Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) - causes, symptoms & pathology

What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)? OCD's a condition where somebody has intrusive and anxiety-inducing thoughts called obsessions, that often compel them to carry out actions in order to reduce the anxiety-called compulsions. Find our full video library only on Osmosis: osms.it/more.
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[@kevinbaker9798]

It's like you have missions and you can never complete them

[@the_seer_0421]

Basically

[@aliensumbra]

It is a curse

[@IbarraAlejandro]

True. It's horrible

[@amor2874]

And keep repeating them and keep repeating them and keep repeating them. It’s a mission that never ends.

[@macx1361]

Kevin Baker exactlyyyy

[@Tulipani421]

I have OCD and I hate people around me when they say they have OCD just because something is annoying them, they don't understand you can really suffer from it.

[@sorrybae1053]

Yeah that's why i always bring my phone to entertain me. : D

[@unforgiven5115]

they think its cool , but im literally so fucked up

[@ecaterina4997]

Prod.By.Waves i just realized that i have ocd life fr it started 1 year ago or something and realized that something was wrong i didn’t know why i tired to make it stop but i can’t that i found a video about ocd and i figure it out that that’s what i have and i can’t live with it anymore i really just want this to stop but i don’t know how

[@zwebackshyper9307]

you're literally doing that idiot

[@abdullahhatem405]

Ikr I suffered from OCD of germs and organising 3 years ago and it fucked me up so bad till I went to a therapy and I got into alot of fights with people who laughed at the situation

[@Yanivfrie]

As someone with OCD, it’s important to mention: When we do the “rituals” that seem obscure, weird and not logical, WE KNOW THAT IT’S WEIRD AND NOT LOGICAL. But we still need to do it. That’s what’s so upsetting, knowing it but having trouble avoiding doing it

[@IsaacWale2004]

Yeah, if I don't do them I feel a feeling of anxiety or a compulsion to do it. If I don't I feel extremely uncomfortable.

[@Yanivfrie]

@@IsaacWale2004 exactly

[@Hiraimomoooo]

Hi! Do you have that still? I've had that for two years and since that time,I've had no any friend.Can we friend?

[@tylerbrowntheplotagonist]

Cool lie

[@sivakarupanaswamy]

@@Hiraimomoooo actually I found it for myself tdy

[@ocdhealingaffirmations]

To everyone who's reading this: I honestly hope you'll find your way to the life you really deserve...

[@TreyG4k]

Why do I keep blinking 4 times when I do like 5 I blink 3 times to make 8 I keep blinking multiples of 4 plz help

[@ifheavenwashuman]

I support your movement. 💚

[@ocdhealingaffirmations]

@@ifheavenwashuman Thank you so much! ❤️

[@dameongarouge5858]

Thank u so much

[@sell3100]

Thank you!

[@aliyae1483]

I hate when people say they have OCD just because they like being organized

[@Alice-mb3xf]

Yep

[@CHRISTON72]

They always show it on TV as hand washing. It can have nothing to do with that and so severe!

[@jrncebrn1201]

@@CHRISTON72 9

[@HappyCamz]

I hate when i tell people I have OCD and they think thats all it is... like its not easy to live like this

[@Alice-mb3xf]

HappyCamz very true. I haven’t told anyone but a few close friends, but sometimes my strange habits leak into my life at school and I wonder if people notice

[@hopemullen9561]

OCD is not a joke. It is a mental torture that consumes your life and happiness.

[@cylexicwastaken]

I belive for some reason I'll die if everything is not perfect for example I'm scared that a killer will kill me so I dont leave any cracks and i check everywhere so no-one is hiding and if I hear noises aNyWhErE then I'll carry a knife to protect myself!! Also I feel like ppl can read my mind!! I'm so stressed out!!

[@haniegh9562]

Yeah I'm always Sad cause I have OCD for 6 years.

[@emilia-ig2fd]

@@haniegh9562 im so sorry for you guys i will never understand the mental torture that people with ocd go through daily, god bless :(

[@haniegh9562]

@@emilia-ig2fd Thanks

[@bion2884]

@@haniegh9562 You probably tried it already, but my therapy helped me a lot. Hope your thinkings are free again soon.

[@ctrlpea7058]

I’m writing this here because I have no where else to say this. I’m a 14 year old and I have these rituals, but I don’t want to self diagnose. Whenever I walk down my hallway, I have to step on every other tile. If I want to open an app I have to do it 3 different times before actually using the app. Every night I push my bed against the wall 8 times and if I don’t I feel like my family is in danger. I’m afraid to ask to be properly diagnosed because I don’t want to be a financial burden. I don’t know why I’m typing this, I just needed to get it out.

[@krishnaprasadperam6353]

don't worry bro we are with you 😂💯

[@idkhonestly7163]

I do the exact same as you, I don't know if I actually have ocd but you aren't alone

[@Mali-fm3rc]

Ctrl check out Sapien Medicine OCD formula

[@chips.3927]

I have OCD and a speech disorder, ( My doctor said i'm over worried, but all of my symptons are exactly the same as OCD and speech disorder symptons ) I'm like you but it's worse, i can't arrange words and make it into a sentence, it's just like there's 1000 words in my mind and i can't use all of them at once, so everytime i'm speaking, i stutter alot to choose which word should i use, I started to be bored of living, it's like i'm a living corpse, i keep saying something wrong all the time, when i'm speaking it feels like i already said that word even though in reality i haven't and it's just my imagination, annoying disease, i have to re read words over and over again for 30 times, i have to say words over and over again for 30 times, even when i'm typing, it feels like everything is wrong and i had to delete some wrong words, because there are too many word that pops up in my mind and i keep saying the first words that pops in my mind, which is sad. Also i'm 14 and an Indonesian native speaker, even i don't use english as a native language, my english wasn't this bad.

[@krishnaprasadperam6353]

@@chips.3927 you're 14 , relaxxx

[@glenwicks4976]

To everyone who is struggling with OCD, just keep fighting it and hold on to your life. I know you can keep your life together. I love and believe in you.

[@75robg]

OCD is exhausting and time consuming. It mentally wears you down.

[@cat1312.]

i agree, i have ocd. it’s torture

[@remonfuwara4276]

*When your brother is a walking pigsty and you have OCD:* 😔🔫

[@expiredcerebrum4889]

Ikr, my mutual friend said he had ocd when the cake was improperly cut, i asked him if he even knew what it is and he yelled at me that he knows. Same goes for my friend but she just gets annoyed by misplaced or unaligned stuff 🙄

[@RyanHo242]

Nonsense.

[@noraporter725]

Agreed... it makes it hard for me to function in daily life sometimes.

[@nsumodhee6287]

If I touched something with my right hand, I need to touch it with my left hand as well!!! Cause my brain haunts me :(

[@kozumelubs1574]

May God bless you

[@nsumodhee6287]

Peachgguk Tae :) you too

[@kermit6419]

Me too! I dont know why i did it just to make things balanced i suppose

[@kozumelubs1574]

@@kermit6419 May God bless you

[@lillianbookout7777]

Nush Sumodhee I have to do everything 4 times

[@miangelomiddleton3349]

I never knew what OCD truly was and will never underestimate it. It sounds like a living nightmare to go through and I hope anyone that goes through this can see happier days. My girlfriend has OCD and she is doing fine but it still bothers her from time to time. I will always be there for her because I wouldnt want to go through this alone

[@Izzywizzy976]

Thank you

[@ghonmekmelt2572]

I always keep refreshing my Instagram page to check if I didn’t accidentally go on live or post something and sometimes it get so annoying and makes me panic a lot. I also have those intrusive thoughts like everyday and it makes me so scared that someone would be able to read my thought. Also I have thoughts like “If you don’t do this your family will die.” And when I try to open this problem to someone people just find it ridiculous.

