Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disorder in which a person has unwanted intrusive and repetitive thoughts that become obsessions. These obsessions then make them do things to relieve the thoughts, a behavior called compulsions. Because this learned ritual offers only temporary relief, the probability people will engage in compulsions again is increased and often becomes excessive.
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CHAPTER
00:00 Unraveling the mind's turmoil
01:09 Understanding OCD
01:32 Symptoms of OCD
03:21 Causes of OCD
04:40 The OCD cycle
05:23 Treatment
05:48 What do you think?
06:08 Patron credits
06:16 Ending
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[@Mcdogmom288]

I was diagnosed with OCD since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting OCD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my husband recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

[@RaymondEMartinez]

Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.

[@Bastianbishops]

Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.

[@SusanaGomez-mp8sk]

YES very sure of Dr.alishrooms. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

[@Edennnn926]

Dude! People like you give me so much hope. I am about 2 years clean now and I feel like mushrooms are turning my life around. I was feeling so lost and nothing has been working for my severe depression up until a couple years ago. but not since I started with the mushrooms for just some few days back then. Kudos to you for being clean that long! So happy to see people like me doing well in the future regardless of what society makes it seem sometimes. For me shrooms are remedy not a vice.

[@AnnaRoth-pb8xv]

How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta

[@draoi99]

I have had Pure OCD centred on the obsessive thought: "what if I'm a pedophile?". It's very frightening and distressing once you're in the grip of it. Mostly I did internal rumination but whenever I was out and about on the street I would cast furtive glances at children and check whether I was getting aroused, which I never did. The very idea horrified me. Very dark distressing stuff. I only ever finally got over it by going to an OCD group meeting and hearing both men and women talking about having the same experience and laughing in retrospect. Also, listening to videos of people like Rose Cartwright (who you can find here on KZbin) helps a lot. OCD is a bully that preys on your deepest fears and sincerely held beliefs.

[@sprouts]

Thanks for sharing!

[@pixelpaws_8876]

I understand what you mean. My OCD always makes me worry that I’m suddenly going to wake up one day and suddenly I will be what I fear the most (becoming like my biological uncle who was a pretty garbage person. or having anger issues like my dad) Which never happens but there’s still that fear. I try to tell my OCD that worrying about that is ridiculous, my personality won’t magically change over night just because OCD says it will. But it still tries to make me think things like “what if I’m actually a horrible person inside? And I’ve only been hiding it all my life?”. OCD makes me fear that I’ll end up just like the very things I’m disgusted by. Even though I will never be like that. Sorry, I’ve been rambling on. I just wanted to say, thank you for making me feel less alone in my OCD.

[@w32211]

WHAT OMG FINALLY I RELATE TO SOMEONE WITH THE PEDOPHILE THING!!! Even though i’m only 12, i’d see a little kid and i’d start thinking horrendous thoughts 😞.

[@sophiethelk9557]

@@w32211 I'm 24 and can relate to this as well! I think my compulsions with this started around 3 months ago when I read a fictional book with a main character who was a pedophile. You're definitely not alone.

[@sneemslefard7503]

Same thing except I had an intense fixation on surviving attempted murders against me and I had a weird fear of poison. It’s better now and I’m on meds so I’m good. But the OCD is still there but thankfully shifted to germophobia. It didn’t really feel like anxiety it felt like every living moment was a struggle for survival. Every action could lead to immediate death.

[@Luka-Garu]

My OCD was reading the prayers again and again, because I feared that something bad would happen if I didn't do it and also, I switched the lights on and off for several times. My friends, whoever's experiencing OCD currently, don't be afraid that it won't pass, believe me it will, you just need to try to get rid of it and also, give it time to pass, you must never rush this kinds of things, good luck and remember a person never encounters a problem that they can't overcome😊

[@DollyNipples]

About the same thing for me! *hug*

[@sprouts]

What a positive message!

[@swag_jpg3933]

Us 😭 😭

[@strawberry602]

Its so hard because i have it 3 years now and nobody knows about. The only thing that helps me is that I can control it somehow

[@pashakorabelnikov1299]

@@strawberry602 have you ever went to the psychologist?

[@Plan73]

Let me suggest you'll some advice: - the "theme" of the obsession is irrilevant. Cleaning, order, simmetry, religion, sexuality... doesn't matter, is ALWAYS OCD. - DON'T talk with the obsession, don't argue with it, don't use logic. All this things are useless, every time you talk with your thoughts they own you and they win, always. The key is to IGNORE them, whatever they say. - Accept the (short) pain of not doing the compulsion in order to avoid the (big) pain of contuining in the cycle of OCD. - Keep in mind that every person on this planet have intrusive thoughts, the difference with OCD is that in this case the thoughts are stuck in the mind in a infinite loop (like an hamster in a wheel). You have to BREAK the cycle, over and over until the thoughs go away or are less harmful.

[@sprouts]

Pretty good suggestions!

[@himanichandgadkar2397]

gave a plain slap to ocd!

