It’s so true the general public knows so little about OCD.

I only learned within the last year that there's a very good chance I have been living with OCD since I was a kid and have been calling it anxiety and possibly even got misdiagnosed with anxiety instead due to the fact that majority of what I experience to be OCD symptoms is all within my thought process. It also took me months to accept that knowledge and reach out to my doctor for a referral to a psychiatrist. And to think what started my process of educating myself on OCD was a TikTok post. It's intriguing how much society influences our life's.

I agree, for me it's about urges that I cannot control.. those urges could be a lot different things or thoughts

Exactly

Thank you for sharing. It's so nice to hear someone else having a similar experience.

Please does anyone know where I can get them? I put so much on my plate and it really affects my stress and anxiety levels, I would love to try shrooms

@Micheal Harris Is he on instagram?

Shrooms was the best trip I had. It was an amazing experience.

Dr.spores is the best, he's been my go to for anything psychedelics.

Do you microdose daily? My life is to hectic to take shrooms and go on a trip.

Me too. Today I had an epiphany realizing that rumination and intrusive thoughts have controlled literally my entire life. I can't even fully wrap my head around how much makes sense now.

How do you know if you have OCD?

​@@cleverclovercreates3249 therapy.

@@shapeshifter16 You mean a medical diagnosis?

@@kaitlinvazquez1565Yes... My therapist mentioned that I was codependent on my routine and I was shookith. I thought I needed MORE structure. 😅

This is spot on.

I can relate to that!! I have ADHD as well and my psychiatrist also said that I might have a perfectionistic personality disorder or OCD, but I kinda disagreed with her because I don't have the typical OCD compulsions we've learned to understand growing up. However, I am very obsessive over tiny details to the point that it obstructs whatever I try to do. For example, if I want to work on a project, my working table have to be in a specific way, my chair has to support my back in a specific way, if ONE thing is out of place, I will keep on tweaking until it's perfect, but even then, I'll just end up frustrated(where the ADHD emotional dysregulation comes in) and give up before even doing anything.

Apparently OCD and ADHD actually have totally different brain changes and ADHD is sometimes misdiagnosed when it's really OCD

@@dsakurai This sounds very much like perfectionistic OCD to me! I'm an OCD survivor of 40 years and, imho, I agree with your Dr.'s diagnosis. Perhaps ERP would be helpful for you. Wishing you all the best in your healing journey!

It could also just be stress. If you are stressed you are not present and aren't registering what you are doing. And on top of that when you are stressed you will be more susceptible to anxiety over that very same thing. Everything isn't adhd, probably nothing is. I'm saying this as someone "diagnosed with adhd" and hurt by the "medicine", psychiatry is incompetent and irresponsible. And videos like these aren't helping. They might seem to, but in the long run they don't. Everything isn't pathology, most things are circumstantial and based on trauma and lifestyle, stressors, sleep, exercise, diet etc.

can contamination OCD be non-germ related? I'm okay with germs, but i'm constantly on hyper alert if a tomato or tomato product has been touching anything near me.

@@Avbitten it can be, yes. Compulsions for that could be to keep checking to make sure that there is not a tomato product near you due to the obsessive anxiety about if tomato products have contaminated the surfaces around you or you itself. It's easy to get caught up with the specific themes (think: subtype) when a lot of them have a fair amount of overlap because OCD is OCD and it's common to experience multiple themes or to experience things that don't fit neatly into one theme. Focus on the patterns if you're trying to determine if you have OCD rather than the specific themes so you can notice what may be an obsession and what may be the compulsion for that. There doesn't have to be a logical reason for the obsession and the compulsions tend to be excessive given the situation/scenario.

Can it be OCD that someone is having check on me all the time, someone is following me, someone is hacking my account. 24 hour thoughts

@@mariajamali9029 that sounds like a stalker who is obsessed with you and you only .. so no I wouldn’t class that as OCD ..I’d class that as somebody that could be dangerous ..I’d report them to police ..Stay safe

@@mariajamali9029 sounds lika paranoia

Lacan would agree.

agree - another manifestation of anxiety

The compulsive behaviors are the coping mechanism for the obsession/anxiety, yes. OCD itself, no.

