“I Can’t Stop Ruminating”

[@mypaintinghands4348]

Hey Nick, I am loving your shorts recently. I am suffering from ROCD but I have come a long way on my own. I have learned so much thanks to the OCD Recovery channel. Also thanks for the humor. Sometimes you also need to laugh a bit about how silly OCD actually is. My question is: which email do I write to when I want to contact you (regarding personal coaching)? Kind regards, Hanna

[@OCDRecovery]

📧 [e-mail] and we will organise a session with Nick for you this week! ☺️

[@aguywhohikes1271]

Hopefully I get to speak to you soon! And you're very welcome :-) Yes, the humor has been so important for me!

[@renakmans3521]

Thx for the reminder, brother!

[@nicolasavva6170]

Hi Nick, love it that you included Milo and Daisy!! They are lush. Great video as usual...I'm off to break down my fears LoL x

[@aguywhohikes1271]

Hey Nicole! Glad you enjoyed them! It's always great to show them to make the content more light hearted! Appreciate the support.

[@leonardopetroniodarias995]

I can't stop thinking in my tinnitus, and if it is going to be worse in the future, and that thinking is even worse that the sound in my ears, thank you for your videos!!!

[@aguywhohikes1271]

You're very welcome Leonardo. The fear of being stuck forever is the key.

[@PoorCatPortraits]

The thing that helped me with my tinnitus is at night when it’s bad, is instead of trying to focus on something else, just focus on the tinnitus itself. And usually just like when you try to focus on breathing or anything else, your mind gets bored of it eventually and you realize you don’t notice it after a while. Sometimes it comes back again when you notice but eventually I usually am able to fall asleep. I hate having it but this has helped me the most so far

[@leonardopetroniodarias995]

@@aguywhohikes1271 thank you.

[@leonardopetroniodarias995]

@@PoorCatPortraits thank you.

[@tobytyy6836]

I've had the exact same thing. It used to cause me immence emotional pain. Now the pain is 0. You can get better but you've got to stop checking etc. Good luck!

[@Siberian_Khatru.]

I really understand all that u said here,but my mind is always bombarded with continuous never-ending conflicting and doubting thoughts whenever i read about making perspective changes and books you guys mentioned about acceptance It's like that OCD knows that by applying these tools in ofcourse a "state of being" way,it will no longer be able to make me feel that huge levels of chronic suffering anymore How do I get over this because it's almost automatic

[@aguywhohikes1271]

The best thing to do is just start reading! OCD will do everything it can to stop you from making progress towards recovery.

[@jarlbalgruuf8375]

How are you today? Has there been any improvement?

[@rohityossarian]

Loved this.

[@aguywhohikes1271]

Thanks buddy!

[@martlinx78]

I understand this and it makes sense but the part that gets me and I struggle with is being able to distinguish intuition from fear based OCD thoughts. Like my mind will come up with these thoughts of “what if” but it feels like fate sometimes and like a “sign” to do that thing and then I’ll do it and then have thoughts and fear of “oh crap did I do it again? What if this was the wrong choice? But it feels like the right choice…I think” So it feels like I constantly can’t really trust myself with anything and that eventually my OCD will ruin things for me again, like relationships, jobs, family matters, life choices, etc

[@marieuhreclausen2450]

Thanks for the videos the have given me a little hope and taken a bit a my guilt in regard to thoughts are just thoughts and ruminatilon. I have never heard of core beliefs in relation to ocd and have done ERP. I have still constant thoughts and have gone into a depressive episode. So thanks. For a little renewed hope. Are there any free ressources on how I Can work on the core beliefs?

[@FjdjjfjkFkgkkvi-yx8bf]

Hey nick i have had ocd all my life im 32 and i just got dinosed with graves Disease- hyperthyroidism this month as been so hard and Exhausting and i find it taking a toll on me i have looping singing and constantly worrying about the Diagnosis of Graves Disease and or mental Compulsions or physical sometimes i fell like im going crazy anytips you can give me to help ?

[@jarlbalgruuf8375]

Hey how are your symptoms today? Did you manage to recover?