[@flower7939]

Have you found the solution for this? I also get thought like "if u don't do this" and it's really frustrating

[@thegoon1353]

Bro same! For years I felt like people could hear my thoughts which made the intrusive stuff even more agressive. It really is a personalized hell

[@dilflover07]

My biggest struggle with OCD is me fearing that someone can hear my thoughts, or is somehow watching my thoughts so I can never feel comfortable to have my own thoughts. That is an OCD struggle according to my doctor

[@FernandoRodriguez-jl7el]

for me am affraid that my thoughts are wrong

[@dilflover07]

Fernando Rodriguez same. And also my ocd causes me to have weird thoughts

[@user-ed4fr5nx8d]

same I'm afraid that a mind reader or a psychic comes out of nowhere and tells everybody my weird thoughts and embarass me.This is one of the reasons I don't go out of the house.

[@user-ed4fr5nx8d]

same I'm afraid that a mind reader or a psychic comes out of nowhere and tells everybody my weird thoughts and embarass me.This is one of the reasons I don't go out of the house.

[@FernandoRodriguez-jl7el]

@@user-ed4fr5nx8d you just have to not care about what's going on in your head make peace with your thoughts let them be there don't try to fight them and argue with them and know that it just a fear that grown because you gave it too much attention and the best you can do is read and get educated about psychosis like schizophrenia so u can convince yourself that it not what's happening to you since i wrote the comment 5 days ago i can say that i'am 95% over my fear

[@yessir4668]

Sometimes you feel like you’re Alone with ocd but seeing all these comments kinda relieves me a little bit knowing that there are other people out there that understand you

[@rajyavardhan8593]

Yes we understand you please never feel alone God is with us all and he cares for us

[@ravenbolt8549]

Yeah I know right? I also have OCD

[@veoco]

Yeah

[@7imanee]

The Dumbest Cousins EXACTLY

[@VF010]

This is literally how I feel also

[@takeuchi9466]

Yesterday I was diagnosed with OCD included high anxiety and a little panic. And also depression. It’s sad to know OCD is hard to be cured completely. But since I know my disorders, I hope I, and we can find the way to live with OCD through the cure . Thank you for reading my not-good English comment. Hope today is better for you :)

[@lemonlizard1]

it is definitely hard to completely get rid of, but it also does get better! It might sneak through occasionally but at some point it shouldn't bother your day-to-day life. Good luck!

[@takeuchi9466]

@@lemonlizard1 Thank you for your cheerful message 😊🌸

[@alwaysrae1138]

I developed OCD (intrusive thoughts, ruminations, compulsions) when I was only 10 or 11. It was debilitating, and I thought I was going crazy. I was diagnosed when I was super young. I’m 26 now and still struggle with it. It can feel very isolating.

[@Arpitr1697]

Can totally relate to you. It can make us feel so isolate but may be because 50-60% of those with OCD have MDD as well which is even more difficult to manage

[@sudipakarki5109]

Read Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts by Sally Winston & Martin Seif... It can help you a lot to understand how we get stuck with these thoughts and how we can come out of them

[@mattyr3724]

I’m 27 now but I’m the same as you. OCD takes over my life

[@asleighchauncey8751]

@@mattyr3724 I also have ocd. Usually after doing masturbation or eating or any other thing my compulsion is mentally repeating those things like how i done those things and gets temporary relief and joy. But after 3-4 minutes same compulsion comes again with more power. Sometimes feels panick attacks for no reason. I am 27 now male.

[@sandysutton4429]

Medicine helped me a lot.

[@someguywithoutaname1656]

My Brain: *Exists* Weird Thoughts: *It’s free real estate*

[@No_one_ig]

Especially when you’re sleeping.

[@yuzurunishimiya5931]

*if you don't blink 10 times your family will die* 1 2 3 4- no, wait. That didn't feel right. Do it again.

[@7imanee]

alan li FRRR

[@7imanee]

No One YESSSSS

[@evem6896]

Azzaya Nergui sammeeee this happens to me all the time and it’s annoying af but i feel compelled to do that random thing or else my family dies or something bad

[@GHOST-vu6ux]

When I was younger my mind would force me to do things, like touching something saying something, it was annoying because I felt like I was being threatened.

[@HughvanZyl]

I sometimes feel the need to make certain sounds until it feels right again

[@improvingaffirmations]

omg is that OCD because my littlesister says that she always have and needs to "bend" her thumbs and i keep asking her why and she always says that she doesnt know, she just has to.

[@lolitsjimmy]

Omg that's the same with me it is as uf somebody it telling you to do thease things but you can not actually hear them the problem is I am 13 and I wanna go to docter to ask about it but I have tried to ask before for help and tried to explain it but no body took me seriosly until my mum finally listened to me but I am scared to go to the docter because I'm paranoid that they will say some crap like It's cause of school Idk if u have been there please help me out man

[@macx1361]

¿ǝuoɥd ɹnoʎ ƃuᴉddᴉlɟ noʎ ǝɹɐ ʎɥM thats how I feel today

[@koriisvge9970]

¿ǝuoɥd ɹnoʎ ƃuᴉddᴉlɟ noʎ ǝɹɐ ʎɥM mee too

[@ryanreylondsthesecond2796]

I hate it when girls in my class say they have ocd because they fixed something to be neat.

[@lilithorvenus]

I usually repeat the same actions until I'm satisfied otherwise I feel "something bad will happen" and I'll regret it if I don't , or i count things

[@sylviebaker1574]

i click on these videos so i can read the comments and feel less alone :(

[@vex3935]

Same

[@demonroe2002]

Your not alone bro it’s just hard to find someone that understands man

[@shalemthomas1045]

Same

[@anonymoushitman7739]

True

[@SamDy99]

If you observe closely, every person has mental disorder of some kind. It's just that we're having more tests nowadays to learn about these things.

[@xakdish4169]

literraly it feels like my brain is threatening me sometimes cause i have to repeat certain thigs over and over until it feels fine.

[@shalemthomas1045]

Me tooo

[@liv5661]

Me too i had it like for ever and I never knew its like u hv to do it or something bad is gonna happen but Idrk what to do

[@skfamemonster]

Same here man. Hope it gets better.

[@tommyoneill9761]

Yeah.

[@bbth667]

Omfg literally never related to something more in my life

[@anakom003]

my OCD (as of late) attacks things that bring me comfort or make me happy. Intrusive thoughts will form around this person or thing I love and I’ll feel panicked at the idea of this thing I rely on for relief, being ruined. which then causes me to do a series of compulsions to keep this person or thing safe. it’s exhausting, and a dark characteristic of OCD that I’ve never experienced before until recently. anybody dealing with this, I hope you know you’re not alone, no matter how specific your thoughts and obsessions may seem, someone out there CAN sympathize with you.

[@davidcents961]

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[@davidcents961]

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[@BatmanSwiss]

OCD started in me when I was 6, and the sad fact is now only am realizing it was a disorder, my whole life I thought I was alone, I did tell my family about these (when I was a kid)but all they did was laughing and my brother always teased me cause I repeated things, I think OCD is the worst disorder , but the good part for me is I overcame this without anyone's help(still a glimpse exist) am so glad about that, I don't think anyone would ever know about what else I've gone through other than you guys, btw I recommend you guys to visit a therapist and I hope everything will be alright for y'all , everything's gonna be fine ❤️

[@isaacwarner7910]

That’s a nice comment my friend. Wishing you luck.

[@Aden068]

Same is started when I was around 8-9 and I’m 11 nearing 12 now but I only realised that is what it was. Like examples. Stepping on all the titles in a street, if one tiny bit of my toe steps on the tile before it, I have to restart it. Or if my hand touches the wall. My other hand touches it. To equalise touches. I don’t know how it happens but it does. Good luck to you.

[@BatmanSwiss]

@@Aden068 Can relate to that stepping on tiles thing 🥲 if I did anything wrong I will be disappointed and repeated it until I did it right .Do you still struggle with OCD ,if so please do visit a therapist ,never make the same mistake as I did 😔,"SOONER THE BETTER". Anyway hope you're fine and wishing you goodluck 🖤

[@isaacwarner7910]

@@Aden068 sameeee I’m 14 and I’m only realising the things I do aren’t what people without ocd do

[@polite.cat.has.playlists]

Wow! Can you help me ? Please

[@Josh-dv8ne]

I’m at a point where I’m not diagnosed, so I don’t claim to have OCD. But I have these obsessions and compulsions that inhibits my ability to think clearly. I’m often attacked by thoughts that trouble me greatly. It’s like torture, I have these moments where I’m surrounded in irrationality but there’s that looming sense of unsureness. I don’t know at this point.

