I completely understand. OCD is awful. I have had it since I was a small child. I am 27 and it s worse then ever. I had to check the stove over and over and still do unless I don't use it. I have to get out of bed like 30 times to do stuff and there is so much more.
This video was the most amazing Blog I've ever watched in my life. Thank you so much, you gave me faith and helped me believe in myself. God bless you and everyone
You should forewarn that it's going to be religious like how you ended it you know? You do know not everyone is religious so saying that many will think that you trying to indirectly shove religion down their throat somehow while they're at their most vulnerable, since OCD is really hard to deal with. Think about it.
This is a great video!!! Thanks for making it...I believe you are right in what you say...ocd is the doubting disease so i can totally see how putting our faith in Him can relieve it...
Till it took over my life and I was not able to live a normal life. I always delay on doing things. Being late all the time because of it. OCD can control your life. Don't let it happen. Anyone with OCD have faith in yourself. Ignore the thoughts today. If you don't. You will have to do the checking, the washing, the counting everyday. Are you sick of it?
Hi I just want to thank you for this video as I can relate to you. The only way to stop OCD is yourself. Just ignore it. It's not easy but you have to stop checking on things. Recently I have stop ocd but sometimes it get back to me, slowly I will improve on it. I used to have a problem on being too perfect. Making sure things are arranged straight. Making sure things are off. Checking things and counting things. It just get more and more.
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I have had OCD for about 4 years now, itr has slowly gotten worse over the years, before it would be to make sure I wash my hands before and after dinner, whenever i touch something from outside, of whenver I pet an animal, but now it has gotten worse and it's taking a toll on me. I now wash them more than 20 times a day, sometimes i even wash the sink handles, I have to also wash them after I take a shower now. I am afraid to touch my body, my big fear is not that I will infect myself
@AndrewWilliams123 BUt that I will infect a family member, its gotten to the point where i make my boyfriend wash his hands whenever he does the same thing and I know it's getting on his nerves. I really need help but don't know where to start
bah i totally understand what you went through.. i have ocd right now :\ as a biomedical engineer i worked in lab in my school and i worked with some crazy chemicals which were toxic and carcinogenic.. and that's how my ocd started. well i had it before too but it was really mild..it wasn't exactly affecting my life. but it's gotten so much worse now.its been almost 3 months since i graduated from college and im scared to apply for jobs related to my field coz im scared of working in labs :\
I can totally relate to this! It really really sucks! It's gotten a lot better for me over the last year or so, but sometimes (like right now) there's that one compulsion that just keeps gnawing at me to the point where I feel like I might go insane! Bah!
Thank you so much for your video! I have had OCD my entire life, so I have been suffering for a good 19 years now. I am trying to overcome this disorder. I try to ignore the thoughts. It is so hard. I was diagnosed with severe OCD and specifically a type called pure o where most of my compulsions are in my head. It is hard trying to overcome it, but you have inspired me. So thank you.
These are the sort of things what i experience, i know i've had OCD my whole life and i'm only 15 i remember having it when i was little and wondering what it was and not one person in my family knows about it. I tried to explain it to my mom but she just said i'm been sily. My best friend knows i have it but she forgot about it in one week and doesn't give a crap about me and thinks OCD is just a stupid non-irritating thing!!!! As i'm getting older i've wanted to do something about it.
Im sad. Nobody has my OCD symptom around here. I repededly tap objects (any kind of solid) until it feels just right. and i would keep touching it over and over and over until it feels.. "just right" does anyone understand me and have that symptom? Right now i feel like im the only person in the world that has it and i feel left out. Its not all about Hand-washing and Turning lights on and off. You guys are forgetting the little symptoms too. its still part of OCD and it deserves attenction too.
@SuperDynomo hey dont feel bad i used to have that symptom of ocd but you REALLY have to resist it. The ocd that he has i never really had i have lots of bad thoughts that come with mine. Ill pray for u because Gods helped me sooo much with my ocd although at first it seemed that he was ignoring me but now i can see how hes helping me
@SuperDynomo I tap too! Like the door handles and I can't walk away until it feels "just right" or else I fear that something bad will happen to me or my family :( Next time you feel you can't walk away shout, "STOP" in your head and then quickly walk away and don't look back because I find that the more you acknowledge it the harder it is to walk away, hope this helped
Thank you for making this video. I think it helped me when watching and listening to it and applying the principles in it. Sometimes, I lost faith in God. However, I just have to insist and persist. Please pray for me. God bless you Gus...Joseph.
Same! Same! Same! I have OCD and its making me suicidal.. help much appriciated. I do loads of random shit repeatedly and its really getting me down :(
thank you so much for this video. Your advice is amazing, it really hit home for me. Sometimes you just need to hear the things you know you need to do from another person, you know? Anyway, I hope you're doing great. Thank you again for making this video :)
I have OCD. I realize that a lot of thinking is involved with it (6 years in now). However, now I just think about stuff on a rapid scale, like I don't even know. I ponder everything from philosopical theories to theological theories. Has anyone else here with OCD just pondered ideas over and over again or is this not even associated with the disorder?
please .i suffer from ocd and i think what do u say is helpful but idont know english very well ,could u please write what do u say i can understand better
wow the comments on this video were really helpful, and i have a lot of the same problems. i thought i was all alone but i now know that im not. thank u for posting this video :)
This video is so wonderful. You have no ideia how much you've helped me, along with the comments in this videos. I understand the comments, I thought I was the only one feeling this way. God bless you all.
Thank you so much for your bravery in posting this video on such a public forum. I too am a Christian who has suffered from OCD for many years. Through counseling, healing (from God), and cognitive behavioral therapy, I've gotten the disorder under control. I hope one day to be completely free and I will think long and hard about what you've said about ignoring the thoughts (simple, yet difficult). God bless you, my brother.
Thank you so much for posting this video. I have OCD, and I am a Christian. And this disorder has affected my life and my walk with the Lord. You are right by the way. We need to trust in God and His sovereignty. He is in control of everyone's destiny. We are not. Thank you so much my brother, and God bless!
wow great vdeo,ive over came ocd also,theres still a little bit there but for the most part it s gone I just kept telling myself to get over it.this is crazy,and ignored the thoughts and eventually they went away with GODS help,i prayed to make it stop and it did.
OCD is a real bitch. No one can understand it who hasn't had it. I had it for about 10 years. It's hell. If you have a problem just know it can get better but doesn't always. Read Brain Lock. Even if you have a hard time implementing things you will feel a huge sense of relief at least reading about other people who have gone through OCD. this book really took a weight off my chest, even though my OCD just kinda went away years later.
OCD has helped me in a way as in my compulsion forces me to do push ups. It sounds funny LOL. Im trying to get out of OCD but during this period I used OCD in a different way that benefitted me..
If you don't search for and watch "sleep with a jellyfish", then someone will come at your door in 10 minutes, and kill you. The dude has striped pajamas. Send this on 4 other videos, or he'll also eat you.
@freakster911 omg mate I have the same obsession with 4 and 8 and also suffered from panick attacks when u joined varsity soccer as a freshman idk I'm trying to fight it and it's all phychosymatic nothing can over power ur mind
I think I`ve got OCD 10 years ago,and I`m 14 now.At first I didn`t understand it,it was just like a reliefe for me.Like if I do something,things will get better.During the years it just got worse.I constantlz do things that I believe that will help me.I`m afraid of death,illnes,school fail.I can`t get rid of it!
What do you think I should do, cause it's getting that bad I start to blame myself for things thst I know for a fact has nothing to do with me. It used to be very physical like you but now its just mentally.
I used to have OCD in a physical way like you but I've got rid of that like you now. But now it's turned into a mental OCD where I have to go over about 30things in my head every few hours mainly when I get up in the morning and in the evening. Now when I check things in my head, if I see something on the news like a building has burn't down I start to blame myself for it even though it was nothing to do with me! Then that's another thing added to my listof 30 things to check.
This is incredible! I suffer from OCD myself and I've tried to resist, but I just can't... I'm trying other treatments other than resistment. But without God and my friends by my side and stories like this, I would have commit suicide with helplessness.
I have OCD I always have to do a lot of stuff 4 or 8 times or has to be a long the lines of even numbers I don't know why I do it that many times I just do. I always make sure ceiling fans are off and have to make sure doors are shut. I also have anxiety disorder.
