35. OCD Treatment: What if I'm getting it 'wrong'? Do you worry about doing the treatment 'right'?

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[katied]

Apologies for uploading the unedited version!! AH well, I will just have to practice what I preach and leave it there. Just goes to show that even though I didn't check it and a mistake was made it's not the end of the world!

[t]

It is amazing to have such an expert of OCD help us through YouTube!! Much love in your direction!! Your explanations are so important and helpful

[angshumanroy]

We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to listen you. Thank you so much.

[yawssdin]

This is such a life-changing video! Thank you so much! I think this is just the video I needed to see to actually continue my OCD therapy after randomly stopping it. I really do think that OCD about the treatment has plagued me just as much as my OCD itself. So now I know I must let go regarding OCD about the treatment, then I can fix everything! Wow, I'm so grateful! Thank you again so much!

[vitamined]

I want to thank you so much. I couldn't afford therapy but your videos+meds made my life so much better. I can get out of bed now. Brushing my teeth and dressing up isn't frightening anymore. I can go outside again. I fought my life back. Now the only thing that I fear is that it will come back. But anyway, I'm really thankful

[sardinemasc]

your videos always pop up just when i need them. i started facing my ocd at home about a year ago now, with the help of your videos. I've stumbled pretty hard lately, doing compulsions i hadn't even noticed before, but these videos have been helping me refresh and I've become more confident again in my treatment and exposures :) your advice + a lot of mindfulness and compassion for myself have helped me become more curious and confident in noticing any triggers and facing them, rather than avoidant and insecure. thank you :)

[abhirupbasu]

Thanks a lot for uploading these videos

[akshayrjain]

Thank you Katie for ur informative videos . Unfortunately, there are many people who don't get proper quality treatment for OCD . I myself got under treated for 5 years and that time can never come back . I really hope that someday, ERP treatment is more accessible so that no one suffers in silence .

[KM-]

Thanks! I guess this can be applied for any situation where OCD attempts to make us second guess ourself, like even in academia.

[Khushi-cvhd]

Thank you so much for making videos. You are helping me a lot. Your videos are so important to me, thanks a lot. Seriously.❤️😭

[sonia]

Thank you so so much!! You are the reason why I'm finally starting to overcome my OCD. 2 years ago I found your videos and was finally able to admit to myself that what I was experiencing was indeed OCD. Your videos have been such a fundamental catalyst and I have been working on myself ever since! So thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart! I have checking OCD but have been able to overcome many of my compulsions. I am, however, still stuck on studying. I am a sixth year medical student and thus far have been able to pass my exams, but at a very high cost to myself in terms of time and psychological pain (studying becomes an endless cycle of uncertainty and checking!). I was wondering if you could offer any suggestions on the matter, maybe with a new video? This is one of the fields that, despite many attempts, I have not been able to improve.

[isbetosaurus]

Thank you so much! I really kept wondering about doing my treatment right, maybe bc of me being a perfectionist? But thank you for this video! This is a good guide for me to move forward

[wahid]

Great video. Thanks alot. Life saver you are

[starrypunk]

I’m trying to treat my ocd myself without treatment. Not complying with my compulsions is causing me to spiral into the worst panic attacks and depression I’ve ever experienced. I fear “treatment” is doing me more harm than good 😭😭

[Studynoworry]

Thank you so much ma'am
I've been struggling
May God bless you 🙏

[sabrinasaremi]

I love all your videos and they help me so much! I’d love love to see more ways to do ERP on specific types of OCD more for mental checking -

[Gigi_]

Ma'am please make a video on compulsive staring ocd.
It's killing me everyday. 😭

[louisstkr]

Hi Katie. I suffer from bad pure O and you’re Video’s really helped me a lot. The only thing I am still struggling with is how to not engage with the thoughts. I somehow always end up suppressing my thoughts. Or at least that’s what I think I am doing. It feels automatic and I really don’t know how to stop it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! 🙏 it’s really hard to find an OCD expert where I live.

[dxx]

I just found your channel and am truly in awe of what you're doing here. I know you probably get a lot of requests etc but if you were looking for some new ideas, i would love to listen to you talk about the symmetry obsession... Its kinda ruining my life. I dont understand why i have this need for certain things to be in a certain way and have no idea how to stop ( i sometimes adjust stuff for hours because they never seem even enough)

[saltiestsiren]

I love my thoughts and I hate the idea that they're my enemy or somehow don't matter. They're who I am, along with my emotions. I know I'm told otherwise but I just don't believe it, I'm nothing without my mind and my thoughts