How to STOP Obsessive PURE O OCD Rumination

How to Stop Rumination and Obsessive Thoughts for Pure O OCD is key to ending one’s suffering.
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In this video, I explain my interpretations from articles on rumination by Dr. Michael Greenberg, a clinician who suffered from Pure O, OCD. He intends that all ruminations are analytical thinking, that is under our control and we can make a decision to stop. I believe that some of our very best teachers are those who suffer from the conditions we are trying to heal and that is one reason I believe his work is important to the Pure O, OCD community.


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[ProfFibi]

I’ve never felt like I had “permission” to stop. The rumination just feels automatic, and before I know it I’m in a hole. Thank you 😭

[milomazli]

"rumination is analythical thinking in loops" - wow. My life summed up.

[OHOBGA]

That is the problem with rumination, is that you get caught up in it. Realizing that is what you are doing and making a decision to stop is very powerful. It really helps to take a step back from yourself.

[jasminebrown]

Wow this is the first video where I feel like I'm actually getting some sound advice on how to deal with my anxiety and rumination. My problem is me trying to fight my thoughts and now I'm realizing that's what's actually making things worse. This will be a process but I know that I will eventually be able to fully handle this. I just have to remember that I control my thoughts they don't control me.

[emilysmith]

When I ruminate, I don't think I want to stop because in that moment I HAVE to solve the "problem". I HAVE to be in control. The idea of trying to stop it actually raises my anxiety.

[azureart]

you basically just described my entire life!! i ruminate about so much and it takes a toll on my family, as i go to them for reassurance or help.

[TommyGBuckets]

I can’t thank you enough for this video, I have had ruminations in the past and they always have seemed to disappear, but as of lately I’ve been none stop ruminating about past mistakes and now I’ve made a fear that I will never be able to let go of ruminating about this mistake. I hope overtime I’m able to not have to deal with this anymore and live a happy and joyful life.

[lancedunbar]

Really helped! I like the comparison of being able to stop doing a math equation to stop ruminating. My ocd often takes the form of obsessive planing (99% useless) and feel unable to stop, this analogy really helped. Thankyou for your work 🙏

[justinshelley]

Hi Paige, I’ve only just come across your videos and I have to say I’ve learnt more in the last couple of hours than I have in over 30 years suffering with severe OCD. My case has been a little unique over the years to the point where the medical profession weren’t sure how to help. It came out when I was 17/18, I’m now 51. In the early days it was the typical compulsions of rituals and hand washing. In my twenties it morphed itself into harming thoughts of other people. Exposure therapy back then did help to a point but it was never explained exactly how the brain works. When I was 30 my eldest daughter was born and when leaving the hospital I had an overwhelming fear that I’d somehow swapped my baby daughter with another baby! You can imagine how distressing this was and the next 2 years were absolutely awful. Every day I was having thoughts or convinced myself I’d swapped her for another baby if we were out. If things in the house weren’t the same the next morning after sleeping, for example, if my then wife (she left us in 2013 and I brought my two daughters up as they were with me full time) had moved something in the house I’d convince myself that it was proof that I’d been out in the night and swapped her. At first I was under a postnatal depression psychiatrist who basically told my family I would never get better and put me on a cocktail of medication. I was then moved to another psychiatrist when the previous one left and she took one look at the medication and said I shouldn’t be on half of these. With her help and a psychiatric nurse we found that sertraline along with CBT helped. My youngest daughter came along and with the CBT technique of letting my anxiety ride things weren’t as bad with her. Moving on from those years I kind of managed the OCD with a couple of little rituals here and there but generally had it under control. Recently I’ve had lots of trauma in my life. I lost my mum 18 months ago, moved house, relationship break up and lost my father last month. I’ve been going downhill for the last year as after watching my mum being bed bound for a few years deteriorating and once she died then watching my father who was then bed bound too with Alzheimer’s go down hill I didn’t have any time to process all of the stresses in my life. I’m currently waiting for cognitive therapy to start but seeing your videos I can honestly say that how you explain the thought process and exactly what happens to the brain through exposure therapy that everything makes a lot more sense. I thank you for making these videos and I’ve already shared them with other people. Best wishes from the UK and thank you once again

[Srinath]

Ur videos are so peaceful and gives me a sense of comfort which I haven’t felt in a while.

[tomspurling]

Summed up perfectly. After all the years of wondering why my head works the way it does! Brilliant, thanks for this.

[tomassso]

I love those Videos, thanks so much for them Dear Paige. By the way, before I heard this concept of a math problem, I already thought about it myself, since my Mother, when I was young, was compelled to resolve any math problem that I brought from the school, it bothered her so much (more than myself) and at the end of the day, when she succeded, she felt so proud and at peace. She loves counting and resolving mathematical issues, and OCD/ruminations feel to me like the sufferer tries to achieve this inner peace at the end from resolving a rumination, which is a neverending story. So- yes some of us can stop trying to resolve a mathematical problems without much effort, but some are such perfectionists it's hard to just forget and give up. It would be harder for a Mathematician perfectionist to give up such OCD themed issues (for example if he didn't feel relaxed all day long because he couldn't resolve something ) than for a usual person I think :)

[NROhvac]

I feel like this video just lifted the weight of the world off my shoulders thank you! I struggled ruminating about every thing in my head, I know I can stop and will

[adriancurte]

Thank you dear! You've been so helpful! I do struggle with intrusive thoughts by many years, very bad thoughts about sabotaging myself, and puting myself in shamefull situations (mentally), and I do ruminating alot. I will follow your Chanel from now on!

[yuyingren]

Thank you Dr.Pradko as always ! It is truly a blessing to have you in my life. I have been watching your videos for the past weeks and they helped me so much. I have experienced rumination and pure O for almost 10 years, and sometimes it is just so hard to stop ruminating about my compulsive thought because I keep getting the feeling “what if I get it wrong and bad things happen because of my negligence ? “ Lately I have come up with a coping mechanism that I would refer to as “when someone points a gun to your head “ method. If I ruminate about a certain problem, I would ask myself — if someone points a gun at my head and asks me to answer the question that I am ruminating about in under two second (i.e. did I actually lock the door? Did I hurt someone ? etc ), what would be my answer. Surprisingly this method kind of solved my rumination problem ! If you don’t mind me asking Dr Pradko, would you recommend that I keep using this as my way of coping with rumination? Or does this count as reassurance-seeking and should be avoided (I am worried that my coping mechanisms sometimes are actually reassurance-seeking behaviors. ) Thank you so much !!!

[michaelbruce]

I have a trophy for being the best ruminator in 2020... My trauma therapist mentioned you today...We start the therapy next week ... Thanks for your videos. 😁

[Persei]

Thank you for this video. Rumination is the worst compulsion because it keeps you stuck. I sometimes hear people saying that rumination brings you closer to a solution. That couldn't be further from the truth. Thanks!

[bournemouthwillwinepl]

I have Pure O OCD which has wained and wained but after some bad intrusive thoughts reoccurring I watched this video to try stop it but now i have refrained and moved my mindset into a more positive outlook.

[drifting]

Thank you as always. The instruction of Dr. Greenberg was very helpful, but I've also been using your I.A.M. technique. That has been helping me, too, especially the mindfulness step. I go through those 3 steps when I'm dealing with intrusive thoughts and the rumination on them, and the "connect with the moment" step actually tends to comfort me the most, kind of squashing the thoughts. It depends on the severity, of course. Thanks, again :)