How do you turn it into a positive? My anxiety is always so negative. I want to learn to live with it. Its not going to go away. I've tried everything. So how can I turn it in a positive thing instead

@@el-bk6tw I don't know too much about it, and nothing about you, but I think the concept is simple enough. Live authentically, don't deny or hide away yourself etc. I think Gabor Mate has talks about this on youtube. I would also look into childhood trauma. Patrick Teahan makes a lot of sense around this. There's a need for reparenting yourself, to foster a feeling of safety and self-confidence. Other than that, exercise like hell. This is THE best say to alleviate anxiety and replacing it with feel good hormones. You may have vitamine deficiencies, hormone deficiencies if you've lived with it for a long time. Try and de-stress in every healthy way possible.

Oh wow I never thought about it but maybe that’s why I struggle so much with math I have to recheck even the simplest problems constantly

The same thing happened to me in school!

I told one of my friends I thought I might be ADHD. She said “Of course you do, we’re friends, and I have it too.” It was an eye opening moment because I realized she, and many of the friends I’ve had through out my life, are nero-divergent to some degree or other and those were the people I felt most comfortable with because I didn’t feel the need to mask around them. It just became another piece of the puzzle for me. There are people I haven’t talked to about because I know they’ll brush it off. Mostly I’ve found that when I explain to them what ADHD really is and clear away some misconceptions and tell them the symptoms I see in myself then it clicks. When I told my husband he dismissed it right away saying he has ADHD and I don’t have the same symptoms, but it can look different from person to person so I pointed out the symptoms I do have, like how he keeps telling me I’m overly sensitive. Then it clicked and he was able to see it too.

Yes. It is very harmful when someone is vulnerable about their life to dismiss and deny their experience. I am so sorry you had people respond that way. My mom always told me I wasn't depressed because I had nothing in life to be unhappy about. She never understood that the thing making me feel hopelessly trapped and as if nothing could ever improve was being stuck with her as a parent.

Were those two invalidating 1/2 wits therapists? Took me 40 years on the planet to learn to validate myself. Hope you’re able to do the same! Keep working on yourself; and surround yourself with kind and empathetic people.

To everyone here, I have seen the likes and read your messages…. Thank you for your understanding and validation and sorry for our suffering ❤️💚❤️

I don't think PTSD and anxiety would be a hinderance, but as a former psych patient, psychiatrists see some pretty fricked up stuff. You never really know what it's like to talk to someone who's psychotic and deluded until you're actually in front of them. Just make sure you can take it in and not let it cause you sleepless nights ^^

It helps you because you are aware and keeping an open mind

Amy Tan unintended memoir on Netflix is very interesting and I think it’s from a writers perspective

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Definitely discuss these symptoms with someone who specializes in OCD and anxiety.

It will be fine. Try to analyse your life. In my opinion, you have some troubles and because you're not fixing your problems in real life, you have these thoughts. Take care.

Me too I can tell I have a mental disorder I just don't know what. It is torture . Seriously. I would not wish mental illness on anyone and I will never judge . People look at me like they're so happy I'm suffering. They're so glad . Smh

So sorry to hear. Keep your head up. You got this. Hope you have a great day! God bless and the Lord Jesus loves you unconditionally and is willing to help

60 years for me. The struggle is real my friend.

There’s also a genetic component to these issues and especially OCD.

me too. i actually only knew i have ocd after watching an anime ep (about compulsive counting) and god that feeling of not being crazy anymore. it's good

Don’t worry too much about the self diagnosing , I know for a fact I have adhd but I don’t have medical insurance to even see a therapist/doctor or whoever, but knowing my symptoms and seeing what others have been done or are doing is helping. Do what’s best for you ❤

Self-diagnosis is completely valid if you've done extensive research (as opposed to seeing a few TikTok videos and thinking, 'That's so me!') As the person above me said, acquiring a diagnosis is very expensive; don't feel that you're required to get one whether you can't afford it or just don't want one :) Also, I see a fellow MOA. Have a wonderful day/night!!

