Have you ever felt like treatment isn't working for you? 🤔

@animeyukiomalayalam6882

Жыл бұрын

Hey nate can you do a video on people being afraid to sleep alone, i am 13

@Cal760

Жыл бұрын

Hi! What to do if your therapist isnt focused on your ocd, isnt either specialized or actually validating your experience?

@ashwinibattal3490

Жыл бұрын

My therapist is helping alot with my disorder.

@puddincakes1005

Жыл бұрын

It’s funny, I often go back and forth on whether I even have OCD, but I know I totally do lol. But not always in the same way as being OCD about having OCD. It can be confusing.

@Alpha-Scythe23

Жыл бұрын

@@puddincakes1005 I completely understand you I’m the same way, I honestly need to see a psychiatrist so I can get the diagnosis so I could spill everything out!! This guys videos are helping me tremendously!

WE LOVE YOU OUR HERO 🫶🏻

@ocdandanxiety

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the confidence!

@dariusac1257

11 ай бұрын

I too enjoy his videos it helps me

The fact that you’re doing it despite how your feeling is evidence that you’re doing it! You’re recovering 🎉

@dariusac1257

11 ай бұрын

I will heal from my ocd

I'm doing therapy, but your videos and all the information that you share have a huge impact on my treatment. Thanks.

@ocdandanxiety

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Marco! That's so amazing to hear! Keep up the good work!

@twishavaroy6518

Жыл бұрын

Is therapy work for ocd??

@dariusac1257

11 ай бұрын

Glad that you are doing therapy

@morningwithgracie7870

Ай бұрын

​@@ocdandanxietywhat therapy?

Something my therapist explained to me which really resonated with me. She explained to me that if your mind is capable of making you feel so trapped and lost but is also able to make you feel free and alive even when you dont know what you did to get there, it means that you are capable but one side of your mind is more developed than the other thats all and you just have to develop that part of your mind abit more.

This was incredibly helpful and reliving to know that things get worse before they get better. I was thinking that my OCD might be so bad that I was a lost cause and it just wasn’t brought to my attention till I started trying to fight it. I see now it’s the same for everyone. Gives me the energy to keep going.

Thank you so much. God bless you 🙏

Thank you so much Nathan, your channel has helped me so much I started a new job recently and I'd also just recently got into therapy a couple months before the job I noticed a dramatic improvement after starting therapy with many aspects of my life including OCD however I noticed since I haven't gotten to go to an appointment in a long time as my job isn't allowing me to schedule things (schedule is changed every two days a week) haven't been able to get into therapy and last night I was up all night trying to calm down I ended up staying home from work today and even though I had the luxury of staying home it was like no matter where I was or how calm the world around me was I was in constant hella torture because of my fears fears like what if I waste the day or what if I spend all day worrying and I can't stop and no matter what nothing works and I'm just stuck wasting it and I lose more sleep and I waste all day it was so bad I got a notification about your video and it was impeccable timing it almost felt like it was meant to be I was not thinking treatment doesn't work but I was feeling like it wasn't for me at the moment and this video really helped I immediately felt calm and started writing in a journal again tips that you explained and applying them to my own experience and knowledge of what's helped me in the past I realized that no matter what all there is is what is now and you liberated Me by reminding me the treatment isn't always instantaneous that's just what we're used to because of instant gratification from doing compulsions anyway thank you so much I appreciate you

I like your caring and calm approach on mental health.

You're so right! The things and thoughts i was anxious about in March on a level of 8/10 is now 1/10 and hopefully the thoughts I am anxious about now will be less bothersome maybe after a month or two. Thankyou

❤Nate. This was so helpful. I have hope again

Thank you so much for this video!

This is very true, I had a thought that I hadn't had those thoughts for a while, it then brought them on and felt how strong they were and how weak I was. This is ok because I have to practice using my skills on turning 'what if' into 'so what'. And call someone who knows what's going on to just say, 'hi, they're back again'.

This guy's a legend

This is great. I will listen to it overs and over every time I think it's not working, which is often. Lol. It's frustrating. Patience patience

Thanks for a great, informative and really helpful video Nate!

@ocdandanxiety

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for being here!

Thanks man, it's so ***** hard! 😞 Just want that immediate cure even after years of suffering...it doesn't exist.

Absolutely love the way you talk, explain, and frame your videos. It's so friendly, empathetic, and really warm warm!

