OCD Q&A with Dr. Menije

[@andreiz112dn5]

Well i faced my OCD alone head on with exposure therapy , i can say in the short term it feels like something punched you in the face or like almost collapsing on the floor but you will feel better after a while. The key is to build tolerance to the things that OCD latched on this will be painful on the short term expect feeling of shame, guilt, depression but after a while you will not care anymore about that thing, and after several months you will say 'Huh, why that thing troubled me anyway? it wasn't really a big deal'

[@labeebkhan8309]

I am think of doing ERM to myself but Everytime i do it in 2 days i just can't control the anxiety i feel like i will die of anxiety,Does anxiety go away if i resist doing compulsion for a few days?

[@Jadenmic]

@@labeebkhan8309 I'm kinda stuck there too! I assume it will get worse before it gets better - that is why people give up before they even get started

[@alexhope77]

It was amazing to hear answers about guilt and past mistakes. Thank you!

[@nikkiofcourse4028]

I was late watching this one due to school. Thanks Nathan and Dr.Menije for the Q&A. I may be too late with this comment but for the person with suicidal OCD I would not recommend watching 13 reasons why. Lots of mental health professionals put warnings out about it after it came out. I heard that the people making the show had experts on mental health to consult with but ignored everything they said. I don't know what's true though. However I did watch the first two seasons. The first one focused on the suicide and it shows the suicide scene which I had to cover to watch it. I did enjoy the first season but I would not recommend it for someone obsessing about suicide or contemplating suicide. Also the second season was mostly about rape and if high school bullies were complete sociopaths. I was very scarred by the second season and for a very long time after watching it would occasionally have a scene from it pop into my head and upset me. Dr. Menije I think you should watch it first before deciding if you should recommend it as an exposure because I think it could be pretty far up someone's hierarchy.

[@Sebasdranf]

Hi. I was wondering during the chat if it is possible that a sensation/perception can be a trigger besides thought. In my case I have Existential OCD but sometimes it’s difficult for me to grasp whether the cycle fuels from a fast thought or a weird perception. It’s kinda complicated for me to appreciate who’s first cuz both cause me anxiety. Appreciate your content and your great job. Keep it on! 🤗👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻

[@andreiz112dn5]

Some questions are better to not be answered. Sometimes ignorance is a bliss, take it from me.

[@BeyondTheAlchemy]

The only real power to reduce these symptoms and to rise above the problem, by raising the vibration of our nervous system and mind and body (to a higher way of being-- then less symptoms is natural and automatic)) via lifestyle habits, diet, and so on... We cant solve the problem (in the mind) on the level of the problem (in the mind). Its impossible... The most qualified people to help me transcend this imbalance is from those who actually have suffered with it and have actually found some relief and transcendence through it... We need to see this evidence. Then we get a energetic transmission and it awakens our own inner power and we can clearly see and know that it is actually possible.

[@evilleprechaun5883]

Hi can you please talk about cheating ocd in a future video? I have struggled with this since I got into my first (current) serious relationship. I get so afraid I’m going to cheat on my boyfriend just by thinking about it. Whenever I hang out with my male friends I get anxiety that I like them or that I’m going to cheat on my boyfriend. It gets so powerful that I get convinced that I genuinely like them. And I shut my self in my room for days. I have cut off all male friends. I don’t attend church or gatherings with my friends if I hear boys will be there. I work in a warehouse and my work station is next to 3 young men and I have triggers all throughout the day. If they talk to me I respond quick and with little words and I don’t make eye contact because I’m afraid I will like them. I don’t like that I seem rude to my co workers who I can tell are very nice. I just want to be...normal. OCD has taken so much from me. I feel like I will never speak to my guy friends ever again.

[@TotoZX]

Hello, I have ocd with water taps. How can I overcome it? Thanks

[@andreiz112dn5]

Can you provide more details about it? maybe i can help.

[@TotoZX]

@@andreiz112dn5 Hello my friend, i have overcome it. Thanks for the offer 😉. Have a great day.

[@redbloomings7523]

I'm done of my ocd controlling me

[@transcendingshadows]

Thats a good place to be in. Then you can be open to a power that is greater than the imbalanced power that causes these symptoms. There is amazing recuperative and healing powers that come to our aid when we align ourselves with a higher way of living-- diet, lifestyle habits, spiritual practice, etc.. all the best...:)

[@unapologeticallyconservati4531]

I'm sick of living with my own mind.

[@transcendingshadows]

Totally... You have to go beyond the mind brother..:)

[@jb9195]

The way my mind is at the moment I'm not given the choice to do something different I've done erp etc my mind the way it is at the moment isn't giving me an option to respond differently?