OCD Q&A with my BROTHER, Paul Peterson, LCSW

[@Nicole-yx8ms]

Your brother is lovely like you!! Such a gift to listen to you two gems🙏

[@MommaDuck7]

Seriously do more vids with your brother! This was just lovely. TY

[@ocdandanxiety]

Thanks so much for the feedback! 💜

[@beccaw74]

I go to the OCD and anxiety treatment center! It's a great place!

[@thecloudflower7844]

All my life I felt something was wrong with me. Back in 2012, there was an incident in my life in which I could not forgive myself. The incident replayed in my head over and over and over again, and I was convinced I was evil reborn. I would hike and imagine throwing myself off the trail, or jumping into a body of water and drowning. It got so bad that I actually attempted suicide, which lead me to being in patient at a hospital. They diagnosed me with situational depression. I went and saw a therapist after I was released. We just talked about my situation and after a few month, I just felt I was done talking and that I was good. This year, I started feeling something was wrong again, but I couldn't put my finger on it. The incidents from 2012 came back, and once again, the guilt, shame and hatred for myself began again. Thoughts would come, and to sooth my anxiety, I would just google and search for information. "How do I forgive myself, how do I move on, how do I become a better person." And once I was done with ruminating about this, my brain would latch onto the next thing, and I would go off again to research how to improve. I spent days doing this, hours looking for answers and certainty to the questions in my head, and the cycle repeats one after another. It's to the point that it bothered me so much, I reached out to a therapist. However, I wasn't getting better. In one of my bought of researching for an answer, I came across your real event OCD video, and for once, someone was explaining something I felt for so long. I cried uncontrollably, started learning more about OCD. Each new thing I learned, a memory pops up to remind me that this explains why I am the way I am. Everything about it makes so much sense now. I always thought OCD was just for people who like being clean... I didn't realize it was so much mroe then that. I decided to ask my therapist if it was OCD, but she dismissed the idea and instead, told me we'll practice mindfulness and DBT. It didn't sit right with me, so I finally decided to reach out to a therapist that specializes in OCD to determine if it is OCD and to start treatment. Thank you. Thank you for your videos. I feel I'm not so crazy after all and there's hope for me to live the life I always wanted, and not the life my brain shows me could happen. I start next week. And i pray... I pray this is it. And even if it's not... at least I tried... at least then my brain can let me rest for a bit.

[@danielsolie7117]

21:58 This is one of the best descriptions of ocd I have ever heard. I wish so bad to be able to move on with life and build and create new experiences and moments. But I just can't. And I don't understand why. 😢

[@KFarrer]

You will be able to! Just keep working at it. Go to therapy, read books, watch videos like this, find your support person, and if you believe in God look to him for strength and guidance.

[@puddincakes1005]

That was a great session :) bring him back!

[@vector5885]

Thanks for the answer, that explains a lot!

[@richardowens9626]

Nathan, thanks for your upbeat manner in presenting these OCD topics and solutions. Do you have one geared to contamination fears and rituals as well as fear "I am not sure I did that right" so my ritual is to check many times? Please lead me to those videos. Thanks.

[@heatherpatricelong]

Excellent video! Thank you for sharing!

[@fenyxvalerii2826]

Your both wonderful ! ❤thank you

[@n.a.258]

Thank you so much for this

[@Jamd]

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