Pure Obsessional OCD (Pure O)

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[ThePond]

OCD: when you become so obsessed with a problem that the obsession becomes more of a problem than the actual problem

[aliyahxol]

As someone who's experienced this, it's a living hell! You can't live a normal life you're literally being tortured by your own brain and it's mentally crippling. I'm praying for anyone who's experiencing this. There IS hope I promise, I've completely recovered after seeking help. Love you and stay strong!!

[devinlupei]

For me it's died down, as soon as I accepted that my thoughts can never harm anyone, it calmed down.

[JJcDAmAn]

Pure O sucks. That's what I'm dealing with and the intrusive thoughts and images really give me terrible anxiety. ugh.

[cameron]

I think you just explained my whole life. I never brought this up in therapy cause I'm scared of what she would think (that I'm a psychopath). Wow. Just wow.

[valerieb]

The thoughts wouldn't cause distress or anxiety IF you were really a psychopath. You are anxious because you believe that thought is horrible and would never do it.

[NotAppIicabIe]

thank you so much for this. i get physically nauseated from my intrusive thoughts

[FirstlyHowDareYou]

Oh my God. I have this and I had no idea it was an actual thing. It's not exactly easy to google and not something you would want to discuss with someone else. So glad I subscribed!!

[DrzMostFinest]

This video made me cry. Ive spent 15 years thinking I was crazy for my thoughts. Thank you for relieving a 15 year stress. Now I know I need to talk to someone and there is a name for what I have.

[sesunsetlife]

Does anyone else have fear and intrusive thoughts about breaking the law and ending up in jail? I have been a super straight arrow all my life but I've been stressed and mentally tormenting myself about my accidentally or unknowingly breaking some huge law and having my life ruined. I also sometimes have other types of intrusive thoughts but the criminal one is at the forefront now. I had the violent ones real bad when I was younger. Scary thing is it's all too easy to slip back into.

[Valamist]

Thank you for this video! I suffer from Pure O, and intrusive thoughts that really plagued me a few years ago. During that time I would get thoughts about all kinds of disgusting and morally repulsive things. It was very scary, especially for my family who knew little about the subject. Thankfully we went to my doctors and he told me I was a good person, that I would never do any of these things etc and prescribed clomipramine before referring me to the community mental health team. Two weeks later I had a interview with them, who also reinforced the fact I would never do anything like said thoughts and they refereed me to a few self-help CBT sites, which really let me understand my mind better.

In a way, I am glad it happened. Since doing CBT and learning more about my brain, I have found my life has changed for the better. I feel stronger and I have been told my confidence has greatly improved. Sure, its not something I am ever going to be 100% cured off, and rumination is something that I suffer with a lot too. But I feel more able to carry on with life now. I simply have a brain with is far to creative for its own good! ^_^

[michelleelez]

Since I was 12 years old, I've had intrusive thoughts. Throughout the years they've changed. It's scary. Now it's stupid, I have to compare & repeat things in my head over and over. I really don't know what to do.

[juliagoesfrugal]

I have this! Took me stinkin' forever to get diagnosed because I had no idea what it was and neither did anyone else. It was hell for a long time before I was officially diagnosed at 19. But my obsessions started at 7. 12 years and no idea what was going on. I am a happy person by nature but it got to the point that I wanted to kill myself because I didn't know what I was going to do, but I was afraid to do that because I was afraid that I would be damned because of my thoughts. At 25, I no longer feel that way. Exposure therapy actually REALLY helped me! It was AWFUL at first but it really helped and am now in an amazing place where my OCD rarely affects me and I can manage it easily. Thank God!!! I hope that more people become knowledgeable about this so another little girl doesn't have to grow up thinking they're demon possessed or going to hell because they can't control their thoughts. 😫. Thanks for this video, Katie, and for raising awareness about mental illness!

[lazieramen]

Pure O is terrible and so scary, mine are philosophical instructive thoughts. I’ve Sally’s tumbled upon some philosophical videos and topics and I of course did more research out of fear which made it even worse. The thoughts come and stay for a while I’ve had one stay for almost 4 months until another came on. I luckily have great friends who have helped me through eh tough times and am so grateful I found videos about how to cope and how others have struggled. If you are dealing with these thoughts I’m sure reassurance hardly works but please know you ARE real and you WILL be okay and WILL overcome this.

[jellosapiens]

I had no idea this existed, but I think it describes me perfectly. Thank you for this video.

[Caitlin]

I have Pure "O" OCD. thank you for this video and for including that we actually DO have compulsions, it's just still in our heads. but yeah, we do have triggers, a WORD can remind me of a similiar word that exists as a part of my intrusive thoughts. I had times when I couldn't really listen to music, read books or watch tv shows, lol. Love the video though!

[partyishredhead]

I feel so weird watching this bc I'm half like "this is 100% me" But the other half is like "I wasn't even diagnosed with OCD to start with wtf"

either way! thank you for your work and information

[nine.productions]

My pure O seems to just latch on to anything distressing that I happen to be thinking. I'll spend the entire day obsessing about multiple different bad things, especially regarding my health. It's exhausting.

[slyzard]

Has anyone had an experience with intrusive thoughts where you start to speak them out loud when you don't want too?

[tapsandtomesasmrambience]

This is the most enlightening thing I have seen. My entire life I have had this "fear" or "urge" to throw myself out of moving cars. Just what if I would unbuckle my belt and open the door on the highway? WHY? WHY WOULD I DO THAT? It scares the hell out of me. Or in the shower...what if I pushed my razor down on my leg and scraped my skin off? I am not a self harmer. I don't want to hurt myself. But my brain has these horrible intrusive thoughts ALL THE TIME. It usually isn't directed at other people, but they are SO SCARY.

And now this. THIS VIDEO. I was planning on looking for a new therapist after we moved in a few weeks bc my depression and anxiety are getting bad again, and I will definitely be showing him/her this. THANK YOU.