Dealing with false memories and real memories in OCD.

CBT therapist Katie d'Ath talks about how to handle memories in OCD.
For more content follow Katie here on youtube and on instagram @katiedath

[Britpopsoul]

Thanks for the reminder that arguing with the ‘content’ is the disorder.

[daveinchina]

You speak so much sense about OCD. I have suffered since I was 9 years old and you are one of the best therapists. Your grey hair really makes you look more attractive too!

[shalan_]

very happy to see you posting, thank you for always standing by our side and helping us.

[mehmetalivat]

Thoughts that are not valued are forgotten.

[starrypunk]

every time you upload a video like this, im mind blown. I feel like there's no way what im going thru would be real, or any one else could have this, or even possibly understand. And its like you're addressing ME. Its crazy. And I appreciate this so much

[charanv]

I was suffering from ocd back in 2020 and you’re the one who helped me out 🙏 you’ll definitely have a great life ahead since you saved another man’s life and probably countless others

[stevemelvin]

Thanks for posting videos again. I hope you can continue more. I have to try and work on my OCD again, its crazy the thoughts and compulsions I live with daily. Your videos bring help to many people.

[EppingForest]

I’ve just found this channel & am grateful. I’m going to save these 39 videos to my OCD playlist 🙏

[pratibhasrivastava]

I was worried about u😢
Please never stop posting ❤
I missed u so much😭

[lisa__rcs]

Saving this to come back to. I went through ERP treatment and it was incredibly helpful but it’s nice to have these tips as a refresher.

[MegaJamesno]

Your great katie 💚i was dealing with ocd for years. Still have it but it is alot better now. Thanks for the free videos they helped me alot when i was flat broke.

[dadmindmatters]

thanks so much for your great work, as someone who has OCD it's hugely helpful. James

[Irivesper]

Hi Katie, I am wondering what your thoughts are of the overlaps between OCD and ADHD. In previous videos youve talked about attention training and its benefits to OCD. I ask because I recently started taking medication for ADHD treatment, and in the few days I've been on it I have found that it has helped my OCD, seemingly because by being able to hold focus on work/life tasks its cut off a major highway my brain used to ruminate on obsessive thoughts, i.e. frequent task switching. Wondering if this is something youve explored, or if OCD and ADHD treatment work well together or not. Thanks! And you're videos have been a tremendous help!

[Omarr_]

Katie Im 13 and i live in America and i feel like whatever i do the thoughts and images won’t go away and when they do it’s only for a little time your videos have helped me a lot and i want to thank you and i also want to ask if you have any advice because i feel like I’ll never be normal again if you could please respond so I have some reassurance and feel a little better about myself and my ocd

[megasuperbonus]

This is such helpful video, Thank you!!!

[SALMA-ecvc]

I appreciat you sooo much you cant even imagine.

[AbhiN_]

You can know you did something even if you don't remember it like a video recording. For example, you may rememebr that you had toast for breakfast, but you don't remember putting the bread into the toaster or spreading the butter, just that you were eating toast.

That feeling of "I know I did something or I know it happened, though I can't remember it like a videorecording frame by frame" is all you need to get by, and I garentee you it is likely correct.

[Higgzbonez]

This is life altering😢 i may lose everyone and everything because of this. I suffered since i was 11 now 38 and it's worse than ever at least death is an option

[Hasan-edfz]

How the hell i did i find out i have false memory ocd?

I lost 6-7 kg in one year, excessive drinking, marry jane and i started to belive for some moments my worst fears became real. My mind is too creacked and i am over analyzing, over checking in everything one broke hand of the door, just remembered i would broke so many things when i was a kid because i over analyze and people hate that. Sometimes people helps, pot and alcohol helps. Sometimes just everything makes it worse.
How the fuck i am not scared to die and do extreme things and adreline feels good. How the hell i would drink and drive and never anything happened even made it 160km. No police ticket, no accident nothing.
Actually once, when i was sober. I think i got anxious. Then hit back of the car.

How the hell i have clear memories and i can remember so many details. But sometimes everything is missing. Then it just kept getting worse for some moments i fucking belive my worst fears became real such as i got raped or another one i fucking lost my mind and everything knows about it. Not just false memories and sometimes false beliefs like i don't want to live if i get old or something. I always need to care of myself. Or such as i fucking lost my mind and everyone knows about it.

Note: i been drinking lot however also do extreme things for fun.like enjoy couple of beers and swim lot or drink and do anything. Because alcohol and substances only affects mental. So if part of you is still conciouss, if youd be walking like a zombie or discordinared and still youd try to do it right. Because thats what you want it to be and youre scared not to.
But at the same time, even without drinking you could become consimed by emotional bullshit such as hatred and anger and just blew up in random places. Or get angry or paranoid. Just because you try to control everything and just blow up.
There is no fucking balance. I think i lost it long time ago, trying to enjoy it.

[anushachatterjee]

Do you think ocd could also be the result of continuous feelings of low self confidence over a long period of time? Like feelings of frustration and anger ar yourself for not doing the proper things at the proper time?