@@samellison4452 you’re a moa too 👀

@@Likelyfairy So is OP! :o

Agree with you and to realise you aren't alone is useful too, I started full on OCD when I was having my first child, it got really intense in the early years, brought on I think by an acute anxiety over a few things, intrusive thoughts, having to perform daily rituals it is a lonely and at times exhausting experience, I don't know about you but I knew it was not a rational thing to be or do but the compulsion would keep it going - it takes many years later to understand this is a lot more common than I ever thought, and that in itself has helped remove a lot of the shame I had in the early years. It must stem from childhood experiences, biology or a predisposition to anxiety - glad you got to understand it better, and all the best to you 👍

Well Done🙏👏😇🤗😘👈👏

I am not sure whom you pray to but just saying if you will talk an pray to Jehovah God he can heal you nothing else ever will no meds no counselor no doctor they can help with the symptoms but they can’t problem It is childhood or adult trauma or both that causes the anxiousness O’Brein the body keeps the score example if you’ve been childhood I’ve been into toxic relationships in your adulthood and it has been basically what they referred to as narcissistic abuse does causes anxiety ex depression and the only way of healing is to walk with Jehovah God which is what I have been doing for four years unfortunately I was misled by Satan but there again Jesus Christ save me once again from a new age practice and now I’m on my journey with him through him for him no matter how hard it gets I’ll never leave the path is not easy but with him it is durable so pray Jehovah is your only healer there is no Doctor No counselor no therapist that can heal the soul and the spirit body in mind all the God Jehovah God sending lots of prayers to you love and light

Yes, same here. Whew. What a relief that you weren't talking about the other type of alphabet soup.

You must quit! She‘s a narc maybe even sociopath - she sees exactly how good you are, but wants to ruin you. As she is succeeding, you MUST quit!!!

@@karadiberlino I did! I work for someone else now and things are going well :)

Wow I’m so grateful I read all this comments and get to yours I have the same history I work in mental health clinic and my supervisor she is OCD, hard worker person perfectionist, and also I work Hard Plus I really Love my Job but remember No body is perfectionist and that is the Bigger problem, she treats me just the way your boss was treating you but because I LOVE my job and what I do I can deal with her and I pray for her always with all my heart I wish you all the best💛

Get out of that job dear

I stayed in a job like that until I got medically signed off as too sick to work due to mental breakdown. Please look after yourself ❤

I changed my therapist because of this. I suggest that to you too. It's worth another try. :)