You are absolutely right. This was also my testimony. I suffered with a very specific OCD routine and did not know it until I had gone to a specialist. My faith brought me to a place now, after a year and a half, where I no longer have to take meds. I still see a spiritual counselor once a month, and stay involved with my church to keep my faith strong. I encourage anyone who battles OCD to keep the faith in God!! He works!
I don't know how mine started, I had it when I was younger but never knew what it was till this year, I have the whole package :( Washing my hands over and over, having a bath/ shower for like an hour, checking the front and back doors are locked even though I know they are locked cause I already checked, touching things or saying things a specific number of times, and seeing bad images :( I don't know how to get rid of it
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with others. I'm glad you've cured yourself. OCD is an awful condition to have and my heart goes out to anyone suffering from it. I've suffered from OCD and at times it has felt like it has completely taken over my life. One of the most successful approaches I have found to dealing with it is to get tough with it (not angry) but strong. I will say out loud 'I'm strong', 'I'm not going to let you destroy my life', 'I have to much to give and offer this world'.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with others. I'm glad you've cured yourself. OCD is an awful condition to have and my heart goes out to anyone suffering from it. I've suffered from OCD and at times it has felt like it has completely taken over my life. One of the most successful approaches I have found to dealing with it is to get tough with it (not angry) but strong. I will say out loud 'I'm strong', 'I'm not going to let you destroy my life', 'I have to much to give and offer this world'.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with others. I'm glad you've cured yourself. OCD is an awful condition to have and my heart goes out to anyone suffering from it. I've suffered from OCD and at times it has felt like it has completely taken over my life. One of the most successful approaches I have found to dealing with it is to get tough with it (not angry) but strong. I will say out loud 'I'm strong', 'I'm not going to let you destroy my life', 'I have to much to give and offer this world'.
lol I've lived with it since I was 5. about 20 years now, and it completely engulfs my life. there are just so many of them, and I do alot of them automatically without really even thinking about it anymore....I have no idea what to do, wish there was some freaking pill or something I could take to just make it go away. books and weed are the only things that seem to keep it at least somewhat at bay.
Ive had OCD since I was about 3 or 4 years old and I can get rid of it if I try really hard but it only lasts a week at most. it just comes back even worse afterwards. im hopeless and i gave in. i dont really give a shit about wasting my life walking in and out of doors 50 times a day. im so used to it but so stressed because there is no cure for OCD
I had pattern walking and touching multiple times OCD. Slowly I tried to break the circle and while the overwhelming negative feeling and nervousness were the drawbacks I forgot about it. At the time I did not know it was OCD, I was just thinking it was some weird quirk I had.
i don't wash my hands so constantly...but wen my parents sleep early (not often) i would check the door 3-4 times and check the gas once or twice even tho i see that there is no fire on.
and i like to clean like every corner wen i clean,,
i don't clean often b/c im lazy but sometimes i need to clean something in order to feel more secure.
But free from it ? Never.. You can fight it (cognitive therapy / meds) or.. you can get along with it and put it to some good use :> I like to talk about it as a feature, not a bug. Have a nice day all of you :D
Hahaha I laughed my ass off :P.. Probably some of you smarter people know that if you can control your fear/emotions, you can somewhat control OCD.. So, basically this guy just lets his 'god' protect him from whatever shit life is throwing at him, so he won't feel the need to worry about it so he could stop obsessing :P ...well thank god I'm an atheist ^^ But who cares, it's ok as long as he can be 'normal' :P
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I had OCD and during the first days I was feeling that I had to pray and go to church oftenly, it was compulsory to me. Guess: things get worse. Only with drugs and psychotherapy I am OK now. This experience turned me from agnostic to pure atheist.
I haven't been diagnosed but I'm pretty sure I have some kind of ocd. Sometimes I feel like if I don't do certain random ass tasks God is gonna disconnect me from the real world and make me think I'm living life while it's really fake, does anyone think that is ocd or have a solution. I also wash my hands constantly because I feel like I accidently touched some substance that will kill me or make me hillucinate. I guess that's also a phobia of drugs, because I want control of my body
my ocd is when i keep on rearanging objects but it went a bit down because i have will power that forces myself from keep on doing it and yes i did turn to god for one thing it was like a habit not related to ocd but it worked! so i recommend it. thanks anyways
thankyou, you are so brave for telling your story, i can sympathise with so much of the things you say, i have had it on/off for years and unfortunately am going through a hard patch right now, but please never underestimate how much you have helped people like me with you beautiful honest testimony, i to am Christian and pray to God for his guidance and assistance, but yeah i do have terrible thoughts like he has abandoned me etc, even thought i do know this is not true, THANKYOU again
Sounded a bit frustrating with your obsessions, But its good that youre now free from the most of your ocd, All people that has OCD can "cure" it, One Tip is to just do the thing you have to make several times and ignore the things you think will happend or not happend, and its important to not stop doing things and your favorite things to do, I cant understand why some people think that they are bad or stupid just beacuse they have OCD, Think about what you can do and what you want to do
I agree with rockon002. i am muslim and think i have ocd. on the plus side i do things like offer everyone in the house wherever they are any food or drink before i take it. on the downside i do things like obsess over events and message people 10 years later apologising for something. my point is if we move our obsessions toward positive things like learning, and worshiping God, we can use ocd to our advantage.
I don't believe in God, but I do think that faith can and will help me. I will put my faith in those that I love, that they will be there for me and protect me. I will also put my faith in myself, that I am strong enough to do this, and that I am a good person. At the moment it's like I'm putting my faith in my OCD to protect me from being dirty, but my OCD doesn't love me. It doesn't care about me.
You are such a strong person, I am so happy that you were able to beat your OCD.
@feliceii dude i don't have any ocd anymore but ppl here still do. Ocders are nice ppl but some are to afraid not me I will fucking kill you in real life you fucking faggot... nice pic btw
thx man you gave me great help by posting this video. Well done for beating OCD. I am currently in the struggle of fighting it but i have Pure O a different form of what you had where it is purely obbsessional. Thx again. Peace and God bless
great video thanks for posting, I have OCD too and I'm doing exposure therapy which is exactly what you described in your video. Its working! I'm making videos now about treatment, and one day I hope to make a video like yours, about how I HAD ocd, one day in the future :P
Well done mate good video. Your faith helped - but your actions were exposure rsponse therapy, which is the most effective way to deal with OCD. Looks like you inadvertantly picked the only way to beat this disorder. Fortune or an act of God maybe, not sure(glad your doing well)
its the devil who playing around with your mind it usauly happens to weak people he gives you a way out dont listen to him but do what you think is good
there is nothing wrong with you you are healty the devil gives you a feeling like there is something wrong go and check anxiety islam and you will find a cure
i suffer from the thoughts too and worry that God would think i meant it when i really would never ever want the things that invaded my brain and some things that come into my brain i can't understand how my brain can latch on to the worst fears for yourself, those you love and even people you pass in the street.
Downside is I worry about leaving things on that could kill me like the gasses etc. As its such as serious thing I have trouble walking away from it.
These invading thoughts also for me latched onto my worst fears and really got me down, it also made me worry on what God would think. But remember these invading voices are not from your hart. God is amazing, he created everything, when he is so powerful then he also understands and know that you do not mean in what these invading thoughts say. You can ignore the invading thoughts (Do not respond to them) knowing that God also understands. After I started ignoring the thoughts they disappeared.
@rockon002 Thanks for your experiences. Your problems sound just like mine. I am trying to stop from doing my ocd rituals. You have given me hope. your video might be just what I needed to give me the strength to carry on and not give up. I have prayed and maybe God wanted me to see your video. God bless you.
That's EXACTLY how my OCD is as well. In the beginning, though. People generally only think that OCD is just washing your hands uncontrollably or having to check things time and time again.... but there's IS more. It actually makes me glad to see someone out there that deals with the same things as me.
I believe it is anxiety that causes it and if we can ignore it, bat it out of our heads by distracting ourselves with other things that we can lessen our anxiety and eventually can find a way out. I found a youtube video from Charles Linden who had this and he apparently has a cure and just hearing him speak gave me a much needed sense of clarity and I didn't feel half after hearing it. Just type his name and OCD into youtube. Thank you for letting me know I wasn't alone either.
