How To Deal With Scary Intrusive Thoughts
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 15. 08. 2021
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This guy knows what heâs talking about.
Agreed
OCD is a weird monster just latches on to everything đ thanks Shaan!
Iâve found that diet and exercise really helps. The reality is, thoughts donât stop. They just change. The trick is, to not attach emotions to them. Even the good ones. Just embrace the moment and remember that youâre not only where youâre suppose to be. But you get to where youâre going. Stay blessed and keep your head up.
P.S. prioritize sleep
I think it sucks that therapists like to stick you with labels because then it seems like you can't overcome it even though at the heart of it, it is just anxiety. It has symptoms like physical distress and mental distress. I for example had this fear about my mental health.
the label of OCD has limited me so much because while I am listeninf to Shaan's content, i still feel they don't apply to my situation because I am experiencing OCD and not "non-OCD" anxiety. And then there will be people who say that you can recover from anxiety but OCD is a different beast.
thank you for always breaking things down so well
Once again you came in clutch! I got this
I just want to say that at some point we all go through it, nothing lasts forever, nothing, we can always get ahead in one way or another.â€
Found the word that i was searching for.Thank you Shaan
Great video man. subscribed!
Thank you shaan đ
Working in the public safety field of emergency response and law enforcement, our job is to quickly figure out the issue at hand and mitigate/solve it. Having been trained in that type of work, and doing it constantly at work, requires a big shift in thinking to try and not think about and figure out the anxiety problem (big, scary thing) and just accept and let it be to burn itself out. I come back to these videos pretty often to re-enforce the need to just accept and let it be..... Thanks.
Man, I know you get this all the time, but thank you! Thank you for putting all this out there for free! When people are divorced and barely making itâŠâŠâŠ.just thank you!!!
Awesome Man thanks
This is very helpful thank you
Shaan, your ability to post the EXACT video I need EXACTLY when I need it is really quite creepy. After a relapse last week, I now understand that I was accepting my symptoms but not the thoughts around them, and thatâs exactly what this video discusses.
hey this is exactly me at the moment! i had a few questions if you don't mind. last week i had the word "dying" pop up in my mind a lot and it was kinda scary but it eventually didn't bother me. But i got hooked on the "what if having that word means i have OCD?" thought. now i don't have any obsessions/compulsions and yet, i keep thinking omg since i have that word popping up (the word doesn't even scare me) maybe i have ocd? And that having ocd thought is really triggering more than anything else. is this just another intrusive thought from anxiety?
@@ichiigo-chan Hey,
While Iâm obviously nowhere near as qualified as Shaan and co to answer such a question, Iâd say that sounds exactly like an intrusive thought. Youâve pretty much said that you donât think you actually have OCD, just that the thought scares you, and this is probably a habit thatâs been built through your reaction. I had/have a similar thing with thinking that Iâm going to pass out while out walking. Now, this has never happened, and Iâm actually at the point where I donât even think it will happen, yet the thought still unsettles me. My previous response was to argue with such a ridiculousthought and try and shut it up, but all my mind registered was the importance I was placing on it. Now Iâve tried to take more of a âwhateverâ/accepting response to it, and it seems to be holding less power over me. Iâm sure the same would be true of your thought! :)
@@rubbersoul. hey, thank you for responding! it really helps to read it from someone else's perspective. it does make sense now. i guess i'll allow it to be there and carry on too
@@rubbersoul. Im not a doctor, therapist, etc. But im going through the EXACT same thing as you. Ive been thinking about death (not wanting to die- just the topic of mortality in general) for about a month now. Through working closely with my therapist she has discovered I am experiencing really bad PTSD from my dad passing away in January. When he passed I went right back to work within a few days and suppressed my thoughts and emotions. Now that Iâm off for summer its been coming out and this is my grieving. This is why my obsessive thoughts about death are surfacing bc i didnt give myself proper time to grieve and digest whats going on. So now that Ive recognized that im working through it and its getting easier everyday! I also tell myself theses are JUST thoughts. Yes, the thoughts are exhausting but theyre getting much better with time. Hang in there! Hope this helps!
@@ichiigo-chanare you better now ?
You should deff do more videos on this topic for sure please
shaan i love you man
Hey Shaan! I love your videos. I just started watching them over the weekend. Thank you for accepting me into your Facebook group. I think you are really going to help me. I'm learning so much already.