[@DivineKila]

i'm waiting to get diagnosed too but corona happened

[@Josh-dv8ne]

Divine Kila I know, I just want some assurance, but I can’t until quarantine is over

[@valeeland4758]

Samee but like it's minor like only sometimes it's not that bad but I have those characteristics and I still remember when I was younger I so I have to pray before I eat I prayed so many times couse to double check if I actually prayed till my friend realised but God bless me now it's starting to fade for some reason @-@

[@gajabozic]

Josh B i think i have it but every time i mention it to my mom, she says i have to stop thinking about it

[@axelledaem]

Same, I'm going to a therapist after this but that's also because I have tics.

[@al-hn7fc]

This video forgot to mention that most of the times the sufferer undertands that the obsessions and compulsions are irrational. I have severe OCD myself, mostly hygiene related. When I was at my worst i could stay in the shower for over 5 hours. It's not that I actually believe that i'm still dirty and I know that I can't get any more "clean", but as fast as I leave the shower I get a weird compulsion to enter the shower again, Sometimes without any motive at all, It just dosens't "feel right". It's really weird to explain. People are always to judgmental and says things like "just snap out of it" it's like telling an addict to just stop using.

[@gogiguess8141]

a l oh my god... i think i have ocd. i feel the need to do that alot and whenever i see a conversation is ending i have to say the same word everytime that happens, or else i just feel numb. its why i scream whenever i wrap my cables wrong. Thank you. Im gonna go to the doctor

[@crystalz1930]

I get it. It's like having a soul wedgie. Every thing feels wonky and off. I was on food loop for a while. I had to eat a donut every day. If I didn't, it was all I could think about for the rest of the day. I'll admit I like sweets, but it was to the point I was crying while eating them. I just wanted that feeling to go away.

[@sorrybae1053]

Yeaah..

[@zwebackshyper9307]

that's not ocd lmao

[@bridgettegene6885]

oh my gosh I completely understand the "feel right" that's exactly what I say when explaining my obsessions and compulsions to friends or family

[@mentalhelp8474]

Just started my own channel and its taken a lot of guts as I have suffered all my life with OCD but your site is amazing and really encourages me and others to challenge OCD. thank you so much for spending the time to help people like me.

[@osmosis]

Glad to be of help! 👍🏻

[@user-xs7li5oe1r]

Thanks for uploading this video. It all stems from anxiety. Fear is the root cause. Only if one can learn to accept fear and face it with strength. I am dealing with issues too but not giving up until I get better.

[@thatskindagaytho3525]

to me it’s like having challenges on a timer that you can never complete

[@franco1996]

jichuu❤️

[@spiritedrenee9895]

I have OCD and takes over my life. I hate it.

[@femboygaming64]

Description Untitled same here. I'm up at 4 am because of my panic attacks.

[@spiritedrenee9895]

Larry TM, Whenever I have pain attacks I listen to this song. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJXWaIlriN2oY5Y IDK, maybe it can help you.

[@jonathaneylertsen1868]

Exactly the same here. My hands are completly sore vevside og my OCD. I can’t even walk out the door normally.

[@flowergiota11penny12]

U can watch the channel youhaveocd here at yt the person who owns this channel has recovered from severe ocd u can get constantly support from this channel and remember that u can recover but to recover u have to do the work ot takes some time like 7 or 8 months usually but u will recover eventually if u do the work of corse!!!

[@ariesleorising9421]

Description Untitled I'm sorry. Same here, however, meds and therapy have helped.

[@garlicsalt9924]

I haven't been diagnosed with OCD, but I've found a lot of comfort in this comment section. It's refreshing to see that I'm not the only one with these disturbing and irrational intrusive thought and compulsions. I'm glad that at least now I realize what's wrong with me, and what's been torturing me my whole life

[@kendrascott2483]

I don’t really comment, I’m sorry but I have to say all of you who comment this. Y’all making me feel like I’m not alone. Nobody don’t understand me. So reading this is really make me feel like I have support system even tho I don’t know y’all but to let y’all know thank y’all for having a really good heart ❤️

[@osmosis]

❤️❤️❤️

[@commgrad8953]

I'm so happy I'm here I feel I'm not the only one

[@siptea282]

Comm Grad we are in this together ✊

[@wildebeastjr]

Here for ya, brotha. OCD crew checkin in, brb suffering right now

[@vex3935]

Same

[@redred2460]

It haunts me even when I'm on my phone, Everytime I like a comment,I have to like 2 more,if I do it 4 times,I have to do it 2 more times again and so on.

[@haniegh9562]

Me too

[@VeeRoxy]

Exactly pretty much

[@TreyG4k]

I blink 4 times each blink so I can get more comfortable I do the same thing but idk if it's ocd

[@elisadimarcoberardino8307]

Jesus same

[@monseespinola4250]

i have something similar with the numbers 6 and 13. since people have made them seem like they are bad numbers or something like i can’t like an instagram post they has been posted six hours ago or something. or if for instance if something had like five replies and i want to reply as well i can’t or else i will be the sixth reply and something bad will happen. like this comment had four replies before i replied so it’s fine

[@aishwaryakhulal1477]

This is my everyday life. From switching of the light to drinking water or even washing hands I have to do it 5,7,10,15 times or until I feel it's right. Same applies with no creases on bedsheets, perfectly straight mattress, cleanliness, checking rigorously multiple times if the stove is on, plugging earphones and unplugging and then plugging it again, and yet many more. It bugs me out everytime while doing it but I can't just stop. I feel like a psychopath and it creeps me out. It consumes my time and I can never enjoy my time peacefully or happily. I wish some force could take this away from me and everybody who suffers 😢

[@SS-qg9jk]

I have similar behavior to yours. Try to imagine yourself as if you don't have the ocd , as if you play a role. I do it sometimes and it has helped me.

[@vampyreo2861]

what type of person stops at 7, i dont see any multiplication involving 7 and 10, or 7 + 3 =10 so 7 x 3 is 21 and half of 21 is 10.5 , 10.5 is weird so do it x 10 so its 105 and is 7 divisible by 105? yes, so 105 / 7 = 15 so 15 is just weird so 15 / 3 = 5, and five is a factor of 10, your welcome!! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, oh, i only counted to 10 once 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, two feels weird, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, wait, five is an odd number.. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, that feels alright. oh no i probably only did it nine times, time to do it again….

[@vampyreo2861]

this comment here /\ /\ /\ is my ocd, cause i have depression, i like math, etc

[@Flutetastic.]

OCD is not a joke. I hate it when people don't understand what OCD is and use it in the wrong way. It literally controls my life and messes with my thoughts. I feel like no one understands what it is like but I do know that we can't let it control our life, we must carrying living life to the fullest and smiling ♥️

[@franco1996]

The thing i hate about ocd is that the intrusive thoughts like nvm i can't explain it

[@guccimaraj8257]

Vercingetorix mine put me in inappropriate scenarios that make me feel uncomfortable , graphic picture and death plague my mind all the time

[@indiannews4341]

@Vercingetorix mine is me absorbing my bully and his failure nvm i can't explain too

[@i.love.animals3256]

@@guccimaraj8257 mine is a weird dark pixel picture and its scary so I replace the "weird thoughts" with "nice" thought mostly comes up when I'm trying to go to sleep can't go to sleep...

[@SaphInfection]

I think about others getting hurt then worry that it will actually happen so I try to tell my thoughts ‘no don’t do it I like that person please’ also I can mentally talk trash about a person and then scenarios pop into my head about something hearing those thoughts, thinking I don’t like that person, and then hurting them so I try and think ‘wait no but I like that person’ and I have this weird thing where I can sort of ‘project’ my thoughts and it feels like I’m launching them somewhere but sometimes I don’t feel the launching of every word so I feel like the demon hasn’t heard all of what I said and so I repeat it over and over again until it does project completely It’s horrible I feel like I can’t even express pain that someone I love has caused me in my head without fearing them getting hurt... I also have a lot of terrible intrusive thoughts about morally extremely wrong things then I get scared someone’s reading my mind and hearing these thoughts There’s a lot more things that just exhaust me and make going out into public with lots of people a huge chore

[@lukex1256]

Gucci Maraj sane it’s crazy

[@owenplaysdrums2630]

i looked up ocd tonight and literally had every symptom. i haven’t even been diagnosed or told my parents but my life is almost hell. don’t worry i would never hurt myself but having ocd sucks and i honestly would never wish it upon anyone else.

