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i hope the people who are like “ugh i’m such a perfectionist...i’m so ocd right now!” watch this... 😐

“If you don’t like it then just stop” that’s like telling someone who’s having an asthma attack to “just breathe”

Having OCD honestly makes you feel like you're possessed. It's like you have a demon in your head who is constantly trying to outsmart you, find your weak points, and tear you apart however it can. It's pure Hell, and makes you constantly feel alone. Nobody deserves to go through OCD and I have nothing but respect for the soldiers who are still fighting in spite of it. I wish you all luck.

OCD has affectively ruined my life since I was six years old. I am diagnosed with it, so I can speak about this from an inside perspective. It takes everything out of you, and seeing people pretend to have this disorder to be cute and quirky is awful for people who really have this. Anyone who has OCD, my love goes out to you. I hope you’re all okay.

you gotta do "i spent a day with suicide hotline dispatchers"

Pettion for “Anthony spends a day with whoever fixes his ceiling after each video”

ocd has to be the most misunderstood disorder out there. i remember in school, my classmates all thought it meant "obsessive cleaning disorder" and would say that had ocd when they wanted desks to be perfectly lined up, pencils to be organized, etc

OCD is a monster, nobody deserves to go through it I JUST NOTICED. 187 LIKES

You have to do “I spent a day with wrongfully convicted people”

I can not stress this enough, OCD IS NOT JUST BEING NEAT.

I have this oddly specific compulsion that my eyes have to be perfectly positioned and staring 100% parallel at the ceiling before I can close my eyes to go to sleep. If it didn’t feel 100%, I open my eyes and do it all over again. I’ve spent nights just sobbing because I couldn’t get it right. I have this overwhelming fear about my eyes crossing when I’m trying to fall asleep and I legit still can’t make sense of it 20 years later lmao

I have OCD and ADHD. Mental Health awareness is one of the most important causes to get through to people. Kudos to Anthony for all the work he’s doing.

it’s crazy how Anthony hasn’t won a Streamy yet for how eye-opening his series is

I died at “just a dude vibing in the world”... just the way he phrased that was funny

I basically sobbed throughout this entire video. Ocd is so miserable, I hate it so much. It is comforting to know that you’re not alone.

I remember when my OCD would send me into a panic attack at least five times a week. The stress and shame that OCD puts me through made every waking moment filled with anxiety and made me develop severe secondary depression. The worst thing about OCD is learning it will always be there, and you have to learn to deal with it. Even though I'm the most mental stable that I have been my whole life, my OCD can easily bring back the despair I felt at the lowest time in my life. OCD is not about being a perfectionist, its about obsession. Obsession ,shame ,fear and pure despair. It will get better if you look for help, but its a daily battle. You will get stronger though. You just need to keep pushing and find people who will love you for you and not your mental disorder. They exists. You are not a freak. Your mind is not broken. Your just wired differently and that's okay. You will be okay🙂

I’d like him to do “I spent a day with Pathological liars”

Let’s please end the “cleaning freak” stigma.

Do you guys ever stay up at night alone and just wonder if things are ever gonna get better or is that just me?

Shame is a huge component. One of the most prominent ways in which my OCD manifests itself is through dermatillomania (compulsive skin picking). It’s awful to have to walk around covered in wounds because goddamn goosebumps were too much of an inconsistency in texture on my arms, or not wanting to shake people’s hands because I ripped all the skin off of my cuticles. And they just never heal, because of course scabs and scars aren’t uniform in texture, so they have to go too.

It makes me so angry when clean “freaks” and organised people are like “OMG I have OCD”. It’s not that simple.

“Just a dude, vibing in the world.”

Looking at the good effects of psilocybin mushrooms on OCD and depression I had a test, the effects of just one dose of psilocybin mushroom gave me an encouraging result.

Please, can you do "I spent a day with dyslexics" because there are lots of misconceptions about it and I feel it would be interesting for people who don't have dyslexia.

Tazia's pronouns: they/them Sam's pronouns: he/him Luke: just a dude

I strongly dislike people who go around saying when they are ordering colored pencils in class saying they have OCD. People don't understand how serious this is.

