OCD says I'll really do it!

[@SqueeBug]

This is why my Harm OCD thoughts are so terrifying and the anxiety is so intense. It says I’m going to “blank” my kids or wife( I’m the type of person who refuses to kill insects and I also bury animals I accidentally kill). I’m glad you covered the demands part because after the anxiety is over it then goes to what if I’m a killer and should be locked up. It’s exhausting, but I’ve done your course and have greatly improved, but it’s a long road to recovery, and I have to have patience.

[@stefanmolnapor910]

I also have thoughts of "removing people" but I guess deep inside I know I would only ever do that IF I was being attacked. I wanted to comment because I am also very careful not to harm insects or animals, and burrie ones I find, I stop if I see them in the road and move them. I find humans repulsive, I have met very few people who display this quality.

[@SqueeBug]

@@doublem6027 Yes, I found out it was OCD when I attempted to get off, so I immediately got back on and it helps tremendously.

[@kat7860]

SAME! I’m known for being someone that wouldn’t hurt a fly (literally - I always capture & release “pests”, and I get sooo upset if someone kills them - I also get extremely bothered when watching a truck full of Cows or Pigs drive by because I know where they’re going - even to the point of crying at least once, etc.) - I WANT to love God and others, and have noticed that I seem to have fears that I don’t…and I can see this manifest in thoughts & images of doing horrible things. I’ve had so many “themes” since I was a kid…you’d think by now I’d KNOW it’s just OCD….but there’s always the doubt that it is. 😓 It all feels so REAL, and CONFUSING. Ugh. I hope and pray for healing, my friend. You are not alone. 🙏🏻🤍

[@nahidah.1790]

Love u Nathan. You make us OCD people feel less alone and or crazy. Sending love to you.

[@Stellamamma]

I dont know what it is about you, but I feel safe watching your videos even tho you touch on things that would otherwise trigger me. I think you have a kind face. You were born for helping people!

[@shazmeentandel.-.]

Same

[@LurkingLinnet]

I remember being all beaten up by my head, a wandering mess coning here to finally find some answers to these nagging thoughts. Back then, it was so hard to take that plunge, to believe that i can get through this mountain of worries thaf consume every moment of my life. How every comment would trigger me and i used to look for that one liner of hope that said "Im on the other side and i made it" The struggle is real everybody and i get it! There are people in the outside world who get it. Please be patient with yourself and forgive yourself..thats the key. Ocd is not a curse...its only a part of you and the readily you accept it the easier it becomes. You dont have to fight yourself, you're not broken. An update about me, im doing much better. Yup, still have those instances where i can't stop ny thoughts and my compulsions but it's really an on and off thing and a wonderful journey of faith, hope and victory. Give yourself a chance ❤ u are a warrior. You got this! Struggling with your thoughts everyday and still living isnt a joke. You deserve a shoutout for holding on.❤

[@naomichisholm7709]

Thanks daily battle here

[@LurkingLinnet]

@@naomichisholm7709 God bless you! 💞 This shall pass too no matter how gruesome it feels

[@grinch1666]

I recently came across your channel about 2 months ago. I was diagnosed with OCD and Depression when I was 8 and still working through it today at age 31. I am making it work but it is hard. My biggest OCD fear is losing my job. With this I fixate on work and obsess over doing everything perfect, this has impacted me and my family drastically but with your videos and guidance I’m hopeful I can come out on the other side of this a better person than I am currently and learn to handle the fears and intrusive thoughts.

[@willywonkausername]

Nathan you always read my mind 😂 I actually even laughed when you called out the point of “getting stuck” at the “what if I’m the 1% who will do it!”

[@ocdandanxiety]

Haha. I've been doing this a long time. I feel like I know OCD's tricky ways. 😉

[@JA-yx9mq]

@@ocdandanxiety Perhaps you should do a video on the 1% of OCD sufferers who do end up falling into those intrusive urges

[@mahinshahrier7022]

@@JA-yx9mq😂 nothing. Nothing happens. That’s the truth

[@pumpkin1982]

@@JA-yx9mqthat would not be ocd, that would be a more serious issue. Watch more of this guy’s videos and you’ll start to see the difference.

[@JA-yx9mq]

@@pumpkin1982 of course it would still be ocd . hocd doesn’t stop being hocd if the sufferer decides to experiment with it after suffering the question for so long

[@ArmyofLove]

My goal with this in the last few months has been turning the what ifs in to SO WHATS. Thank-you Nathan, this year, I experienced the elastic band snapping eventually. I now can sit next to or in the environment of my fears thank God. Ultimately nothing happens.

