I was diagnosed with ocd when i was 13. I went through a lot of therapy and medication. I took my last pill about a month ago and im 19 now. I don't think anyone can even imagine the pain you have to go through when you have ocd. If you, my unseen friend are reading this comment and you have ocd or you have the same symptoms, i love you, i understand you, and i deeply hope you manage it as soon as possible.

I hope everyone who's suffering from OCD would be able to fully recover from this horrifying disorder , and can achieve their goals 🤗

I have OCD and I cried while watching this.. it is so relatable.. it brings tears to think someone understands..

I felt when he said in OCD you don't control your mind, your mind controls you.

Good explanation sir, People think OCD is all about cleaning, due to lack of awarness. We hv to raise OCD awareness in India. Come on OCD Fighters, Let's beat OCD together.

Some tips to OCD recovery :❤ 1. Thoughts does not equal to reality 2. U r a really good person . Ocd is your opposite 3. Dont react seriously to ocd thought . Ignore it or reject it 🦋 4. Ocd attacks what u care for the most 5. Dont do compulsion .The relief keeps u stuck in cycle 6. Do EXPOSURE N RESPONSE PREVENTION THERAPY AND CBT THERAPY 7. You r stronger than ocd . Keep recovery track everyday ✍ 8. Be positive and focus on better things 😊 9. SAY THANK U TO GOD EVERYDAY 🙏

I recovered from OCD and you can definitely recover. Do ERP as much as possible and refuse reaction.

OCD can't be seen from outside . It's a bully inside your head that keep attacking u with bad thoughts and making u do things u don't want to do by giving u heavy anxiety . It's soo serious . No joke !!

Very well explained :) It's funny how so many people suffer in silence around the world and yet we think we are all alone :(

I am into tears by seeing the comment section that there are people like me, I am not ALONE and the best thing is-we understand each other. It sometimes kills me with depression by thinking the losses, the misunderstood by everyone, the lonely sufferings, the monster indie us, the unseen silent battles. May ALLAH protect you all and grant you recovery asap, Ameen.

OCD is such a bad disease that we can not express what are the thoughts we are going through. Normal people will not understand your prblm

This is the best video of OCD I have EVER seen. You know exactly what we are all going through

Ocd produces the worse thoughts imaginable about the people and things you love. Forcing the compulsion because you cannot risk it. Complete respect for this guy.

Being an OCD person i really see him as an inspiration. ERP is good but combined with CBT it would be super effective(just helped me a lot in my life).The worst thing is that people wash their hands and clean their room and say they have OCD but you know OCD IS MORE THAN THAT.

OCD is a prison. No other way to describe it. Anyone who doesn’t have it will never understand the pain it causes those who are afflicted with it. Prayers for all those still suffering. There are brighter days ahead. Stay strong folks

Everyone will recover soon 😃 and will Happy life forever ❤️❤️❤️

Pain, suffering only those will know who have ocd I tooo know pain I have ocd

OCD is one of the most brutal disorders anyone can go through, first hand experience from this terrible illness

“That’s what OCD does to you.” Such powerful words that those of us who suffer or have suffered can relate to.

Nicely explained. I have OCD, and I have a long way to go, but whatever improvements I've brought in my life, is all because of will power. We need to have faith in ourselves, we need to be confident and we must remember that we can't let OCD take control. Will power is everything. We will have to find the strength to fight it. The strength, the power all lie within us, we have to train our minds to not get carried away by those disturbing thoughts. We are not alone, there are thousands of people affected by OCD. Everyone's fighting their own battles. We just need to have faith that everything's going to be okay.😊

Guys I recovered from Ocd, just be courageous it is very important, and never do compulsions ur brain tells to do don't listen to it, take deep breath and do other work, never ever think of it again, if ur compulsion reason is high then think and do compulsion of not doing compulsion it helps to some extent, but don't ever try to do compulsions if u dont do compulsions u can recover easily, have courage and sit in sunshine for 15-30 mins(for serotonin) and read books, I read bhagavatgita it helped me a lot do read it ,u will get some courage(u can find it online ) in that god says to fight and gives u courage to fight and says many more things about mind, keep ur self busy don't think too much and do the work more and also exercise and don't respond to your thoughts

OCD Have Destroyed my life Completely from last 5 Years 😥

I’ve been fighting OCD for fifteen years. I’m talking about debilitating OCD. Not the type of OCD where everything is neat and clean. It has taken A LOT of hard work to overcome my challenges, but it is not impossible. There is always hope! This guy hit the nail right on the head! Well done, sir!