[@anandv1391]

I'm scared bro I have some of this symptoms..can I comes off from this 😒😒

[@grandmajojo5211]

I have obsessions but my compulsions are avoidance, reassurance, and locking the door.

[@gabisantos1706]

God Bless you ❤️

[@blueismylove3128]

My issue is I've had shared a lot of symptoms with many disorders I've researched which is why I'm so worried about self diagnosing. Its hard for me to tell the difference between what I'm experiencing.

[@sudipakarki5109]

Read Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts by Sally Winston & Martin Seif... It can help you a lot to understand how we get stuck with these thoughts and how we can come out of them

[@jessicakerosine372]

My father has battled OCD for far too long. Love my man and hate every tormented second that his disorder keeps him from smiling.

[@lisabagchi3147]

This is the best series I've seen about mental disorders. I would love to see one about trichotillomania.

[@ta_nya5240]

The "repeat" mechanism was presented way too simplified. You don't just endlessly repeat stuff and then suddenly stop for no reason. There's always some system or idea behind the repeats. It's either a "good" number, like, for example, you define 5 as a "good" number, because when you were five you got that instrument that you still love and play, or you met your loved one 5 years ago. You choose the number and you define it. There's no logic behind it, it just has to be reasonable for yourself in some way. So, if 5 is a good number, you will repeat 5 times. There are other methods too, though. Sometimes you will have to repeat indefinitely until it feels like you "did it right". Again, the definition is made by you. It can be anything and also more than one thing. For example, you have to repeat until you manage to finish the action exactly after an exhale and before you start to inhale again. If you "don't succeed" on a try, you have to repeat until you "get it right". A mix of methods is also possible. Like, you have to repeat for 5 times, but also make sure to finish number 5 with a "good" action. If you fail, you have to repeat the 5 and try to "get it right" again. That is why and how it gets time consuming. If you fail, then the fear kicks in. And it's agonizing. So much so, that it can keep you at a task for a very long time. My OCD was so bad at one point, I almost choked myself on several occasions, because I tried to control my breathing insanely. I had other OCD issues too, but that one was the most exhausting. I managed to get better and I keep track of my personal development and as soon as I recognize a negative development I get back to my ERP and fight it. I don't always succeed at everything. But most of the time I do. I haven't choked myself in 4 years now. I'm still struggling, but I'm fighting every day and the fact that I got better helps me to keep going. It gets tougher around winter. The other day I found that I had started rituals again while watching commercials of meds against flu. I have this weird idea that if I don't I'll miraculously get sick when watching them. So I started to very consciously watch them again, making very sure I don't perform any rituals. I keep doing that for a few days and the urge to perform is basically gone. One important trick is to realize when rituals try to sneak in again. You have to detect and fight them, or they will slowly take over. I have experienced it. Doing one annoying thing isn't all that bad, after all. If it makes you feel better, why not? Then another thing comes up and it's just one thing, so you can do that little thing too. Then one more thing comes up and before you realize it, all you do is try to prevent disaster from happening with the weirdest methods. Just the act of "going to bed" from the living room to the actual bed could take up to about 45 minutes for me - not to mention the terrifying fear that I experienced among the way. (Yes, it can take that long, or even longer, remember you don't just have to do it, but you have to do it "right" - or repeat.) Today I do it very simply, just like everybody else. During times that are stressful the compulsions can sometimes come forth more forcefully and get to me, but it's nowhere near as bad as it used to be. So, if anyone who suffers actually reads this: Don't give up! It's worth the fight. It's worth the fear and the sweats and the tears, because at the other end there's a better life.

[@isohunt940623]

Exactly. OCD means more that double check or repeat something. I have OCD alongside schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression. I reach an illness level that gives me pain, literally. For me, even the most simple and common things that people can think at, are very difficult to do. I have experienced all things you've written about, with breath control and going to bed and even with the good and bad number and what terrible fear i feel if I don't do it "right". My way to control it was telling myself that this is not real, is just in my mind, but from a certain point it stopped working, I think my brain was getting used to it and it started to ignore it. So, it is very hard, I'm pretty fucked up. And more painful is that people around me say that I'm just weak or stupid, they don't realize how it is to have an mental illness.

[@gabriellezuretti1482]

i think i may have this disorder...but i don’t want to offend anyone if i don’t so i always had anxiety with fixing things, like arranging, but that isn’t exactly ocd then,this summer, i feel this strange urge that if i don’t redo something or tap something in the right place..something bad will happen like, today i was flushing the toilet and closing the seat..and i thought to myself..if i don’t tap the toilet again..something will happen..so i keep tapping it unlit it feels right..

[@j3susl30n7]

Yes

[@RizkiaMardhatilla]

I know your comment is 9 months ago but goodness this explains everything. I have similar "activities" like that and I'm not a hygienic person at all! But the thoughts are really really time consuming bcs it makes me do irrational "ritual". Some days I even dont wanna go to bed bcs just imagining the steps it takes to go to sleep already exhausts me. And it gets bad when I get my pms and even the period itself, the hormonal imbalance might be the cause.

[@gigimia13]

At least I’m not alone with that 5number thing

[@gameplayboy5686]

I feel like everybody watching has OCD.

[@Subwayshotter034]

Nah I came from logics ocd and I'm wondering what it is

[@nikitatamta5230]

Mostly

[@ratikus7992]

nope

[@Nifoxil]

I have no idea if l have 😅

[@masonp.6255]

Lots of people "claim" they have it...

[@cshighlights1464]

Is it just me that can whole heartedly say they can relate to this?

[@jaydaramirez1563]

when he said mental rituals i got very excited. i genuinely did not know anybody else experienced that, since nobody i know has ever talked about it. hearing these things tho makes me feel a lot better about my ocd because it makes me feel like im crazy. lol so it’s nice to see im big alone

[@jaydaramirez1563]

not*** alone lol

[@waltuh8771]

My mind always forces me to do things For example: "Jump over there or your family is gonna die" Is that OCD? Im scared

[@blackflashp.rna2085]

Šp00ķý Ķīđ ‡ That’s OCD...

[@swingtheheartache6618]

i always have that besides my intrusive thoughts and compulsions...u‘re not alone buddy

[@hj-li2nd]

omg me too, except it’s not my family that’s being targeted but me

[@waltuh8771]

@@hj-li2nd sometimes its me, but i dont really care if i die tho lmao

[@neomyolea8907]

I have never felt this so much in my life

[@izlshf5879]

Classmates: OuCh My OCd, YouR HaNdWriting Is HorrIblE Me in my mind: Somebody SHUT THEM UP

[@retnugnahte]

I just tell them to. I makes me upset when people say that

[@haniegh9562]

OMG! I have OCD and I didn't know that Why my handwriting is always weird for my classmates. But now I underestand.

[@izlshf5879]

@@haniegh9562 huh. Your handwriting is good or no

[@haniegh9562]

@@izlshf5879 Yes it's good and everybody can underestand it but everybody always say Why your handwriting is weird and why are you so slow and check your writing again and again? Actually I always lose my exams time cause my OCD and I write so slow and weird.

[@izlshf5879]

@@haniegh9562 well OCD isnt just about perfection

[@uddipansharma472]

I've felt stuck and never seem to get anything done for about 2 years and only now I've realised that I've OCD. Stalling it just makes it worse. OCD is real and it's a really underrated mental disease.