@torianna99 greetings i just wanted to share with u some information that i heard form the vedio called cureing obsisive compulsive disorder in 3 steps its really amazing and tis form a muslim point of view he uses a verse form the quran that say "...and from the evill wisprere who hides.." the wispere is a divill but how does he hide . ok hi doesnt want you to feel his pressnce so he copys the same frequnce as the voice in your had when you think. so he makes you think of blasphmy things
@torianna99 about God which wll bother you so much and you will ingage it restlsessly
second he puts a thought in your headrember with same voice that u think its urslfe and tells you to kill or evill thoughts that you would have never thought of and you start thinking so much like what happend to me in islam you just seek Allahs protection and the devill runs away but i dont know for nonbelivers any whay i never had obc
Thanks so much for sharing this video. I also used to suffer from OCD until this summer when I went to a Christian music camp. Let's just say that i have tried so many methods of trying to get rid of OCD. I just wanted to say thank you for sharing this video. I am so happy that God changed your life as He did with mine. And I agree that Jesus is the only answer. God bless
i have ocd , i touch something with my right hand then with my left hand,i count the steps,i need to pick up everything on the floor and put it back in its place..i order everything,i stare at something then i look away then i stare back then away....
it's really frustraiting but i ignored some of them and it worked ..so i hope i get rid of the rest :)
im glad you got over OCD. its very horrible it drains you alot.. and i hate the lil voices. im glad i saw your video. im going try to resist and beat this OCD as well. thank you so much.
I admire you for having the strength to turn away from your obsessions. But even though you may be strong enough to do it, some people may have a hard time. What I advise is: get help. Find a therapist you can trust. I'm being such a hypocrite right now, because I still haven't told anyone about my OCD, but I'm slowly working up the courage.
Thanks for sharing man :) I am really glad you beat your ocd! It's inspirational hearing successes like yours. I had quite bad OCD for the past 2 or so years. I've resisted and even looking back now on what I was like at the worst stages makes me feel confident I will eventually beat it altogether. All the best.
I have ocd also. I use to turn my car around to make sure I did not hit someone one the road. Of course I never hit anyone. I stopped this problem by never turning around again. I am currently trying to do this with the rest of the ocd. This can be stopped, just get aggressive and tell yourself no more checking ,thinking and no more rituals. At first it will be very hard, then it gets easier. Having faith in God helps a lot also.
my younger brother watches this video for inspiration in overcoming his fears and dealing with OCD. I like that you turned to God for help and I'm glad that worked for you.
Thank you for sharing your testimony. I have a friend with OCD. I'm praying for her and just being there for her, though I feel I can do little. Your testimony is very encouraging to me. Isaiah 40:31-"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strenght; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint."
I've had all the weird symptoms you're talking about and have learned to manage them, but the worst thing about it now is I am unable to feel emotions. I love music and want to learn to play the guitar, but when I sit down to play, it is purely mechanical and empty. This is so miserable. I can't hold a relationship together for the same reasons. This feels like there has to be something I could take to make this go away. I am convinced ocd is a physiological disorder.
I pray too, but it's not always effective. OCD is one nasty little opponent, and sometimes prayer just isn't enough. You really just have to get down and dirty with your OCD. If your OCD is telling you that something horrible is going to happen if you don't perform a ritual, you just have to tell it to bring it on.
But you're correct for the most part; prayer is a very powerful tool for combating OCD's hellish tricks.
i have ocd really bad and i manage to hide it from people i don't hang out with my family at all because they might find out i basically stay in my apartment and don't go out accept for work or shopping i'm a loner i have had this disorder every since i was 12 i'm now 29 i can't afford to see a sychiatrist nor do i want to my family to find out so i'm in a difficult position here i have hid it so well through out the years because i limit myself to being around people. thx for listening.
i have a milder form of ocd, just went for the first time to the counsellor to tell about it, because I've never admitted it to anyone before, its good I caught it early because I can see new patterns on locking doors emerging, and such. My biggest fear is obsessive thoughts, thoughts I might accidentally hurt someone, and its out of my control, other people can do it, so so can i, maybe one day I won't have those thoughts at all
Hey guys I have ocd too. This is how you stop. Stop checking,praying, no matter what. It worked for part of my ocd and I am using it for the rest of it. I helps a lot to have faith and trust God. You guys can stop today.
everytime i am doing something , for instance walking to the door my ocd comes up. During the walk to the door, i can think about bad things. like nasty things happening 2 ur familly, so i have to redo the movement of waling to the door 3 or 4 times with a good thought so my 'bad' thought became invalid.. so nothing will happen to them.. i have to redo the movement or thought over and over again untill i get a goood feeling about it.. PLz help me talk with me !!!!!
i know how you feel i think of bad stuff happening to my family even though i dont want to then i get really pissed and start throwing and hitting stuff and sometimes if i get hit like in the right arm i gotta create same pain in other arm
Hi nono my name is Andrew and I read your comment on OCD and it sounds exactly like my OCD I have thoughts that come up like a family member will get in a car accident if I dont do a ritual or I think if I dont check to see if the oven is off 3 times they will die in their sleep and I have tics or twicthes that I have to do and its really embarsing I just want to be normal and feel free from this torment I hope your OCD will get better Nono Pray for me and I will Pray for you. Please
Bad thoughts about people i love invaded mi mind and... i have to do a series of acts, thinking on good thoughts while doing them, to INVALID the bad thought.
The acts were thinking in the chorus of a series of 6 or 7 songs... gulp thinking in a serie of faces of people, from the ones i wanted to protect of the bad thoughts, to people i don't care so much and others kinds o series of acts...
@heathl111 The worst was that if i think again in something bad (wich was common considereting that when you do all the possible to not think in something, that something will possibly pass your mind), i have to re-do the serie of acts from the begining, and so... and so... sometimes spending half an hour re-doing the series of acts to INVALID the bad thoughts
The thing was to protect the purest people in my heart, to bad thought that get into my mind without my consideration
I have it to, I'm so scary to hurts my family, if not do a ritual, and do a ritual to avoid the sicking thinking, my mother are very sick of cancer, I'm cry and scare !
Trusten I have Ocd and I hope I can fix it but I am so sorry about your Mom Im 24 and have a aunt with cancer so were kinda alike in some ways I dont know if you belive in GoD but I want to pray for your Mom and you Trusten I wish I could help so much more please be strong brother .
I have OCD and I also believe in God. I do rituals of one type or another all day long from the moment I wake until I fall asleep. The most time consuming thing I do is praying. I am late for work every single day because I spend so much time in the morning praying and I stay up late because I spend so much time praying at night. I always pray the same thing, its just that I say them over and over again and have to pronounce them a certain way. Does anyone else have this problem?
I did have it a lot worse when i was a little kid, but not so much now. i still get the constant "what ifs" though. And by the way i hate to admit it on my profile because people will think i'm even more insane than i apear, but i'm a youtube conspiracy researcher.. i guess my work is suited.
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Wow! I think you had something more than just OCD. Typically with OCD you don't generally hear "voices". You get feelings that you have to do certain things but for the most part you don't generally hear voices. Sounds like you did have OCD symptoms but you probably had an evil unseen spirit in you house that was putting those particular thoughts in your head and making you hear those particular things that you were hearing. The "voices" part of that nature is not typical of OCD.
OCD is terrible. I would almost go as far to say that a person with OCD would have a multi personality disorder. The sane part of you would be saying that this is crazy why am I doing these things, while the not so helpful personalities would be sabotaging you from going on about your business. This guy just trained himself in behavioral therapy, and great he's doing better. Someone that has had OCD for many years may find it more difficult to attempt and may need more help and support.
i'm sorry but that's the most ridiculous video on ocd.
'faith in god stopped my ocd'. i'm not going to turn this into a religious debate, believe what u want to.
but my ocd cannot be gotten rid of by believing a god is proctecting me. the ruminations and stuff don't just go away, i have more of a mental ocd rather than a physical, it's alot worse in some respects.
i'm glad you were able to overcome it but the method is just plain ridiculous to me.
Thanks for your comment, basically I believe that there is an all mighty God as the bible tells us so, and because of this and from what the bible says I believe that if I pray to God for protection he will protect me. By believing that God will protect me, this allowed me to ignore what the OCD was saying - before this I was never able to ignore the OCD, the OCD compulsions were always too strong to ignore.
Ive had OCD all my life (19 years.) Its odd... Your belief in God helped your OCD, my past belief in God destroyed me.
The whole concept of being condemned to Hell, of being "good", of being "right" put too much strain on my OCD. Its scarred me for life. Id have to counteract bad thoughts, repeat behaviours, etc.