[@nicknorizadeh4336]

Great comment! Clearly explained OCD

[@Ahjile]

Most of this is incredibly backwards and wrong. I've dealt with extreme OCD for decades. And in my case, I match every kind. In developing strategies for dealing with my brain, with the help of years of excellent & productive counseling, I found that confronting my thoughts has been the most effective way for me to conquer my fears. I don't ignore anything now, I face the problem and I find ways of beating it. I get creative, I don't confront the thought directly, but I do not ignore it, either. I go around it, or I beat it with body blows and strategy. For example, if I need to clean or organize something, or an area, I start with the smallest portion possible, and focus only on that. I don't think about the rest of the area. I don't need to clean the rest of the area. I only need to clean one small part. And once it's finished, my job is done. I can clean the rest on another day. I don't need to be embarrassed that I can't do things the way other people do things. I can just do a little bit of everything, every day. In the end, it'll all be done. Often, I find I _can_ move on to the next part of the same job immediately. But the power of having the option _not to_ is immensely effective for getting things done and managing my terrible, paralyzing fear. And the thing is, the same amount of things will be done in close to the same amount of time as if I finished things in one go, like other people do. I'm just accomplishing things in a more distributed fashion, always with baby steps. This greatly lightens the load of my anxieties, and allows me to feel in control, and to live a happy, satisfying life that is as productive as I want it to be. OCD is first and foremost an anxiety disorder, after all. And I live with my anxiety. I laugh about it. It's a constant companion, that I have to deal with, always. Further, I never avoid the compulsion. I learned long ago that the compulsion is fine. The problem is letting it get out of hand. I have found that if I ever tried to avoid, ignore, or simply not "do" my compulsions, they only got worse and more difficult to deal with. Doing them immediately, when they first occur to me, is highly effective towards living a good life. If I set limits in advance, and if I am accountable to those around me, I find that the compulsions are very rarely a problem. And even when they are, I can learn from my mistake, and never have to worry about that compulsion getting out of hand again. Breaking the cycle is easy for me if I know what I want to accomplish, deliberately record the process through note-taking, counseling, or journaling (I find that a To Do list is very helpful - I have a Trello board I like using very much), and am accountable to myself and any plan I make, or person I tell. I can't do it alone - truly, I can't, and that's an important thing for anyone to recognize about themselves - but making plans and having a support system allows me to wield massive leverage and power over "the cycle", the annoying little bastard that it is. xD

[@sekuribindu2170]

I have all of the ones mentioned in the video. With passage of time, i have learnt not to take myself and my thoughts too seriously,. Whenever i feel insecure about probable unlocked doors, i remember what my brother told me- trust the person that you were 5 minutes back.

[@sprouts]

Thanks for sharing!

[@diogopauloferreira423]

You got me inspired now 🥹🫶

[@Ahjile]

Recent research has found that the mental process of establishing trust is a major, major factor and cause of OCD. People with OCD, like us, have a deep problem establishing new trust pathways in their brains. We don't trust who we were 5 minutes ago. We don't trust what we just did. We don't trust our own eyes. We don't easily trust anything. So it's important for people like us to learn how to manage that disability. We have to work around that lack of trust, and our deep lack of capability in implementing the normal human mental function of trust. We have to find other ways of verifying and establishing things. In my experience, note-taking and a human support system, including counseling, are key.

[@hagoraashraf5013]

Thanks for the video, I was currently thinking about whether I have OCD or not because of my compulsive intrusive thoughts but I think it's just anxiety. Anyway, remember everyone, it's only about 2% of everyone in the world who are diagnosed by OCD.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

And you think 2 percent is little? 2 out of 100, it may sound like a small percentage, but in fact, it is a lot... I have small problems with OCD, and in some professions, some occupations like in sports it is very common... Like tennis players touching their noses, goalkeepers have some complicated ways how they are "banishing" intrusive negative thoughts like they will not get a goal if they do that-and-that or say that-and-that and all of those people know it is totally illogical but compulsion is sometimes so strong that they can't resist. I have a friend who has some ideas of impending doom, and he has some "formulas", he calls them formulas, he should say something and do something in order for that thought not to become reality... It can vary from a nuisance to a very problematic disorder. Freud had such patients and his writings about one patient are classic, it is called "Rat-man" It sounds like the name of some weird superhero, but Freud named his essay about that poor person "rat-man".

[@braincuriosities]

@@ozymandiasultor9480 Funnily enough there is a comic book about a superhero called Rat-Man. Thank you for your contribution and comment thugh this is really a meaningful experience!

[@hagoraashraf5013]

@@ozymandiasultor9480 Thanks for the informative comment. I hope you get over your problems soon. When I mentioned the 2% thing I didn't mean to make it seem tiny, I understand it's a considerable amount of the population, but many people understate the severity of the disorder and consider themselves patients of OCD only because they have a bunch of very normal intrusive thoughts or because they like to wash their hands four times a day. I meant to remind these people that it's a very severe and horrible disorder not for anyone to assume about themselves.

[@notnow2602]

I've kind of given complete authority to a voice in my head that goes "Nope" whenever an obsessive thought tries to sneak in and take my mind away, and hopefully it's been working. I've realized that I Can have control over my thoughts. I didn't know that before.

[@right..5651]

That's good to hear man, happy to hear it works for you

[@chrisapostolidis]

That's how I stopped obsessive bad thoughts earlier in my life. But eventually I learned this was kindof an obsession as well. Obsessing over saying NO NOTHING BAD WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN. It did work though!

[@notnow2602]

No it's not like that. There's no obsession about it in my case. It mostly helps in stopping the overthoughts. You get the thought over once and then if it comes back the guy goes "Nope, we already thought about this and came to a conclusion. Do something else if you're bored!"