I’d love to see one on hypochondria or health anxiety. I feel like it’s easy to blow off and make fun of, but I have it and it can destroy you emotionally, physically, and mentally

I have severe ocd, and this video made me feel like i wasn't the only one out here... the hardest part of ocd is eventually blocking out certain intrusive thoughts, and them coming back different. even more, when your rituals become unsafe to continue. life is tough. don't judge a book by its cover, be kind to everyone you meet, you never know the depth of what some people are going thru❤❤

To all those who think having ocd is some quirky personality trait, didn’t spend half my life in therapy for a fucking quirky personality trait 🙃

Any disorder exists: People of 16th century: DEMON POSSESSION

Oh my God! "The whole reason why something is classified as a mental disorder is that it impairs functioning and causes distress in someone's life. So there will never be--in history--a mental disorder where people point to it, and they're like, 'I wish I had that,' because that would defeat the whole point." Yeeeessssss!!!! Incredible. I love that comment.

i don’t have OCD but when i was in residential psych treatment (i was in there for BPD and substance use disorder), there was another resident with OCD who told me that they’d have terrible intrusive thoughts while driving where they’d become convinced that they’d run over someone if they didn’t tap the steering wheel 4 times. the way they described their symptoms to me helped me understand the disorder much better. thanks anthony for a great video! i feel like a lot of people don’t understand what OCD actually is.

Could you suicide attempt survivors I feel like that’s something that a lot of people don’t want to talk about, but can help a lot of people.

Thanks for educating people on this issue and highlighting the debilitating side of it. As someone who also suffers from OCD, it drives me crazy seeing it being romanticised so much. Keep up the great work!

They’re so brave. Speaking on our obsessions and intrusive thoughts is so personal and vulnerable, as someone with OCD I don’t think I could talk about mine with in front of the internet. I have a hard time even speaking with my therapist about them.

i was very recently diagnosed with OCD (like, not even a month ago i was diagnosed), and as i start to unpack what of my behaviors are attributed to OCD, i realize how much it affects me, primarily my sleep and emotions. saying i have a "beehive" brain honestly feels right. for me i have a few different strong intrusive thoughts, most of which have been from childhood. my strongest intrusive thought is that im being watched or stalked, that someone is going to pop out and hurt me if i turn my back, so i have to check multiple times. at night, ill get out of bed multiple times to check hiding spots around my room or make sure my door is locked, i cant leave my room after dark no matter what, and many times now ive woken up at midnight with such awful intrusive thoughts that i cannot go back to sleep. its still hard for my family/friends and even my therapist to understand. i really cant describe how distressing it is to feel unsafe in your own home, especially when everyone else feels perfectly fine. i also struggle heavily with depression and a few other issues, so another intrusive thought is that im faking it or being dramatic or convincing myself im worse off than i actually am (despite having multiple diagnosises). when this thought occurs, i mentally start to list off everything thats wrong with me as if i need to prove myself to someone, and i end up spiraling into a negative space, which has led me to some very bad "coping" skills. i also struggle with morality based intrusive thoughts, partially relating to a past trauma. i get convinced that im an awful person and hurting everyone i love, so i distance myself, or i have to routinely check with people and ask them "do you hate me?" or "am i a bad friend to you?" another is the fear of my technology being accidentally shared with someone else. i cant use certain apps because i become convinced that the private things i do on them (like drafting scripts, private convos with friends, or writing down my feelings, or even casual things like watching youtube videos) are actually public and everyone is going to see them. i have to shut my phone off at night multiple times because im convinced its accidentally broadcasting to my parents tv and bothering them. like most disorders, some people have it harder than others. i think for me its fairly mild, but its still very hard to deal with. im just glad that now that im diagnosed, i dont have to feel ashamed or embarrassed, and i can start looking into coping mechanisms and medical help.

Hoarding is a form of OCD. it's weird how OCD is portrayed as being such a "cleanliness disease" when in reality OCD is a huge spectrum like autism almost. Just thought I'd add my 2 ¢.

I hate when people say, “oh, I’m so OCD!” because they like to organize shit. .... Thank you for showing that OCD is so much more than that. It is hard and it takes so many hours out of my day and it sucks when people make it less than it is. Also, try having issues with things being contaminated during a pandemic. My hands aren’t even the same color as the rest of my body anymore.

OCD is debilitating, I wish there was a way out. Them describing it as a never ending escape room is so true, thank you for making these videos. I finally feel heard and understood

As someone who has OCD my goal is to learn to make it work for me and form a sort of symbiotic relationship with it. Instead of trying to ignore it or let it control me I'll use it as a reminder. A good example would be me forgetting something. OCD would remind me and tell me you forgot something. Then I'll think about it and if I think I left something I'll go to check. This could cause me to grab something I would have otherwise forgotten.