[@pandascoops]

So what! I love that!

[@NK78677]

I watch all your videos thank you 🙏🏻 but sometimes it’s really difficult because no matter how hard you try not to entertain the thoughts, images, what ifs, the doubts,… still the ocd takes over and won’t let you focus on anything. I.e. even when there’s pretty strong evidence that I am clean and there’s no way I could have become dirty/contaminated, the ocd still says what if you did become contaminated without noticing, better clean before spreading it everywhere…and there it goes the cycle 🔁

[@stefanmolnapor910]

My OCD has me so bad I'm scared to comment my OCD habbits for the fear that will make them come true.

[@ocdandanxiety]

I'm so sorry for what you're going through. We often want to break OCD's rules. That's how people get better. 💜

[@ronstatham7759]

I'm going through a weird stage, I'm getting thoughts that I feel I'm putting into my head myself and it fills like I want to do it. I have no anxiety about it and no anxiety about not having anxiety. I have been through 2 years of full anxiety and isolating myself but I feel different now and I would say I'm worried but I just not sure of my feelings. I kinda want the anxiety back

[@kunnzz2814]

I feel you, recently I broke out of a really bad cycle, anxiety went down and I cut down compulsions a lot, to the point I wasn´t feeling the need to do them, however the thoughts still come and sometimes they feel "natural", which leaves me really confused. I dont know what anything means lately, im trying to not pay attention but its hard, sometimes the narrative is too well formulated, like it was designed to make me get involved, so strange.

[@hongyunbai]

Yeah me too. But when you think of something too much it's still ocd. We can still ruminate without the anxiety, but too much ruminating can cause anxiety in the future. Stay safe ♡

[@gachet0]

Hey guys. I've been struggling reasently. The thing that I'm afraid of the most is staying alone. Long story short. I had a blood cloth after I gave birth and had a life scare. I have fainted a few times in the past when I have been alone. Now I have a 7 month old and I'm afraid that if something happens to me, while I'm alone, nobody is going to watch him. I've been struggling soooo much with this fear that is affecting my life sooo much. I don't to be afraid any more.

[@hongyunbai]

My ocd got better because of your videos ^^

[@daiseychainsaw]

Hi there! I have a client who really loves your videos, and has really benefited from watching them. Please keep up the good work Nathan!!

[@lewisjeff3872]

I think mine is pretty rare. My fear is all about law consequences . Traffic laws, copyright laws, and many others you name it. But it’s not because of the guilty feeling of doing anything bad, it’s all about the consequences. What if I get sued or fined for this and that and I will be doomed. I know crystal clear that the fears and doubts are irrational and illogical, yet they are extremely realistic and terrifying and the moment.

[@strawberrydiamond5886]

I have that too, you are not alone 🖤

[@starlightcassette7329]

I think you just gave me the epiphany that I truly AM stronger than I may believe. I've gotten this far, and I'm still alive. Thank you.

[@games_bond7221]

Can OCD also present as statements that try convincing you of something? I've been having really bad existential intrusive thoughts and at first they were "what ifs" but as I started saying "maybe maybe not" and the what ifs had no power anymore, the thoughts changed to "nothing is real, you made the world up, you're the only real person" and that makes it feel even worse because it feels like my brain is trying to convince me something I fear IS real, not MIGHT be, but IS. I'm also not sure how to do exposures for that...

[@natalienunn373]

This is me, I'm so scared of heights because my brain says YOU WILL JUMP

[@RedDeadSpree]

I never had my brain work against me like that and Its really scary. and it all started just a couple months back its really scary

[@heidighomi6489]

❤️ My fears are about bad things to happen😢

[@Noone01-ek8wj]

same 😢

[@shazmeentandel.-.]

Same

[@SQUATCH100]

Anyone else have the fear of getting too close to the edge, and the compulsion is pushing the envelope and trying to get closer and closer to the edge?

[@josephmarrison4606]

Thanks. Your videos really help with my anxiety.

[@katiec3768]

I like the videos you make. I find them very helpful! This one i found very triggering. OCD is extremely sneaky, especially what is referred to as Pure O. I think saying that you always have a choice about doing a demand thought is a little bit dangerous to say. This is because an obsession can be a thought about having another thought, or a thought about having a feeling or sensation etc. I feel this creates some space for sekf blame and guilt. I get what you are saying here, i just think it doesn't always apply.