[@functioningflesh]

thank you

[@functioningflesh]

@@notnow2602they say that because that would mean it plays part in the cycle😮 Paradox

[@DollyNipples]

I started getting forbidden thoughts about sin, hell, and the unpardonable (because I didn't understand the context of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit or that God is a Trinity) after losing both maternal grandparents. My parents didn't seem to understand my constant questions about salvation and all that, or why I would keep asking them over and over. They eventually punished me for asking them again, making me put my hands on the armrest all the way home. I got the message: I was scared and they didn't care. There was a positive side to this, however, because they didn't indulge my obsessions. I started taking some control and talking back to my intrusive thoughts, and realizing that maybe God isn't a mean old ogre who wanted to just punish me. To a lesser degree, I also had and still have some light obsessions about symmetry when walking or touching, but I make an effort to keep it reigned in. I have had obsessions about even numbers, but weirdly enough, I also love the number seven because of the seven directions of the Cherokee: North, South, East, West, Above, Below, and Here-In-The-Center. Basically three axes converging to the zero point. Yes, I know it would raise the ire of Death the kid because seven, but still, I can relate to his struggles. I'd so give him a hug.

[@Gray_Jay]

I can totally relate to some of your struggles, specifically those of a religious nature. I experienced a type of OCD known as scrupulosity, or "religious ocd". I thought that I wasn't saved and that God hated me. Over the course of several years I have been learning the truth about God and salvation, and have been renewing my mind with God's help. If you are looking for another resource to aid you in the process of overcoming your OCD, check out "Scrupulosity, when doubts devour" by Michael Emlet.

[@saradiaries8096]

Regarding the religious thoughts and questions I really highly recommend reading about Islam. Islam helped me understand a lot about life and the afterlife - and I think it has so much sense.

[@shandell279]

I love this channel. I'm currently looking into the mental health field to help myself and others to deal with trauma, and I look to channels like this to help me with keywords and things to help me with research. Thank you for all your wonderful content. And good luck to everyone trying to heal.

[@sprouts]

Glad to be helpful. You can support us if you want on patreon.com/sprouts - just in case that’s something you weren’t aware of. 🥰✌️

[@70rodal]

All well and said...in most women, they become very fixated in their conversation....WORST THAN NAGGING...or the good old, "Such the hell up" OR go back to your spouse who you now speak so well of.

[@avivastudios2311]

This is the best explanation of OCD. Thanks.

[@danalvarez6172]

I experienced most of these things as a child (7-12), from the repetitive washing of my hands, the thought of someone in my family may die if I don't lock the door properly, so I will lock and unlock the door repetitively until I'm relieved, the repetitive wiping of anything that my hands have touched because I believe that my hands are dirty, I suffered all of those things as a child. And now, I am 26 years old and I am grateful that I'm completely free from these symptoms. What I did is just stop caring about the intrusive thoughts in my head and constantly remind myself that everything is gonna be alright which is very difficult at first, but eventually it got better over time.

[@beereal5107]

Thank you so much for for this brief-very-powerful education. Emphasizing ("powerful") !

[@sprouts]

You are so welcome. Keep learning:)

[@user-ng8cf2ns4d]

Your channel has made me be even more interested in psychology. Thank you for creating such informative content.

[@sprouts]

Happy to hear that! Keep learning:)

[@avivastudios2311]

I think there was a time, years ago, when I actually looked for a video on OCD from this channel but didn't find it. Today's a good day.

[@sprouts]

Glad to hear that 🥰✌️

[@ruhig.mein.Kleiner.]

Thank you very much for making this video. My OCD is trichotillomania (hair pulling to be accurate beard hair pulling on the right side of my chin and sometimes it swithes to the left side) and i listen to Rife Frequencies to treat OCD and over time it became better. There are youtube videos with these types of frequencies.

[@sprouts]

Thanks for sharing your story!

[@AvyScottandFlower]

I've seen PLENTY of people calling their callousness/personal defects "OCD" They seem to think the label somehow makes them more intelligent than they really are Just putting it out there. *Hoarders are often also people deathly afraid of not being able to keep human company around them.

[@braincuriosities]

OCD also comes in episodes, often triggered by anxiety or stressful events, those two can go hand in hand

[@bethanycollins5923]

Yeah, that, or I tend to think that for @ least a handful of people out there --- It helps them feel as if they (can try to-) better understand themselves. Ya kno? Then maybe they can start trying to better help themselves. Understand why they do what they do, reasonings behind it, become more conscious of things, mindful, etc. It truly can be confusing @ times.. depending on what exact Illness one actually suffers from. (Doesn't apply to self diagnosers who are inaccurate -) But, getting officially, clinically diagnosed is always the best route. (Obviously. Lmao-) but, that's not to say that some, I repeat SOME self diagnosees can't NOT be accurate... BUT, a great deal goes into that even being possible/accurate, really... as I assume you already know this. If ones been in therapy (ideally, for years of your life-), studied tremendously on a certain mental illness you might suspect you have/have had for most your life (therapy gives you insane amounts of info on all types, etc.-), n most importantly, exhibit the majority, IF NOT ALL OF, the main traits of so said mental illness....BUT, for extremely long periods of time... not jus for the last 2-3 weeks, or even 6 months type shit. Nah ... lmao! ***N THEN, most important step, would be to GO BACK to get that official, clinical diagnosis. From a medical professional/therapist, etc.*** ^^very important.^^ It's definitely possible for one to be right, but, a lot of the times it's not. But, it does happen. But, yes, a lot of ppl jus start slapping labels on themselves, being ignorant (that's no disrespect, it's jus one not knowing enough bout any of it, or so said specific illness, sometimes never actually having BEEN to a therapist/not having significant/substantial amount of actual time of attending therapy under their belt is a bigfactor, too!-), or not realizing they've only experienced parts of the main traits/symptoms jus for X amount of time, rather than essentially their ENTIRE life..... (or, vast majority of it, is really what I mean.... Since they can remember type sh*t !!-) But yeah, I'd like to think people are jus tryna better understand themselves!!🤷🏻‍♀️ Some ppl do believe they sound smarter, too... But..... That's jus simply arrogance! 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️

