Debunking the myths of OCD - Natascha M. Santos

"OMG I am so OCD!" No. Stop. Go away.

People say "haha I'm so OCD" meanwhile I'm here still thinking about that one misstep I took earlier this morning

A doctor once told me “OCD patients are the most ‘sane’ of all mental illnesses, because we KNOW what we’re doing feels crazy.” We’re aware just how nuts it is what our brains are telling us to do. That’s half the shame. People that just use “oh I’m so OCD” as a catch phrase because they like to keep things tidy is infuriating and completely opposite to how someone with OCD acts. People with OCD often feel extreme shame and will hide it at any cost.

I've suffered from OCD since I was 17yo and can vouch that this is an EXCELLENT video!!! OCD is a BRAIN FREEZE...you cannot focus on anything else while your Obsession is present until you perform a Compulsion to help ease the panicked feeling. Meds and CBT DO help...ALOT!!!! I know.

the worst part is when you spend ages obsessing over something and then you get angry at yourself for spending so much time obsessing over it and then you start ruminating and getting angry at yourself. such an exhausting cycle

I wish I could show this to everyone in the world

I wish people also understood the difference between OCD and being a perfectionist. You can have OCD and be a perfectionist but not always a perfectionist with OCD.

This video almost made me cry. I have diagnosed OCD (I have to say diagnosed because so many people pretend to have it) and I have never heard anyone explain OCD better than this video

"Knowing that your own brain is lying to you while not being able to resist it's commands can be agonizing." That was so true it hurt.

Saying you're slightly OCD when you don't have it is like coughing and then saying "oops I'm a little asthmatic" when you don't have asthma

I hate when people are like “I have ocd I need to organize things” like no ocd is more like “I need to turn the light switch on and off 11 times or my house will burn down”

I heard a friend saying I’m so OCD because her wedding invitations didn’t look perfect to her. Meanwhile I just threw away all my makeup thinking “what if I hide drugs in here and I used them to abuse people I care about”. (My type is harm ocd). So yeah, she completely knows what ocd feels like…

It drives me crazy when people think they have OCD if they’re organized. A lot of people are organized! And lots of people with OCD are messy Thanks for all the likes woah

Oh my god thank you for making this video. I don't have OCD, but I HATE it when people just blindly throw it around

I’ve had ocd my whole life but was just diagnosed this year. It is absolutely horrible and is greatly affecting me. Thank you for making this video it really does show what the disorder is. My prayers go out to anyone else struggling with this disorder. Remember no matter how hard it gets know you’re not alone and that your going to be okay. Don’t give up and have faith and trust in the Lord for he had a reason and a plan. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 God Bless you all ❤️✝️🙏🏼😇

I was diagnosed with OCD in my early twenties when a specific obsessive thought became constant. (I struggled with this for a while although my thoughts, constant, usually would cycle every week so it was bearable) It now was to the point of the thought entering my dreams, being there while I had conversations with others, sitting in the back of my mind while I thought about other thoughts just to remind me it won’t leave me alone. I stopped leaving my house because the thought would get worse. I had panic attacks in bed without telling anyone because I felt crazy. I was a recluse for a while trying to understand myself. 5 months in I told myself I would go see a therapist if it didn’t stop at 6 months. 7 months hit and I caved. Took my therapist 5 minutes to diagnose me. I felt so relieved. Took me about 11 months and some meds to finally understand what was happening. I feel so free. I don’t wish this upon anyone.

OCD needs to be discussed more in the media. Thank you for bringing attention to this.

If you suffer from intrusive thoughts that bring on anxiety, embarrassment or disgust, remember that those thoughts don’t reflect on you as a person, the reason they’re intrusive in the first place is because you don’t want to have them and the fact they bring on such a negative reaction from you proves that those thoughts are simply part of the disorder, it’s not who you really are

I have had OCD for as long as I can remember, and I can remember how helpless I felt when these thoughts came to me. I wish I had only seen this video earlier, so that I could have had a better understanding of my disorder. My parents never did understand what I was going through, and they seemed to think that I was faking it for a while. It took several years for them to come to a partial understanding that this is a real disorder that real people like me have.

To anybody who is going through this, I've been through it but I also came out successfully. There is hope and remember difficult issues don't really need to have hard solutions. Sometimes it's the easiest thing one can do: 1) Instead of trying to prevent these emotions/thoughts from coming, just love the one who's always in doubt and fear (you). Most likely OCD has stemmed from deep wounds to your inner child that you have unconsciously suppressed. Once you realise this, it ceases to be disorder. Rather, it's a way of your subconscious mind to direct your attention to your core wounds which are presenting themselves as mental health issues but in reality are not. 2) Connect with your inner child (Read Jung's guide to inner child work) and embrace and accept your dark and positive sides completely. Let go of focusing on the dichotomies of good/bad. I tortured myself over for having certain thoughts against people I hold dear(family, god, children) but now I've realized I might not really be as "good" as a person my ego wanted me to be and I am OKAY with that. And that's liberating. Even the most kindhearted and pure people in the world also have dark sides to their personality which they hide (called the shadow self) Radically accept that there cannot be light without darkness. And our shadow side only becomes self sabotaging as long as we reject it. The moment we accept it, it becomes empowering and we become complete as a person and it no longer presents itself as anxiety, shame, etc. Remember you don't have to do everything alone, if you can, please seek THERAPY and work with professionals who will help you through the inner child and shadow work(Read up on Carl Jung) 3) Practice disconnecting with your thoughts whenever you find yourself falling into the cycle. Realise that it is not YOU but your EGO which is separate from you. And remember your ego is the worst enemy. 4) The most importang thing is to LOVE yourself every moment in time. Give yourself a hug, say "I'm here for you and it's going to be okay" and if it's hard, visualize embracing your childhood self within you who has gone through so much and acknowledge them. This is an opportunity to heal and you'll come out better than before. Life will become so easier