@user-px4qh6cs2v

Жыл бұрын

Hi r u ocd survivor

This is such good advice. I suffer with healthy anxiety and have been much better allowing myself to feel the fear, and l was doing exactly what are saying, and l was doing so well for about 6 months. Then yesterday after l came out of my normal sauna use, l noticed my arms had red rashes over them, which they never had before. And l could feel my thoughts shifting to what IFS, again, and why is this happening now when it has not happened before, am l sick? I allowed myself to google one page and it said it was normal after a sauna in some people and l didn't google anymore, but today l am still thinking about why now and even though my anxiety is much less than it used to be it is still there. I have to face the fear and allow myself to be scared. Can be very hard at times when faced with health anxiety.

You’re a wonderful human being!!! You help me so much and make my healing journey much easier 🙏🏼❤️Thank you so much

@anthonystitt3052

Жыл бұрын

Yes - he is amazing!

Love your videos. Can you please do a video about Retroactive jealousy OCD. Thanks!

Love that such great advice

I'm going through erp and i'm scared it won't work but this has made me feel better and I guess it's just like you say need to keep working on it

Listening and following you, for the first time in my life I feel hopeful to step out of this ocd monster. I was at the edge of taking my life when I found you. Thank you ❤

@yoyoyo3439

11 ай бұрын

How are you now?

For a time it did work, and then after some time, it came back. I felt like all my progress was nothing and felt useless and weak. This made felt worse. BUT!! I keep giving a try multiple times to the Expose and Response prevention it I can see fade it away sometimes. Setbacks are hard, but as Dr. Claire Weeks said: “we grow from setbacks and acceptance “

@ocdandanxiety

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I find that there are ups and downs in treatment and I try to use setbacks as learning opportunies to become stronger in the future!

Great video!

Such an enlighten being you are, Sir

@ocdandanxiety

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@saiprasad7429

18 күн бұрын

Hi sir iam suffering with generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive intrusive fearful and unwanted thoughts continuously runs in mind through the day from past 8 years... and in my case medicines are not working at all.only one time it's worked and stopped.after that it's stopped working.... iam suffering very very very very very severely with this mental health issues.....

This helps so much!!! Thx!!!

Awesome Vid!

@ocdandanxiety

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

What Nate says in 2:37 about the results coming without you even knowing while you're on recovery is so true. I suffer from real evenr ocd and false memory ocd and my themes bring back past memories real or not that make me anxious and I try to do self treatment at the moment because I dont have enough money for a therapist yet. And as time goes by and me putting the efford I noticed that some of the worries that seemed like the biggest deal of my life that I can't even move on from, I started forgetting them from time to time. Like they weren't in my radar anymore. Memories that used to torture me and made me want to fix the situation somehow weren't bothering me anymore and I completely forgot about them and me even suffering from them😂. They're not a big deal for me anymore and I'm genuinely telling you I completely forgot about them or even the fact that I suffered from them. They weren't important to me anymore. Do hard work people, there is light at the end of the tunnel

@jesse8737

26 күн бұрын

Why you tryna get therapy if you’re better? Lol sounds like you’re coping

You're fantastic, but the one piece I'm not quite on board with is pretending that we're happy the intrusive thought has arrived. I understand the concept, but let's face it: no one is actually happy when an intrusive thought arrives. We can keep saying over and over again that we like it, but the OCD brain deep down knows that we don't like it.

@ocdandanxiety

11 ай бұрын

I totally get that. It's just a way to teach the false danger signal that you're not reacting the way it wants you to. 😉

Thank you sir

I am currently seeing a therapist but it’s not ERP. Short conversations with psychiatrist and meds are helping somewhat but it’s not enough. I have tried to resist compulsions on my own, but I am realizing now ERP is the missing ingredient.

I will finally beat my ocd

@jesse8737

26 күн бұрын

Guarantee you still have it

I definitely believe some themes are worse than others. And that some you can recover from and others you can’t. I almost want to live in reassurance because some things you just can’t recover from. ERP manages the anxiety and not the fear. Yeah sure, it’s not great to be anxious, but you still have to live with the idea of the thing you were anxious about in the first place

*Smiles ♡ Here's to Progress thats Actually Progressive.

@ocdandanxiety

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for bringing joy to this page.

@fairygurl9269

Жыл бұрын

@@ocdandanxiety *Gives Me Authentic Hope as These skills Are Being Shared With Our Youth to Improve & Pay Forward to. *Grateful for those Brave Enough to Keep Trying

Hi!! I love your videos❤️ would you consider making one on real event ocd, cancel culture and unconditional self acceptance?

@ocdandanxiety

Жыл бұрын

That is a great idea!!