[@bethanycollins5923]

Super interesting fact bout hoarders, though!! I've actually never heard of that one before, ever!! I found that fascinating.... so, thank you! 👌🏼🤗😁 My oma was a hoarder, RIP. But, she grew up as a lil girl n lived thru the great depression, so... it really was no surprise. I think anyone would've been, had they lived in, thru, n past that era, too... so wild !!

[@liborrajm2916]

I write lists of plans for my days (and generally I make notes for almost everything) and also like when things at my home and at my work desk are in the same spot. Very detailed lists I write, I should say. Been like that for many years and most of the time I do not feel comfortable going through my day without knowing what I'll be doing. It's interesting though, cause even though I know most people do not (and would not want to) write such detailed lists/plans and spend time on it, I also know that I get almost everything done exactly when I intend to, which is not the case with a lot of people who just kind of improvise their days, hardly establishing any routine and therefore inevitably forgetting stuff and/or being incosistent in important things. So the way I see it is that I prefer over-thinking my plans rather than having inconsistent or missing plans. The key to whether I can happily live with this OCD is about these questions that relate to it - Does it contain objectively unnecessary tasks? Does it steal considerable amount of time each day? Does it not help me get useful/important things done in any way? Does it never go away even when I ocasionally have to improvise (holidays, crisis situations etc.)? If I can honestly answer 'NO' to all the above questions, I argue that the benefits can outweight negatives. Though to be fair, I live alone and can imagine things would likely have to change at least to some extent while in a relationship.

[@scoobydoop]

This topic really interests me and as I've mentioned before, even affected which units I studied. I could Bore with that but instead I'll tell you about my own OCD. Luckily, it's not too bad. It does not necssarily need my conscious brain to be involved. At work in an office. I can be having a conversation with somebody...meanwhile my mind arranges everything on the table symmetrically. It's just done by my brain with no conscious thought. Covid was/remains an OCD nightmare. But I can overcome this by common sense a bit. My hands were bad. Really bad. Now instead of using soap or other stuff. I only use water. I will use soap if I may have been 'exposed'. My hands are good now. Yet....my house is dirty and not organised at all. This doesn't affect me. Only other thing. Is a night-time ritual....I have to check the doors at least once. Even though I know they are locked. Fire is another OCD. I have a small house and yet I have 5 smoke detectors. All my transformers are in metal tins. That's about it though.

[@braincuriosities]

Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@sprouts]

Take care

[@himanichandgadkar2397]

My hands got screwed in covid too. My family was really distressed and angry on me. I later learnt that excessive hand-washing kills good bacterias and damages the immunity in turn. Hope you can overcome the OCD!

[@francisfischer7620]

Thank you. Very helpful and clear.

[@AmaritoMan]

I had OCD when I was a kid 12 years not understanding what was going on mostly obsession and everyone in my family just either made fun of me or just made some ugly advice which are not helpful at all. I had to live with it for years and as I read in one of the comments it will go away naturally just don't let get tge best of you. Self mature talk helped me alot besides ignoring it oftenly. Now when I remember I just wonder why and your video today made me a good closure thank you guys

[@second5952]

it sucks hard and ive had it since a kid too, learning about it helps a ton, im grateful for the internet

[@downwell]

Thank you for posting this. Ivr been struggling with OCD since I was 9. It can really take control and derail your life.

[@felisenthusiast]

I have severe OCD and I haven't known consistent inner peace in forever

[@Dev_z15]

Thank you very much for making this video. I really like all your videos! Can you please popularize videos on BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder)? Because that's who I am.

[@sherry8114]

❤meditation is really helpful...❤

[@sprouts]

It really is!

[@hakimdiwan5101]

When I was child, for few years I got OCD of cleanliness like Jane out of nowhere and it went away on it's own. However I have another type of OCD as well, sometimes when I am watching or reading something I tend to re-watch or re-read certain parts again and again.

[@user-yn9lh7pr5x]

I have the same condition as you. Can you please tell me how to get out of it and are you getting out of it. Please 🙏

[@hakimdiwan5101]

@@user-yn9lh7pr5x You mean that repeatedly reading, watching and I forgot to add, but I also overwrite on alphabets. Tbh I have absolutely no idea what to do, I just seem to unable to move on from it. I would keep doing it sometimes while being totally unaware and sometimes I feel like I need to do it because I didn't read, watched or wrote properly first time. I just do it until I get the sense of being satisfied and then I can move on. Worst part of this is that I actually enjoy them 😢

[@user-yn9lh7pr5x]

@hakimdiwan5101 man trust yourself. Don't seek perfection. Or else it will get worse and then there is no turning back. Your case is worse than mine.