[@astroedits3241]

When I was 11, my first case of OCD made its way into my head. I would get those terrifying images in my head and worry that every little step I make can cause a disaster, I would lock myself in to prevent anything. A year later, I would have this compulsion to tell my mom EVERYTHING that goes on in my head, my whole thoughts, I was afraid I would die before telling my mom something important “ridiculous IK” . Then washing my hands for no reasons became an issue, my hands would turn bloody red in the winter and my skin would fall off because I would wash my hands more than 20 times with freezing water a day. I thought I was insane and that no one could understand me, I didn’t even know OCD was a thing and I thought I was the only one in the world who would feel this way, I committed suicide 2 times because I couldn’t handle the pain and the headache I would get, I would be so tired and exhausted. I learned OCD can be passed in generations, I’m afraid that my kids are going have it. I wouldn’t wish OCD to my worst enemy, it’s a torture to the mind that never ends, I’m on meds now, and I do see a therapist, but the compulsions are still here, not as intense, but they will never go...

[@dornadorna.]

wow!i couldn’t much comprehend something more than this text!i totally understand you😢❤❤you’re not alone🩷🩷

[@suitnuggerat1123]

I used to wash my hands like 15 times after visiting the restroom. My hands looked like zombie hands.

[@reemaaldossari9911]

Omg sameee my hand got so dry and i got so many scars on my hand but I can’t help it!!

[@riyanbashir3550]

Same here⬅️

[@munanoah5879]

I'm in so pain i can't handle it anymore. 😓😓😓😓

[@Maricanoukn]

I've bleed out of my hands after i washed them over 16 time in one night

[@PanchoVilla-fe8pt]

Did u fix it?

[@baduploadschedule1015]

I’ve recently missed two days of school in one week due to physical and mental exaustion from OCD (kept me up till 3AM) it’s much worse than people think it is :/

[@Dmjr_13]

🙏🙏

[@lucygrace8897]

Same it’s kept me up so late before, sometimes I have to do things repeatedly for hours and I can’t stop

[@haniegh9562]

I've struggled with it in my school Since I was in elementery school.

[@xm2895]

It’s really exhausting

[@liv5661]

I just miss heaps of days bc of anxiety 😪

[@nevadatan7323]

My OCD got so bad I had to move back in with my parents, but they hate me for how disruptive my symptoms are. They treat me with contempt because they believe I'm attempting to control their lifestyle, but I'm really not. I'm just attempting to make myself feel safe and to keep them safe too. I can't begin to tell you how it feels to have the guilt of ruining people's lives because of it. And how demoralizing it is to be yelled at saying I'm not normal I don't wanna live like this either. Life is hell. Every split second is a panic and living around people who you can't trust to respect boundaries or with unpredictable people sends the anxiety and OCD into overdrive. If anyone is reading this and knows someone with OCD please be kind and supportive because every moment is a battle with ourselves and we need people on our side.

[@theorangeoof926]

It always sucks whenever out of all people, your parents don’t support you. Sorry to hear that.

[@xdrazormon454]

I wonder if I have OCD because I’m going to admit that I get obsessed with girls that I find attractive and they always break my heart because they get uncomfortable and block me I don’t think I’ll ever get a relationship if I keep struggling like this

[@lemonlizard1]

@@xdrazormon454 what you stated wouldn't be considered a symptom of OCD if you were wondering

[@lemonlizard1]

You got this! I highly recommend a therapist as they will help against your struggle both with your parents and OCD

[@nevadatan7323]

@@xdrazormon454 I don't perhaps think that's the case necessarily.... You're not wrong for feeling how you feel but there are a lot of disorders (that nobody truly understands yet) that involve the overlap between attention (ie things that grab your attention) and emotional dysregulation (ie. ability to self regulate feelings). It could maybe be ASD related hyperfocus (again, all of OCD, ADHD, ASD issues _might_ be a issue?). OCD is such a crippling and paralyzing disorder that I'm scared of touching objects... Plastic bags, doing laundry... It's a thing where people aren't even involved and I'm sacrificing human relationships to deal with cleaning. I hope the best, don't know your circumstances but hopefully given you other options too coz I've def been where you are before and underlying causes overlap and can even occur side by side

[@anildevsingh2692]

I am having same Symptoms of this Disorder I get severe thoughts that damages my emotions killed my happiness. Firstly i thought it is just my overthinking but now i am able to understand this and i will show this up to a Consultant

[@user-pd8zu6yj6l]

I'm suffering so much, my own mind threads me! It's been a very long time OCD is taking over my life.

[@meghan9812]

Remember everything will be ok! Regardless of what you’re doing everything will be ok...it won’t take over your life. You have the control over yourself and your life and no one can take that from you! If you feel anxious just stop for a second, breathe, and you will calm down. YOU are stronger than your thoughts. Thoughts aren’t as real as we think they are. Wish you a wonderful day

[@amor2874]

I hope you’re doing better 💕

[@mariahattrem3962]

@@meghan9812 it said it dont have a cure :( on a site

[@doggoman6929]

Maria Hattrem Dont trust google or these unworthey websites you will get better.

[@brennalucas6353]

OCD just makes me feel insane. Everything is so much harder and confusing. I count things. Over and over. Just to confirm that I was right about what I counted lol. Everything has to be level and even. If I touch something with one hand and not the other, I feel unbalanced. As I’m walking on the sidewalk I count my steps and make sure that I never step on the cracks. Only liking numbers to be by multiples of 5; the tv, my car radio, my phone, even the clock bothers me when it doesn’t end with a 0 or 5. I don’t think people realize how exhausting it is. Or how when I forget to set the radio on the right number before I leave the car I feel like something bad will happen to me or someone I love. It’s so ridiculous. I can even see and understand it’s ridiculous. But to my brain it’s not. And it’s so hard to control the impulses. I feel for anyone that goes through this. Whether you have the same experience or something different. OCD is complex and different with everyone and it’s rough.

[@kamryknudsen8097]

omg everything has to multiples of five for me too. and if I step on a crack I have to walk backwards and then redo it... not stepping on the crack. I also count my steps and I just can't stop

[@user-rd6lb1ov6n]

No way. Your compulsions are just like mine, like all of them. They're exhausting. But I have another compulsion which is the most exhausting one, jumping 18×9 times while landing on both of my kegs at the same time because I have to do things in either 18 times or 9 times depending on the number of pairs of that certain object(my compulsions mostly include moving certain objects, or myself) and 5×5 if that thing is my phone.

[@rayymayy3558]

I don't know if you would call this ocd ? Because I do the same thing but with car's in a row ? They all have to be of lined in a row. And I will count over and over again or even by 3×whatever the number may be ,, to confirm that I've counted them correctly. if that makes any sense,. does this even means anything ??

[@carolinaprepper6603]

Im also a counter. never realized it was strange. I do better if I keep busy. crochet or coloring helps. I exaust myself cleaning and arranging.

[@zoeyxox0]

All these symptoms go for me. BOTH THE TOUCHING AD MULTIPLES ONE. Like if I'm watching a video and I need to pause it I would wait and pause when the digits are either 0 or 5. All the ocd symptoms in the comment r experienced by me. I need to GO TO DOCTOR

[@coolkid7377]

My OCD affects how I play games. If I get an unwanted thought while playing a game, it affects how I make progress. For example, an unwanted thought might make me remember something important to the game, but since It was an unwanted thought, I don't do that "important thing" and pretend like I didn't remember it. A better example next. I like being creative, building and etc. An unwanted thought might trigger something creative for me to build. Guess what? It was an unwanted thought that I didn't like, so once again, I pretend like I didn't remember it.

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

Same :-(

[@dropoutmajor]

I could be watching a 5 minute video but it'll take 15 minutes to finish it because I'm ALWAYS rewinding it to see everyone's facial expression as well as catch every word spoken and especially, murmured just to get a wholesome effect. It's deeper but I can't say it all on here..it's basically torture and has been slowly growing and evolving of some sort.

[@gabs4203]

No one believes me when I say I have OCD when I touch something with my right hand I have to touch it with my left, my brain makes me touch things I would never think of doing, every time I close the shower handle or door I do it again multiple times until I’m satisfied. Another, for example, is when it's like 3:59 I can't stop staring until its 4:00 and I hate it!

[@mangoesinspace72]

This is exactly what I do I haven’t been clinically diagnosed yet

[@marielyc2424]

Mangoes In Space me too !

