3 Warning Signs That You Might Have OCD

Do you question if you have OCD or not? Here are the 3 ways I can tell.
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[rebeccaharrop]

Me watching this bc my OCD is wanting to check that I have OCD bc my fear is that I don’t actually have it 🥺😂😭😭😭

[a.j]

Thank you for raising more awareness on what OCD is ACTUALLY like. As someone who is diagnosed with moderate OCD, it irks me that people think it's about liking organization (and I'm a pretty messy person). As for what my OCD is like, I ask for reassurance a lot, have intrusive thoughts, and get hooked on those thoughts. Thanks again for this video!

[gnarlymarley]

ocd is fkn miserable, it’s genuinely the worst thing I’ve ever experienced in my entire life, and I don’t even wish it on my most worst enemy, it’s unbearable and exhausting

[doyouseeagoat]

Having undiagnosed OCD is pure torture

[milly]

One thing that annoys me is that social media has overused “intrusive thoughts” to point its lost its meaning and it’s sad, because I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy 😢. Yet social media sees intrusive thoughts as, “what if I slapped this bold guys head 🤭” “my intrusive thoughts won” like it’s some funny quirky thing 😒😒 but what they don’t realise is they’re impulsive thoughts and everyone has them, but it’s not intrusive!!!

[Lucyyy]

I don’t have OCD but I do have dermatillomania, which I believe is related. After watching this, I can definitely understand why. I get strong compulsions and overwhelming urges to pick at my skin. Not doing it isn’t an option, at it’s worst, my brain convinces me that I have something under my skin that I need to extract. When I pick, my brain convinces me that I’m making it ‘better’ or that it’d be worse if I didn’t pick. It’s awful and shameful because for me the main area is my face. It gets especially bad when I’m anxious or nervous about something. It’s so self sabotaging and destructive but I can’t stop it.

[KatharineOsborne]

I was diagnosed with OCD during the pandemic. One thing that blew my mind is that my therapist said that a sensation can be a thought. I had always assumed that thoughts were always made of words but no. I had been feeling ‘contaminated’ whenever I touched a surface that could have been touched by others, to the point I was compelled to take a shower after leaving the house even briefly (ie just being in public air). Like I would have a creepy sensation on my skin.

Anyway, my OCD got ultimately calmed when I got a dog and just had to deal with the dirt and mess head on.

[DollyNipples]

The worries about being blasphemous resonate with me. I was a kid, maybe ten or eleven years old and my parents actually started punishing or at least telling me off for that, and acting like I was being an inconvenience. The lesson I learned was, they don't care when I'm scared. Thing is, I think the reason they acted that way was because they didn't understand.

Protip: If your child is constantly asking the same questions about something like sin or something else scary, don't punish them; they are not trying to get you mad. In fact, their fear of whatever they're asking about is overriding their fear of whatever punishment you're threatening to give them. Listen to your child and maybe hug them. I know it's hard to deal with a child's anxiety, but listening is easy - just keep your ears open.

[Bwardi]

I don't believe I have OCD but your videos really help me with the obsessive, distorted and fear based thinking. It really works and has done wonders in my life not pushing out the thoughts and just allowing them to be there, not placing meaning on them.

[Flutistno]

I have been diagnosed as having OCD. The one of these three criteria that I least fit into is the compulsions. My intrusive thoughts are every day, all day. So is my anxiety response. I mostly avoid the compulsions, though. I ignore what my brain would tell me to do. Instead, I just force myself to zone out. I play video games for 12 hours straight, without eating, or moving around very much. I've lost 40 pounds in 2 years. Eating is a chore for me now. I eat to survive, with no enjoyment from it at all. My anxiety is so bad that I avoid allowing myself to even think about anything anymore. I just stopped really living... My entire existence is about not letting myself feel anxiety. I do whatever I need to do to ignore the world. Maybe that IS my compulsion response...

[shoka_]

What people also don’t understand about ocd is that it isn’t all about cleanliness or organization. Sometimes these intrusive thoughts and compulsions are super weird, random, and even dangerous.

My sister used to be a full time nanny for a family in which the mom had ocd. She was in intense therapy for it and had it under control but still had the intrusive thoughts. One such thought was that she needed to put her newborn baby in the oven or else something bad would happen (I don’t exactly remember what but it was something along the lines of someone dying I think).