The most effective way for me was therapy. Sure, a belief in something bigger may help, but for me, if there was a God that subjected me to this... then Im not sure I want to know.
I am pretty much like you, but while you were afraid you would go to hell if you were not good, I believe you don't stay out of hell by being good, but but trusting Jesus Christ.
God does not cause evil, rather it's a lack, it's a privation of being, says Aquinas. When you have a toothache, it means there is something missing, lacking from the health of the tooth. Someone who is blind, there is something missing in their ocular apparatus. So all evil has that form, therefore God does not cause evil, but permits it, why, to bring out a greater good.
@efgeesus i have mental one too.bad images ,thoughts of plenty different things and i try to make em go away by other thoughts.-same thing or similar as you.but the way i see this video is forget his comments about god but focus on the process of what he says cause it seems to work at least some of it-ignoring this thought and becoming focused on now and doing it long enough till its a habit.its been known for some time thats basically best way to deal with ocd.good luck
Thank you for posting this. I have a lot of similar OCD thoughts that you had and I need to learn to have faith and not worry so much because God is protecting us, we just need to let him.
Very interesting the spectrum of triggers and obsessions you had. I totally know that unresolved feeling you were chasing. I got better not by ignoring the feeling, but by knowing it wasn't based in reality, knowing it would come, and giving myself permission to feel it. Permission is the key, I am giving the permission to feel the torment sometimes, I am giving myself permission to give in to the compulsion sometimes. I can easily recognize and deal with the feeling when it (rarely) pops up.
having busy life style helps get through the day forgetting about big OCD's,
not listening to the voice, and reasoning with yourself helps escape some OCD's,
and having a mindset of "i do not care whats gonna happen", but still being smart about it helps. PS: always try to catch yourself doing it and tell yourself you dont need it.
GREAT video...i have very mild OCD... but i am almost positive that OCD id NOT fully curable, it is only paused, or decreased, but never gone, as far as i know..
If anyone knows otherwise.. id love to know, so please tell me
I have OCD, its not extreme but alarm clocks, switches, and i have a lot of routines, and i have same horrible problem with prayers..........im gonna try my best from now on to go completely cold turkey on them and ignore them
I spend hours a day praying over and over and they all must be said and all the words pronounced a certain way. It takes up all my time in the mornings and makes me late for work every single day. Also at night when I pray I go on for so long that it robs me of a good night's sleep. I exist day to day on 5 hours sleep maximum. How do you cope with it? I would love to talk about it if you wanted to.
omg dude me to man it sucks i get really pissed when i dont get my words right cause i dont think i said them all then i gotta go back and do it over and over and say amen or howerver it spelled and certain way like 4 times out loud with eyes open then close my eyes and say it 4 times out loud then open my eyes and say it in my mind 4 times then close them and say it in my mind 4 times doing a certain hand movement i gotta do it 4 times after well 3 after first but you know what i mean
I completely understand. OCD is awful. I have had it since I was a small child. I am 27 and it s worse then ever. I had to check the stove over and over and still do unless I don't use it. I have to get out of bed like 30 times to do stuff and there is so much more.
lovemybones88 4 weeks ago
I dream of getting OCD
CHEF2178 1 month ago
GOOD 4 U ...
golf23101987 1 month ago
This video was the most amazing Blog I've ever watched in my life. Thank you so much, you gave me faith and helped me believe in myself. God bless you and everyone
GalacticCards 2 months ago
You should forewarn that it's going to be religious like how you ended it you know? You do know not everyone is religious so saying that many will think that you trying to indirectly shove religion down their throat somehow while they're at their most vulnerable, since OCD is really hard to deal with. Think about it.
musicluvaa4833 2 months ago
This is a great video!!! Thanks for making it...I believe you are right in what you say...ocd is the doubting disease so i can totally see how putting our faith in Him can relieve it...
summersky1119 2 months ago
Till it took over my life and I was not able to live a normal life. I always delay on doing things. Being late all the time because of it. OCD can control your life. Don't let it happen. Anyone with OCD have faith in yourself. Ignore the thoughts today. If you don't. You will have to do the checking, the washing, the counting everyday. Are you sick of it?
lucaslim86 4 months ago
Hi I just want to thank you for this video as I can relate to you. The only way to stop OCD is yourself. Just ignore it. It's not easy but you have to stop checking on things. Recently I have stop ocd but sometimes it get back to me, slowly I will improve on it. I used to have a problem on being too perfect. Making sure things are arranged straight. Making sure things are off. Checking things and counting things. It just get more and more.
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GODISONEism 4 months ago
God is The True answer For He can save you all you have to do is BELIEVE :)
Vick4117 5 months ago
@Vick4117 that is bull, you have to believe in Yourself, not some imaginary almighty thing
UsBeatingU 3 months ago
I have had OCD for about 4 years now, itr has slowly gotten worse over the years, before it would be to make sure I wash my hands before and after dinner, whenever i touch something from outside, of whenver I pet an animal, but now it has gotten worse and it's taking a toll on me. I now wash them more than 20 times a day, sometimes i even wash the sink handles, I have to also wash them after I take a shower now. I am afraid to touch my body, my big fear is not that I will infect myself
AndrewWilliams123 5 months ago
@AndrewWilliams123 BUt that I will infect a family member, its gotten to the point where i make my boyfriend wash his hands whenever he does the same thing and I know it's getting on his nerves. I really need help but don't know where to start
AndrewWilliams123 5 months ago
i respect the people who have the courage to bare the anxiety and stand it, I have HOCD for the past 8 years, and I couldn't stand it.
mehmetursan 5 months ago
and although it started from lab.. it's spread to other things like washing hands excessively like you mentioned in the vdo
sk09 5 months ago
bah i totally understand what you went through.. i have ocd right now :\ as a biomedical engineer i worked in lab in my school and i worked with some crazy chemicals which were toxic and carcinogenic.. and that's how my ocd started. well i had it before too but it was really mild..it wasn't exactly affecting my life. but it's gotten so much worse now.its been almost 3 months since i graduated from college and im scared to apply for jobs related to my field coz im scared of working in labs :\
sk09 5 months ago
I can totally relate to this! It really really sucks! It's gotten a lot better for me over the last year or so, but sometimes (like right now) there's that one compulsion that just keeps gnawing at me to the point where I feel like I might go insane! Bah!
trevorino91 6 months ago
Thank you for this video, God bless
7RainbowSpirit7 6 months ago
Thank you so much for your video! I have had OCD my entire life, so I have been suffering for a good 19 years now. I am trying to overcome this disorder. I try to ignore the thoughts. It is so hard. I was diagnosed with severe OCD and specifically a type called pure o where most of my compulsions are in my head. It is hard trying to overcome it, but you have inspired me. So thank you.
Cortneeyyy 6 months ago
These are the sort of things what i experience, i know i've had OCD my whole life and i'm only 15 i remember having it when i was little and wondering what it was and not one person in my family knows about it. I tried to explain it to my mom but she just said i'm been sily. My best friend knows i have it but she forgot about it in one week and doesn't give a crap about me and thinks OCD is just a stupid non-irritating thing!!!! As i'm getting older i've wanted to do something about it.
07leacox 6 months ago
SuperDynomo, Thank you for prayer for me. Thank you for the important remember "REALLY have to resist it." The capital REALLY is a strong reminder.
Thank you. God bless you.
josephwong604 6 months ago
Thank u soooooo much for making this video it lets me know im not alone God bless u
taco15andahalf 6 months ago
Im sad. Nobody has my OCD symptom around here. I repededly tap objects (any kind of solid) until it feels just right. and i would keep touching it over and over and over until it feels.. "just right" does anyone understand me and have that symptom? Right now i feel like im the only person in the world that has it and i feel left out. Its not all about Hand-washing and Turning lights on and off. You guys are forgetting the little symptoms too. its still part of OCD and it deserves attenction too.
