Existential OCD | Treatment and What It Looks Like!

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Existential OCD involves intrusive, repetitive thinking about questions that cannot possibly be answered. Individuals will think about really any question. Most don’t have answers, but they feel the need or urge to find the answer right then and there. Often feeling anxious until they do.

Let’s go through the treatment for existential OCD and what it looks like to those experiencing it.

Chapters:
00:00 What Is Existential OCD
3:23 Existential Obsessions
4:15 Existential Compulsions
5:48 Treatment for Existential OCD
9:40 Online OCD Program
10:02 Question For You!

[joseymagosey]

Coming back to this video 4 months later to say that I’ve finally recovered! No more DPDR or existential OCD, I get to live my life again! So thankful to have gone through this because thanks to all of it I’m stronger now. Sending love to anyone currently struggling with this. I know firsthand how scary it feels, but you can absolutely go back to how you were before, just live your life holding hands with your fear and give it space to leave naturally. Thanks for reading this, you are strong enough to handle this.

[kristianda]

I have read a lot in the forums about how much Existencial OCD is hard to get through, but that's not true. I have been there, with DP/DR 24/7, I had suicidal thoughts not knowing where tf I am, why I'm here, I once passed out because of my overwhelming fears.
After 3 months of Therapy, I can say that I am almost 95% cured, and will tell you what, they key is actually ACCEPTANCE, rather than exposure.
If you keep exposing yourself to the idea that nothing might be real and we're all gonna die, this is gonna creep out almost everyone, even normal people who don't have OCD.
But when you learn to accept, that ok, we're gonna die, and just continue what you are doing: work, gaming, whatever.. things will get more real, and you will no longer feel overwhelmed by it.
NGL, without my antidepressants I wouldn't have reached to this point, they have been a major contributor in this journey, they actually stop panick attacks and helps in being more acceptable, and with time, things will get more normal.
You will get through this, just like I did.
Peace and love my friends <3

[TerryTibbs-ojfy]

Please don’t ever delete this video you’ve just explained everything that goes on with me meticulously

[Megan-zprb]

I'm so scared this wont ever stop and I won't ever believe in reality again. I feel paranoid that people don't actually recover from it in the way I hope.

[lolapapi]

I get questions like: “what is life?” “What is feelings?” “Do I really love my mom?” “Who am I?” How do I exist?” It gets so overwhelming that I just start crying. I’m scared of life itself! How you overcome this? It’s nuts

[debra]

I've never been so proud of me in my entire life. I suffered a panic attack 2 months ago who gave me DPDR and an existencial OCD and after that EVRYTHING seem so meaningless. But, instantly I started to accept the syntoms and uncertain...that's why today I can say I'M FREE. Makes me want to cry because I proved myself that I'm SO STRONG

[MrBrandonLau]

I take the approach that existential thoughts and associated anxiety are the symptoms of a state of mood. Only when you are in a depressed and anxious state do you have access to these intrusive thoughts and fears. When you are healthy and enjoy your journey, you don’t even care about these questions. So I try to do all the physical things I can to get my body and brain well again. Fake it till you make it. Good sleep, diet, enough sunlight at the right time, vitamins, doing my job, some exercise, enough water. It works for me

[Bookycus]

Hello everyone, I just wanted to share something: I've been dealing with existential anxiety and OCD my whole life (As long as I can remember), and I want to let everyone know that even though these fears and triggers are things that can be hard to reassure, they are just as weak as all other OCD thoughts. They can be defeated, make sure to say this out loud, they are things that can be defeated. My suggestion is going onto youtube as a start and just look at thumbnails of videos that make you anxious, which is what I have been doing, and it's so rewarding once your done. My suggestion is you play music to hype yourself up while you do it, and make it feel like you're winning, because you are. Imagine it as a boxing match lol. Good luck everyone, remember that OCD can be defeated.

