possibly have just to make us feel better i swear to God you feel like a mother to me thank you for everything. You're an angel ❤

@PaigePradkoTherapy 5 ай бұрын

What a kind comment that touches my heart. Thank you so much. I do care and try to help. I appreciate you as well and I see your lovely comments on my videos. ❤️

@bradford_shaun_murray 5 ай бұрын

I like this. 3 very practical steps. Steps 1 (simply labelling the thought/feeling straight away) and 2 (just letting the thought come and then go naturally, to decay away) reminds me of mindfulness meditation techniques (Vipassana) and the 3rd step of then shifting focus to what you were doing before the thought happened is like shifting gears to reduce the looping effect of an intrusive thought by moving on to something else. Thanks for your videos.

@PaigePradkoTherapy 5 ай бұрын

Glad you like the simplicity and practical steps.

@bradford_shaun_murray 5 ай бұрын

@@PaigePradkoTherapy yeah, it's very helpful. Thanks again.

@estefaniaoliva2272 5 ай бұрын

Can't this become a compulsion

@PaigePradkoTherapy 5 ай бұрын

@@estefaniaoliva2272 Anything could become a compulsion if you perform a behavior to avoid or lower your anxiety. The I. A.M. method is an exercise in “allowing” the thought or urge to be there, while at the same time you redirect your attention. It is what people do that recover from OCD when an intrusive thought pops up and it is what people do that don’t have OCD and have an unwanted thought or urge. They allow it to float there, and move on with their day.

@AnonRPG 5 ай бұрын

I should try this method, I was in remission of my OCD symptoms for half a year but because of a recent sickness (Pneumonia) the OCD popped back up and the obsessions have been more powerful in getting an emotional response, like checking things etc. Thank you for the help!

@PaigePradkoTherapy 5 ай бұрын

I’m sorry you have been having to deal with it again. This is a simple method to use in the moment. Hope you are back in remission soon.

@wellnessweek3912 5 ай бұрын

Excellent ! Sounds similar to E.R.P

@PaigePradkoTherapy 5 ай бұрын

It is a method on incidental ERP. ERP used in the moment, combined with allowing a thought while shifting focus.

@KRAZEEIZATION 5 ай бұрын

Good video as always and great advice. I find I can go on for months and not worry but there’s about 10% of what if in the background. Then it starts to get louder and more intense. You must act then because it’s better to nip it in the bud!

@bobGmitter 5 ай бұрын

Thank you this makes so much sense. I will start using it today. Your video was a great birthday gift.

@PaigePradkoTherapy 5 ай бұрын

Happy Birthday, Bob! Glad the gift arrived in time. 😊

@jatinmahor6310 5 ай бұрын

Thanks paige , you are helping me a lot in my ocd recovery, by watching your videos on how to overcome ocd , i have recovered from ocd 70 to 80 percent . Love from india ❤❤❤.

@PaigePradkoTherapy 5 ай бұрын

That’s so good to hear. Keep up the good work!

@jasond626 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Thanks for that

@MuhammadIqbal-lx2wt 5 ай бұрын

Very Helpful

@curtisdickey9503 4 ай бұрын

It's been helpful,thank you.

@VIGUISEX3 5 ай бұрын

Amazing technique, very helpful in everyday life.

@PaigePradkoTherapy 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. My clients seem to like it.

@mindovermovement6401 5 ай бұрын

Hi paige. I had pure ocd since childhood ..which i qas unaware..but i developed cptsd at 38.. i m practicing embodied mindfulness..which i find decreasing my gad and pure o.

@gautamdas2844 2 ай бұрын

Hello maam I m suffering from sensorimotor ocd and hyperawareness .while walking I feel I will fall,while moving my head I feel like my head is vibrating nd someone is holding my head strongly.and my consciousness is focused in my brain nd head and I can't focus in anything else. It's like I m stuck in my brain.I m unable to understand that what is my actual compulsion.please help me out maam

@Sereneis 5 ай бұрын

This is like Tara Brach's RAIN (recognize allow investigate nourish]

@PaigePradkoTherapy 5 ай бұрын

Similar, as far as identifying and allowing. I love Tara Brach. But unfortunately “investigating” can become compulsive when applied to rumination and intrusive thoughts for people with OCD and Health Anxiety. That’s where shifting focus, while “allowing the thought or sensation” becomes helpful. 😊

@mundomagico7787 4 ай бұрын

@@PaigePradkoTherapyI think I have been investigating to fix myself for so long! This is really going to help. I’ve often thought what if I stop thinking and just allow. How different my life would be. It really focuses on the true meaning of allow. I know I need to allow myself to move on to something else or the next thing… ❤ it can get so magnetic..

@Julie-s9l 5 ай бұрын

30 year health anxiety sufferer... but I am fine until I get a weird symptom. Last night, sitting reading my phone, and get like a shimmering feeling in my forehead/nose/eyes area. So weird. So scary. I can't explain it well...maybe a rush of energy to that area, I don’t know, kind of dizzy, it ladted only a couple of seconds but bam anxiety hit, ruined my night and this morning still struggling.😢

@PaigePradkoTherapy 5 ай бұрын

Health anxiety is horrible. I’m so sorry that happened.

@3cheeseup 3 ай бұрын

Try out interoceptive exposure so your body gets used to weird feelings.

@Oeieiei827 5 ай бұрын

I have facing this problem last 6.5 months How much false attraction feel real? And when I get false attraction I’m not feeling axity distress sadness restless etc etc etc and when I create himself false attraction it feel real without any distress etc Hocd still with me But in starting days or months I’m feeling anxiety, distress sadness cry etc etc I’m not feeling axity distress etc for last 2 months Can hocd cause this

@Dave_Menz_p4p_number_1 5 ай бұрын

Shifting your attention sounds too much like dustraction.

@PaigePradkoTherapy 5 ай бұрын

It sounds like distraction but it is different. You are allowing the thought, urge or sensation to be there, floating in the background, while you shift your focus to something else. You are not trying to not have the thought.

@mundomagico7787 4 ай бұрын

@@PaigePradkoTherapyI think I did this last week. I had some strange reaction after taking my trial contact lenses out. My muscles went tight and weak. I felt ‘unwell’ but I just continued - I said I see you weak muscles - but I’m still going to brush my teeth and get ready for bed anyway - is that the type of thing? To ‘live through it’s but keep refocusing with out getting drawn in - accept it - but move along without drawn in? The unpleasantness lasted for half an hour but I still got into bed and put on some background sounds and did fall asleep even though I felt uneasy.