SuperDynomo 7 months ago
@SuperDynomo hey dont feel bad i used to have that symptom of ocd but you REALLY have to resist it. The ocd that he has i never really had i have lots of bad thoughts that come with mine. Ill pray for u because Gods helped me sooo much with my ocd although at first it seemed that he was ignoring me but now i can see how hes helping me
taco15andahalf 6 months ago
@taco15andahalf bless you
SuperDynomo 6 months ago
@SuperDynomo I tap too! Like the door handles and I can't walk away until it feels "just right" or else I fear that something bad will happen to me or my family :( Next time you feel you can't walk away shout, "STOP" in your head and then quickly walk away and don't look back because I find that the more you acknowledge it the harder it is to walk away, hope this helped
7RainbowSpirit7 6 months ago
I need to thank you for uploading this video. It really gives me more motivation to deal with my OCD. God Bless You sir.
soundstream626 7 months ago
Thank you for making this video. I think it helped me when watching and listening to it and applying the principles in it. Sometimes, I lost faith in God. However, I just have to insist and persist. Please pray for me. God bless you Gus...Joseph.
josephwong604 7 months ago
You have helped me so much, you don't even know. THANK.YOU.SO.MUCH!
Horsekisses 7 months ago
God bless u!! thankyou for posting this! OCD is is tough crap...
abarkena 7 months ago
You are an inspiration to everyone... Praise God!!
MrKounellos 7 months ago
Im happy for u im 17 and i have been OCD free for a year come this july
Keeboo0608 7 months ago
Same! Same! Same! I have OCD and its making me suicidal.. help much appriciated. I do loads of random shit repeatedly and its really getting me down :(
emoscreamogal123 8 months ago
Hey,
thank you so much for this video. Your advice is amazing, it really hit home for me. Sometimes you just need to hear the things you know you need to do from another person, you know? Anyway, I hope you're doing great. Thank you again for making this video :)
gooseblack12 9 months ago
I have OCD. I realize that a lot of thinking is involved with it (6 years in now). However, now I just think about stuff on a rapid scale, like I don't even know. I ponder everything from philosopical theories to theological theories. Has anyone else here with OCD just pondered ideas over and over again or is this not even associated with the disorder?
nevertolive 9 months ago
Brave man
rmadrid10figo 9 months ago
please .i suffer from ocd and i think what do u say is helpful but idont know english very well ,could u please write what do u say i can understand better
rtarkji 9 months ago
wow the comments on this video were really helpful, and i have a lot of the same problems. i thought i was all alone but i now know that im not. thank u for posting this video :)
TheDingBat47 10 months ago
does the intrusive thoughts come true?
victoriavanfsg 10 months ago
This video is so wonderful. You have no ideia how much you've helped me, along with the comments in this videos. I understand the comments, I thought I was the only one feeling this way. God bless you all.
karlanickita 10 months ago 13
anyone with pure o and other ocd type on you tube:
OCD: Treating and understanding a complex disorder
yellow6100 11 months ago
Thank you so much for your bravery in posting this video on such a public forum. I too am a Christian who has suffered from OCD for many years. Through counseling, healing (from God), and cognitive behavioral therapy, I've gotten the disorder under control. I hope one day to be completely free and I will think long and hard about what you've said about ignoring the thoughts (simple, yet difficult). God bless you, my brother.
1Co118 11 months ago
Thank you so much for posting this video. I have OCD, and I am a Christian. And this disorder has affected my life and my walk with the Lord. You are right by the way. We need to trust in God and His sovereignty. He is in control of everyone's destiny. We are not. Thank you so much my brother, and God bless!
misthotos 11 months ago
wow great vdeo,ive over came ocd also,theres still a little bit there but for the most part it s gone I just kept telling myself to get over it.this is crazy,and ignored the thoughts and eventually they went away with GODS help,i prayed to make it stop and it did.
Deidraify 11 months ago
Really good video. The devil was tormenting you, but you overcame.
LoveJoyPeaceComfort 11 months ago
nice. Did it ever come back again?
LoveJoyPeaceComfort 11 months ago
thanks...this really helped
i suffer from ocd and pure o
johnolazabal 11 months ago
Follow @ocdgal on twitter for daily ocd support and thanks for this video! :)
Matildalovesu 11 months ago
OCD is a real bitch. No one can understand it who hasn't had it. I had it for about 10 years. It's hell. If you have a problem just know it can get better but doesn't always. Read Brain Lock. Even if you have a hard time implementing things you will feel a huge sense of relief at least reading about other people who have gone through OCD. this book really took a weight off my chest, even though my OCD just kinda went away years later.
gaozhi2007 1 year ago
OCD has helped me in a way as in my compulsion forces me to do push ups. It sounds funny LOL. Im trying to get out of OCD but during this period I used OCD in a different way that benefitted me..
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spungoo 1 year ago
man your video is helping me, thanks for the video and words again
Kidzps3 1 year ago
@freakster911 omg mate I have the same obsession with 4 and 8 and also suffered from panick attacks when u joined varsity soccer as a freshman idk I'm trying to fight it and it's all phychosymatic nothing can over power ur mind
roxerlolz 1 year ago
I think I`ve got OCD 10 years ago,and I`m 14 now.At first I didn`t understand it,it was just like a reliefe for me.Like if I do something,things will get better.During the years it just got worse.I constantlz do things that I believe that will help me.I`m afraid of death,illnes,school fail.I can`t get rid of it!
ancchiii 1 year ago
interesting, i got ocd.. since child, my checking was very bad once, now all i do is check my door several times.. but i got it in my thoughts more
pahoboye 1 year ago
What do you think I should do, cause it's getting that bad I start to blame myself for things thst I know for a fact has nothing to do with me. It used to be very physical like you but now its just mentally.
mattdelm1 1 year ago
Hi,
I used to have OCD in a physical way like you but I've got rid of that like you now. But now it's turned into a mental OCD where I have to go over about 30things in my head every few hours mainly when I get up in the morning and in the evening. Now when I check things in my head, if I see something on the news like a building has burn't down I start to blame myself for it even though it was nothing to do with me! Then that's another thing added to my listof 30 things to check.
mattdelm1 1 year ago
Thank you for shearing your story it helps more people then you know.
hartrose33 1 year ago
This is incredible! I suffer from OCD myself and I've tried to resist, but I just can't... I'm trying other treatments other than resistment. But without God and my friends by my side and stories like this, I would have commit suicide with helplessness.
pharaohatemu 1 year ago
I have OCD I always have to do a lot of stuff 4 or 8 times or has to be a long the lines of even numbers I don't know why I do it that many times I just do. I always make sure ceiling fans are off and have to make sure doors are shut. I also have anxiety disorder.
freakster9111 1 year ago
@freakster9111 : I have the same problem with the same numbers 4 & 8. It's interesting to see someone else is the same!!!!!!
monaho 1 year ago
@monaho wow really thats weird : )
freakster9111 1 year ago
Brilliant video. God bless.
sammieseagull 1 year ago
You are absolutely right. This was also my testimony. I suffered with a very specific OCD routine and did not know it until I had gone to a specialist. My faith brought me to a place now, after a year and a half, where I no longer have to take meds. I still see a spiritual counselor once a month, and stay involved with my church to keep my faith strong. I encourage anyone who battles OCD to keep the faith in God!! He works!
q1koolaid 1 year ago
I thought I was the only who thinks I may have run over someone after driving. I fear that everytime I drive. It drives me crazy! lol
ASacredSpirit 1 year ago
im 13 and really depressed ocd has taken over ny life:( help me!!!!!
Yermom74725 1 year ago
Hello if you are a Christian or have a faith of any kind I believe you may find this website very inspirational. Type in Scrupulosity
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torianna99 1 year ago
It's great to hear your success story. I hope everything keeps on working out for you!
vomitbrown1 1 year ago
I don't know how mine started, I had it when I was younger but never knew what it was till this year, I have the whole package :( Washing my hands over and over, having a bath/ shower for like an hour, checking the front and back doors are locked even though I know they are locked cause I already checked, touching things or saying things a specific number of times, and seeing bad images :( I don't know how to get rid of it
IglesiasMusica 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with others. I'm glad you've cured yourself. OCD is an awful condition to have and my heart goes out to anyone suffering from it. I've suffered from OCD and at times it has felt like it has completely taken over my life. One of the most successful approaches I have found to dealing with it is to get tough with it (not angry) but strong. I will say out loud 'I'm strong', 'I'm not going to let you destroy my life', 'I have to much to give and offer this world'.
Bamboogrove2k 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with others. I'm glad you've cured yourself. OCD is an awful condition to have and my heart goes out to anyone suffering from it. I've suffered from OCD and at times it has felt like it has completely taken over my life. One of the most successful approaches I have found to dealing with it is to get tough with it (not angry) but strong. I will say out loud 'I'm strong', 'I'm not going to let you destroy my life', 'I have to much to give and offer this world'.