I HAVE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION , BUT NOW I UNDERSTAND IT IS FROM OCD

100% true first time have seen someone explaining something perfectly

Almost 90% teenager have this worst disease OCD. I am a sufferer since last 5years. I know now i am in the higher stage in ocd,sometime i feel like to leave this earth. I need help but i can't tell anybody about those worst thought that come in my mind.But this vedio helped me a lot. Love from Bangladesh ❤🇧🇩

Whenever such thoughts pops up.just say to yourself..I can't do anything about it. Everything is mortal.

I am also one of those who is suffering from this, all those who are suffering from OCD, please try to understand that nothing is bigger than you, all legends have won their battles alone so never get feared with anything, life is not a straight line but a road with many adventures. Second let go of anything you are attached to, practice detachment wherever possible, it's not that easy at the beginning but can be acquired after regular practice. Do mantra chanting which calms down your mind. I am doing all this to get rid of this illness. Thank you.🙏🙏

I laughed so hard and cried because I thought all my life that I was alone, I do a lot of the things he describes, a great relief in my heart, thank you so much now I know it can gat better God bless you sir

OCD gives u a lot of negativity .

This guy really explained OCD perfectly well, best video of OCD I've ever watched. Very helpful

Suffering OCD since 14 years old and now I am 31 with a husband and son. A secret nobody knows just me and God and you (beacause ur reading this 😊) Our mind is the battlefield, it's so exhausting, stressful and frustrating. People with OCD live a different kind of normal. We keep on doing weird things to relief our fears .. do the compulsions all over again and again .. the cycle never stops. We can't sleep if we don't so these compulsions . I want to get back to the years where it all started.

i am living with ocd and i was completely shattered at one pont of time i have become very very very strong emotionally now there were times i used to breakdown but as soon as i heal i will become a brain made of diamond solid matter

I am suffering from ocd from the past 12 years and this vedio is so damn relatable that it makes me cry every single time

Give him a standing ovation 🎉

This is they key for me. I have severe OCD I had to label it then give it up by not paying attention to or feeding it. Did that by ignoring it and doing nice things for others. I stopped calling others for reasurrance. I thought I was going to die when I stopped.feeding the OCD. It was so uncomfortable. But more practiced I would get these moments of being Free from OCD. I wore a watch and said ok I am not going to feed the OCD for 1 minute. Allot of practice. OCD never goes away but Its a liar and I ignore the liar. This talk really works!!!!

Exactly! only a person suffering from ocd can understand another who has ocd.each and every line ,so relatable

I can totally relate to you sir this is a worst thing to deal with such a terrible thing .

OCD is a bad bad thing. I have been suffering for almost 20 years. For the last five years I have changed couple of doctors. Before that I did not even know about OCD. OCD destroys my whole life.

It takes courage to address & acknowledge in public platform that one suffers from the disease, but I am glad u overcame it. U are really courageous. May God give the same courage & will power to all those others suffering from this to cure themselves.

This video will do the world of good for me. Thanks Jay, you're amazing. I am facing some severe anxiety and OCD for several months now. Panic attacks are really scary but i am working on my will power with just homeopathy medicines and meditation. Wish everyone around the world all the best who are suffering with such situations which our society take as joke only. Stay strong guys!

Much respect to you (Jay) for raising awareness and talking publicly about your personal experience with OCD. Best wishes to you!

I have OCD and I think this is horrifying problem who faced it they know very well how pathetic it is . My suggestion for those who have OCD please go for treatment specially you need a good clinical psychologist who understands your problem please don't seat in room with this problem. I'm sure you will definitely win this battle and live a happy life 🙂

Thank you for raising awareness about ocd

This video is so helpful. When I’m going through this horrible thing that’s ruining my life.

Sincere thanks

congrats for you sir such brave thing u does get out ur self from it. I m also suffering from ocd since 4-5 month its like a monster in side my mind ..