[licensetochill]

This channel makes me feel more safe with uncertainty, I've always felt that I have to have the right answer to everything or I won't be safe. Weirdly enough the statement 'I'll never know the meaning of life, that is awesome' made me feel extremely happy for some reason. Kinda cool 🤔

[coreyms]

Damn. Never seen a video on this before. Sounds similar to what I’ve been going through the last few years. I’ve always had these questions, but it’s only been the last few years that they’ve been so frequent and accompanied with anxiety/panic attacks. Finally decided to see a Psychiatrist. Fingers crossed. Thanks for speaking about it though.

[gabrieljordan]

While I went through all this day and night 24/7 back in my 30s - after turning 40 I noticed that it didn't really bother me anymore. I accepted my mortality and came to peace with the idea that one day I'll die. It's actually helped motivate me to work and study harder than I ever did in my youth. Even hitting the gym harder and eating healthier foods. My life may not be super exciting but overall I"m doing all right.

[zandilenkomo]

I used to have this for a couple of years and it plagued me. The more you think about the deeper you go down the rabbit hole with no answers. I woke up one day with no fear or care of wether we live in a simulation/mass experient or or if the world is round or flat. As Long as my family is safe and I have peace in this life

[ca]

Thank you so much for your videos. I am having those same thoughts 24/7. It's so relieving to know what it is. I'll try not to get reassurance compulsively, but, honestly, sometimes I have to fall because it feels SO lonely and SO disorienting... like I'm losing myself, like I don't exist. I know I'll get through this. I don't have anxiety anymore, that's good... but now I feel that reality is distorted, weird, like turned upside down. If like to see the world as I used to see it. Well, there you go, I ranted. Thank you for reading me, whoever you are.

[RSBloc]

Recovery is possible I promise you guys, I recovered fully from ocd my life back to normal

[Mhamad]

Im 25 and you just described my life since 16, i never knew i was suffering from that, there isn't a single day that i dont spend about 8 hrs aday thinking about my existential existence, every time i figure a solution out i overthink it over and over again until at one point i realize it is no more working that solution and enter the loop again... Thank you, you don't realize how much helpful this video was 😭 it was a relief to know i have a condition and finally figured it out.

[jayb]

I have been struggling with DDD (depersonalization and derealization disorder) for years and the obsessional part of the disorder is the hardest to deal with for me and probably what keeps it going. The feelings of unreality of my self makes me think about thinking itself/my thought processes because it seems very strange and unfamiliar. Everytime I tell myself ''it's just a thought'', then my mind asks ''but what is a thought, how weird is it that you can speak inside your head and see pictures within yourself, how weird is it that you are self-aware?''. Thinking seems meaningless and like I've just ''realized'' that I do it or like I've just ''acquired it'' (even though I know logically that I've been thinking my whole life). I don't feel like I need to find an answer to all this, it's more like a constant realization of my own existence that I can no longer be comfortable with, a hyperawaress of my self. I feel more like a need to know that I'm the same person and that my inner reality is the same as before (even though I know that DPDR can't change me and how my brain work) I feel trapped inside my head with thoughts that don't feel like mine. How do I let go when my main obsession is about the process of thinking itself, fueled by feelings of unreality and the intense anxiety it constantly gives me?

[Powellyy]

This came to me all of a sudden during COVID and was quite exhausting - I’ve now let those ‘noises’ (thoughts) just pass by with a shrug of the shoulders and allowed my focus to switch to quite frankly much more interesting topics.

It takes practice and persistence and it takes time to learn to not react to a thought - now there is no difference between thinking ‘isn’t existence bizarre and isn’t that really scary’ to ‘what do I want for lunch today’

Enjoy your recovery

[DonMyersOfficial]

I’ve found that answering my ocd thoughts with something logical helps. If I ever get the thought of “what’s the meaning of life” I tell myself “there is none but that’s doesn’t matter. Life’s only meaning is the meaning you give it.”

[Diegolima-uiuz]

just wanted to express my gratitude, natan
when I was struggling really bad I used to watch your videos.
applyed all the tools, I was able to cut out my compulsions
and now I love living, hardly get anxious.
thank you❤
hope you keep saving lives

[KarlaRei]

I just got this diagnosis a few weeks ago and I appreciate this video so much! It's so strange to hear exactly what I've felt for so long.