Bamboogrove2k 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with others. I'm glad you've cured yourself. OCD is an awful condition to have and my heart goes out to anyone suffering from it. I've suffered from OCD and at times it has felt like it has completely taken over my life. One of the most successful approaches I have found to dealing with it is to get tough with it (not angry) but strong. I will say out loud 'I'm strong', 'I'm not going to let you destroy my life', 'I have to much to give and offer this world'.
Bamboogrove2k 1 year ago
lol I've lived with it since I was 5. about 20 years now, and it completely engulfs my life. there are just so many of them, and I do alot of them automatically without really even thinking about it anymore....I have no idea what to do, wish there was some freaking pill or something I could take to just make it go away. books and weed are the only things that seem to keep it at least somewhat at bay.
RoadWarrior008 1 year ago
Ive had OCD since I was about 3 or 4 years old and I can get rid of it if I try really hard but it only lasts a week at most. it just comes back even worse afterwards. im hopeless and i gave in. i dont really give a shit about wasting my life walking in and out of doors 50 times a day. im so used to it but so stressed because there is no cure for OCD
couturexlove1 1 year ago
I had pattern walking and touching multiple times OCD. Slowly I tried to break the circle and while the overwhelming negative feeling and nervousness were the drawbacks I forgot about it. At the time I did not know it was OCD, I was just thinking it was some weird quirk I had.
scrap222666 1 year ago
do u have to constantly wash hands to have ocd?
i don't wash my hands so constantly...but wen my parents sleep early (not often) i would check the door 3-4 times and check the gas once or twice even tho i see that there is no fire on.
and i like to clean like every corner wen i clean,,
i don't clean often b/c im lazy but sometimes i need to clean something in order to feel more secure.
iLUFFFu 1 year ago
But free from it ? Never.. You can fight it (cognitive therapy / meds) or.. you can get along with it and put it to some good use :> I like to talk about it as a feature, not a bug. Have a nice day all of you :D
JohnDoe5X5 1 year ago
Hahaha I laughed my ass off :P.. Probably some of you smarter people know that if you can control your fear/emotions, you can somewhat control OCD.. So, basically this guy just lets his 'god' protect him from whatever shit life is throwing at him, so he won't feel the need to worry about it so he could stop obsessing :P ...well thank god I'm an atheist ^^ But who cares, it's ok as long as he can be 'normal' :P
JohnDoe5X5 1 year ago
Lucky :[
Mariee209 1 year ago
ii really need help with this ocd problem , i never new anybody elsE Hadd it i Onlyy ThOughtt ii wAs The Only persOn in The WOrldd Withh it . but if sOmeOne Outt There Kno;SZ tHE cUree Plsz Contactt me . Because ii Cantt Liive My Lifee Wiithoutt It tElliin Me How . wynter101williams@yahoo.com
msseasonname 1 year ago
I had OCD and during the first days I was feeling that I had to pray and go to church oftenly, it was compulsory to me. Guess: things get worse. Only with drugs and psychotherapy I am OK now. This experience turned me from agnostic to pure atheist.
IoannisC78 1 year ago
God bless you! Thank you for making this video!
ChadderCheeze 1 year ago
i have OCD since when i was like 14 till now and im already 29 ....
ryanrivers24 1 year ago
I haven't been diagnosed but I'm pretty sure I have some kind of ocd. Sometimes I feel like if I don't do certain random ass tasks God is gonna disconnect me from the real world and make me think I'm living life while it's really fake, does anyone think that is ocd or have a solution. I also wash my hands constantly because I feel like I accidently touched some substance that will kill me or make me hillucinate. I guess that's also a phobia of drugs, because I want control of my body
christimpaler1 1 year ago
my ocd is when i keep on rearanging objects but it went a bit down because i have will power that forces myself from keep on doing it and yes i did turn to god for one thing it was like a habit not related to ocd but it worked! so i recommend it. thanks anyways
mujurulz33 1 year ago
thankyou, you are so brave for telling your story, i can sympathise with so much of the things you say, i have had it on/off for years and unfortunately am going through a hard patch right now, but please never underestimate how much you have helped people like me with you beautiful honest testimony, i to am Christian and pray to God for his guidance and assistance, but yeah i do have terrible thoughts like he has abandoned me etc, even thought i do know this is not true, THANKYOU again
kelliae4 1 year ago
Sounded a bit frustrating with your obsessions, But its good that youre now free from the most of your ocd, All people that has OCD can "cure" it, One Tip is to just do the thing you have to make several times and ignore the things you think will happend or not happend, and its important to not stop doing things and your favorite things to do, I cant understand why some people think that they are bad or stupid just beacuse they have OCD, Think about what you can do and what you want to do
IAMGONNARAPEYOU 1 year ago
the germs are the worst part.. when you feel contaminated in public and theres nowhere to wash your hands, it's like rubbing sandpaper on your skin.
bamboo 1 year ago
This was fantastic. God bless u for sharing this as it's a huge huge help.
sammieseagull 1 year ago
I agree with rockon002. i am muslim and think i have ocd. on the plus side i do things like offer everyone in the house wherever they are any food or drink before i take it. on the downside i do things like obsess over events and message people 10 years later apologising for something. my point is if we move our obsessions toward positive things like learning, and worshiping God, we can use ocd to our advantage.
tajk786110 1 year ago
I don't believe in God, but I do think that faith can and will help me. I will put my faith in those that I love, that they will be there for me and protect me. I will also put my faith in myself, that I am strong enough to do this, and that I am a good person. At the moment it's like I'm putting my faith in my OCD to protect me from being dirty, but my OCD doesn't love me. It doesn't care about me.
You are such a strong person, I am so happy that you were able to beat your OCD.
ClaudiaRuby 1 year ago
I Have OCD i dont like to see broken furnitures in house i imagine they fly and fall on my head many times and smash my skull and teeth :P
TheObscuredTruth 1 year ago
@feliceii dude i don't have any ocd anymore but ppl here still do. Ocders are nice ppl but some are to afraid not me I will fucking kill you in real life you fucking faggot... nice pic btw
Sillafest 1 year ago
thx man you gave me great help by posting this video. Well done for beating OCD. I am currently in the struggle of fighting it but i have Pure O a different form of what you had where it is purely obbsessional. Thx again. Peace and God bless
MrJacob246 1 year ago
Good thing you conqured it, and you did it by youtself, there is no god.
Tangentbordsblues 1 year ago
Do you think it has something to do with age?
xFatiguedx 1 year ago
great video thanks for posting, I have OCD too and I'm doing exposure therapy which is exactly what you described in your video. Its working! I'm making videos now about treatment, and one day I hope to make a video like yours, about how I HAD ocd, one day in the future :P
OCDvlog 1 year ago
Well done mate good video. Your faith helped - but your actions were exposure rsponse therapy, which is the most effective way to deal with OCD. Looks like you inadvertantly picked the only way to beat this disorder. Fortune or an act of God maybe, not sure(glad your doing well)
MrOurkid 1 year ago
my ocd is rlly weird i have these fears about really pointless stuff and i know its strange but i cant shake them
ndguy2 1 year ago
Thank you for that. I suffer from OCD and am really encouraged by your video to beat this.
crazyzack32 1 year ago
Thank you for your video.
I suffer from similar OCD symptoms like you (God, Evil, Hell etc)
I hope I have the power to throw them away like you did. Keep it up!
Be blessed :)
greenbandana50 1 year ago
its the devil who playing around with your mind it usauly happens to weak people he gives you a way out dont listen to him but do what you think is good
there is nothing wrong with you you are healty the devil gives you a feeling like there is something wrong go and check anxiety islam and you will find a cure
abdisalaamfarah 1 year ago
too see the cure for this disease go to youtube press anxiety islam trust it will help you it helped me
abdisalaamfarah 1 year ago
thank you for your video also.
torianna99 1 year ago
i suffer from the thoughts too and worry that God would think i meant it when i really would never ever want the things that invaded my brain and some things that come into my brain i can't understand how my brain can latch on to the worst fears for yourself, those you love and even people you pass in the street.