Thank you so, so much for sharing this! A very close family member is suffering from OCD, and just to know that there is help and there are tools to help is so supportive for a family!! They are receiving councillong which is helping, and as they are young it is good to be able to identify this illness early. Thank you with all of my heart, again.

Thank you so so much for this. I’ve been struggling with OCD since my earliest memories around 6 years old. It’s gotten progressively worse over the years. There’s been so many times when I’ve resorted to self harm especially recently (but I’m finally 3 weeks clean!) and I just feel like giving up on life completely. I’m grateful my boyfriend he is so supportive and cares, but I know it stresses him out and I feel like such a burden at times. I will not give up!! I will stay here on this earth and I will keep trying, I’m going to do my best to fight this illness and continue down the journey of improving my mental health. I’ve got this, YOU’VE GOT THIS!💖

I had OCD for 5 years , washing hands frequently was my problem , after i realized i have ocd i consulted a psychiatrist, he give me one month medicine but i only took One week medicine now iam perfectly alright from last 5 years. It will go out, mind is your weapon, negative thoughts replace with positive thoughts. When you provoking negative your thoughts it will come back even strongly. Thoughts will come and go, take positive out of it.

The way he explained, can't relate more...

Beautifully expressed!❤❤

This is a great video. Thank you for the tips. I believe I do have OCD and I can’t hear or see “bad news” because it’s almost like a trigger.

This is such a perfect explanation of what OCD is. Maybe it’s because his parallels mine and I’m biased but this is the best TedTalk on OCD I’ve come across. It’s perfect.

One of the greatest OCD talks I've ever come across. As a university student who suffered severe OCD since the age of 13, I feel reassured and calmed as I'm not the only one going through this disorder. Thank you for the presentation.

man this guy nailed it thank you

Wish I could thank him personally this helped me a lot one of the best tedx talks from india

All I can say you is thank you for sharing your experience in this platform.

Thank you for this, dude

I’ve thought of so many words to say during this comment. My OCD intrudes even as I do so. All I can say is I thank you & pray 🤲 one day I will recover as well as everyone! Just thank you.

Wow, this was so life changing for me to watch. I’ve seen it once before but still I appreciate how deep into it you went. So people can understand how severe it can be and for opening up about the parts like the depression and anger it can cause , until now I thought I was crazy for getting so upset over the mental torment going on

I am not diagnosed by OCD but I am really sure I Have this 😢 all symptoms are in. And this gave me anxiety every single hour and day.

I salute your boldness..It takes do much courage to talk in open platform ..You are brave.God is with you

🙏🙏i will always be thankful to u sir❣️❣️

Thank you for this video so much! I cannot stress enough how important this was and your story was so amazing to hear. I have suffered with OCD since I was in elementary school and I'm now 19 . It's gotten actually worse recently but yesterday I felt so much like my happy self. Like when I was able to think without OCD making me feel like I'm. It even alive anymore. I've always had it since I can remember but just recently it will get so bad and then I get severely depressed but I had a good day yesterday and it reminded me that I can be happy and it's worth fighting! Now I know there's a way out. I have a hard time because I've searched and searched and I have a specific OCD fear that I can't find anyone else to have an answer to which is a fear of possession. I have severe scrupulosity or religious OCD and it's tough cause I can't really find out if I am and then I start to physically feel it happening and I convince myself I'm not here and it gets so real I begin to disociate and feel like someone is taking me over. But I know it's my mind because nothing does happen bad I just feel not ok. But even feeling that way sucks I guess I have to just stop giving into the fears and compulsions and wait it out knowing God has me protected and I'm just convincing myself I'm not good but I will be fine. I gotta keep at it. I can do this and because of your story and others I know that I can be happy one day. I canc start now

Great talk. Ppl seem to think ocd is a fun trend. It’s instead exactly what u said it is. Very very painful.

So powerful

Thanku so much Jay sir.

Currently going through behaviour therapy for my ocd. It’s so hard, especially because of how bad it is now. I’ve had it for over 10 years and I’m nearly 19.