[@yanetmartin5999]

Thank you so much for sharing this! You explained everything so well!! Please do more videos related to this topic. God bless you!

[@Emma-rr6dg]

“Does ocd wears pants?”😂 Thank you so much Nathan for your videos and for making this less heavy :)

[@jagboy69]

I'd like to see a video for those of us that have OCD wives or husbands specifically tailored for US to help. Yeah, we all know, don't provide reassurance or participate, but I want real solutions that work. I'm in a west Texas town where the therapists refuse to do ERP and just want to talk about feelings. So I've had to put on my shrink hat, get smart and work with my wife on this dreadful condition. It is a daily struggle, the victories are small, but I am really starting to run out of patience. SSRIs are not an option for my wife, so it's been Ashwaghanda to the rescue. It helps, except it's short lived. The only thing I do know is I'm glad we don't have kids or I would have hit the door running with them a year ago. No one deserves the abuse I have tolerated simply for the sake of someone feeling comfortable enough to stop washing their hands.

[@stefanmolnapor910]

I'm newer here so I do not know about videos, but the Doc does have web link for this issue in the about section

[@jagboy69]

@@stefanmolnapor910 I've read it.

[@mark_lynch]

Hi Nathan, love your videos and the time you put into them, but can I make an objective observation (my opinion obviously). One quarters of your video playlist of the most recent are more and more visual. This one is so visual, so distracting that I'm not listening to the message, and they are so much more faster in the information you are trying to convey. I've watched all your help videos and all the live videos - frankly, I don't know what I would of done without watching you and the information you have given to myself and other people - I will be forever grateful. I don't know how many other people feel the same, or differently to my view - but I feel awful in saying some of the above when I am so, so grateful to you. Working in advertising and design for 30 years now, my opinion would be that there are too many distracting graphics, the information is too fast (if you can slow it down and have longer videos) the information you are imparting is just not being absorbed or hitting the brain, but 'thank you', 'thank you, 'thank you' for everything you are doing. Kind regards

[@MarioAPita]

Thank you so so so so so (out to infinity) much for your helpful videos!!!

[@adamkowalski6733]

During the first part of video I literally thought "yeah, that ledge I have walk through to get to a room upstairs is really scary, I always feel like I'm gonna jump.". Second part of the video: "come on..."

[@adityasingh-oc6rh]

Thank you so much for this video ❤️❤️

[@dorrellsmith495]

Forever checking my doors,windows,and stove at nights,

[@tonyv8680]

Thank you, Great video

[@soundscape26]

Ah, the call of the void is such an interesting phenomenon.

[@stevigeorge3649]

Mine has been everything was diagnosed at 12 and I’m now 33 and it’s changed my whole life. Right now it’s about a feeling in my head after a reaction to my medication and now I’m brain dead and the time of day and im not going to beat the ocd I name him Alfred. And he’s going to win so bail out. I hate having ocd I wake up every day and sign because I have to battle

[@Pkstoic]

Lots of love from INDIA..❤

[@chadgarber]

Love this. I secretly think you have OCD.

[@ocdandanxiety]

You know. I've had moments in my life where I thought. Wow, is this what people with OCD feel like? But nothing chronic. I do have everyone else's intrusive thoughts since I hear them often. 🤣

[@gayatrishimpi7713]

​​​@@ocdandanxiety Recently some arguments happened in my family....right now everything has resolved but my anxiety has increased bcoz of that.. I m scared that my parents will takr control of my life by taking decisions about my future... I want to pursue my career peacefully without taking burden of these things.. But now i have realised they being parents have rights on me and they will try to use that rights in future which will ultimately create obstacles in my studies....There is continuous rumination of thoughts which is going on in my mind since 1week... Plz help me 😢 how can i face uncertainty about my future and adapt i don't care attitude !!!!!

[@anthonette-o1g]

i constantly react and act to my thoughts and everyone's saying to me 😢that's why i am struggling beacuse i don't know how to decide for myself

[@Stellamamma]

Hi Nathan. In one of your videos you said to use the "maybe,maybe not" phrase to control rumination. Won't my brain "know" that I'm kinda lying because deep down I still care that THAT thing does NOT happen...?

[@laylahajee5080]

why i feel that i want to make the bad thing and it really scares me ?please help

[@hongyunbai]

Love u ty

[@gayatrishimpi7713]

Recently some arguments happened in my family....right now everything has resolved but my anxiety has increased bcoz of that.. I m scared that my parents will take control of my life by taking decisions about my future... I want to pursue my career peacefully without taking burden of these things.. But now i have realised them being parents have rights on me and they will try to use that in future which will ultimately create obstacles in my studies....There is continuous rumination of thoughts which is going on in my mind since 1week... Plz help me 😢 how can i face uncertainty about future and adapt i don't care attitude !!!!!