Imagine that replaying in your head all day long. It’s a horrible reality for many.

[fendybendy]

i am not diagnosed, but i have had times where i was crying 5+ times a day for weeks straight due to my intrusive thoughts/memories and the thoughts and anxiety that follow them. I am currently going through that very thing again and it is notttt fun lol. I also feel physically sick when it comes to my intrusive thoughts... crying multiple times a day + spending hours looking up posts from people in similar situations makes it so that it is a bit difficult to be productive, i just hope i can get a diagnosis soon.

[jamlaw]

Since I was diagnosed in 2021 with OCD, I have doubted it. What ultimately makes me know that I have it is when I watch videos like this, or hear people say "everyone has intrusive thoughts but they just pass them by"... and I think "How is that even possible? What?" Like it doesn't even compute how a person can do that. For me, it's a lot of rumination, researching, or needing to appease my obsessions with "facts" online. To "figure things out once and for all". Or go back in time in my head and try and make sense of what happened and what I missed or got wrong.

Also energy obsessions. Like I will give or receive bad energy if I look at someone or something, or a word, that is negative or might have bad energy. Or if I do or think something wrong, or I do or don't text something correctly... and I will get caught in this loop of perfection and indecision and confusion wondering how any road I take, what will happen and how will it ruin my life? It's usually with relationships or large life decisions. Sometimes it can attach to something simple like what coffee shop to go to. In the past, I've sat in the car for 30 minutes to an hour crying and unable to move because I feel like either choice I make is bad. And then, if I already started to make a choice, and then switched, and then parked, and now am sitting obsessing, that TOO is ruining my life and is bad energy. And so it can be really no escape and feel quite insidious. Even now as I type this or read it over the OCD says "oh if you read this again it will happen again and you'll undo all the work you've done already"...

There are more but my OCD is telling me to list them all so I'm not going to 😂

[josephpenfold]

Hi mate my name is Joseph I’m from the UK but live in Queensland Australia with my wife and three kids I’ve suffered on and off with pure OCD/HOCD pretty much all the subtypes of OCD since I was 16 years old I’m now 37 and only recently in the past couple of years truly understand that I have OCD and to expose myself to my fears and not do my compulsions I never comment on videos but you have generally sincerely helped me recover I would just like to say thank you 👍

[lunarie]

As someone who has two anxiety disorders, thank you for putting emphasis into what OCD would feel like. I don't have OCD, but I'm aware that most anxiety disorders have some overlapping symptoms. One of the biggest overlapping symptoms in anxiety disorders is intrusive thoughts, and you made it clear that it is more about the type of intrusive thoughts, coping mechanisms, and physical reactions that distinguishes one anxiety disorder from another.

[uchiha-]

No but why do I actually relate to this so much??

Timestamp:
1:10 Indication 1 Intrusive thoughts
3:01 Indication 2 Intrusive thoughts + Anxiety
4:05 Indication 3 Compulsion
5:59 The logic that keeps you traped

[christine]

The looping! At its worst I would just be bombarded with the intrusive thoughts, ruminating, analyzing, and anxiety. Couldn’t sleep or eat. It was terrible. Thankful I was able to get back on my anxiety meds and that has helped me so much.

[Amberger]

I suffer from OCD and it is debilitating and I hear people around me say that there "OCD" kicks in and they just clean their house or something. It feels like a stab in the back maybe or that it is made light of when it IS NOT a light thing.

[JordyLaundrie]

This is the first video I have watched from your channel! I was diagnosed with OCD around the year 2000 when I was 10 years old. Obsessive hand washing and anxiety about germs, sickness, infection, etc. Counting footsteps, gulps of water, breaths I breathe, etc. Superstitions and rituals, like needing to sing a certain song in my head as I walk through the bathroom door. If I don’t, I have to go back and walk through the door all over again. Or saying phrases over and over until I say them “right.” Checking and rechecking clocks, locks, faucets, etc. Needing to confess everything I’ve ever done wrong, asking for forgiveness, etc. Seeking reassurance constantly. These are the basics. You’re right that it is anxiety that fuels the compulsions.

[bryanrivera]

Happy birthday to my favorite OCD coach you really changed how I look at things and how I manage my OCD it's never been so good to live at the moment with uncertainties and to not stress out on things catastrophizing! Thank you very much!!!