[@jettomsky9319]

For me, I don't manifest many types of OCD except for the counting whenever I step on vertical lines on the road or tiles on the floor.

[@jazer1370]

This is what exactly I do ☹️

[@jillp1343]

I DO THE HAND THING this is really weird to describe but i’ll try here we go if i slap my hands down on a table, but Slap A is harder, louder, and hit first, and Slap B softer, quieter, and hit last, i will do it again, but having the hand that did Slap B do Slap A and vise versa. If I mess up, I do the same thing with those slaps and then carry on. IT DRIVES ME INSANE SOMETIMES

[@yoonseokmin9128]

Sometimes when I accidently touched something, I automatically have to touch it twice. And everytime I buy groceries, I have to check my wallet dozens of time to make sure my money is still there 😅

[@okcool24]

@Elly Gilmore same here man 😭 !! I hate my life, I am not able to live my life happily !! Wtf is this Disorder 😭😭😭 I really wanna be a normal person !! OCD is so ridiculous

[@far1da]

@@okcool24 I hope u get better!❤💪🏼

[@picklewithp00p88]

Yup i have the same thing. Im not diagnosed but it becomes so worse at me. It letterly causes my faling in sleep thing

[@amiruliman5]

@@okcool24 same but I don't know if i have ocd

[@dcrdcr2391]

My OCD gets so bad and i get trapped in my own mind everyday. Sometimes i have to force myself put of my own head, and i use "aggression" to get out of that negative mindset. I always just push it to the back of my mind and tell myself im "Okay".

[@Mohammad_Ali__]

Such a disorder just seems endlessly tough to go through. It takes a lot for a person to handle such misery. I understand what it's like to go through it. Feeling total isolation, being 'organized (seriously speaking, being organized is not an issue. It's just cleanliness that may be a part of character). Bad thoughts just bring in a lot of anxiety from a certain event, and it just ruins a positive field of life that must be taken care of properly.

[@grayfullbuster10]

I might just confirmed that i have OCD after i learned about those mental rituals. Everyday i wake up and perform those mental rituals in my head and it causes me distress and making me unfocused.

[@strictlyfunny1226]

Some Person I have to do then aswell and I am very confused what it is, I have to like make sure that my door is placed right and repay it five times, or something bad will happen.

[@chuumified]

@@strictlyfunny1226 same with me 😞

[@yeahboii6618]

Actually get it diagnosed then. Don't self diagnose

[@manhihi9036]

Me too

[@cubingwithcarl4572]

@@yeahboii6618 yeah

[@joshuazolla5022]

I was recently diagnosed with OCD. For a while, it seemed like nobody understood what I was going through until I discovered this disorder. I’m thankful to know how many people are out there that I can relate to, and I’m glad to know that there is treatment. I feel like this is one of those disorders that people severely underestimate. It’s important to realize that people ARE hurting, which makes it so important to watch over what you say to others, face-to-face and online.

[@mellaoct]

I struggled with this more as a child and young adult… I had to step on every line in the sidewalk at school. If I missed it, I went back to step on it and got in trouble for leaving the line. I still hit the lock button on my key fob three times instead on just once.

[@woodfreewoman6845]

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[@woodfreewoman6845]

*Willi_capps*

[@woodfreewoman6845]

ON IN STA GRAM

[@febrinaratu2074]

My ex was the one who realized that I have OCD also BPD... And it takes like 5 years for me to get through it.. So for everyone who have this pro, you can get through it..

[@cindymananzalamartinez6679]

When I was a child, I used to avoid stepping on the cracks on the sidewalks. And I also count the steps before crossing a particular crack. The count has to end in even numbers, and my step should always end on my right foot before crossing the crack. If not, I would get anxious and scared. Is that OCD?

[@arsonfly]

Yeah that's how mine started when I was younger. I used to have to step right inside the squares and swing my arms through the lines. Go get help. It progresses and changes over time and it can ruin your life.

[@cindymananzalamartinez6679]

Thanks for the advice. Yeah, sometimes I still have the urge, but I can control it now. When I was a kid it was worse. But now it only occurs when I'm not busy with anything.

[@lolitsjimmy]

I'm 13 and that's what started it off for me when I was about 10

[@thaliarapatas913]

omg me too i didn’t think it was ocd tho

[@lolitsjimmy]

@@thaliarapatas913 wat did you think it was?

[@serenayb8404]

I hate my ocd, it literally controls my life

[@missnatalieOK]

I'm so sorry. My mother has it bad...at least you admit it.

[@trinnym7645]

yea my brain forces me too keep looking out windows, touch walls, and constantly keep checking if the door locked when it is. I got use to it tho.

[@marshallshuler1708]

For some reason it really pleases me to have a community who talks about the same thing they all have and never knew anyone else had to do the same thing like I get just so invested if the other person has to repeat things(for me it’s 5 times) and I have a rough dad and he’s really strict/ kind of favorites my sister and I had to go through a divorce and I have a HUGE amount of mental stress when I sense my mom is getting stressed because I love her so much and don’t want her to leave me

[@jamie6848]

Im finally going to a councillor tomorrow 😊

[@ItsHollowfied]

When i was a kid i would keep turning the light on and off multiple times before bed to make sure it was pressed all the way because i felt like it might short and start a fire if i didnt.

[@ifratjahan7050]

I used to do that because I didn’t like certain numbers so I kept turning lights on an off

[@Sophie-gn8jw]

Chanyeol’s red hair I still do, I I need to do something for 3,5 or 20 times and I don’t like the numbers 4,6 and 13 how did you stop this

[@ifratjahan7050]

Kitty Cat over time I was so so tired of it so I just stopped caring I told myself that it’s just in my mind and when I saw that after stop doing it it didn’t affect the way I thought it would I believe it and now I don’t do it

[@jentlemoni3546]

Same with the gasoline ugh. I was eating my noodles as a midnight snack and my body urge me to go back to the kitchen and turn off the gas again.

[@axbii8475]

I do that with my charger

[@mawmawkyi6569]

I know all of us are here, we are being tortured by OCD which mentally & physically drains us - I've had severe attacks myself which made me want to breakdown & cry. I just want you all to know that YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I feel you. We feel you. Everybody in the world is imperfect & you don't have to be perfect although I know it's hard to believe that right now. All of us are imperfect human beings, which beautifully crafts perfection. Please just hang in there, it will get better, it will stop. I promise.

[@joefitzgerald2762]

not everyone, plenty of self diagnosed people trying to get a label to feel special in this comment section

[@maddsdadancer8815]

i have not been diagnosed with OCD, but have questioned having it a few times. For example, i’ll get these thoughts like if i don’t clean my room, someone will get hurt, or if i’m walking through a public place, i’ll self consciously hold on to my purse super tight, or wash my hands several times after cleaning a bathroom, or obsess over which direction an object should face and end up getting a headache over simple things like that. i am not in anyway saying i have this disorder, but the thought has crossed my mind a few times.

[@ErinShellyMason]

From what I’ve experienced and noticed, OCD differs A LOT between person to person. But it’s really nice to see people connecting over their struggles in the comments. I went a long time without a diagnosis for my OCD and other disorders and I genuinely thought I was crazy. But a diagnoses makes connecting with others and understanding how your own brain works a fair amount easier. Anxiety disorders are scary, if anyone reading this has one, I know the struggle. Stay strong.

[@henrypeterson211]

I was recently diagnosed with OCD and I have to say this video knows it's stuff. I have felt with people calling it Obsessive Cleaning Disorder, and am happy to see that most people are enlightened to know that is not the case. Thank you.

[@Otilbaidle]

listening to this, if i have ocd my compulsions are completely unrelated to my obsessions but i symbolically connect them to my obsessions

[@averysanders8865]

I think I've had OCD for a long time but I'm finally learning what it is and recognizing it. I don't have a diagnosis but I strongly believe I have it. It's been getting a lot worse this past year and it's becoming uncontrollable. I was in tears from it the other day. I'm far too scared to ask my parents to take me to the doctor for it, does anyone know how I can fix it by myself?

[@ummm_88okboomer45]

I know you’re probably scared to ask, but getting an official diagnosis and letting your family know what’s going on will make you feel a lot better, (I m not claiming to have ocd just wanted to give you some advice) I hope you have a wonderful day.