@@Xcess007 Thank You for taking the time to respond. 🙏

A lot of therapists, psychologes, psychiatrists have no clue what they are doing. I figured the following things that can happen with any of those>>> They do not know much. They have no clue, what they are doing. They have no insight, low emotional intelligence, low IQ, not able to grasp what you' re saying, bad i judging, have no depth, are supperficial, projection, non empathic, themselves autistic, have personality disorders, no insight in their own problems and own background. They only care about their own benefits, earning money. Only care about their own power and control over you. Abuse their power. No recognition of what is autism, adhd/add, psychopathy, narcissism and so on, learning disabilities. Not recognizing, that your mental problems are caused by nutrient deficienties, molds, toxins, gut/brain relation issues. Not recognizing you have medical issues, like lyme disease, CFS, auto immune dideases, dementia and so on... Not recognizing you being abused, in a toxic relationship. Are only interrested to deal drugs/meds. Are not interrested in you as a person, not interrested in you helping yourself, guiding, reflecting, analizing correctly. Not knowing what to do with emotions, feelings. Not knowing how to put you at ease, comforting you, being there for you in a non judging way. Not building you up. I allways ended totally disapointed, lost, and was even worse, then before going to them. In fact, i get worse, when i go to them. In my case, it was mandatory to get state benefits for invalidity to just survive. My physical health related issues, where allways brushed off as even psychological, so...even doctors did not took the energy, time to investigate my issues deeply. So i was never treated in a good way to even get my physical issues right. Even the diagnosis was flawed everywhere. The result is i fall apart and i am sick all my life with a plethora of issues. But they said, it is in my head. And they never figured out, i had asperger syndrome ( autism spectrum disorder ), ocd, add, learning disorders, discalculia, abused in many ways, traumas that where never really adressed, mourning issues, chronic depression, cptsd, sexually/mentally abused and so on. Terribly sad, traumatized by the death of my father. Never adressed i had a childhood not very common. Never felt accepted safe in the country i live in, due to my nationality. I could go on and on and on. It seems they do not really care, as long they get their money earned in an easy lazy way, without being affraid to lose their job, because of bad performance. They are never supervised (or allways backed up by other with the same proffession, so they protect eachothers mistakes and hide them under the carpet, by manipulating, and so on... ), how good they are in their job either, their lack of knowledge, good service, intentions, so basically, they can perform and do or not do, whatever they want. I now laugh hysterically, because i have to admit, if i had so poorly employees in my company, with so bad insight, results, ethics, knowledge..., i woul fire them all...! From the first moment they like to sell their medications. I have to admit..., i laugh now hysterically, because i guess they are mostly 'drugdealers' and loooove to sell their goodies to us. And their big boss is 'the pharma industrie' headquarter supperviser. I have now a very strong gut feeling, they are just DEALERS, and that is legal to do so. Terrible drugs they deal. Nobody realized i have sugar problems, heart issues, pots, neurological issues ( tremors >>> like my mother all her life! ). They thought this tremors are just stress. CFS, lyme disease. I lived in moldy environments. Lived in toxic chemical fumes as a child for years. Never drank water from childhood ( my mother gave me only chocolat milk! Grape fruit juice ) and later i drank sodas, milk...Never had breastfeeding. I quit never ate healthy nutritious foods for the most part at home or very limited variety. I could go on and on and on. In my country..., it is a real hopeless mess to find a good therapist, psychiatrist, doctors, professors and so on, even for the basics. For knowledge, i need to see youtube, like this and many others, about a broad spectrum of topics. From psycology, health, nutrition, sociology, criminology, toxicology, molds, parasites and on and on, to just understand a fraction of what is going on. I figured that add/adhd, autism, ocd, schizophrenia, bipolar, suicidal thoughts, depression are basically also related to nutritional deficienties, wrong eating/drinking habbits, toxins/chemicals, molds, gut/brain related issues and gut biome, worms, parasites and other besties in your body, that are just causing a lot of psychiatric issues and so on. Of course, she will not mention this here. Kind regards.

@@heide-raquelfuss5580 You're absolutely right!!! Thank You for taking the time to respond. May you be filled to overflowing an unlimited abundance of Peace, Love, and Light, beloved sister. 🙏✌️💖💖💖🌞🌞🌞🐬🐳

@@stevensawyer5924 Thank you for wishing me good things🙏

Narcissist don’t really care about their partners feelings hire-a professional, to spy on their accounts, call/massages without their knowledge. Dm

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I think a lot of things that are being pathologized are childhood trauma wrapped up in different packages. It sounds like you have found the root to work on.

I do some of these same things (like constantly rechecking my work) and love to have things perfect and in order, but was never diagnosed OCD. However, I do suffer from anxiety and depression and have a teenage daughter who seems to be picking up on some of my habits, but with a tendency to be a bit more "OCD" at times (checking over & over for a spider or making sure every piece of hair is off her clothing). I found it quite interesting how you put those ideas together and just thought I'd share my experience :) (BTW I also did really well in school growing up and if I brought home a "B or C", it wouldn't have been a major deal, just a simple "oh what happened?". My parents were amazing and I don't believe there was any intent or malice there, just another interesting connection made...)

I do data verification for a pharma company. I actually feel like in a way it's a good job for me because for once my tendency to look for mistakes, for something being wrong, comes in handy. My therapist says I have anxiety, obsessive/compulsive tendencies and am "very in my head", so yeah...I guess I ruminate a lot. Hope you found a job/profession that suits your brain/personality at this point in time.

@@oksanakaido8437 Glad to hear that you feel is a strength for your profession! I retired and now have a pretty successful small business making jewelry and sell it online, so that creativity makes me happy and people like the detail and quality of my work.

@@Wendathena I'm not sure if I want to do it my whole career, but I don't have any better ideas, so I'm kind of letting life happen, haha. I can either try to change how my mind works or look on the bright side. That jewelry business sounds amazing! Finding an interest/passion AND then following it isn't easy, so good on you!

A very clear distinction is that OCD is irrational. OCD causes you to obsess over very unlikely things and develop fear related to certain things or subjects. OCD also causes you to avoid certain things to relieve anxiety, but that in turn causes anxiety which causes you to perform a compulsion.

