I was walking the other day outside and said to myself very distinctly or to God .. Thankyou for the Christie Hodges of this World. I don’t know others but I found you on here ! It helps me.

I've suffered with Sexual Orientation OCD for most of my life and there are days when I'm not sure I'm going to make it through. The intrusive ruminating thoughts take up so much space that it's difficult to think about anything else. I feel like I'm in a constant battle with my brain that leaves me confused and hopeless. Thank you so much Chrissie for making me feel less alone as there are times when I feel I am the only person who suffers with this theme. I so appreciate your expertise and dedication to this work. Please know that you are helping many, including me.

@_felicia_99

6 ай бұрын

I'm dealing with hocd too. I always find myself as a straight woman, even if I never had sex but always have strong romantic feelings and desire for men - some of, of course. But I am virgin and I never dated, but I always masturbated having in front of me pictures of the men I like, even if the boys never wanted me and rejected me. But since HOCD it's all very foggy, contanst battle with inside. I'm feeling very lack of identity and it really hurts, because I always was so sure of myself 😢😢

I started watching your videos when I was like 18, I turned 24 the other day and I just wanted to say that you've helped me so, so much throughout the years and I''m forever grateful. Thank you for all the love and kindness, you are saving lives!

I love your banana light in the background! Yes, start of a new year can feel a bit daunting and tough, which is why my AA training helps a lot to keep me living emotionally within the day. We can all get through just one day and who knows what tomorrow may be like for us? I know how distressing the physical symptoms of this illness can be but I always remind myself it's happening because I'm a good person who cares about the well being of others. Thanks for another lovely and supportive video.

Im a pre internet Sufferer aswell. The internet is a blessing and a curse. It could have saved me many years of not knowing though. Thanks for your videos

Happy new year to all OCD sufferers and you Chrissie ❤️

God bless you, lovely Chrissie Hodges.

Awesome video, we are all not alone in this. We all got this.

Thanks Chrissie. Watching your videos does help. Been sick for 4 days now and OCD is flaring up and causing depression and other “doom” emotions. Plus I have severe bronchitis-I do have medicine so I’m grateful for that! I’ll be in touch-again. Just wanted to tell you thanks.

Thank you so much 🤍

I love you soo much !

Thank you Chrissie, for all the years of your kind and honest words, going back a long time now I've followed each of your videos.. and you've saved me many times x

Thank you for all you do, Chrissie!

Thank you for your vids! I so struggle with trying to reimagine by childhood because missed so much and nobody knew I was struggling. I feel like if my life was a movie there is a huge plot gap. It's so embarrassing because my childhood was a combination of pure o and codependency. I didn't have many experiences like accomplishing milestones or making my parents proud I was always just struggling 😢

I just took an OCD test and answered no to each question so I guess I am good to go.

Thank you for everything you do. I spent so many years of my life in complete torment and terror. For the first time, I'm feeling a little less alone. Thank you, Chrissie!

Hocd it’s my main theme, I feel absolutely insane and I gather all the evidence in the world just to prove I’m either straight or lesbian, I post all day everyday on forums and I search and search and I can’t anymore. I thank you for your videos cuz they I really informative and helpful and they make me even laugh through all this

queen of the world

Same. Me too. So love and appreciate you❣️ And so glad to see the bananas🤣

Thank you!

My dog died recently which if that isn’t hard enough to go through as it is, it’s flared up my OCD again. It always seems to resort back to the same themes and I just want to overcome them once and for all

My journey/battle started early elementary and I was too encumbered to participate in cultural norms, while my peers had favorite bands and movies and hobbies I was fearful and withdrawn. I am still bitter about it. I keep thinking what if I did this hobby or watched that TV series I would have felt normal. I felt like I alienated myself from alot of things...😕

What does symbol of the bananna mean for you ?

Whenever I hear people talk about intrusive thoughts I’m like, I don’t have them (anymore)? I know what it’s like to have them because I had them in the past but my theme has drastically changed. I merely suffer from sensorimotor/hyperawareness OCD and I don’t know, what does a horrible intrusive thought look like in that aspect? What if I don’t only focus on my own blinking but I’m going to notice others blinking too? What if I notice these sensations manually (basically) for the rest of my life? I feel like this “intrusive thought” stuff is more related to P-OCD, R-OCD, Homosexuality OCD or anything related to that, and I believe you have more knowledge (because of experience?) of these themes yourself, but I still feel somewhat left out from the Pure-O (I would assume sensorimotor/hyperawareness is categorized in that area because the compulsions are not noticeable usually) community/sufferers. Not to diminish or downgrade the experiences of people with those types of pure-O I mentioned before and I have had intrusive thoughts not related to my current theme before, but I feel there’s more sensation/feelings based fear than thinking based fear when it comes to sensorimotor although I understand it happens in other types as well. I don’t know, maybe it would help me to know there are other sensorimotor sufferers out there watching your channel but I know that by saying that I’m basically asking for reassurance lol. OCD is just so weird man.

@stacysingledecker7288

6 ай бұрын

To me you are describing ocd. Its not just thoughts- its sensations, urges, images, feelings and commands that are distressing.

@bornwithoutconsentobviously

6 ай бұрын

@@stacysingledecker7288 what kind of OCD (theme) do you primarily have, if I may ask? But yeah, I was officially diagnosed with OCD in late 2020 after battling for a diagnosis for a little over a year (one other psychologist I was seeing said what I was experiencing were manifestations of my generalized anxiety disorder and another psychologist said I probably had a tic disorder because I had a brief period of time where I would have the fear or urge to imitate birds chirping, which was when I just started a new medication and only lasted for a month or so, even though it’s pretty much always been somatic/sensorimotor OCD for me).