[@user-yn9lh7pr5x]

@hakimdiwan5101 what will happen incase you think you missed a part of video. Trust yourself. Last advice Don't seek perfection it will kill you mentally

[@hakimdiwan5101]

@@user-yn9lh7pr5x I know man, I don't want to do it but it's just compulsion to do it over again and I get dopamine from doing it. Since it doesn't always happen, I don't mind it much 😄

[@Wulfdane]

My brother has OCD, cleaning, everything has to be perfect. I use to tease him by moving things and watch him uncontrollably move things back, that is until I realized how miserable having OCD made him as I got older and learned about OCD.. It wasn’t funny and I apologized for it. I love my brother and I never meant to make his life harder.

[@nidal5942]

currently learning this

[@Bralor89]

I've been there too... For all you people struggeling, read these books (even digital copies / ebooks, if you are afraid your family finds out. Because knowledge gives you insight. It helped me certainly to a high degree: 1. The mindfulness workbook for OCD - Jon Hershfield / Tom Corboy, 2. Overcoming unwanted Intrusive thoughts - Sally M Winston / Martin N Seif. 3. Stopping the noise in your head - Reid Wilson 4. Everyday Mindfulness for OCD - Jon Hershfield / Shala Nicely. See what resonates most with you. And if even if some things will frighten you while reading (and they will) Just remember: keep reading! It will be worth it. One last thing I got out of the books for first aid: thoughts are just thoughts - nothing more. Wish you all the best!

[@marcelo.grohmann]

Great video.

[@sprouts]

Thanks for the visit ;)

[@laxmanrana1190]

Thank you team sprout I have been following you from last 1 year and I like your videos. Please make a video on kleptomaniac behaviour. Is it biological problem! means does it passes through generations or it is just a mental problem? Please also mention, Symptoms, causes,diagnosis and treatment.

[@KissMan-lz7ej]

thankyou for this video

[@hahn-solo]

I have symmetry and cleaning OCD, when uncontrolled I am very tired and worn out as I could be up all night shifting furniture and tidying. It usually starts with a spot or crumb or hair which ends in me cleaning the entire house top to bottom. I am grateful for my wife as she sees when I start to become worse and calmly helps me to settle and take note of my actions. I take mirtazapine and venlaflaxine which helps

[@ANTI-HUMAN666]

Thanks Sprouts for the video. This video was helpful for me to find that i have OCD. I am very obsessed with cleaning and i am always worried about germs and dirtiness.I wash my hands using handwash atleast 20 times a day. I clean my smartphone,watch,headphones,other personal items using sanitizer and wet cloth.I am obsessed with bathing like 2 to 4 times a day.I wash my motorbike 2 to 3 times a week.Whenever i go outdoors and return to my home i wash my feet and hands.I never sit in my bed or chair after returning from work or place,until i wash my clothes and take a bathe.I eat food in my bedroom,i don't sit and eat with my family.I have my own plates and glasses,cups that my family members don't use.I want everything to be clean and tidy. And also check on the door lock 3 times and make sure that it's locked. I am into the sorting to, i sort my personal items, dress, even the apps and files in my phone are neatly sorted. I don't have forbidden thoughts. My family members,some relatives and neighbors know about my cleanliness and tidiness.They think that I have some problems because of my over cleanliness and tidiness. Because of my condition living a normal life was difficult but i adapted to my condition. Currently I am living with my family and it's very difficult for me to live with them. So my greatest dream is to live alone so that i can live a peaceful life with cleanliness and tidiness.(sorry for grammar mistakes English is not my mother tongue. )

[@sprouts]

Thanks for sharing your story! All the very best for finding a good strategy for your situation 🙏

[@ANTI-HUMAN666]

​@@sproutsI already found a solution to fight against it by worry less about cleanliness and tidiness.I also try to avoid the thoughts of it coming to my mind and it's effectively working😊.

[@Dandilion222]

I did the same thing with the phone cleaning thing! The thing is that my mom saw how bad it was getting and hide the wipes from me, what did I do? I washed my phone of course and now my phone has mold which leads to more of a reason to clean it which creates the cycle.

[@pawan99286]

I have Social phobia (fearing others) to an extreme degree, like 1000%.

[@rennst101]

i have exactly the type of OCD Ann has in the video. I started doing those small rituals to relieve anxiety since i was 9 and they still persist, though in other forms now. I should really start CBT again.

[@retashahabi1357]

Thank you❤❤

[@tristanhuang1497]

I have ocd that coincides with eating, including thougths with body shape and also weight. The ocd thoughts that I have include counting when I perform exercises as well as when I do things. I also fear making mistakes and don't say things that I am afraid might be incorrect. This limits my social relationships as I doubt everything I say. Making decisions and fear of germs creates a barrier to normal life. This keeps me living at home and away from things that give me fear.

[@LilyB-vz8lq]

I understand. 🌸

[@LeeCarlson]

Now I have a better understanding of why Kaity decided that we would name my "inner paranoid" Beverley.

