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Hi yall
Has anyone checked out Nathan Peterson on YouTube ?? I been watching him and he really helps a lot!!
Has anyone checked out Nathan Peterson on YouTube ?? I been watching him and he really helps a lot!!
Yes, I always recommend him!
@Nica He definitely explains things so well and kinda eases my anxiety š¬
His videos are very good!
@ABCā43 Heās amazing
@Anonymous He was one of the first channels I found after realising I might have OCD. Turns out my suspicions were right.
@ABCā43 How are you now ? Doing better ? It seems to come and go for me personally
@Anonymous I have good and bad days, so Iād call it stable for the most part.
Yes, he's the reason I sought an OCD diagnosis and was able to manage the symptoms until then on my own! :)
@nae nae He really teaches you to sit in your anxiety and it actually does work !!
@Anonymous Yeah, it works better than you would expect, and he's so soft-spoken. It really eases my nerves and helps me feel less anxious over my thoughts. His videos helped me feel sane lol
@nae nae He definitely keeps it fun and thatās needed when Iām having those ocd attacks, do you ever find points of peace in your life ??
@Anonymous Recently, I do! There's still moments where I find myself struggling, but it's still early on in my journey to recovery. What about you?
@nae nae I go through weeks where I feel amazing and then all of a sudden something happens and I instantly worryš¤
@Anonymous I can relate to that a lotš®āšØ I'm very thankful for those moments of peace, though. They remind me things can and will get better! I'm glad you're able to experience some as well!
@nae nae Absolutely lol Iām 35 years old. I feel like Iāve had this shit for a very long time⦠I just thought thatās how my brain was wired. I didnāt think anything of it.
@Anonymous Me too! I mean, I'm younger, but I'm realizing I had it most of my life. Didn't think anything of it for the same reasons lol. I've always known what OCD was and that it wasn't just like the stereotypical OCD you see in shows or movies, but I'd have never imagined it was something I had. Do you ever wish you'd have found out it was OCD earlier?
Honestly, I donāt know lol Iāve always gotten through life pretty good for the most part. I always thought I was just a very high routine kind of guy. I didnāt even know what OCD was throughout most of my life⦠Which is wild⦠I know Iāve always been ADHD so I assume thatās why my brain was the way it was.āŗļø
That makes sense! :)
@nae nae Iām so happy that you caught it early though :-)
@Anonymous Yeah, thanks! Me too!
@nae nae What part of the country are you ?
@Anonymous Like, which state?
@nae nae Yes
@Anonymous I'm from Texas! What about you?
@nae nae Thatās cool Iām in shitty cold ass ohio
@Anonymous I'd love for some of that weather down here lol. But, I know dealing with snow and ice can be a hassle. Actually, my older brother lives there too, in Cleveland. I visited him last spring, and the weather was perfect then. Definitely very different from Texas.
Yeah, itās currently 21° and we have like 14 inches of snow on the ground. Iām in southern Ohio really close to Kentucky.
Wow, 14 inches of snow? I can't imagine what a pain that is to deal with, especially if you have a driveway to shovel or somethingš It's 45° here and definitely no snow!
45 feels chilly for Texas though lol yes itās rough plus Iām old so thereās that š
Didn't even consider that lol. Stay warm out there! š
Hello i got this app hoping to maybe find some support for my partner i thought about reddit but reddit has become a hateful place and i figured this is a safe place. i love my partner more than anything and heās been struggling with OCD his whole life he has a hard time talking about it with anyone because itās too painful heās stated that itās gotten worse as heās gotten older His biggest issue right now is overwhelming thoughts of his actions having tragic outcomes and being unable to stop these obsessive thoughts (such as needing to check out door handle 5 times to make sure itās locked but still panicking that itās unlocked) heās not open to one on one therapy or meds although he loves learning and watching informative videos i fear heās afraid to confront his OCD or just afraid nothing will help i really wanna help him live a stress free and happy life he deserves it would anyone possibly have any ways to naturally help with OCD or recommend any great individuals that could share techniques on managing OCD or helping your partner with OCD? i would very much appreciate it!
Hey yāall just wanted to share some stuff I feel has been helping me a lot as of lately. I been thinking a lot about my mental wellness in relation to physical wellness as I tend to have chronic pain and wonder how much of my anxious panicked tension is a factor because I also have a weird hip issue that moslty comes from skateboarding when I was young. A big thing that always drew my attention is my mobility and movement that i feel like can be easily overlooked because i am a bit hypermobile. So Iāve always experimented with different ways of managing the dysfunction because there are good days of feeling a lot more physically capable and slight better range of motion/movement where im reminded that there is definitely pain/discomfort that can be alleviated. Now to also bring up that Iāve been recovering from severe OCD for the last about 2 years(undiagnosed since a child) and facing a lot of things no doubt since than, tons of improvement after being able to identify the cause(want to point out Iām self diagnosed still, I try to implement the gold standard of ERP myself as much as I can along with other therapy practices but obviously understand that professional help ultimately is the best thing I can do, no health insurance/poor). Still in recovery no doubt but yea i really can say Iāve been doing a lot better with my OCD. So now going back to the chronic pain I also want to mention the way Iāve noticed my breathing that also feels as though it can be shallow in relation to the previous mentioned dysfunction that leads for me to have chronic pain. So now getting to the things that have helped me, one is understanding the role the psoas plays into your physical sort of biomechanics and then the way it is connected to our emotional responses, as it is known as the fight flight or freeze muscle. The way we can hold so much stress in our body can really wreak havoc, and the more I learn and understand myself and OCD the more itās like I unpack to to the extent how much itās completely taken over so much of me. I just started to notice this year how hypervigilant I am, and having Pure O I sort of end up feelin as though even in my own mind I am hypervigilant just scared of the intrusive thoughts/doubts worries and even when they arenāt present just on edge ready to fight back against it at any given moment. It makes so much sense why I ended up with insane amount of tension in my left psoas muscle and then that causing me to also build tension in surrounding areas of that muscle. Finding some chronic pain relief thru identifying where the heavy tension is around the psoas area and massaging it, hitting the trigger points to release the muscle has had so much relief and it really is also just giving me a sense of mental well being that truly is just great. Iāve always struggled with meditation but Iām also realizing how hard it can be when muscles are constantly in fight/flight/freeze mode. Mindful breathing along with the massage/trigger point relief is the first time I actually felt the air I was breathing pass through my body in a way that just made sense. Like as if some parts of my body havenāt had air pass in ages, and really feeling in tune with my senses and the room I was in. My body really is just used to being fearful, and Iāve tried to find ways of relieving the tension but with time and just kind of listening to my body, trying to learn about different ways of rehabilitating these types of chronic pain, mindfulness, mindful breathing, along with the different therapeutic tools for ocd I actually am starting to really let go of things and not have my body in constant fear/panic mode because speaking for most people whose OCD has gotten so severe, there really is a sort of trauma from having to deal with how bad it can get which your body keeps track of. Still continuing this journey recovering, and I hope yāall are also continuing !!
Is this just me or when you come across Christian shorts on tik tok or YouTube do you feel obligated to watch them. I feel like if I don't watch them then I am sinning. But most of these videos are just repeating the same thing. Idk if this is just me but I just feel like I have to watch them because it's would be worse to not watch them than to break a commandment.
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