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For me I had lots of thought about the unforgivable sin (as Christian) since April 10 to June the thought never left me mind and I think about it every day I go on CZcams,TikTok and Reddit to find answers every day I never missed a day I will go to Christian creators and text and email them but some of then reply but I always have intrusive thoughts every day even today and sometimes cry I’m just tired of it and it got soo bad that I had to see my GP but they only gave me medicine

One household trick which really helped me, using the tactic of breaking tasks down, has been taking the dread out of refrigerator blues by cleaning just one shelf or drawer at a time. I don't need so much counter space to put yhings. It does'nt even matter if I don't do another shelf the next day. It's better than it was. Also, vacuuming just part of the house. I have a small house, so I do either the upstairs or downstais. I used to think I had to complete every task. I'm over that now, and it really helped

Why before his name their is doctor, psychologist aren't doctor ????

So the solution to the core fear being seen as a wierdo, is to act like a complete wierdo in public on purpose :D

I don't think mental health illnesses are all that difficult. Just come to the realization that mosts peoples 'mental disorders' are caused by other people, aka CPTSD. Then remove those people from their lives, and give them the support they didn't get from those other people, and bam. You've just cured like 60% of people.

I feel sad and miserable but it feels like it’s for no reason, I really hope I don’t have depression 😔🙏

Staying connected to people is exhausting and troublesome....so what now?

You never have to suffer in silence, reach out for that support. Depression can have you in a chokehold where you are feeling overwhelmed and have no way out.

It’s the root cause that’s hard to pin down, other biological/ physiological causes can be interrupting what’s considered the normalised milestones, the range of coordinating senses between ages 2 & 4 yrs… can be a child confined to bed with an illness, child stuck long periods in high rise apartment

The Fresh Start is so clean and that teal is so pleasing on both. I tend to really dig the Move to Zero sneakers. Love the TW’s, love the Terrascape line. I think both these and the 37’s are a little busy color-wise for me to pick them up yet, but I’ve been a big fan of the designs 🔥 noticed the African inspired pattern there too 👌🏻

Not so secret! These therapist skills have be weaponized by corporate culture and HR. Validation and compassion are basically red flags that you're about to be fired.

I have BPD & know exactly who I am.

Do u address religious ocd i cant spell the word for it scrupulously

What if I want to do both research and treatment?

Smoking weed helps me alleviate symptoms of this a lot. I smoke before i have to leave my house or deal with stressful situations and before bed. No problem..

EXACTLY

Hi Dr. I can't find this video you mentioned- how to start overcoming anxiety with exposure

I’d say the majority of the world is operating under inherent ocd or ocd which is perpetuated by society: civilization

Face , Accept, Float , and let time pass by. , it worked for me !

Cleaning is definitely therapeutic. Even if you just accomplish clearing out one small space. It is a positive act and a step forward.

Should this career be only for parents and grandparents with life experience? Since in this job you basically get paid to listen, learn and talk just saying.

Having sexual ocd is the worst type ,i prefer death than those thoughts 😭

When do they start teaching this in schools? My younger self never knew even the term.

Well,then it's clear: My 13 year old self had massive social anxiety. I am a 100% sure🤓👍

The same. What of starting your own practice?? Dream analysis??

The graphic, violent and often sexual unwanted thoughts including remarks or images are some of the worst things about OCD. Then you’re preoccupied trying to battle your mind and your soul mid-conversation and you end up looking like a crazy person with disgust on your face.

What about when it's the neighbours , I now have severe noise anxiety and misophonia - windchimes!!

I think ive always had ocd when i was 5 i use to draw patterns on the carpet and i thought because i did it i caused some sort of curse that i had to the pattern backwards where i started i would walk backwards throughout the house surprised my parents never questioned it, but its gotten worse i wadh my hands like 2 or 3 times which might nto be a lot but it is to me i could be doing something else 😢 im always doubting everything im scared to work i eould have images in my head and voices sometimes

This is better than my families method for my tics. They just made fun of me and constantly joked about it and always used to copy me. Or they would point out my tics in front of a group of people so that everyone could look at me and ask “why do you keep doing that? Stop it’s weird.” They would always say “Go to a doctor for crying out loud!” …but I was only 13. So I didn’t know how to do that at the time. They always made fun of me. And that was their method of helping me deal with my tics and Tourette’s syndrome.

This is my exact story! WOW! I’m new to your channel but I’m already a fan! Thank you for helping me decide my major!

I know this video is old but I chose to major in psychology because I was in an abusive relationship with my daughter’s father. Dealing with that for two years made me want to know why people think what they think

Okay then... I realized I feel a deep on-the-back-burner sadness; i think it is grief! That makes sense... The last 4 years (hi from May 2024) have been rough with many kinds of losses, and a few good moments and events. Just getting out of the hole recently... Thanks.