[@thegamingrelish9272]

I ruminate about everything and its not even fear based. I ruminate about a anime show i watched or a book i read about happiness or a podcast about gut health, etc.. could literally be about anything

[@keshav_mehta.01]

Yo anime lover

[@Kyle-zb4pd]

Hey Nick, this question is geared more towards sleep which I know you just did a video on pretty recently, I have the fear of not getting enough sleep, so as you know the rumination is automatic when I go to bed, it terms of wearing it like an uncomfortable coat, do you basically just let yourself be afraid of not getting enough sleep until you aren’t afraid anymore? Almost as if not being afraid anymore just comes naturally?

[@aguywhohikes1271]

Hey Kyle! So absolutely, getting comfortable with not needing sleep whilst your brain ruminates is key. In time we slowly break down the fears surround not getting good sleep and or not sleeping enough.

[@ismaelchaudhary6609]

hey nick can you make videos about having ocd and other physical problems

[@aguywhohikes1271]

Of course! What type of physical problems are we talking?

[@ismaelchaudhry]

Sorry not physical I have vision eye disorder an have sensorimotor on that we can treat it by excersies but if I do excersies It feels like I want it to go and focus on that

[@ismaelchaudhry]

And I watched your breathing ocd video you say that noticing of breathing mine os that where the air is coming from

[@christinwinterpracht9301]

Is it right, that the best way to deal with rumination is distraction? And is the only way to deal with OCD to ignore all this intrusive OCD-shit , do the oppostite of what the OCD tells you and follow your own REAL will?

[@eduardoderecho]

I know i had ROCD but Is it posible that the symptom its just a thought of not being present while doing stuff with your partner? like rumination and not even knowing "why? or what the thought is really about". i used to have doubts, urges.....but then just this thought only. Constant voice that didn't let me be present not even sure what it said... maybe its rumintation itself. Just having a thought that doesn't let you be present and its stuck in your mind. not even knowing what the thought is about ,,, but thinking that something is not right all the time,,, anxiety while being with your partner.....constant noise in your head. Been aware that you are going to think or have thoughts is Hyperawaresness ocd about thinking?? or is just another part of ROCD?? i gues many people with rocd experience this right? just knowing that you will think and not be present while on doing things with your partner. i guess all types of ocd make you aware that you are going to think. The term Hyperawarenss ocd confused me a lot.. making me feel as if i had that and not rocd, however im sure i had rocd. And ofcourse i would be aware that i was going to think about thoughts. Also i guess ocd is ocd. Thanks in advance. (i ended my relatioinship because other things besides ocd, but just want to understand myself better)

[@jarlbalgruuf8375]

Hey man, how are you getting on now did your symptoms stop and have you managed to recover?

[@eddiebaby22]

Dr M Greenberg thinks differently.

[@OCDRecovery]

Unfortuantely OCD is misunderstood by most, it’s not that simplistic.

[@akankshapandey5936]

Hello nick as we have talked earlier i am very hyperaware of my chewing and swallowing of food i always give attention to it i accepted it that as acceptance but now also i give too much attention to it and i fear also and my breathing becomes very hard chest and neck muscles becomes very tight i cant eat much food because of it what should i do i got struck in this cycle it happens everyday from the past 3 months.

[@aguywhohikes1271]

Hey Akanksha, The most important thing here is to make sure we are keeping up with eating no matter how tough it may feel, that's first and foremost. Also remember the fears that keep the cycle alive and why it's so important to break down the fear of never getting better.

[@akankshapandey5936]

@@aguywhohikes1271 thank you for your reply nick i will follow your advice. As per i think it is important because i feel i want to enjoy and eat food as i have done it in past only because of that and i want to live normally is my thinking correct or i have to change and what please tell me???

[@stellaancimer8505]

It is all depend how much the brain is inflamed, for me medicine was life saviour 😊

[@frankweiss335]

hi , i think there is a difference between active rumination like to solve a problem or a worst case. thats compulsive. and on the other hand there are intrusive thoughts or images which arises just up in the mind. the y coming from the worst case scenario and you cant do nothing about it. unless you accept the worst case. i think its just two different things