[@averysanders8865]

@@ummm_88okboomer45 Yeah you're probably right, thank you for the advice, I appreciate it very much. Hope you have a nice day as well!

[@ummm_88okboomer45]

@@averysanders8865 glad to help!

[@muhammadzia6833]

Bro the best thing to is to realize that no matter how many times you do a thing or repeat a particular action, it's no use. Your gonna get temptations do do it again.

[@SnickyNicky96]

*Warning: this is rather gross* I literally stand in front of a mirror for at least a few hours a day just picking my face, I'm trying to get rid of bumps or blemishes. No, it's not normal, I make myself bleed and I can't stop until the flaw is gone, then another, and another. I've been late for parties, and I sometimes can't even take notes in class because I am trying to pick again. It is so embarrassing when people comment on the bleeding or scabs. I stopped when I was younger (in about 4th grade), but then my sister got psoriasis and she began to get blotches of skin to dry and flake. I began picking at myself again and occasionally try to get the dandruff out of her hair. It's full-blown and I've been trying to use fidget rings and other things to keep my hands busy but the only thing that is slightly improving it is medication. And now I've started pulling the hair from my arms and legs to the point where somebody has to stop me. I just start with hair that is a little darker than the rest, then I see that this hair looks weird too, and sometimes I have to dig into my skin to be able to get the hair out and finally feel temporary relief.

[@WiWillemijn]

I think that may be dermatillomania

[@SnickyNicky96]

Wimsem - Tekenen & Knutselen Yeah, I've talked recently with my doctor about it and we're working to try to improve it. It is only "triggered" (ugh I don't like that word) when I touch my skin and feel something off or if I stare at the mirror for too long, at which point I am sent back into a frenzy of tearing myself apart.

[@emote8879]

I hope you you get better. ☺

[@LoveSofii]

Snickercole I suffer from compulsive skin picking too! I recently started medication so I hope it works. My picking is also triggered when I touch something that needs "fixing" or something, then I will be obsessed about it, like I won't be able to sleep until I picked at it. I do it everyday but sometimes I do it less and it's more manageable. It definitely gets worse when I'm very stressed though

[@aisha8443]

That sounds more like bfrbs then ocd. Bfrbs (Body Functioning Repetitive Behaviours) are compulsive disorders after all! Trichotilliomania is a compulsive hair pulling disorder and dermatillomania is a skin picking disorder.

[@disgusting.flower3214]

Me: Touches something in a bottle that’s poisonous My brain: OMG YOU TOUCHED IT EVEN IF ITS IN A BOTTLE YOU’RE GONNA DIEEEE Me: *runs in the bathroom to wash my hands* This happens everyday. I feel as if I get germs on my hands, I seem to HAVE to wash them. Now, my hands are extremely dry and it hurts whenever I wash it with soap. (And yes, this isn’t my ONLY ocd problem.)

[@corraine]

yay im not alone

[@monseespinola4250]

same

[@gab_gabs]

Ohm same this happens every day after day :(

[@ashk8654]

I was only diagnosed with OCD last year, even though I have struggled with it my whole life. I think this video is great although it should have spoken about mental compulsions more, this is a key reason OCD sufferers can go undiagnosed for so long, because they might have more mental compulsions as opposed to physical. This was the case with me, I had 'obsessions' of intrusive thoughts (harm, sexual, existential, paranormal) that I couldn't get out of my head, it felt like they were stuck in my brain, so I would spend hours upon hours every day ruminating on these thoughts and constantly trying to work out answers (to questions that seemingly did not have answers e.g. "what is the point in life?"), reviewing memories to see if I had ever done anything bad in the past, checking how I felt in my mind and body if I actually did what my obsessions were saying I could possibly do... and this obviously causes immense anxiety, my mind is taken up the whole day carrying out these mental compulsions but on the outside I just seem quiet/anxious. My only physical compulsion was avoidance (avoiding the news, avoiding tv/film that had the topics in that my obsessions were about, avoiding knives, etc). So this is why it took so long for me to get diagnosed. I was diagnosed with anxiety & depression for a long time and it was only when I met someone who spoke about their own intrusive thoughts so candidly and said they have OCD that I opened up to them about my thoughts, and they said they think I have OCD. To end on a cheerier note, I have been on antidepressants for 6 years now (tried to come off once which went very badly), and I started seeing a psychologist last year who I have done ERP and EMDR therapy with, and as well as practicing mindfulness and meditation, I am now in the best mental state of my life! There is hope x

[@lynkaaal]

I haven't been diagnosed but I'm pretty sure I have OCD. At the beginning (5 years ago) it was really difficult to live with. I was only 13 and I thought I was mentally ill. I didn't want to tell my parents about it, fearing they would find me crazy. I thus suffered in silence and it got worse and worse. I had many compulsions and I made ritual patterns to soothe myself. It was really exhausting. In fact, I couldn't be happy anymore. But, 2 years ago or so, I figured that I could just accept and ignore those intrusive thoughts. I saw that as a challenge and I gradually got rid of some of them. These last two years, I've finally opened up and tried to tell what I had to some people but, except for my older sister, no-one really understood my pain. Now that I'm of age and able to make decisions for myself, I think about talking to a psychiatrist. I reckon it might help me. I ain't a professional and I don't know a lot about the subject but I'd be glad to help you. Feel free to share you own experience with me. Good luck to everyone who's suffering of that annoying disorder...

[@chloeworcester2798]

As a person having OCD, i can say that this video is very informal and helpful, and is a great way to inform others of what OCD is and how it works. Although OCD for some can be seen to be much darker and horrid than portrayed in this video, you have seemed to take a lighter approach to it, but have still maintained to include many important factors about OCD. anyways, I'm rambling on at this point, great video!!

[@kianateixeira6947]

this video brought me so much joy. i was smiling all through it because something i've felt with for such a long time, is being described in a way ive always wanted to but could never let it leave my mouth. one of my obsessions is that nothing i say makes sense, and so as a result of that to help reduce my anxiety from that i repeat myself over and over, trying to make the right words come out until i feel satisfied. i'll be sure to link this vid when someone asks me about my ocd.

[@cyrusthevirus9878]

I have been trying to find videos on this stuff because just a couple weeks ago I hit my head pretty hard. Now I cant stop organizing I have completely redecorated and realigned all of my furniture and wiped down every inch if i see something that is not clean to my liking I have to no matter what fix it I literally cant ignore it.

[@osmosis]

We hope that our video was able to help, Cyrus. 🙏🏼

[@Nyanderthall]

I do that everyday. "Did I turned my pc off?", "Wait, I gotta see if I really did".

[@stefan-ls7yd]

Just found the term OCD by coincidence. I thought I was the only one having this inner voice forcing you to do things

[@shmoopsiepoo9169]

I have ocd and I has destroyed my life I’m starting medication tomorrow but I haven’t even been able to go to school because of my constant erasing and rewriting along with other things. It’s a nightmare, I’m so tired of it!

[@platypusstuff7702]

Kawaiixox Love omg i do that too!

[@holliepatrick3445]

I DO THIS

[@missnatalieOK]

I'm so sorry you are going through this....my mother has it pretty severe. I remember going up she did/still does a similar thing. Going through recites a million times rewriting and scratching out what she already read a million times. That's one of the reasons why she's always late.

[@coralreefmaster12]

this makes me think i used to have bad ocd when i was a kid because i always had those intrusive thoughts and convinced myself that if i didn’t do something within a certain amount of time something bad would happen. one time i convinced myself that if i didn’t make 10 basketball shots in a row in a super specific way then something bad would happen and i stood outside in the rain and cold for almost an hour trying to do it

[@christianmarcmanayon1695]

I always come late at school because of the said symptoms. Though I'm not officially diagnosed i feel i have it

[@vitaminbjrner1711]

Sometimes I have to click and repeat and look at things four times or if I do it one extra time by accident I have to do it 4x4 times this happens really often I try not to do it and I don't think something bad is going to happen I also have ADHD

[@chuumified]

@@DylOR851 same with me. especially when I'm reading. i have to check some sentence 5 times again and again. if i don't do that i think something bad is gonna happen. and it's so hard to have this disorder ☹

[@velvet2406]

One illness grows and then you can easily have 2 then 3 illnesses of the mind.....the result of incorrect ...wrong thinking patterns...you can learn a lot from it and reverse back into healthier behaviours from correcting the mistake programming....it’s a process to get well like it was to get sick

[@velvet2406]

Could there be memory issues as well to concider...a fault in that part of the brain

[@logancatanese1789]

Me too! I lose my mind if I do something less than 4 times!