How do you get on the FB group
This is exactly what i was worried about right now!! Thank you so much
@ichiigo-chan are you better now ?
Same
Very well explained
Thankyouâ„ïž I am starting my journey from today.
wow i love you man
I go through this what if situation everyday... At least now it's clear
Nice video! puts a lot into perspective. Do you get better at ignoring the thoughts over time?
Me with GAD, OCD, Panic disorder, Agoraphobia
shaan do a video on social anxiety and suffer with depression
you describe me at 100%my thing Is heart attacks and going crasy!even though nothing has ever happened to me.
Hey how are you now and do you have compulsions?
@@Atomexotic Iâm fine! I had a small relapse 2 days ago with a 10 minute panic attack,it had been over a year free! Iâm working and going to places ! Way much better.
You are soooo helpful to me and I think your really cute too! Awesome to learn from someone who is nice to look at!!
PERMISSION over resistance. Prevention works for alcohol, drugs Overt behavior. For Thought based anything(obsessions, compulsions) PERMISSION is the mojo or magic that exposure therapy because it is opposite of our undoing behaviors.
This is so true it makes you think up so much tho so how to deal with them advise me..I don't know nobody that recover from it yes I need to work with you
I have ocd... it sucks. I worry bout everything haha! Honestly health "professionals " have made my ocd worse. Putting a label on it and telling you that you have some sort of serotonin imbalance. Then they turn you into a lab rat trying different meds. Sometimes they help but sometimes they make worse. It sucks!
Has it improved a bit as of now?
@@vksharma3730 I still battle everyday... have better days and worse days. Thanks for asking đ
@@aaronklein7730dont focus on that paying not attention to it..just live your live as normal as possible overtime it will vanish its a temporary..if u fear from this condition its continuing..rather than u dont have to do anything just focus on yr life ..and it will automatically disappear..dont watch it every time just allow yourself..whatever happens..happen!!! I don't care..
This is the proper acceptance..
I hope it will help youđ
AGREED 1000%... psychiatry made things so much worse. now they even took OCD out of the anxiety disorder spectrum when the issue is just a manifestation of anxiety. Say what they want, but they will never change my mind regarding the label, the overuse of pharmaceuticals, and their push for the biomedical-chronocity narrative of it.
I get this I get intrusive thoughts I think I damaged my body because a of the sensations in my throat from my intrusive thoughts
This is real bad I'm trying to listen but the anxiety I deal with that in depression
Itâs scary to tell the doctor or therapists because they have protocols like having thoughts of hurting yourself or others well ughh yeah isnt that what intrusive thoughts are ? I mean that doesnât help people want to discuss these things your mentioning because your afraid they are going to think itâs something else ? Especially when the Doctor doesnât want to deal with it just wants to give meds . Then you get these LSW that just talk about grounding , breathing and mindfulness ? Itâs such a scary thing to hope they can help
What he is saying is when what if thought comes we have to say it's what if or intrusive thought & it get burnt itself or goes away?
I don't know much about OCD, although there is a bunch of symptoms which overlap with each other. I had / have 3 different diagnoses: panic disorder, health anxiety and neurasthenia.
I am now scared more to this bs anxiety leading it to a stroke .
I am scared ocd will destroy my lifeđą
but is about stuff like ekzema and stuff like that?
I took covid vaccine yesterday it was fine at first but when i went to sleep i felt like my heart is about to stop i was having body zaps waking up by an electric shock then i took a xanax went out did some exercise came back and i slept easily.....now it's day 2 I'm not feeling that much of heart anxiety but I'm kinda dizzy and weird
That's a reaction from the vaccine.. call the FDA
@@carlaphelps7111 it's not i have anxiety my anxiety increased at that time, I'm đŻ fine now
Somebody i knew has commited sucide and this triggered me badly that i might end up doing the same also my intrusive thoughts changes this thing is really creating anxiety in me again because i was nearly recovered hearing someone died really scares me help me some one on this
How are you now?
I have racing thoughts on ppl hurting me
THIS VIDEO IS A CERTIFIED HOOD CLASSIC
Iâd pin this comment if I could.
He's a spiritual gangter man. Fo Sho
I have obsessive thoughts like The fear that I won't get better and i have had this for 6 years. Also, i have obsessive thoughts about mental health. My mind is basically full of anxiety, mental illness, people who have commited suicide. I cant seem to accept them. They get me everytime. What can I do?
