5 ERP Tips for Anxiety: #2 You can stop the compulsions

For being social...

[crystalgaylemyi]

The paradox of recovery :
"If you really want to experience it less, you will have to experience it more first". Do the opposite.
Although it's "extremely" difficult. But I know I have no choice but to do it. It's the only way out from Ocd.

Thank you very much💙.
💟God bless you for helping all of us who struggles immensely

[ahill]

Mark, thank you very much for speaking out on this hidden disease. After having OCD for much of my 54 years of life, I have finally started successfully (with a year of therapy) to conquer this disease. I'm realizing this is more of an ongoing war than just winning a final battle. Your videos are fantastic because they really reinforce a lot of the valuable guidance I've gotten in therapy. Thank you for speaking on this unspoken disease.

[kye]

i keep coming back to this video every time i experience these feelings. Thank you so much for this!💛

[americablessgod]

His point: Don't give into the compulsions, expose yourself to higher anxiety. (This will reduce compulsions and anxiety). You don't have to or need to, it will take you to an unhealthy, vicious cycle.

[mk]

Hey mark, thank you for this amazing tips, just wanted to let you know that because of you I got the strength to treat my OCD, you're my role model, thanks for the motivation!

[mellorocks]

this is so motivating, thank you for posting this and sharing your knowledge with us!

[tlukay]

So, to sum it up, everyday is opposite day for the recovering OCD sufferer :)

[kevinjohnsloan]

Wow i have only just found your videos recently & they have helped me so much you explain things so well thank you Mark you have really helped with trying to overcome my OCD!

[Prabhsehajbawa]

Thankyou man I suffering from OCD for 3 years thank for helping please make more videos I subscribed ..

[laceincission]

My compulsions are mostly imagined compulsions, i indulge in Q&A with my mind, always come disguised like something very important and no matter how many times i try to make peace with it, it doesn't leave. I hope this helps the next time it comes around

[shihochan]

Checking, ruminating, avoiding things or events that will cause me anxiety are my problem.. I cant enjoy my life anymore and i am so tired doing all of my compulsions everyday until i found your videos here in YouTube.. Your message or your advice here is my inspiration to battle my mental illness Thank you so much mark, you are truly a godsend, please do more videos, dont stop what you are doing and god bless...

PS.. Sorry for The wrong grammar, i am not good in english haha!! Anyway thanks again...

[ocdairport]

For some people, baby steps is what is more effective...but for those who can jump right in and manage to defeat their OCD...they deserve an award!  I have incredibly powerful OCD, along with Asperger's, and starting a channel was MY beginning to help myself and others!  Great video! 

[ahill]

Mark, you are the man. Thank you for this wisdom.

[VeganowledgeJJ]

It is effecting my work My passions My relationships The things I can’t or won’t do now is crazy. I eat & thought I recall when I could do this or that & not think about it. I feel really strong when I watch the videos Then I do the compulsions. I have to really do it if it’s something I avoid & I have to stop the compulsions I get it logically & like you said it’s really difficult. I’m stronger than this & I don’t want the guilt if I happen to be controlling the situations . When I say it outloud it sounds ridiculous to myself yet in that moment it’s the realest thing I have experienced. Thanks for the info & guidance

[youngink]

Man that second tip changed My lite god pless u bro

[parisdupree-johnson]

Please post a video on mental ‘checking’ or monitoring of thoughts.

[cwlbinch]

 I have been diagnosed with OCD and  given a booklet to work from. An introduction to coping with OCD by Lee Brosan and advised to work from the Intrusive thoughts chapter.  To summarize it states setting aside 10 to 30 mins  a day to have the thoughts that cause anxiety. I think it works along the lines of e.g first day at school(anxiety very high) 200 school days later? You get used to the thoughts and they stop seeming so frightening. I was also advised to  practice  mindfulness by a psychiatrist here in England. Things have improved e.g I spent nearly a year off work with OCD,  but last year had no time off at all.  However I am always going to "punch hard". Anyway thanks for your interest and I wish you continued good health.

[Ma-tujd]

Also i feel that this struggle to resist the compulsion is worth the energy than the energy thst you put to overthink
If feel its like when you wake uo early, at the end of the day u feel tired but in a good way. Youve accomplished a lot and feel exhausted but again in a good way. Its not lile if you stayed up late and then woke uo late -》 there the fatigue is much more uncomfortable

[Ma-tujd]

Thats funny because i feel that at the begining this feeling is not funny at all but then you feel even when its difficult its quite satisfying to feel that to feel that you resist that storm

[susieq]

I have social anxiety due to obsessive thinking and over analyzing with all forms of communication. I am constantly thinking ''is this going well, is this what you would consider a flow of conversation, am i enjoying the conversation, am i engaging in the conversation well, why am i so anxious right now-'' and so on and so on. I also tend to make up happy imaginary scenarios in my head. Like me having a good time with people and what my life would be like without my anxiety, and me living in a state where I am enjoying myself. I often do this along with music and will walk around the house just imagining I am in a whole different world- haha very strange I know. Are these considered impulsion?