This is the best video on OCD in you tube

great video Jay i can relate so well

The pain of OCD is like you are under an operation but suddenly you lost your unconsciousness

He is a man whom I feel truly understand ocd

thank you for your report sir; you seemed very sincere to me, I relate to everything you said

Nice to see an Indian person talk about ocd

A brilliant talk, very well spoken, very strong in painting pictures of various situations. I have OCD and I've known about it only for a few years, even though it started when I was a child. Nobody paid any mind to my little "ticks", thinking it was just a kid being a bit weird. Well, things got bad. Really bad. I had problems from going to work to actually breathing regularly for years. When I learned about OCD, I started doing research. I found a wonderful tutorial on what you can do to help treat your OCD and I got so much better. Today almost all of my fearful thoughts are gone. All but one. There is this one thing that keeps haunting me and just won't go away. The tricky thing about this fear is, it is very specific and it's not really farfetched. Now, I don't have your typical contamination fear, which would be to just be afraid of all kinds of germs and especially of the really severe illnesses out there. I don't have that. I don't fear that I might get HIV in the most unlikely situations, or stuff like that. Or that someone might bring something like meningitis to my house. Nothing like that. My big fear is very simply coming down with a cold. It terrifies me just to think of it and here's why: I suffer from severe allergies that get worse during the cold season no matter what I do (central heating is my lung's enemy). And even during summer my lung and nose are not as healthy as other people's. So, not exactly good from the beginning, getting worse in winter. If I then catch a cold, not only will I get swelling to the point where it's really difficult to breathe, but the moment my body goes back into auto-immune mode, the real horror begins. My throat gets extremely slimy and I get very, very bad coughing fits. Before my allergies were found to be this severe, my doctor had me go test for whooping cough, that's how bad I usually get. And it continues for months. It will not go away before at least two months, but three is more likely, really. So, I get this from a little cold. I hope it's understandable that it freaks me out. So I do everything to prevent getting colds. I wash my hands a lot, people have to wash their hands before touching things in my room. I never wear clothes that I was out with at home. I always shower before sitting down at my table or on my sofa. I know that it's not healthy to do these things. I also feel that the issue is stressing me out a lot, because I worry about it a lot during the day, but there's just nothing I can do, because I know that if I'm not careful, I might catch that cold and it will torment me for months and that's even more exhausting. I really don't know what to do about this situation. If anyone has experience with something like this, I'm grateful for any advise, or story related to this. I know I'm overdoing it and I hate how scared I am of nothing but a little cold, stressing over it so much that it honestly wears me out. But the violent coughing, the short breath, the problems when talking... it's just so horrible that I think that I'll do anything to avoid it. Medication doesn't really help, so I just really suffer when it happens. It's extremely awful, so I work a lot to avoid it, even though it's not 100% possible, of course. Again, any thoughts on this are welcome.

Thank you sir, this is the best video on OCD

Really good and detailed explanation . Never watched such a wonderful video on OCD

Great great talk and great man. Thank you

I am having this disorder and I know that it is not permanent never was and never will be. Love and Strength to all my fellow viewers

Perfectly explained sir ! I hope everyone will be cured one day , we all are fighters just don't give up ! Don't react to those negative thoughts

As a person suffering from OCD, this video gave me ease and comfort.. thank you so much sir for sharing your story 🤍

So perfectly explained👍

Thank you

Thank you. Everything you said is relatable. This helped. I'm going to do ERP now.

Excellent.

Thank you so much brother😘

a special thanks from my heart❤️

The most helpful video about OCD and anxiety I ever watched. Not even professionals explained it as good as this guy. Thank you for the amazing tips 🙏🏼

I cannot explain this in words how this video has helped me . I am right now taking counseling sessions and this is the best thing that could happen to me . Thank you very much

He is very true ,I unknowingly followed the same way, I have managed it, now ocd has become my friend.

Am so bless by your video Jay. You are a brave man doing awareness. God bless you.

Amazing u are...

Thanks Jay.. extremely motivating.. My son is facing OCD symptoms & your talk has helped me in understanding this problem solution in the right perspective

Over 27 year I even know there is something like OCD 👍Thank you so so much ❤️

Neatly telling information about ocd sir, thanks

Thanks for explaining in a subtle yet detailed manner sir. Salute to you for opening up and help make people aware. Hare Krishna.

thank you! thank you so much i suffer now but i know the real me is somewhere there and i don´t want to suffer anymore.. I will do everything i can to fight OCD..

Thank you 🙏🏻 Jay thadeshwar for giving information about cure ocd

How well explained sir... That's it