[@StillWatersRunDeep101]

My OCD fear is ruminating that people are unsafe since I met someone I worked with who was rather narcissistic. I started standing up to her. She collected my various human-made mistakes over a few months, set some of them up actually, and fired me after almost two years as suddenly not competent enough to be in the position. This was to the shock of my coworkers and the management, (it was a church & she was one of the ministers),. They knew. They said I could always use them as a reference since they knew it was an interpersonal conflict, but it WAS up to her being a manager type over a subordinate.. They said I could always use them as a reference so....no problem, right? But it started a huge fear of people, that we cannot work things out, that people can be sneaky, and that our agendas are like, dod-eat-dog. My OCD thinking became that everyone's on their own agenda and I'm either serving it or in their way of meeting it, for all I know. So people made me nervous when they were around. THEN I developed Somatic OCD swallowing, drooling type. A total fear of swallowing which makes me look nervous, which brings "scary" peoples' attention to me who have all their own agendas. That I would look weak to the dangerous. And that's what I struggled with for half my life until I finally learned how my OCD is social anxiety-triggered OCD. But the real problem is how I'm seeing my fellow sojourners in life and what I'm working on now. Saying MAYBE is good for me as a recovering people-pleaser, but I love how this informational video applies the word MAYBE as well 🙏

[@ednalily1782]

What if i have this thought that tells me "send her nudes because thats exposure, and if you don't do it then you'll still have your scary thoughts with that person" i don't even talk with that person ..

[@sanchiduran644]

My OCD isn’t really about any sort of fear in particular.

[@PhillyEagles4Life]

My ocd fear is Showing up to a funeral drunk or high dancing it's scary 🤦

[@adityasingh-oc6rh]

My OCD is getting sick by not eating a healthy strict diet and on a particular time everyday

[@shant545]

What if world is not real. What if i am not real? Why am i in this body so on so on Google and Chat GPT know the answers , but of course day after it repeats

[@Ishan_Shekhar_001]

Thanks. But it takes a lot of time for anxiety to subside. Any suggestions for this??

[@penguinkids1844]

Please can you do a video of fear of elavator ???? Always when I’m scared I cant talk

[@lihamedi8363]

Often, we don’t know if thos demands are beneficial or not. How do we distinguish?

[@rezhin1709]

I saw someone with dementia and his picture wont get out of my mind im scared to get dementia exposure works for me? ?

[@Ffhhjikktehkhh]

My ocd thoughts Keep on changing . I figured i am suffering from pure o ocd . And now it switched to staring ocd . What do i do now.

[@تقىاسامة-ج3ن]

Hi Nathan .. I would like to ask you something .. I suffer from OCD and I want to be a doctor . Do you think an OCD patiant can be a doctor or its not a suitable job for someone with OCD ?? . Please reply

[@edwardizhonig204]

I’m not Nathan but of course you can! You can do whatever you choose! I am an LMSW and almost pursued by phd after my masters degree. I believe in you! You can do it. 😊

[@soundscape26]

I'm sure many doctors suffer from OCD so yes you can pursue that career.

[@تقىاسامة-ج3ن]

@@edwardizhonig204 thank you so much for saying that 🥹🥹. I wish you continue to acheive more success in your life and me too .🌹🌹

[@تقىاسامة-ج3ن]

@@soundscape26 this really motivates me 🌹🌹. Thank you 🌹🌹

[@soundscape26]

@@تقىاسامة-ج3ن You´re most welcome.

[@ells_alright9873]

I am the BRAIN??? Oh, no...

[@dolphindouyin]

But my what if is what if my dads cheating…..😢

[@heidighomi6489]

❤️

[@SyproXGaming010]

Love to nathan

[@fairygurl9269]

OCD Pants 🩲

[@yantekuzumaki543]

Ok im not trying to ask for reassurance but i heard its a sin to break a promise and i did automatically saying things like ill never do this! Ex. If i saw a vid of a kid acting like a monster ill say in my head automatically " im NEVER having kids" and i get worried if i just made one since i wanna have kids in the future What do i do with these thoughts? Leave them be and stop caring so much? If not what do i do?!?!

[@oraora33]

LESS image bank BS, ffs

[@bunvathanavorn843]

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[@ocdandanxiety]

You beat me!! 😄