I'm diagnosed with severe OCD and I was really glad to see this video. The only thing I would like to point out is that Freud's ideas on OCD have been thoroughly debunked... people with intrusive thoughts about violent things for example do not secretly want to commit acts of violence, they are horrified by that thought. I think pointing that out is important because people with OCD sometimes commit suicide because they are convinced they are secretly monsters for having such thoughts.

I completely agree re: how upsetting it is when people say that OCD is a ‘beneficial disorder’ - my boss once told me that I was lucky to have OCD because it probably made me the organized person that I am. This was upsetting because a) having OCD sucks and b) it made me feel like my actual work ethic and attention to detail wasn’t really appreciated because it was incorrectly attributed to this horrible thing that I have to live with

It’s debilitating. I have OCD, if anyone wants to ask me anything about it I’m an open book. Stay strong friends.

I can totally relate to the 'wanting to do good' point. My intrusive thoughts almost always revolve around whether or not I'm doing the right thing. I was diagnosed with OCD when I was a kid, though didn't really realize it until I was an adult. I didn't think I had it because I wasn't a clean freak. Then, I saw a video on OCD and someone mentioned that people with OCD may have immense interests or obsess over faith-based issues. Then it clicked. As a Jesus follower, I remember getting stuck in a 5-month loop where I was having some terrifying faith-based obsessions. Waking up EVERY DAY with this weight on my mind, worried that I wasn't going to be okay. I want to clarify, the intrusive thoughts were not warranted by family members or anything like that; in fact, my family was very supportive and tried to help me in the best way they could. I know many people have negative experiences coming from religious backgrounds, but my experience was very positive. I had lots of loving church members who prayed with me, and my parents paid to get me counseling during that time. Good news is I was able to get stuck out of the loop and get back on track. The psychologist taught me some effective coping techniques, such as talking back to the intrusive thoughts or putting the spotlight on them. Still living my life as a Christian and I'm now writing a cartoon on mental health based on my experiences (String Theory TV on UKposts). It will also include coping mechanisms and ways to handle your mental health struggles ☺

"I spent a day with diagnosed non-violent psychopaths" pls do this. its a thing look it up

I have religious ocd so the little intrusive thoughts disguise themselves as “the voice of God”. Extremely stressful and tiring.

Thanks for doing a video on this, I actually have a classmate who claims has OCD because he says that he loves to clean and being organized/neat I don’t have OCD but I think I might be in the early stages or it might be developing but it could be my really bad anxiety but it really gets on my nerves when people misuse and self diagnose themselves with such serious illnesses and disorders.

Thanks for doing this video, I’m diagnosed with OCD and I hate it when people assume it’s just being organized.

I feel horrible, because my best friend always repeats actions that take so much of her time, and I simply would get mad at her because it bothered me. I didn't stop to think about how she was feeling. She goes back and forth and jumps every time she passes certain spots in the sidewalk by where we live, she opens and closes all doors multiple times, touches her mirrors with her face before she leaves her home, kisses her phone 10 times exactly (but it went up,) taps her car, pauses videos/movies every few minutes, and so many more. We are neighbors and have grown up together, so go places with her often. It takes a VERY long time to get into the car, because she has a very tedious ritual she sometimes repeats for "safety." One time, after she almost missed the bus because of running and jumping back and forth on the sidewalk, so I sat down with her at her house after school. I asked her why she did all this stuff. She said she felt like herself and specifically her family was in serious danger if she didn't do this stuff. She said she didn't know why and began to cry. I always see her touching things over and over. I am so disappointed in myself for only thinking of myself at first. Her mother doesn't understand, she says it's annoying. It broke my heart every time after that conversation when I saw repeatedly touching her face to her phone while she was on call with her mom. I still blame myself for forcing her to start trying to hide her compulsions. When her and I are able to hangout again, we'll watch a movie, and I will not yell at her for pausing the movie every couple minutes. This video was very informative, thank you!

As someone who suffers from OCD i think its important to educate people that OCD is more than just 'being neat'. I truly thank you for what you do Anthony.

I know for me, sometimes I can joke about how my OCD makes me good at cleaning. It's become a bit of a joke within my family. But I don't think people realize just how incredibly disruptive having obsessions and compulsions around actions or thoughts are. Some tasks take me so long just because I feel this need to act out a certain behavior, sometimes even several times. It's a frustrating disorder. And I'm really glad that you made a video on this (even though I'm pretty late to it), because I feel like it's so hard to describe those feelings or urges without sounding crazy.