Downside is I worry about leaving things on that could kill me like the gasses etc. As its such as serious thing I have trouble walking away from it.
torianna99 1 year ago
These invading thoughts also for me latched onto my worst fears and really got me down, it also made me worry on what God would think. But remember these invading voices are not from your hart. God is amazing, he created everything, when he is so powerful then he also understands and know that you do not mean in what these invading thoughts say. You can ignore the invading thoughts (Do not respond to them) knowing that God also understands. After I started ignoring the thoughts they disappeared.
rockon002 1 year ago 16
@rockon002 Thanks for your experiences. Your problems sound just like mine. I am trying to stop from doing my ocd rituals. You have given me hope. your video might be just what I needed to give me the strength to carry on and not give up. I have prayed and maybe God wanted me to see your video. God bless you.
xxtyops 11 months ago
@torianna99
That's EXACTLY how my OCD is as well. In the beginning, though. People generally only think that OCD is just washing your hands uncontrollably or having to check things time and time again.... but there's IS more. It actually makes me glad to see someone out there that deals with the same things as me.
LisaASL 1 year ago
@LisaASL
I believe it is anxiety that causes it and if we can ignore it, bat it out of our heads by distracting ourselves with other things that we can lessen our anxiety and eventually can find a way out. I found a youtube video from Charles Linden who had this and he apparently has a cure and just hearing him speak gave me a much needed sense of clarity and I didn't feel half after hearing it. Just type his name and OCD into youtube. Thank you for letting me know I wasn't alone either.
torianna99 1 year ago
@torianna99 greetings i just wanted to share with u some information that i heard form the vedio called cureing obsisive compulsive disorder in 3 steps its really amazing and tis form a muslim point of view he uses a verse form the quran that say "...and from the evill wisprere who hides.." the wispere is a divill but how does he hide . ok hi doesnt want you to feel his pressnce so he copys the same frequnce as the voice in your had when you think. so he makes you think of blasphmy things
abudujana210 1 year ago
@torianna99 about God which wll bother you so much and you will ingage it restlsessly
second he puts a thought in your headrember with same voice that u think its urslfe and tells you to kill or evill thoughts that you would have never thought of and you start thinking so much like what happend to me in islam you just seek Allahs protection and the devill runs away but i dont know for nonbelivers any whay i never had obc
abudujana210 1 year ago
@torianna99 dont worry about what god thinks."he" being alknowing knows you do the best you can in any situation.
yellow6100 1 year ago
Thanks for the wonderful sharing, it will help many other sufferers... yes, have faith in God. Jesus heals!
wwwBrianGancom 1 year ago
Thanks so much for sharing this video. I also used to suffer from OCD until this summer when I went to a Christian music camp. Let's just say that i have tried so many methods of trying to get rid of OCD. I just wanted to say thank you for sharing this video. I am so happy that God changed your life as He did with mine. And I agree that Jesus is the only answer. God bless
JUSTtinaChen 1 year ago
i have ocd , i touch something with my right hand then with my left hand,i count the steps,i need to pick up everything on the floor and put it back in its place..i order everything,i stare at something then i look away then i stare back then away....
it's really frustraiting but i ignored some of them and it worked ..so i hope i get rid of the rest :)
00sunshine001 2 years ago
id like to say nice video :]
im glad you got over OCD. its very horrible it drains you alot.. and i hate the lil voices. im glad i saw your video. im going try to resist and beat this OCD as well. thank you so much.
battickle69 2 years ago
I admire you for having the strength to turn away from your obsessions. But even though you may be strong enough to do it, some people may have a hard time. What I advise is: get help. Find a therapist you can trust. I'm being such a hypocrite right now, because I still haven't told anyone about my OCD, but I'm slowly working up the courage.
treehugger777 2 years ago
Thanks for sharing man :) I am really glad you beat your ocd! It's inspirational hearing successes like yours. I had quite bad OCD for the past 2 or so years. I've resisted and even looking back now on what I was like at the worst stages makes me feel confident I will eventually beat it altogether. All the best.
Roblikesguitars87 2 years ago
I have ocd also. I use to turn my car around to make sure I did not hit someone one the road. Of course I never hit anyone. I stopped this problem by never turning around again. I am currently trying to do this with the rest of the ocd. This can be stopped, just get aggressive and tell yourself no more checking ,thinking and no more rituals. At first it will be very hard, then it gets easier. Having faith in God helps a lot also.
tarboy72 2 years ago
Thanks Gus,
my younger brother watches this video for inspiration in overcoming his fears and dealing with OCD. I like that you turned to God for help and I'm glad that worked for you.
ohdema 2 years ago
Thank you for sharing your testimony. I have a friend with OCD. I'm praying for her and just being there for her, though I feel I can do little. Your testimony is very encouraging to me. Isaiah 40:31-"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strenght; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint."
violetbutterfly21 2 years ago
Good luck to you!
xtrashed 2 years ago
Nice video!
xtrashed 2 years ago
I've had all the weird symptoms you're talking about and have learned to manage them, but the worst thing about it now is I am unable to feel emotions. I love music and want to learn to play the guitar, but when I sit down to play, it is purely mechanical and empty. This is so miserable. I can't hold a relationship together for the same reasons. This feels like there has to be something I could take to make this go away. I am convinced ocd is a physiological disorder.
lilbitparanoid 2 years ago
I pray too, but it's not always effective. OCD is one nasty little opponent, and sometimes prayer just isn't enough. You really just have to get down and dirty with your OCD. If your OCD is telling you that something horrible is going to happen if you don't perform a ritual, you just have to tell it to bring it on.
But you're correct for the most part; prayer is a very powerful tool for combating OCD's hellish tricks.
skyydawg123 2 years ago
i have ocd really bad and i manage to hide it from people i don't hang out with my family at all because they might find out i basically stay in my apartment and don't go out accept for work or shopping i'm a loner i have had this disorder every since i was 12 i'm now 29 i can't afford to see a sychiatrist nor do i want to my family to find out so i'm in a difficult position here i have hid it so well through out the years because i limit myself to being around people. thx for listening.
illumin8er09 2 years ago
i have a milder form of ocd, just went for the first time to the counsellor to tell about it, because I've never admitted it to anyone before, its good I caught it early because I can see new patterns on locking doors emerging, and such. My biggest fear is obsessive thoughts, thoughts I might accidentally hurt someone, and its out of my control, other people can do it, so so can i, maybe one day I won't have those thoughts at all
dwolski03 2 years ago
Well done on this vid!
I too have had, and got over OCD.
Real OCD is crippling - it drains you and wears you down.
PLEASE REMEMBER - that it is YOU that controls these intrusive thoughts and YOU have the power to stop them!
If you don't check things or conform to your ritual - how would that possibly make something bad happen? It is illogical - just like these thoughts!
BE BRAVE - and Good Luck - YOU CAN BEAT OCD!
OCD and its rituals are NOT your friend - they are NOT helping you!
theateamrule 2 years ago 3
Hey guys I have ocd too. This is how you stop. Stop checking,praying, no matter what. It worked for part of my ocd and I am using it for the rest of it. I helps a lot to have faith and trust God. You guys can stop today.
tarboy72 2 years ago
hey guys..
i have ocd aswell
everytime i am doing something , for instance walking to the door my ocd comes up. During the walk to the door, i can think about bad things. like nasty things happening 2 ur familly, so i have to redo the movement of waling to the door 3 or 4 times with a good thought so my 'bad' thought became invalid.. so nothing will happen to them.. i have to redo the movement or thought over and over again untill i get a goood feeling about it.. PLz help me talk with me !!!!!
Nonoissexy 2 years ago
i know how you feel i think of bad stuff happening to my family even though i dont want to then i get really pissed and start throwing and hitting stuff and sometimes if i get hit like in the right arm i gotta create same pain in other arm
DCK1NNG 2 years ago
I used to sufer with that and i beat it , message me and I'll tell you hot to stop it cause trust me no matter how hard it is stop its deff possible
kr3w512 2 years ago
Hi nono my name is Andrew and I read your comment on OCD and it sounds exactly like my OCD I have thoughts that come up like a family member will get in a car accident if I dont do a ritual or I think if I dont check to see if the oven is off 3 times they will die in their sleep and I have tics or twicthes that I have to do and its really embarsing I just want to be normal and feel free from this torment I hope your OCD will get better Nono Pray for me and I will Pray for you. Please
aczblaze 2 years ago
@Nonoissexy I used to have something similar.
Bad thoughts about people i love invaded mi mind and... i have to do a series of acts, thinking on good thoughts while doing them, to INVALID the bad thought.