[@shroomusomus]

I have really bad OCD, I used to think it was a good thing but recently I realised how much it has affected my life. Weirdly enough I dont know what id do without it 😂😭

[@Ahjile]

Recent research has found that the mental process of establishing trust is a major, major factor, and one important cause, of OCD. People with OCD have a deep problem establishing new trust pathways in their brains. We don't trust who we were 5 minutes ago. We don't trust what we just did. We don't trust our own eyes. We don't easily trust anything. So it's important for people like me to learn how to manage that disability. We have to work around that lack of trust, and our deep lack of capability in implementing the normal human mental function of trust. We have to find other ways of verifying and establishing things. In my experience, note-taking and a human support system, including counseling, are key.

[@sprouts]

That was insightful! Thank you for sharing.

[@Dandilion222]

When I was little it just started when I was around 10 I would get into my bed but if I touched anything outside of my bed I would feel like I got infected and would go wash my hands cycle repeats for a few times every night. The germ fear started to calm down through the years until COVID hit and it go so bad I now have to disinfect my hand every time I'm going to touch something "clean". And during this time I devolved another symptom I would get random thoughts of doing really stupid things that would clearly lead to injuries. Like for example putting my foot in front of a car tire and see how long I could hold it there. And they ended up getting worse through the years where I would random get an urge to run into the middle of the street even though I know that would probably led to me dying and don't wish to die I still have these thoughts. Also I didn't see this mentioned in the video but whenever you get an urge to do something you HAVE to do it or you feel as if something absolutely horrible will happen even if you know it won't happen you just HAVE to do it. Like for example part of the skin on my thumb looks bigger on one side than the other to fix this my brain came up with the great idea to bite it off. And while my finger bled and it really hurt at least my thumb skin was equally sized, right? When the skin would grow back I would continue doing this even though it caused me harm I just couldn't deal with looking down at my fingers and seeing the uneven skin. I would feel like I would die or the world would end if I didn't do it even thought I know that it's clearly not true. My thoughts pressured me into it by 'What if's'

[@sprouts]

Thanks for sharing your story 🙏😑

[@prateekyadav1000]

Ohh. You are more fucked up than me. Try having some other compulsions. Like have unprotected sex and then think you might get hiv. And focus on that and waste time searching web. After three months have blood test. U get a negative, then again have sex and repeat the cycle.

[@bawgames4201]

Washing my hands wash away bad thoughts 😅😅

[@raiyanpal9914]

Four groups of symptoms: symmetry, forbidden thoughts, cleaning, hoarding

[@Vialys]

I have just a bit of what Joe has, but it’s not as severe or that bad honestly, just me being cautious locking up everything for the day or night and being safe and aware of my surroundings

[@rty1955]

Another trait of OCD is to view a small problem as a catastrophe. There is nothing in between. For example someone worries about a water leak that will leas to death of people. There is also contamination OCD. Constant washing of hands or body. My wife suffers from extreme contamination OCD. Its horrible to be around

[@filipemartins2602]

I had this thing like starying at 5 years old, but I just learned to deal with it little by little. Now I am 14 and basically dont have any sympthoms, only when I see vjdeos like this, but I just ha e self-control. People with OCD just need to learn to have self-control. By the way, my OCD had also that part of the intrusive thoughts (sometimes thought think like what if my parents die tommorow) and now, as I am writing this text, I've just seen that I do things lile deleting some small spaces ir words in the text and write it again when I am not typing (and it is not because I am rethinking what to write). I also still have very small ocd things, just thought now, but nothing that bad, and I live a normal live with it. Like needing to be in a perfect condition just to eat pizza, lile take a bath, dnt have urge to pee, etc. But nkt thay much. Concluding: First of all, sirry fir the unorganized text, as it is midnight for me. Second of all, for the ocd people, just have *self-control*, think that you cannot be controlled easily! Use your will power!

[@nufh]

I'm the kind who always checking the locks, need to make things always in order and in some occasion have some intrusive dark thoughts which is I'm always terrified. Living with OCD is not fun.

[@sharting1505]

Every time I hear or see anything to do with a particular number, even other numbers that include that number, and walking up/down that amount of stairs or more, or doing/seeing anything that many times I habe to do or look at it again and say a little "chant", when I walk up or downnstiars I have to stop on the last step and stay it, I have to do it often. Many times a day bedauss it's a common and small number, I have a keyboard in my bedroom that has that number on it a lot, I painted over each of them so I don't have to see it anymore, even on my recent numeracy exam, I couldn't bring myself to write it and just drew a small black circle, whenever it's on a piece of paper I have, I have to scribble it out. All because I think something bad would happen if I didn't do it, same reason I have to shower every 2 days at 8Pm exactly, and I know nothing bad is gonna happen but it stays there in my head like a dark cloud above me if I don't do it, and when I see, hear, or touch anything to do with the number I feel dirty, or like idk tainted and just gross. It's like a germ I have to get rid of.

[@JasonSmith-fu6oi]

let me guess. the number six ?

[@azoojameel6808]

my ocd is that I have the deep desire to check myself in the mirror always again and again, I have anxiety so l keep looking in the mirror over and over so I can see how people are seeing me and I've never been comfortable with the way that I look and the way that I see myself, no matter how much people Tell me that I'm beautiful and I look good I don't believe that and keep on feeling uncomfortable..