@anonivan

Жыл бұрын

SECONDING THIS!!!! would love to see this as a topic as fear of being publicly shamed is something i struggle with a lot🥹

thank you

Idk if it’s normal. But sometimes my brain is so overloaded that I cant even say maybe yes maybe not. Its like stuck! It’s so suffocating. I hadn’t had this breakdown since 4 months. It is so hard sometimes

I’m very interested in learning more about how meds can help ocd. Is it forever? Is there side effects? Is it really me if I’m taking meds?

I hope you’re feeling a bit better now, Nathan.

@ocdandanxiety

Жыл бұрын

Defiantly feeling better! Thanks for checking in!

@JakeBickerton

Жыл бұрын

@@ocdandanxiety That’s great to hear!

Nice man....I am from India...

He's right on the money.

Took me a minute to get caught up👍🏼

I notice when I’m ok with one fear or theme from ocd it immediately alters to something even worse or even more scary to trick my brain into staying stuck, how do you stop fearing anxiety because now it seems my ocd fear is that I’m going to be stuck in fear or anxiety my whole life

Is there a video on stop urge of reassurance

I'm about to begain ERP again after 2 years because it didn't seem to work the first time around. I think I was, in fact, wrong in my expectations re. "fixing" my ocd. I should have asked but hindsight is 20-20. I'm still very nervous and reluctant because my flareup is finally going away and I don't feel like dealing with it. What if it gets way worse and stays that way?

And just like going to the gym, if you get out of practice you'll have to make up for the progress you lost

Needed this. Been doing erp on and off 20 years! Same exposure... but always stop

@eboy8526

Жыл бұрын

For 20 years ?😮

@StuSiney

Жыл бұрын

@@eboy8526 afraid so. Ocd is a life long condition though. But yes 20 years of non stop pocd

@eboy8526

Жыл бұрын

@@StuSiney how did it go I think I have rocd and I don't know where to start

@StuSiney

Жыл бұрын

@@eboy8526 look up erp for ocd. Also ACT therapy for ocd. Read lots of good ocd sites. Iocd is a good one .

@eboy8526

Жыл бұрын

@@StuSiney can I talk with u like on Instagram would really help me when I got someone on my side

I had strong depresión and existencial ocd for 1 and a half month, i was so sad. I never ask god or the universe anything but i was so scared, i did. The next day i went ti Google searched ocd and i saw your method, just one day and i feel extremly better.

@Conceptcenter-ut4yi

18 күн бұрын

How are you now

I am the person , who is not going to be controlled by his OCD thoughts , I believe ☺️

Hi , I have a question. I have real event OCD as a consequence of harm OCD . And that real event is really shameful for me. Like everything triggers feeling of guilt for me . Even though I controlled the anxiety The guilt doesn't go because I actually did that thing. So while doing anything which makes me happy , i suddenly get nervous as the guilt says , do don't deserve this because at that time you did that horrible thing ... And I cannot fight that thought because it's true ...so I truly believe I don't deserve happiness even though I don't want that to feel Please give me tips , I don't know how to find solution

@sashwathisriganesh6751

Жыл бұрын

The real event and guilt struggle is real😭

@thetrainoflife8327

Жыл бұрын

@@sashwathisriganesh6751 i know yar , earlier I thought anxiety is worst . But nah , guilt is 100 times stronger because it consumes you . Shame just stops your thinking process . There is no sensation no emotion just extreme shame

@ladybaabaa3294

Жыл бұрын

I used to have this and probably do deep down, but it just made me SO miserable that a long time ago I gave up thinking about it and actually went in the other direction and became a partial sociopath, doing what I want, with NO guilt and NO shame, and basically blocking most empathy out. I guess that's a bad thing, but I just couldn't bear to care anymore.

Thanks!! So then if treatment can just mean that the anxiety is still there, what’s the point ultimately? Isn’t the long-term goal of treatment to ultimately not meet the clinical criteria for OCD?

@jesse8737

26 күн бұрын

I see how he never answers questions like this haha

I must say since i started to do the treatment on my own I am not in this deep hole anymore where I was just two months ago. But now I am just starting to question if I am doing ERP right or if I am doing something wrong. Do I have to feel the anxiety or can I just say maybe, maybe not to the thought and focus on things I see or smell in the moment?

@xoniye3573

Жыл бұрын

Hey hows it going. Im just like you I've done self treatment and I have improved a lot over the past couple months. I have this exact same questions that pop up at the same time as you like what if I'm doing something wrong this whole time and I'm just deluded that I'm getting better? Whenever it comes its just like u said u wont know the answer because there is no answer so i just continue going on with life despite feeling anxious and eventually i even forget about it . Hope this helps, and good luck

@enys4163

Жыл бұрын

@@xoniye3573 thanks for responding to me :) it means a lot to me!