Your not wrong a lot of psychology used to not be very accurate back then. I’m glad we are getting better info these day

Wow!!! I do the same thing

Me too. ADD and probably OCD.

The diagnoses I got (can't start with "I" lol, researching and studying my whole life about psychology, human behaviour, analyzing body language and all that) are cptsd and depression. I always knew it before I got diagnosed. For a while I've suspected I might have autism, add and ocd. There's so much overlap. Making lists daily, getting overwhelmed, paralyzed, procrastinate, executive dysfunction... Doctor told me I have restless legs and fibromyalgia, I'm tired. Obsessed to find out what's wrong with me, they reassure me there's nothing wrong with me. The waiting lists are endlessly long. These days I'm really confused.

First I commented and then watched the video 🤯

Me too

BTW, the title says 3 signs, but there's only two mentioned as chapters ;-)

we don't know their stories, the doctor at the end clearly states that she's able to cope nowadays, but who knows if that always was the case but people with severe ocd don't really doubt their diagnosis or are confused if it's ocd or anxiety, which is the content of this video

Hi. Dont get me wrong but astrology as we know it its a fallacy. În the beggining it really was about watching the moving of planets and stars and their effects on the planet. Sure that impacted us too în a way, but not as they have made it to look. We actually dont have a specific sign, its just made up by some crooks, just like there are many gurus out there and many new age teachers. I have been searching through all those domains and they are false. Take care and know that you dont need astrology at all. I do hope I wont upset you în any way by sharing this with you.

I so understand

Woah. That’s me lol.

As a 15 year old I didn’t even know that was a symptom..wow I feel less alone now. Thanks for that honestly.

Agreed! I suffer from an eating disorder and feel like its linked to OCD. My eating disorder isn't voluntary though.

@@caitlinthompson6862 no eating disorder is voluntary.

I'm sorry he suffers so much 😢

I don’t think autism is understood like it could be, but overall I don’t think we should combat the neurodivergent types against one other. It’s very harmful as many disorders are still being understood and the public has very simple and inaccurate views of many out there. When I found out that I might have autism, along with my anxiety, depression, OCD, and ADHD tendencies, my rituals and routines started to get worse causing me to develop IBS because of all the stress I was mentally ruminating, so I understand completely what your son is going through, and I hope he gets better!

@@EmmaDilemma039 aww thank you for your kind words 🙏🏼♥️.it’s just so heartbreaking to watch him suffer and as a mother I just wish I could fix it for him…x

yooo 100% agree

Or it's because of the dyslexia

I just started seeing a neurologist for this exact thing

This comment is awesome. We need more people who can show empathy toward those with OCD. Thank you!

It is incredibly frustrating to live with

I have dealt with anxiety, depression, and OCD since I was a small child and I know the despair of not seeing an end to suffering in sight. I just wanted to reach out and ask if you are thinking of "ending the misery"? Please don't give up. There are lots of ways that could possibly help and people are learning more all the time.

@@jwrightgardening Thanks. I'm still trying different things to alleviate it

I think it does count

Hey, understandably it is difficult. But are you open to some suggestions and techniques that involve 30 mins of your daily life? You can discontinue when you are completely healed.

@@3dholisticreport yes. I am better now. But instead of my parents getting me help they spoke with a therapist who said just remove my door knob…

Completely normal. Those jobs are designed to make you stressed… u gotta find another one. You’re so strong because working a call center job from home was one of the most stressful jobs of my entire life.

@@user-ez9tz4vt4g I appreciate this comment, thank you ❤️ I've been there over a year but I really hope to leave in the next couple months. I hope you found something better.

You are normal and could improve immensely using some powerful holistic techniues like controlled breathing. I have suffered from Fibromyalgia for years before I could completely cure it by myself. You must read the history of DSM part III- which put literally everyhuman behavior into some sort of psychological disorder.

Then what is your actual problem OCD or gad?

There can be a thin line for some people. GAD is basically anxiety about just about everything but not with the obsessive thoughts or compulsive actions. I personally have both, and you may as well.

I am in the same boat

Ocd can give u feelings of gad that's it

There is certainly a difference. How intrusive are they? Are they interesting thoughts or a real pain in the neck? Do you always wander around when reading (how hindering is it?) etc.