My boyfriend has OCD and the intrusive thoughts are literally so difficult sometimes. I am always willing to help if I can, but those thoughts can be very dark sometimes. I don't wanna reveal too much to maintain his privacy when it comes to this stuff. I love him so much, and I'll do whatever it takes to make him feel safe and happy.

You should spend a day with ADHD people next. That should be interesting.

I’ve always been worried that I had OCD myself, as I’ve have thoughts of compulsion that was like a sudden competition for myself, like if I didn’t suddenly turn on a certain light within a small period of time, the worst things would happen to my family. But I know that my anxiety has been a main cause of the worst case scenarios, so it caused symptoms of OCD.

For the majority of my life, I thought I was crazy. I didn’t realize that intrusive thoughts were a product of OCD. I’ve learned a lot about it since, and thought I wouldn’t wish this on anyone, I now find comfort in knowing I’m not alone. Thank you for sharing this. It is so important to shed light on a term that loosely gets tossed around.

As someone with OCD I am very happy to see some light shed on this disorder. It's just such a misunderstood disorder, it always annoys me to see people like "I have OCD, I'm just so obsessed with perfection." People seem to think I'm faking it by saying or explaining to them the way it actually is. They always say "thats not real" or "its just perfection *OCD doesn't exist* " When I was diagnosed in grade 4 my therapist had to explain it to me because all the information on the internet was *false* Thanks for reading my rant I guess.

The ceiling repair guy is probably making a living off anthonys ceiling alone

i told my therapist i thought i had ocd (really bad intrusive thoughts, some compulsions, etc) and she was like “doesn’t everyone have a little ocd?” and that was that. imma go back and double down i think lmao

OCD feels like their is another person in your head controlling you, people don't recognize that it is on the top 10 debilitating mental disorders

I used to have such bad intrusive thoughts. I was never diagnosed, but along with other things I’m sure I had some from of OCD. I’m glad I was eventually able to cope and overcome it to a certain degree!

I want him to do “I spent a day with people with Eating Disorders”. I had both Anorexia and Bulimia and it’s absolutely horrifying.

Whenever I mention about being neat and tidy, people often say “oh so you have OCD”, no, I don’t. My mum has it and i always knew I didn’t have it, this video has made me realise I probably don’t have it. People need to realise it’s a bigger thing than just being neat and organised. Thank you for this.

I was diagnosed with OCD since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting OCD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

THANK YOU!!!! As someone with worsening OCD I'm very glad you made this. It makes me so happy to know that someone would finally speak abt this

i feel bad for the person who has to fix Anthony's ceiling after every video

"OCD is a disorder of degree, not difference." I love that so much.

wishing the best to all my fellow OCD warriors. I was in a crisis for a long time, though, things have been looking up, it gets better❤. Rumination OCD is so debilitating and miserable. The fear it instills in you is such a horrible feeling. We can all manage this ❤️❤️

Watching all these episodes on mental heath I see awareness of different parts of my mental health on a widespread platform and I love how honest and open these videos feel

For me at least, OCD is like living in a time loop, especially when it comes to checking compulsions. You just keep doing the same thing over and over and over again, and you know you've been there, you've been there for so long, but you have to do the thing _one more time_ because the last time you didn't do it in just the right way in order to get rid of the obsessive thought that's causing it. Fun times (:

“I spent a day with endometriosis patients” A chronic disease that needs a lot more attention and research

I was diagnosed with OCD in 2011. I described it to my therapist as it's like having a bully in my head 24/7 who knows all of my thoughts and wants to use them to bring me down. I remember once in sixth grade when there was a snowstorm and it knocked out the power and I freaked out and started to cry because I thought we would be trapped in the school forever. I have contamination and reassurance seeking and the type where I feel like something will happen to my family or friends if I do XYZ. Can't remember what it's called. It's annoying when people say just stop doing it. Like if I could I would.

This is incredibly validating for me. I was diagnosed with OCD a few years ago but can see that I’ve probably had it most of my life. (I’m now in a freshman in college). I’m getting unexpectedly emotional while watching this video because i identify with so many of the things described. A big part of my ocd is obsessive worrying and I’ve always worried that I was crazy or just messed up. Hearing other people explain what I’ve been dealing with for most of my life is honestly pretty amazing. Thank you to all of the people who spoke in this video ❤️

may sound stupid but how does he do his intro does he like jump off a ladder or something????