@ocdandanxiety

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! It's pretty common to question if ERP is working or not. You don't have to feel anxiety in ERP, it's all about the response and living the life you want to life!

@enys4163

Жыл бұрын

@@ocdandanxiety You don't know how much it means to me that you answered me, keep up the great work you are literally saving lifes and I couldn't be more thankful for it!❤️

Im in therapy for ptsd. I recently spoke about my ocd to my therapist and he said meds would help. I have an aprn but i never talked about my ocd because it was just a part of me. How do i explain myself when i have never mentioned it before? I have known her for years. Thanks

For a few months I’ve had terrible breathing anxiety where I feel I can’t catch my breath, I can’t catch deep breaths, feel like I’m not breathing deep enough. I was obsessively taking deep breaths through my mouth for weeks to reassure myself I could breathe, I still do that although it now feels next to impossible to catch a proper deep breath. It feels like breathing is little and shallow. It feels like suffocation / smothered . It is scary . I’ve been to the doctors surgery a few times and I went to the emergency department for a chest X-ray , blood tests and ecg but doctors think I’m physically fine. It is debilitating, I’m not leaving the house and find it hard to cope. Please help me, please.

@yoyoyo3439

11 ай бұрын

You might have sensorimotor OCD

I respect you 🙏🙏🙏.I understand your vedio very important. I am from India. But I do not told English 🥲🥲.I have ocd but I do not know this few many years.i have harm ocd 🥲.what is the best treatment for this type ocd.i want remove ocd from root cause.if my English writing wrong,forgive me.

How do I know if it’s ocd because I think I have ocd but my thoughts make me feel like it’s not

My biggest problem is traveling. I had gotten so much better, then I had a heart attack and went back to square one.

I have an obsession any any goal or rule I can't focus on my life so I delete all goals

Ocd to do sleep deprivation for 96 hours without sleep

I keep on focusing on my breathing every sec for a whole week now, I can't sleep and now my lungs hurt :(

@enricosierchio7994

Жыл бұрын

I've had the same problem..you can manage it quite successfully with ERP..your goal must be living with it without judgement and not trying to push it out..your anxiety at start will increase but with practice it will go down and the problem will disappear..you have to be patient..the more you try to push it out, the more it will come in..trust me, there is a way out, I couldn't sleep and I was desperate, but now I sleep 10 hours a day and I'm living well :)

King

Hey nate can you do a video on people being afraid to sleep alone, i am 13

@ocdandanxiety

Жыл бұрын

That's a great idea! I'll add it to my list!

@GrandmothersGarden

Жыл бұрын

@@ocdandanxiety Also one on limerence ?

WHY BOTHER WITH TREATMENT IF IT DOESN'T WORK?? I WOULDN'T GO TO A DOCTOR IF TREATMENT WAS A 'MAYBE'.

Dude lol whether we push the thought away or sit with it, it’s coming back. What’s the point of therapy if we’re meant to feel the same in the end?

Hey Nate, just starting sed therapy any tips on exposure therapy with thinking about blinking the whole day, thanks !

I wonder why people always assume I don’t have ocd or any disorder they just think I do every thing on purpose to make people feel bad or waste time when it comes just really naturally and isn’t really premeditated but oh well haha

Bro I am having hairloss and more obsessed about it. Like it controls my entire life. Can you please do a video on this topic

@ocdandanxiety

Жыл бұрын

That would be a great topic. This is often related to BDD (body dysmorphic disorder) I do have a video on this. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aWWfqtJrY6aYh5c.html

@viShNu-iv5pj

Жыл бұрын

@@ocdandanxiety I already watched it 🤞

So the goal is.. expose to it but expect it to be there after. The answer is to stay with that feeling?

@jesse8737

26 күн бұрын

The answer is to do whatever you want to do. Either way it will be there and there is nothing you can do about it

Please listen to Jonna Jinton. Be Like The Bison 🦬

Hi - do you see anyone 1:1 virtually?!

@ocdandanxiety

Жыл бұрын

Hey! I do have my own practice. I can see those who live in Texas or Utah due to licensing laws.

@valerie963

Жыл бұрын

@@ocdandanxiety well darn lol but that’d be awesome if I lived in one of those states! I appreciate everything you provide for us all 🙏🏻

Who feel safe in comments section 😊❤