The acts were thinking in the chorus of a series of 6 or 7 songs... gulp thinking in a serie of faces of people, from the ones i wanted to protect of the bad thoughts, to people i don't care so much and others kinds o series of acts...
heathl111 9 months ago
@heathl111 The worst was that if i think again in something bad (wich was common considereting that when you do all the possible to not think in something, that something will possibly pass your mind), i have to re-do the serie of acts from the begining, and so... and so... sometimes spending half an hour re-doing the series of acts to INVALID the bad thoughts
The thing was to protect the purest people in my heart, to bad thought that get into my mind without my consideration
heathl111 9 months ago
@heathl111 Now i'm really OK, and there are just a few symptoms that remains, like the obsession for a simetric feeling in my body
heathl111 9 months ago
I have it to, I'm so scary to hurts my family, if not do a ritual, and do a ritual to avoid the sicking thinking, my mother are very sick of cancer, I'm cry and scare !
Trusten1984 2 years ago
Trusten I have Ocd and I hope I can fix it but I am so sorry about your Mom Im 24 and have a aunt with cancer so were kinda alike in some ways I dont know if you belive in GoD but I want to pray for your Mom and you Trusten I wish I could help so much more please be strong brother .
aczblaze 2 years ago
I have OCD and I also believe in God. I do rituals of one type or another all day long from the moment I wake until I fall asleep. The most time consuming thing I do is praying. I am late for work every single day because I spend so much time in the morning praying and I stay up late because I spend so much time praying at night. I always pray the same thing, its just that I say them over and over again and have to pronounce them a certain way. Does anyone else have this problem?
meldrew78 2 years ago
I did have it a lot worse when i was a little kid, but not so much now. i still get the constant "what ifs" though. And by the way i hate to admit it on my profile because people will think i'm even more insane than i apear, but i'm a youtube conspiracy researcher.. i guess my work is suited.
Auriclama 2 years ago
Thank you.
soulfox619 2 years ago
I used to have OCD also, and Jesus healed me about a month or two ago. YAY! I'm happy that you are free too!
lemonhead4christ 2 years ago 2
i like this video, nice story, top man
blunty1 2 years ago
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Wow! I think you had something more than just OCD. Typically with OCD you don't generally hear "voices". You get feelings that you have to do certain things but for the most part you don't generally hear voices. Sounds like you did have OCD symptoms but you probably had an evil unseen spirit in you house that was putting those particular thoughts in your head and making you hear those particular things that you were hearing. The "voices" part of that nature is not typical of OCD.
slavebunny4u 2 years ago
No. Actually in many cases you do have the voices in OCD. The public thinks you don't, but that's not true.
bulls7123 2 years ago 2
OCD is terrible. I would almost go as far to say that a person with OCD would have a multi personality disorder. The sane part of you would be saying that this is crazy why am I doing these things, while the not so helpful personalities would be sabotaging you from going on about your business. This guy just trained himself in behavioral therapy, and great he's doing better. Someone that has had OCD for many years may find it more difficult to attempt and may need more help and support.
JackStrangelove 2 years ago
OCD sucks.....Best way...Help of God and Pills.
Samperor 2 years ago
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Fuck God!
godlessKnowledge 2 years ago
I had wroible OCD and i thought it was finaly gone but it keeps coming back
eggs808 2 years ago 4
same with me
AlexsDamnFilms 2 years ago
i'm sorry but that's the most ridiculous video on ocd.
'faith in god stopped my ocd'. i'm not going to turn this into a religious debate, believe what u want to.
but my ocd cannot be gotten rid of by believing a god is proctecting me. the ruminations and stuff don't just go away, i have more of a mental ocd rather than a physical, it's alot worse in some respects.
i'm glad you were able to overcome it but the method is just plain ridiculous to me.
efgeesus 2 years ago
Thanks for your comment, basically I believe that there is an all mighty God as the bible tells us so, and because of this and from what the bible says I believe that if I pray to God for protection he will protect me. By believing that God will protect me, this allowed me to ignore what the OCD was saying - before this I was never able to ignore the OCD, the OCD compulsions were always too strong to ignore.
rockon002 2 years ago
Ive had OCD all my life (19 years.) Its odd... Your belief in God helped your OCD, my past belief in God destroyed me.
The whole concept of being condemned to Hell, of being "good", of being "right" put too much strain on my OCD. Its scarred me for life. Id have to counteract bad thoughts, repeat behaviours, etc.
The most effective way for me was therapy. Sure, a belief in something bigger may help, but for me, if there was a God that subjected me to this... then Im not sure I want to know.
LushAsThings 2 years ago
I am pretty much like you, but while you were afraid you would go to hell if you were not good, I believe you don't stay out of hell by being good, but but trusting Jesus Christ.
K9ine9 2 years ago 2
Why would God subject you to OCD?
God does not cause evil, rather it's a lack, it's a privation of being, says Aquinas. When you have a toothache, it means there is something missing, lacking from the health of the tooth. Someone who is blind, there is something missing in their ocular apparatus. So all evil has that form, therefore God does not cause evil, but permits it, why, to bring out a greater good.
xtrashed 2 years ago
The Book of Job also helps to explain.
xtrashed 2 years ago
@efgeesus i have mental one too.bad images ,thoughts of plenty different things and i try to make em go away by other thoughts.-same thing or similar as you.but the way i see this video is forget his comments about god but focus on the process of what he says cause it seems to work at least some of it-ignoring this thought and becoming focused on now and doing it long enough till its a habit.its been known for some time thats basically best way to deal with ocd.good luck
yellow6100 1 year ago
It's all great to believe in God and have OCD until God tells you to CLEAN THE BABY. CLEAN THE BABY. CLEAN THE DIRTY LITTLE BABY AGAIN.
Mangina9000 2 years ago
Hey but i believe in god too, and i was thinking that too but i guess it will take time though but thank for shareing your story.
Ashlee198522 2 years ago
god bless you, i have the blaspmy ocd. I think, its scary.
Ashlee198522 2 years ago
Thank you for posting this. I have a lot of similar OCD thoughts that you had and I need to learn to have faith and not worry so much because God is protecting us, we just need to let him.
MissHomme 2 years ago
Very interesting the spectrum of triggers and obsessions you had. I totally know that unresolved feeling you were chasing. I got better not by ignoring the feeling, but by knowing it wasn't based in reality, knowing it would come, and giving myself permission to feel it. Permission is the key, I am giving the permission to feel the torment sometimes, I am giving myself permission to give in to the compulsion sometimes. I can easily recognize and deal with the feeling when it (rarely) pops up.
cryosun 2 years ago
for those who need some tips:
having busy life style helps get through the day forgetting about big OCD's,
not listening to the voice, and reasoning with yourself helps escape some OCD's,
and having a mindset of "i do not care whats gonna happen", but still being smart about it helps. PS: always try to catch yourself doing it and tell yourself you dont need it.
good luck fellas
PH4N745M 2 years ago
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PH4N745M 2 years ago
Good on you :-)
leslieeeanneee 2 years ago
GREAT video...i have very mild OCD... but i am almost positive that OCD id NOT fully curable, it is only paused, or decreased, but never gone, as far as i know..
If anyone knows otherwise.. id love to know, so please tell me
GranTurismo5C 3 years ago
I have OCD, its not extreme but alarm clocks, switches, and i have a lot of routines, and i have same horrible problem with prayers..........im gonna try my best from now on to go completely cold turkey on them and ignore them
pmccallig18 3 years ago
btw gus....amazing vid
pmccallig18 3 years ago
omg so do i i have a horrible problem with prayers to and they have to be done a certin way id love to chat with u
suzy83 2 years ago
I spend hours a day praying over and over and they all must be said and all the words pronounced a certain way. It takes up all my time in the mornings and makes me late for work every single day. Also at night when I pray I go on for so long that it robs me of a good night's sleep. I exist day to day on 5 hours sleep maximum. How do you cope with it? I would love to talk about it if you wanted to.
meldrew78 2 years ago
omg dude me to man it sucks i get really pissed when i dont get my words right cause i dont think i said them all then i gotta go back and do it over and over and say amen or howerver it spelled and certain way like 4 times out loud with eyes open then close my eyes and say it 4 times out loud then open my eyes and say it in my mind 4 times then close them and say it in my mind 4 times doing a certain hand movement i gotta do it 4 times after well 3 after first but you know what i mean
DCK1NNG 2 years ago