Rumination and OCD | How To Stop!

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Rumination is essentially trying to problem solve the perceived threat or fear. It’s not as easy to just say, “stop ruminating”, so here are some tips for you when you feel like you’re stuck in the OCD rumination.

[kensanchez]

Guys rumination DOES ACTUALLY STOPS. I stopped ruminating for like a year. Now, I got back again ruminating. And honestly that’s ok, not afraid. I know it will go away. Why? Cause it did once. Keep strong people.

[luci.fer.]

"You don't want the problem to happen, so you're thinking through it"
That's it. That sums it up.

[Mel-ggxg]

Chewing the cud is actually a perfect way to describe it in a metaphorical way. Instead of just shallowing it and moving on. We chew the cud of our obsessions

[Sandsinburkina]

You're obsession is NOT special - they're all the same. Lesson of the day, friend! Thank you!

[industryliaison]

“You can not think your way through a fear.”… needed this. I ruminate about past interactions and choices. Constantly needing to know if I did something right or wrong or ruffled any feathers. Sometimes I’m ruminating about how I might be perceived

[rainystone]

Rumination is by far my worst compulsion and I do it frequently every single day. I decided yesterday that I really need to focus on cutting down the ruminations and so I’m glad you uploaded this video. Thank you!

[ThinkPositiveDude]

I guess you can say that OCD is tied to one's self-esteem, if you have low self-esteem then most likely you won't trust yourself which leads to the repeated compulsions of "just to make sure" and "what ifs"

[_tellavision]

OCD is such a delicate experience. It's a radically gruesome and complex state to deal with.

[marks.]

You are so right. When I get an OCD ‘flare up’ I’ve learned to lean into it. Even agree with the worst case scenario. Eventually it actually becomes funny to you and it slides away.

[sophiacarlson]

My rumination usually starts with self perception. Not necessarily physical appearance, but my character & how those around me view it. Thank you for this.

[Peebie-Jeebies]

My favorite thing now is “maybe I did maybe I didn’t” this is perfect honestly.

[KgodMafia]

Sitting here crying as I listen to this because it's so relatable. I know that feeling you mentioned of thinking that validating my OCD saved me, but in reality it just creates more problems in the future. I remember living one intrusive thought to the next as a kid, sitting on those thoughts for awhile, then embarrassingly passing them off to loved ones and breathing a sigh of relief after doing so - not realizing I was digging myself into a deeper hole. Now I'm 27 and take medication (which I was skeptical about at first, but it admittedly helps). Thank you for this video about dealing with uncertainty. I made a vow to myself and family a few months prior to never let intrusive thoughts and OCD prevent me from becoming the person that I want to be. It's not easy, but videos like this are very helpful. Again, thank you.

[DrTracyAGangi]

Nathan-I am a licensed clinical psychologist and I specialize in adult ADHD and NOTHING in my toolbox is better than ERP for the majority of my patients...I learned so much from YOUR videos...I cannot thank you enough. Keep doing what you're doing!

[pieterlindeque]

End of the day, the one and only solution is to let it go. That's all we can do. Doing it however is the difficult part. It's very simple to pet something go, but it's so so difficult. When we're afraid, when we're worried, when were in doubt etc it manifests in OCD because we genuinely believe that eventually we're going to hit everything just right, just perfect, flawlessly, and then at long last we will finally FEEL that now, this time for sure, all is right. But as people with OCD know, it can never ever be right if your mind doesn't feel it's right. You could do everything perfectly, score 100%, but if it's not 100% in your mind then it will never be 100% no matter how many times you do it. So really the one and only way is to let go of that feeling at its core. We have to basically understand that it is how it is, and how we feel about it is a lie. So we have to let go of the lie. It's not the THING that's making us feel like that, it's the THOUGHT. We have to let go of that thought, no matter how hard. The thought is the prison, the thing is just a scapegoat. Your whole mind will scream at you, but that is all the proof you need isn't it? If it weren't true that it's the thought and not the thing that's the problem, then your mind wouldn't get that anxious in the first place would it? The mind screams because it knows it is the source of the noise in the first place. If we give in to that noise we will never be free. If we let it go, then we are free.

So yeah, the point of my rant is basically, let it go, it's going to be okay. Probably already is.

[SarahM-kudl]

I was humiliated at work, three years ago and I still think about that moment over and over and over and over again every single day since, it literally affects my focus on my day to day life now and it is insufferable. I can’t get my thoughts to stop.

[christinas.]

I didn’t realize how much I ruminate. Sometimes it’s obvious when it’s about my main theme but I didn’t realize that the more subtle inner conversations were also this 🤯

[erindemay]

Lord, God, I hope this works for me. Rumination has always been my problem. I needed this video because lately I’ve been acting out of my fear and actually doing things to be sure, like you said. It used to only be in my head. I don’t know which is worse.

[mickwiatrek]

Maybe maybe not has helped me so so much recently! I normally say “maybe maybe not but I’m not obligated to figure this out right now” and it takes a lot of pressure off me to rush to figure something out and rumination is often a really big compulsion of mine and once I catch myself I just gotta choose not to do my compulsions and be kinder to myself

[lolololololutrythcfy]

i’ve been in and out of therapy for years and years and your channel is the most helpful thing by far, thank u so much!

[Chlo]

I love what you said about everyone thinking their topic is special. It literally isn't! Anything that causes you to overthink and ruminate to the point of exhaustion/anxiety is the SAME thing- it's your brain trying to keep you safe from uncertainty (an OCD person's worst enemy) but it does not help. It's a lie. Stay strong guys ♥️