[@amalenn2864]

I have suffered having acne for a long time. Often I have this urgency to wash my hand multiple times with soap which most of the time leads me spending time in washroom longer than it should be. I always try to tell myself “ok, thats enough” but i can’t stop which then I’d feel anxious on how much water I’ve wasted. I HATE touching my face with bare hands, I HATE when people touching my face. At night, I sometimes struggle to sleep being afraid my cheeks would touch the pillow. To that, I am not generally a clean person, and yes I haven’t got diagnosed yet it just bothers me everytime :’)

[@avantika8054]

Washing my hands again and again 😭😭😭😭

[@iLilith11]

I'm not ok 😔 ever since I was r a ped I can't stop cleaning myself, my body and everything around me. It's so exhausting and I can't help myself. I'm so tired and in so much pain 😞

[@LilyB-vz8lq]

You might want to consider flower essence therapy. This will pass... I’m so sorry for your pain. Please take care. ❤️❤️❤️

[@JasonSmith-fu6oi]

everyone has intrusive thoughts but OCD is in a league of its own. its 100% fear and is from a chemical imbalance. for me it was when i stopped taking testosterone, i developed it. but a childhood trauma still causes that imbalance, it lives in the brain and has changed the brain.

[@Ipomoea_Alba]

Oh so _thats_ what’s happening to me

[@miquellluch1928]

So basically, mistakes on mental processes are forcibly over-expressed on the conduct and then consequently on the physical word/layer. Everybody has ocd then!

[@sprouts]

Yeah, that's the essence, but I wouldn't say everybody has OCD. If it were true, then it wouldn't be a diagnosis. ;

[@miquellluch1928]

@@sprouts I don't mean to say everybody has it on the same grade, most of us can hide the consequences with a smile under the carpet, until is to big to be hidden... if nothing done. To my understanding only the "perfect person" or someone who has some many elemental mental problems that it's not worth focusing can not have it.

[@Stempy-channel]

I don't have ocd, but my hands have to be equal. I have to turn on and off lights with both hands the same amount of times and writing this my wrists have to touch the computer the same amount

[@kalvynhavenhill3366]

Never been diagnosed (too poor) but I gotta feeling I might. Everything in my room has a place and I have many nic nacks. If one thing gets flipped or dropped I HAVE to fix it where it was EXACTLY. And I bit at all my fingertips an eat my skin which may be weird but I've just done it since I was in 6th grade,now I'm 21. Only sucks when my hands get wet,all my fingertips turn all white and kinda looks like tiny craters on the moon. Idk I feel normal but do feel peculiar at the same time.

[@Panzerfaust_1939]

I ought to remind myself just incase i watch this again Just because you have intrusive thoughts, paranoid of the same unfaithful event will happen to others too, obsessed with synmetry and can't do anything without cleaning everything you touch and use including your own hands, it doesn't mean you need to get a psychiatrist Remember, psychiatry is expensive asf

[@halimalnami1560]

I have really dry hands since am a complusive hand washer Does this mean I have ocd ? Or just a random compulsion Since its only my hands that cus me distress

[@halimalnami1560]

DONT JUST LIKE ANSWER THE GODDAMN QUESTION

[@Gurkenklemme]

So I am at this point pretty confident that I have some kind of OCD: I have the need to check everything in my room before leaving it like 10 times and even sometimes have to make a foto of some parts to get out, same thing with locking up my bike etc. But I also have the need to go to the gym at least 4 times a week, very very obsessively. Also I have to learn everyday for at least 3 hours and do atleast 100 Flashcards. Furthermore I plan everything I do at least a week a head and I am having really a hard time to not do exactly whats on my kalender. I dont know how i developed it, but its been like that for 2 years now. Especially the checking part and the sport part is really exhausting. The problem on the other side is I dont really want to change it because I benefit from those needs.

[@kevk4908]

Use it as a superpower, you have high conscientiousness, this personality trait is the biggest indicator of success. I'm also the same way and I would say nothing but good progress has happened in my life. Yeah, others may view me as a “robot” but who cares.

[@Gurkenklemme]

@@kevk4908 i feel you

[@Plagski]

Everyone should have to watch this so that they hopefully can stop calling all lf their random quirks OCD..

[@StateFlow-ns4mg]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@orsaz924]

I don't know if it is OCD or not, but for the past month or so I've had the obsession of doing things an odd or even number of times. At first, it was repeating actions (doing something twice), then it became doing things in pairs (if I do thing A and then thing B, then I must do thing B a second time before I eventually do thing A a second time - which I suppose is a way to cope with the low chances of having the possibility to do the same thing twice in a row). I know I must resist the compulsions, but doing so gives me anxiety. It's honestly kind of distressing at times. Fortunately, I think I know where it stems from and that gives me some relief.

[@sprouts]

Have you gotten it checked from a professional?

[@orsaz924]

@@sprouts Not yet because it usually takes a little while to get a check-up(?) with a mental health professional where I live, but I plan to.

[@nasyailoni8682]

I got diagnosed today

[@YourDTIGirl]

My compulsion is every day when I go to bed I drink water from a bottle near my bed I’m in my bed laying and I get the urge like “drink water one more time you won’t be thirsty “ “your thirsty drink it again” agin and again it’s so annoying to the point I have no water and then if the thoughts are so bad I just get out of bed and drink water from the living room

[@aloneanimegirl]

I developed ocd when I was 17 years old and it destroyed my whole life. It was during the exam that ruined my whole life. Why did such a thing happen to me? I tried to do this advanced level for 5 years but I couldn't. Now I can't imagine what I want to do in my life. Because of this ocd I can't do anything now I don't understand how can I live like this no one in my family understands me yesterday I had my advance level 3rd shy I didn't have to do anything as much as I thought and now after failing this exam my Even now, I can't imagine what I will do in life. Everyone will blame me for not pass the exams even after 5 years. But no one knows how I lived 😭💔

[@arshattri5708]

I have OCD of using the same green, black, and blue Pilot V7 pens while making notes. if any of these are unavailable, I dont study.

