What Causes OCD by Eric A Storch, PhD

Dr. Eric Storch explains different factors of OCD and behavioral cycles. OCD can get worse when left untreated.

[kimvannote]

Trauma, Child Abuse, Neglect, Shame/Perfectionism, Narcissistic Parents, Abandonment.

[BruskAwat]

I have been struggling with Pure-O for some years now, particularly illness OCD.

If you have similar experiences, you're not alone. Find a good psychiatrist, go to therapy, quit bad habits, avoid negative people, and tell yourself that you will make it through. Things will get better.

[sonyafromtheh]

Im 37 and this is taking over my life! It wears me out so much and get triggered so easily. I wish it would go away.

[ayushgarg]

To anyone who's suffering from OCD, I suggest you to read "Freedom from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, by Dr. Jonathan Grayson", cover to cover.

TL;DR: The core of OCD is "Intolerance of Uncertainty". Find and name the uncertainties you cannot tolerate. Then, learn to live with them. You have no other choice.

[jimmoefoe]

I suffered from severe physical and mental child abuse as a kid, developed OCD at age 20.
But I did not get my answer from this video.

[maylily]

I have pretty bad contamination ocd it’s been getting slowly worse as the years have gone by due to being bullied when I was younger and felt neglected.

[natticoline]

Thank you Dr Storch for a great day in Geneva last week, you are so funny ☺️

[harshitharamakrishnan]

I don’t know if it’s genetics but… my mother’s side of the family has been having ocd for generations like I’m the 4th gen and we are irritating each other, I really want to cure this my whole personality has changed since ocd entered, and yeah im 22 have been emotionally and mentally traumatised for 20 years of my life

[badnewsbruner]

Such a concise explanation of the illness.
In the past 4 years I have been unable to work due to OCD and chronic pain.
Over that time, my OCD has snowballed, just as you mentioned in the video.
Nearly everything i do has a ritual involved with it, handwashing is the worst offender.
Complete handwashing has taken me upward to 1 hour without stopping at its worst, generally it takes me 5 to 25 minutes to wash my hands 'the right way'.
It has destroyed my ability to function as an employee, and caused numerous arguments with family members and other people.
I hate it, and I wish I could just go back to normal.

[futurethewolf]

My sister is passionate that she has OCD and mocks me for having real OCD...

[lorim.c.-frazer]

I'm seeing a lot of comments of people saying their ocd is from being abused in some way whether mental or physical, but what about olif no one has ever abused you and you start being disgusted with pooping because you noticed marks in underwear and just never felt the same after that? Like ew, it's so gross, and I never realized how gross it was until now ... then can't stop thinking about it.... chemical imbalance?

[sumangalsaha]

Can a childhood trauma(extreme fear) lead to OCD at later stage of life?

[adillamjad]

Lack of safety from environment results in OCD in my opinion bringing safety can reduce such repetitive behaviour

[Bryan-ilvu]

I have contamination ocd and so much anxiety i am suffering anxiety and depression

[Thundralight]

I have watched interviews with seriel killers and from what some describe I think a lot of seriel killers have this. Many describe a similar state of mind but instead of obsessing over washing their hands 100 times a day it is killing someone.

[germanshepherdmom]

I was wondering Is sleep restriction a part of an exposure therapy, in that a person faces their fear of sleeplessness every night ?

[penseagrandegrandeseancole]

It’s so odd that this is a clean understandable video with so few

[karenkordes]

This is purely anecdotal but Of all of the individualsOf all of the individuals that I have met with OCD they have a history of being sexually molested Which of course is trauma

[biancahotca]

Common words, may be. He doesn’t know zip! He just theorizing. Same comflabulated ‘ jargon all these so called “phd’s” use. There is absolutely no bone to stand on anything they say. It’s a big joke 😅.

[jshir]

**Please stop using the abbreviation OCD (since this says it is a “disorder”); it’s disappointing that even many organizations that tend to be more progressive in supporting Neurodiverse individuals still use this abbreviation.*