What started them? Or was it something you always had as a kid?
Nope. But I did have my hormones checked and they are off. Hormones can be off for men as well. Also food intolerances can cause anxiety. Mine started when I was 38. Get your health thoroughly checked. I had to go to someone who does more tests than normal doctors. They just do surface testing
@@hueso5071 good luck on your journey. It will all work out!
@@kristybrown9273 thank you. I hope for the best. Blessings.
How has your recovery been? Has your mind and body healed somewhat? Do you still accept them
What about groinal responses during sexual intrusive thoughts...why is that happen?
Whenever I work through a thought or a symptom and get better my brain decides to focus on something else then! Its like i move from being better with one thing to worse with a different thing. Any tips on how to work through that? Should i just keep chugging thorough each thing until nothing is left to obsess on?
same here!
How are you now...i also think of the same thing
@@vksharma3730 good thank you! Turns out I was diagnosed with celiac disease. Cut gluten and the OCD went away. Very common for OCD and other disorders to be present with undiagnosed celiac. Including anxiety and depression!
@@JayLuhx Can you guide me a bit actually I am stuck with the intrusive thoughts and they are damn ferocious just like what if I jump off my terrace and all this they are brutal... please give me some important tips because it matters a lot i know
@@vksharma3730 I was totally there and still often am. I tell myself that thoughts are just thoughts. They do NOT mean I am going to act on them. In fact, these thoughts mean the opposite. They come from what we fear. The more you let it get to you the worse they come. So accept them, ingest them, and then distract yourself with other thoughts!
Hey Shaan, does this work on people 50+? I see many negative Nancyâs, people cant recover as they age or say âIt worked when I was younger. Its hard now that Iâm older.â
Hey Brenda, I was in Shaanâs program. Age is just a number. I came across many different age groups in the program who have recovered from anxiety.
@@lusineoganessian172 Thanks for the response. Iâm glad to hear this. Gives me a relief that no matter our age, we can recover.
My grandmother is 70 and she recovered without any meds.....age is just a number don't worry about it.
@@koshakro6121 Good to know. Thank you. This was making me anxious already
@@koshakro6121 do u also suffer from it
OCD is much more than having general anxiety! OCD is horrible. It manifests your daily life and takes over it. It debilitates a person to the point that they can have a shower for 6 hrs a day or be afraid of breathing air, wash their hands for 2 hrs, use a bottle of shampoo a day, be unable to focus or concentrate on school, perfecting your hair for 3+ hours, slapping yourself because you are angry with yourself etc. It's so much more than just having intrusive thoughts and people 'wondering' if they have it. There is no wondering. If it interrupts your daily life then you will know how debilitating it really is.
Have you gone through this how are your issues now I want to discuss with you on something
He is making a point that ocd is just a label that is also anxiety, and people shouldnât be too occupied with the label. It is as bad as GAD. Talk another taking it personal and missing the point.
"OCD" is just a label! Stop putting yourself into a box. I was diagnosed with it and when I focused on acceptance and anxiety it went away on its own. Obviously you have to address the behavioral patterns it put into you, but so do individuals with general anxiety! Drop the victim mentality!
@@Eliminton Thanks. the comment made me think OCD is worse than anxiety. I would ask that person to f*** off.
How much time can it take for complete recovery if i follow the right steps?its been 8 months since my 1st panic attack..and still i have physical symptons which is changing everyday
Itâs different for everyone depending on how well you apply the steps
Expecting for recovery IS and avoidance itself and can keep you atached because deep down you are not accepting the problem
How are you now
Is anyone afraid of just thinking? Like, no specific scary thought, but just the fact that you think? It freaks me out lol
Yes. I have same thing that sometimes shakes me to my core.
@@Muhvikast-ed2hd Sorry to hear that. It must be really hard for yo. Can you explain symptoms a bit more?
Hey! How is it going for you guys?
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Youâre not answering how to deal with anything. Very misleading title to get people to watch your videos and buy your book.
Yes, heâs making a living doing this. Itâs always upsetting to me when people who have made it through this process (journey from hell) and then make a living off of it ergo people who lack wealth do to this problem I canât get the âbetter professionals). Iâm 61 I have been going through this since age 11. Talk about beyond livid!
Hope everyone here gets better, you can do it. â€ïžđđŁ
Speak up! & Get to the point already
Lmao