[@muzammiljafari9158]

I constantly think about breathing

[@YusufArsali]

I am Miko

[@kbyvillepika3741]

I had a perfectly good chance at Life, except when my parents sent me to a boarding school, and it was not any ordinary boarding school: It was dirty, vulgar, and way way out of my comfort zone. I was forced to live there for two years and that my brain sacrificed a lot for me to resist such an atmosphere as it never took me with it, I developed OCD regarding germs and contamination. As a result, my mental health was sacrificed forever. After spending 2 years, I got out and the symptoms gradually became dormant, but suddenly they rose after the age of 25 and are at the most worse right now. I recently moved to Birmingham from Pakistan, and honestly OCD has never been at its first. I avoid contact with black people a lot because culturally they have been perceived to be dirty. This gives me the impression of being a racist, but an actuality. I believe every human being is equal and should be respected, but my OCD forces me to avoid black people and treat them as contaminated and dirty, especially the thought that they don't wash their hands after using the toilet. Only those two years in boarding school, destroyed, my entire life and ruined my relationship with my parents for perhaps eternity. I would rate the severity of my condition as 7.5/10 and the biggest problem I face is the inability to use public transport and I'm currently not working anywhere.

[@Catg999]

I have this thought😢

[@LazyHuman124]

I thought i had Aspergers/Autism but the doctor said i have OCD

[@doliscraziestvlogs]

My husband problem like jane. But i don't know what i do. Please help me. It's increasing day by day.

[@Catg999]

Mine comes and goes it doesnt really annoy me in physical but inc my mind its just kinda anooyin

[@imarobotbeepboop766]

I had my first vehicle stolen. I ended up getting it back, but was just about to fall asleep when it happened. Now if i hear a v8 from a dodge (yess i can tell the difference) I jolt awake and check on my car. I have put 2 GPS trackers on it and also have a steering lock on it. Now I kinda wish they take it again so I can bring a metal baseball bat and have some fun

[@potrainplayzz1395]

I am having all these thoughts how can i cure it ?😢

[@pyeitme508]

Ok

[@maskure5606]

Im from a religious family Every night before i sleep i have to chant religious prayer several times until i get it right or else fear something bad might happen It started when i was 12-13 till now even tho I'm not religious at all . Can anyone help me ?

[@kim_taehyung_V_]

I have adhd and my mom have ocd Very chill household y'all feel like dying

[@dewan2020]

adhd and ocd seems the sam thing.

[@AverageJoe1006]

Almost every time I leave the house I need to double check if the door is locked properly, but I don’t mind about the window.does this mean I have OCD ?

[@LilyB-vz8lq]

I think you’re being cautious and smart.

[@AverageJoe1006]

@@LilyB-vz8lq thanks

[@capitalistcamwithaham]

Is OCD common or rare? If so, how many people do have it?

[@NiceIce923]

According to research 1% of the world's population have OCD, so 1 in 100 people.

[@NickNackItaliano777]

I'm literally the male version of Jane ☹️

[@kolokithas7865]

Λογισμοί

[@yasmeengrover]

Have faith in god and He will surely give you strength!!

[@dopaminedosevroasis9382]

Is pmo an ocd?

[@user-hm7je5nu4e]

i like mushrooms

[@Devenwalia]

I’ve got one. Its stupid. I can’t stop thinking about switching on my car, taking a small stroll (

[@lilih4694]

You will be a really good taxi driver i guess! 🤷‍♀️

[@Devenwalia]

@@lilih4694 🙄

[@lilih4694]

@@Devenwaliasorry, intento ver el lado bueno y obtener un beneficio de nuestras fijaciones, 😬😉

[@tig9495]

Mine was I had to watch the news because I thought China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and all those places but in different times it would be a different country I thought was gonna nuke us amd I’d be throwing up not eating For days cause I’d be so scared

[@mariabejaranomonge2183]

Jane ☹️

[@sprouts]

😔

[@shouqibr]

I’m joe

[@Sam-xf5tp]

😅

[@SannaVenalainen-mg8gh]

Ei kiva että sairastan ocdta

[@Deeznutz002]

Why are people who are manic and people with OCD treated differently? Both suffer from mania..

[@sprouts]

That's a very wrong understanding of the disorders.

[@phoenixelectro1234]

first

[@johnl.7754]

I have OCD in Watching new KZbin videos

[@humancarver]

💀💀

[@stingerprints]

These drawing videos are too distracting! just do a still photo or something, because the fake drawing animations takes away from the actual content.

[@sprouts]

Our drawings have always been loved and appreciated. I am sorry you think they're distracting. 😔

[@tirpu]

​@@sproutschill,he has OCD 😂

[@KevinMittens]

​@@sproutsI love the drawings, keep going , if he doesn't like it he can go to another channel, he ain't no better than anyone.