[@kakskck1990]

Same When I Turn Off The Lights In My Room I Always Checked It Many Times

[@stoopidcrumpet6679]

I have thoughts like: “Don’t touch the banister on your way down the stairs or you’ll die” This happens to me quite a lot and I’m very confused. Is this OCD?

[@ak__ri583]

I don't think so..!! Don't connect everything with ocd. Control your thoughts. Don't let your thoughts overpower you. After 4-5 times, You will be fine.

[@stoopidcrumpet6679]

Akansha Nathaniel thankyou for the help! :)

[@emilyc4724]

Stoopid Crumpet how is it now?? i’m struggling with the same thing :(

[@sadwax1027]

@@stoopidcrumpet6679 having idiotic thoughts is not necessarily OCD. It is OCD if the thought keeps coming back even after your brain concluded that it is an idiotic thought.

[@sadwax1027]

@@mr.bloggie5614 if the thought does not keep coming back after you dismissed it then its not ocd

[@louvelleannesison9159]

This was only a self diagnosis because I tried looking up for my symptoms on the internet and OCD showed up so as I read and read more about it, and I realized that what was happening to me wasn't really normal. AND WHAT I HATE THE MOST ABOUT IT IS THOSE INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS!! IT'S DISGUSTING AND IT FELT LIKE TOO MUCH TO HANDLE! IT'S A TOTAL TORTURE, AND WHEN I HAVE THE ATTACKS, I FELT LIKE I'M ON A DARK ROOM. IT FREAKING SUCKS! I couldn't even tell this to my parents because I'm afraid and it's just.. TOO DIRTY! DISGUSTING! AND BAD

[@ThomasConcha]

I have severe OCD and I know I’m not alone. It really is mental torture. I suffer greatly from it and I know that a lot of people as well. You’re not alone and you will beat this ocd sickness. Stay strong and don’t give up. Seek professional ocd help and take the ocd meds like Luvox. Good luck every1!

[@lukasbraun3435]

My sisters really struggles with severe ocd and I had problems with ocd too I used to tap every door frame I walked by with both of my hands and I had to do it and I had to check other things like 30 times but as I grew up I stopped doing this things cause it was way to exhausting doing this things I didn’t have time for these things and I thought I was a psycho or something and I suddenly stopped. My sister is really suffering from it and I don’t get it why people can’t stop doing these things like I did.

[@PlayedboiCartier]

Me:saves game 12 times after completing a mission

[@fastlane005]

I do that too, usually about 4-5 times to know that the game has really saved :)

[@O.M-]

I do that too but, because i fear that the save will be corrupted and the game will crash, and i will have to delete it and reload another, i save like 3 times in skyrim

[@krishnaprasadperam6353]

so relatable lol😂😂💯💯

[@ianfink2751]

I've done that in The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild.

[@salvadoran_uwu]

Me: saves a Word document a lot of times before leaving it.

[@jentlemoni3546]

This is anxiety in a whole new level.

[@xyj8204]

Is ocd a symptom of anxiety??

[@xoniye3573]

@@xyj8204 yes

[@adamdrewery849]

I used to list things by number in my head that I needed to worry about and the only way I could get rid of them was to include my worry in a totally different conversation just so I had told someone. Made for some very odd chats! Chronic worrying was terrible for years.

[@bathecat9834]

I have very weird and scary thoughts that haunts me and give me so much fear and anxiety especially when I try to sleep I feel very scared sometimes that I will loose control on everything and go mad

[@TK-4044Animations]

Are you ok now?

[@cammys8468]

I’m pretty sure I have ocd, and it explains a lot of my life, but I’m not totally sure. Is there any way to diagnose without actually going to a physiatrist? I’m not interested in treating it because none of my compulsions are actually serious, I just want some validation. Also, the way this video was organized was very pleasing to me, and exactly how I like to learn.

[@suzannegano5004]

Thank you for taking the time to make and share this. It really helped me and I'm so grateful I saw this. Thank you so much.

[@houcinemooh3596]

Suzanne Gano you have ocd i can help you if you must have eager on healing

[@houcinemooh3596]

Suzanne Gano my whatssap [phone]

[@Unknown-pj6mw]

This disorder absolutely destroyed my whole teenege life in many different ways even tho I’m heathy now I have so much trauma from all the years it have destroyed for me.

[@smittywee8277]

I've been questioning whether or not I have some mild traits of OCD or PTSD or if it's just similarities with them that are actually just my Anxiety, but I experience the following: -Before I leave my house or any house I absolutely have to make sure all the ovens and stoves are off and if I don't, I get these visions and thoughts that are really hard to get rid of about my dogs trying to claw their way out of my house as it burns down. *(I'm not really 100% sure what constitutes intrusive thoughts but..)* -I absolutely always stay in my house and hardly ever leave in fear of putting my dogs or belongings in danger. -Every time I don't see a family member, I always imagine them in danger or dead or in a car crash somewhere and it remains like that for hours. -I don't drive a car because I'm always on edge that something bad will happen and even if I am not driving, I constantly am looking around at my surroundings and I've been called out by other people about how aware I try to be over what's happening and making sure everything is alright. -Memories of toxic relationships flash in my head when I think of certain words/games/songs that kind of revolve around it. -I line things up a lot and make them neat and tidy and straight and I have to get them a perfect way or else it just makes me feel mentally uncomfortable. (I know there's a bad stigma around OCD and people thinking it is just neatness, so it is probably just me being a perfectionist.) -Sometimes if I am in a quiet area or just an area in general, I always have the what-if voice in my head. Aside from (for example on a bus ride) what-if this happens that leads to this which makes us all crash and die or get hurt (because I feel that too), I just have these urges to scream at the top of my lungs. But just a sort of sense of self-realization that tells me that anything is possible or anything can happen and that I possess the ability to just do random things and random times and there's technically nothing holding me back. -Visions that seem like movie scenes play out when I have plans to go anywhere that always result in a negative outcome fill my mind and makes me want to leave home even less. -Every thought I have makes me feel inferior or guilty or shameful about how I do things as simple as walking or breathing or looking around at people. -i have thoughts I can't control like how at 21:20 he was talking about stabbing people to death. I have these thoughts and of course I'm never go to ever act upon it, but it plays out in my head and I really hate when it happens because it makes me feel like garbage. It kind of falls under that what-if that was previously mentioned but sometimes it feels like a pull towards committing just the random act, but I fight and usually don't. -I constantly am checking doors and windows to make sure no one is listening outside of them or watching me from outside. I'm usually very uneasy when I am in a room at night with open curtains. -Nothing makes me feel safer than sitting in my home away from people. -Whenever I drive over bridges, I always imagine them opening and us falling through and drowning. I always imagine them just falling in general, taking all of the cars with it. -I hoard a lot. I hoard my clothes and my stuffed animals in fear of me regretting getting rid of them and then I'd get really depressed because I start spiraling about how I can never get them back and then I feel like I've lost a huge chunk of myself and I always get really sad whenever I think of something I ate that someone wanted or something I got rid of that someone wanted to keep. -I always feel like the world is against me and that people know what I am thinking and they know what I am doing and how I act even when no one is nearby. A feeling that there are always cameras around me. Especially when I am in bedrooms or taking part in certain activities, I get the sense that people have hidden small hidden cameras throughout the room or audio receivers and everything I am doing I am being recorded. -I feel that whenever I am on my phone or computer, someone is watching my screen either from behind me quietly whether it be in person or through a camera, or just through the computer screen itself It probably isn't anything other than anxiety, but I figured videos like these would probably be an alright place to kind of see if anything stands out in particular just to be safe.