I'm 60 (retired) and in a dark hole for 4 years now (realized it started as deep sadness, so I'll see your other video after this 😁), just starting to come out, getting more balanced emotionally using a lot of these things you've mentioned. It's a struggle every single day and it's been hard and a long haul (my dr suggested it might also be from aging and/or menopause, but that's been 10 yrs now) but it IS getting slightly easier and more "good" moments happening (phew!). I appreciate this video, thank you; you really do have to feel the lows and then work on it as often as possible - it does get easier. I now set an alarm in the morning so i don't sleep too long (which makes me feel like I'm wallowing or wasting my time), get out of bed and do my personal cleaning, do makeup and hair and get out of my pajamas into "ready for the day" or "ready to go out" clothes (i plan the next day - a very simple easy one - just b4 bed). Makes a big difference, it is 99% of the time, so it's starting to become a habit. Just sharing. Thanks!

This video has been on my feed for a number of years and I've ignored until today, validating, thanks

I lost my fiancé to a car accident several years ago. At first I had a plethora of friends and family members supporting me. But after a month? They stopped calling me or coming over. They had lives to live and I wasn’t moving on fast enough. I got the message: I was dragging them down. So I isolated myself. 13 years later and I’m still alone and never talk about him because nobody cares.

Me: My OCD is so bad that my OCD has OCD. Some day I will overcome my OCD. My OCD: No you won't. Me: Get out of me. My OCD: Okay. Say get out of me three times and I will leave. Me: Get out of me. Get out of me. Get out of me. My OCD: Sorry. I only deal in even sentences. I'm never leaving you.

Y’all I lost my uncle today and I just can’t breathe. How tf am I supposed to watch him being buried 6ft into the ground when I saw him yesterday, when he was alive? HOW? How tf did he die? How tf am I supposed to feel as if everything’s normal when the man I’ve always seen when visiting my cousins is now GONE? HOW.

Thank you for explaining to others what goes on in my mind as a person who has suffered from OCD my entire life.

U made my day thank you 🙏 My auntie died in 2020 and we still don’t know why it was so sudden. She was only 26 R.I.P I will always remember making tik toks together and playing on the trampoline. I’m 12 now and I can’t believe I only knew her for 8 years 🪦

My husband has a bad habit of constantly clearing his throat and making other disgusting noises. It's never-ending and he won't get help for this and I've been considering suicide.

I find the manifesting really helps because I’m naturally like oh everybody leaves me but it’s literally so easy to fix with just like normal positive affirmations

So I was convinced that I had BPD a while ago but it was just that I can’t drink I’m Christian so I believe in spirits attached to you when you drink I also believe a manifestation so if you think you’ll be pretty you’re going to manifest it for yourself I went through all these like stupid courses even though I didn’t actually have it diagnosed and my doctor was like you for sure don’t have it you have OCD

Your description of depression and how to deal with it in terms of your habits is so accurate and spot on! I deal with major depressive disorder and your advice on this video is extremely helpful.

I just got diagnosed with OCD… but I didn’t realize until looking it up this past week that it could in fact be about anything, that the compulsions could include things in my head, and not just external rituals about “safety,” “cleanliness,” and “being moral.” That the intrusive thoughts that disturb me and become obsessions don’t have to be the bizarre and gory ones. They *can be* the mundane “this needs to be done” thoughts racing around at the most inconvenient times and “remember this for later” things that I end up completely unable to control while attempting to keep track of them. And it helps I already knew people with OCD are usually horribly disorganized, as I end up being, which is the first thing my family pointed to when I told them. My friends just thought I don’t tend to obsess, which I thought… because I do hyperfixate on things but that’s different. Or they said, “but do you have compulsions?” and when I looked it up… I have a laundry list of them, but they aren’t things people think of as OCD, since it’s almost totally internal. I am still really skeptical about it. Because it must be mild. I don’t know. I can’t get the medication they prescribed to help with it, because the pharmacy doesn’t have it. I need to ask them when they should get it in again.

I have a major fear of not being good enough and being poor like majority of my family before me..!

Are you going to Heaven when you die? If you believe that Jesus Christ was born, suffered and died on the Cross, and that God Almighty raised Him back up to Life three days later - and if you Trust that His Sacrifice alone paid for all your past, present and future Sins - then you will go to Heaven when you die! It’s that simple. This is the Good News of The Gospel.

These exercises are awful. I can’t see my real therapist suggesting that any of these actions would be helpful to me. Instead of coming up with silly scenarios that sound like Tik Tok challenges, how about some suggestions that would actually help in our daily lives? Make a phone call you’ve been dreading. Ask a question at the Customer Service desk. Introduce yourself to someone new. Ask someone questions to get to know them a little better. Speak up at the doctor when something is bothering you. Or even make that appt to begin with! Speak up at the hair salon to get the haircut you want. Seriously….. We need help with the everyday stuff. Telling me that going out there and making a fool out of myself in public will improve my social anxiety? Uh, no. Please read the room. That just makes me click off of this video to look elsewhere for real help.

Hats off to Paul, the way he expressed himself was great. He sounds like an intelligent person. Also thanks to Dr. Ali for these valuable suggestions.

Lost my dad We are not same anymore

When you said what OCD really feels like is this...I felt that so much.