If we said our OCD thoughts out loud

What it's like to be inside the mind of someone with OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) for 20 seconds.

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For information purposes only. Does not constitute clinical advice. Consult your local medical authority for advice. The information in this video was accurate as of the upload date, October 5, 2022.

If you or someone you know needs help immediately, you should take one of the following actions:
- go to your nearest hospital emergency room

[TheRealKN]

Ego dystonic OCD is very uncomfortable to live with, because when thoughts like these enter my head I can logically separate them my Self, although I can never quite gain enough agency to silence them, leaving me in an almost constant arousal state of incarnate uncertainty lol.

[yogeshsharma]

You just told my past 1 year in this short 😂

[llepicub]

As someome with OCD you just explained my entire life

[doindaworst]

Why do your videos make me cry so hard Also thank youuuu!!!!

[-Foliage-]

i was doubting having ocd since all the "official" examples i see are the same "if i dont do this an irrelevant bad thing will happen" so thanks so much for this video

[wendydomino]

I actually did wonder if I hit someone after hitting a bump on the road. Then I was upset that I hadn't stopped and was imagining my life in jail after getting arrested for hit and run. When I drove back that way to see if any ambulances or dead bodies were there of course there was nothing going on.

[hamsteryam]

I actually do this every day lol- it's so annoying though (I'm not diagnosed for OCD btw)

[KppyTherian]

It makes me feel so happy whenever I hear something that relates 2 me <3

[Thephillips-djpo]

dude just recorded all of our minds at once.

[AcousticThoughts]

Oh crap. The bump in the road one I get that all the time!

[Kajffari]

I've been thinking Ibhave OCD. I relate to everything in this video, and every day, I feel like all my rational thoughts are hidden somewhere. I don't want to have OCD, but I seem to.
It's seriously driving me insane

[angelaharris]

Had a freaking panic attack at school yesterday because I was thinking about how I’m gonna die at some point and everyone was looking at me because I was shaking and doing methods to calm down, and I had to go to the office so that’s fun 😃😭

[xcookie_crmbx]

Wow- you just spoke my mind- ( I have ocd i was diagnosed btw)

[flymypg]

I once had frequent repetitive behaviors start as a rare negative side effect of an antidepressant. The drug was halted immediately, and the symptoms faded over the following week. I'm a detail-oriented engineer who delights in spending time in a "flow" state, and it seems only a small brain chemistry nudge was needed to trigger the repetitive behaviors.

A few remnants remain. For example, I have to be vigilant while wiping my eyeglasses to avoid it becoming minutes of a mindless check-wipe cycle (also a procrastination behavior). I'm particularly vulnerable to "doom scrolling" on social apps (also procrastination). The one I dislike most (because its unrelated to procrastination) is that, for me, "Measure Twice, Cut Once" occasionally becomes "Measure Forever, Sever Never". Fortunately, they're only minor annoyances that are easily handled by paying attention in the moment.

(Truth be told, I generally buy extra-extra lumber just so I can move on and DO THE CUT! When a cut is especially critical, say into expensive lumber, I sometimes have the lumberyard cut it for me. Coping strategies WORK!)

[sadiet]

I do that but during my ad had test the Cyciotrist said nothing about ocd

[PixelatedLM]

The repeating is so realll.... My brain will want to say a certain sound.. And I just have to sit there like... Ssss.. Ssss.. Ssss.. Ughhh

[playharryy]

Hello doctor Ali you recently replied to my comment of like it’s like a voice in my head saying if life is learning or what if thoughts and I was wondering you said it could be many things what could these be?