How to overcome OCD

Some people think OCD is just about hand washing and cleaning, but it can also be about checking, ordering, obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours as well.

The key to overcoming OCD is to put yourself in situations that makes you feel anxious and sit with the anxiety until your distress comes down, repeat this exposure in order to desensitise to it.

In addition to this you should try to refrain from ritualistic behavior (for example, leaving the kitchen without checking the stove, or touching the floor without washing your hands). This will make you anxious but learning to sit with the anxiety without carrying out rituals will help decease you OCD symptoms.

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[AmyKraim-llcy]

Let's just make it through, all of us, together.

[angelvalentynn]

my brain screamed at the thought of doing that omg NO

[shepardb]

I can’t.. I really losing my mind… and keep imagining the unbelievable scenarios!

[Shark]

Thanks. Everyone online is bullshitting around the question "what types of thoughts" or "what is the source of your worries". All i wanted was a professional telling me how to let go.

You provided the answer. Simple to understand. Hard to do.

You sit with the thought. You let yourself feel anxious until you get used to it.

Makes sense to me.

Thank you for giving me the simple answer that noone seems to want to tell me. I'll work hard on allowing myself to feel this way and let myself calm down.

[Pippy-penguin]

I just want to say thank you my parents didn’t know I have had this for three years and I managed to drop some of the rituals and I was watching YouTube to try and help and you helped the hand washing kind of follows what I hate tho is when people say oh my gosh stawp ur gonna give me OCD when a teacher doesn’t rub something off the board and then I feel like crying because they don’t know what it’s like to worry to have to do these rituals to not know what’s happening to you to take ten minutes to do a one minute job for me personally I have to do something seven times like if I sit down tap the floor seven times with my foot and my hands went red and always wearing jumpers to hide then even though it’s helping the scars will still stay I dread to think what would have happened if you hadn’t posted this video so thank you for literally saving my life I’m going to try my best now and I’m going to be in control of it I’m happy to think of all the other peoples lives you have helped

[juniperthefirst]

About 2 weeks ago my OCD was really severe I coupdnt do anything without thinking 'if you dont touch that fence you will regret it and have bad luck' 'if you dont click that lightswitch in a certain pattern you will regret it forever' and recently i tried my hardest to stop, it was really hard, but i did it it feels amazing!

[abdelll]

I can’t risk not checking if someone left the stove on. It’s just not safe.

[Nilsu-il]

Ocd is a hell problem to be honest. I suffer because of ocd and swallowing disorder. It's really hard and I recommend you to pray for yourself. Always remember YOU OWN your thoughts, you're the boss and you can control it anytime, anywhere. I also recommend meditation go to youtube and search for a meditation method that you're comfortable about and listen while laying down it will calm you and if you're on the phone everytime like me, please don't waste much time because this is the main reason of anxiety. What I meant is you watch a lot of videos in your phone and your mind will be full but our point is to clear our mind so its literally the opposite of what we want. I HOPE YOU FIND PEACE IN YOUR OWN MIND and don't forget that I believe in you and you should believe in yourself too.❤

[himanichandgadkar]

in the start i was almost in despair thinking this was another ocd video just about hand-washing... its good that many aspects of ocd are talked about and the solutions seems to be helpful

[hamna]

1. Have you ever felt like there is two persons in your inner self, one person is there always to support you in everything at the same time other person is always giving you negative vibes and whenever you are trying to make even a small decision, these two persons are having a fight between them, and your real self is always confused to make a decision? (I don't know if this is normal or not, hope you understand well what I talked about :)
2. Lack of concentration and memory in everything
3. Always getting confused whenever I try to count something
4. Overthinking that I might hurt someone with my words or actions
5. Self criticizing (I always criticize myself that I am bad and useless. It leads to lack of self confidence and socializing)
6. Over sensitiveness ( i fear that what if I hurt them whenever I try to talk even though it was a small normal thing )
7. Whenever I try to talk i feels like everyone (including my parents, family and friends) is making fun of me in my absence and I feels like everyone is back mouthing me


I don't know if all these is normal, if not is it a disorder? Is it OCD?

[JamesBentham-igir]

I really needed my own mental illness explained to me like a child ...thanks

[cobaltprime]

I’m at the point everything is keeping me uncomfortable and stressed. It’s like experiencing it every second of every day with only a few moments where my brain shut off.

[neotomic]

my ocd caused so much anxeity i hallucinated and had a psychotic break. so just be safe guys when trying

[LunaQhairaAzriAhmad]

this voice in my head still tells me to count every step I make after going to the toilet..

[brianarbenz]

Thank you. I've been working on this for about 15 years, with considerable progress. But many roadblocks and setbacks too. I tell myself: "It's just a thought. It's not really even a thought. It's just a notion that I could think something that I'm not really thinking."

[kchashet]

I actually did this with an OCD theme and it legit ruined my whole academic year, i lost my academic future because of this.

[Arab_jeff-bv]

I’m gonna try these tips. One thing that i often do is checking my alarm to many times before I go to bed. One time I even checked it 171 times! That’s a lot and I have really hard to handle it and control it. But I’m gonna try 😊

[roseyellowrobe]

You can self-manage when you have OCD but also it could become really dangerous if you don't get help when it is out of control. I know sometimes you don't even real life that you don't have a grip on it. I have OCD bad not just the obsessive cleaning disorder but I obsess about things. I have been self-managing my OCD years but I did not realize that it was out of control I start bleaching everything and using a lot of rubbing alcohol as soon as someone use the bathroom or shower I would be right there cleaning it every time everybody gets done showering that's five people that shower a day that is cleaning 5 times not only that but the toilet! I was so tired from all the cleaning everything that I was obsessing over I guess so bad where I feel like the walls are closing in on me and that germs are everywhere and I don't like to be touched. But like I was saying I was so tired I had bleach wipes close to my toilet I went bathroom and I wiped myself with one of them and I gave myself a chemical burn and I had to go to the hospital it was embarrassing to show the doctor but I had to. And then I had to stick my q-tips into my ear four times on each side I had went too far in my right ear and I made it bleed with the q-tip and so because that sides bleeding I had to go and do it to the other side and I end it right back at the hospital! a lot of times when you have OCD you don't realize that you're doing certain things and a lot of times the medications do not work the best thing I had tried was Valium that helped with the anxiety but most of all is talking and it takes a long time for it to get under control.

[SomeKidWhoIsWeird]

This is very accurate to what helped me… when I almost starved to death.. I’m not kidding one bit, i can’t believe im still here

[CecileyBoynton]

It’s true, I HAD to flip the switch 3 or 10 times or else my family would get hurt; I HAD to go with my mom or she would get in a car accident; I HAD to finish my homework or my dad wouldn’t come home.
One day I thought- that doesn’t make sense and this is controlling me. I honestly don’t know how I broke out but I stopped doing the things my mind told me to and eventually they are faint but not controlling me. YOU CAN DO JT