“As recently as the 16th Century” Internet culture: *2015 is nostalgic.*

I cried so much during this video... I've never been able to relate this much and no psychiatrist has ever explained what I'm going through properly. Thank you so much for this series, this particular episode actually gave me the words to explain how I'm feeling...

I've strugged with OCD since I was around 5 to 6 years old. At that time, I just thought that I was completely crazy in my head, doing all those "rituals" that made no sense. But in the end was the only way to slow down the intrusive thoughts like I would get killed, or someone is going to harm my family/friends if I don't do this or if I don't do that. I was only diagnosed with OCD when I was 21 years old (I am 23 now), which was a bit late tbh but it helped me a lot to just speak everything that was happening to me to a therapist. I come from a very small town in Portugal and a lot of people don't know what is OCD and they even might suffer from it.. which is what happened to me. I lived many years in complete ignorance to this mental desease. Thank you so much Anthony for posting these types of videos. For me in particular makes me feel less alone when I see people facing the same struggles as I did/do

From a “Pure O” OCD sufferer - thank you so much for helping to destigmatize this illness to a wide audience.

Thank you so much for this. I can't stress enough how many people you help with doing this. I have OCD and this really helps me feel less alone, and I can imagine that there are lots of people who don't even know they have OCD and just thinks they are a terrible person, so this will hopefully make them realize that it IS normal and that they CAN get help!

I thought I was nuts for years before getting diagnosed, thanks for posting this ❤

I hate when people just say " my ocd is triggered" without them actually having it... They are often perfectionists or simply like having things neat

CAN WE TAKE A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE HOW HE GIVES VOICES TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES

I was only recently diagnosed with OCD but I didn't realize that having internal arguments over and over again that I can't stop was a compulsion. I have intrusive thoughts about conflicts that might happen and then can't stop repeating it over and over in my head

I have pure and normal OCD. I want to thank you for making this video and educating the world about this very serious mental disorder 💗

OCD is literally debilitating. I totally relate to the shame / guilt of having intrusive thoughts. I don’t want to think of the things I’m thinking of whatsoever yet my OCD makes me.

As someone with OCD, I was super excited to see your video on this! Thank you Anthony for shedding light on this topic! 💕 Amazing work as always :)

Finally seeing a therapist and psychiatrist after suffering for 12 almost 13 years ☺️ it’s still tough but you’re not alone. Thank you Anthony for covering this. Mine is scrupulosity.

Omg the obsessions with being authentic and being honest - felt so relatable to all of my life. I have anxiety which I cope with in a very compulsive way, so not OCD but I relate so much to a lot of the behaviors, something which I felt kind of silenced in expressing since not everyone with anxiety acts this way, - just not something I do all the time.

It’s refreshing to hear OCD explained. It’s extremely misunderstood. I struggle daily and I hear people romanticize the disorder.

lol i wonder how they feel when people are like “omggg my pencil has to be straight your triggering my ocd😤🙄🤪”

when i'm alone my rituals doesn't seem THAT strange, but when i'm with other people i feel so embarassed about doing the rituals, but i just can't not do them, so it brings so much anxiety to me

This video made me feel seen. I’m currently getting help for my ocd and I’m glad that this has been helping to spread awareness

AS SOMEONE WITH OCD THANK U FOR THE RECOGNITION

ALSO EVERYONE PLZ REMEMBER THAT OCD IS NOT AN ADJECTIVE!!! IF YOURE VERY ORGANIZED USE A DIFFERENT WORD. ITS FRUSTRATING FOR OCD SUFFERERS TO SEE THEIR ILLNESS DOWNPLAYED.

as someone diagnosed with ocd i related so much to all of this. when i received my diagnosis i felt like i was the only person dealing with this and hearing their stories is so comforting.

It feels so good to see other people talk about it. You can feel that there's a whole community of people that suffer for the same you and that you're not alone.

Maybe you could do a “I spent a day with people who had eating disorders”

“I spent a day with peoplewho has derealization and depersonalization" PLEASE PLEASE

My therapist has been occasionally referring to some of my behaviors with “OCD” and I never gave it much thought but... this video made me realize that I might actually have OCD. I had always just thought that what I do was from anxiety, but Ive been realizing that it might not just been that. Thank you for that - I’m going to bring it up at my next session :)

I'm diagnosed with OCD and never knew about existential OCD and that that is what I'm experiencing. I'm not always aware that something that I'm doing is a compulsion or an intrusive thought. Thank you. I've been struggling with these thoughts and have been feeling crushed by them. Now that I know it's my OCD, it's actually a bit calming for me.