You changed my life Katie. More than you would know I seriously love you. Thank you. Can't thank you enough. Whenever I relapse from my ocd I always come back to realign myself

Spot on, The more your check, check, check, The more difficult it is to trust ourselves

My fear is rooted in the fact that I won’t sleep if I don’t do all the things that my obsessive checking demands. And then not sleeping will cause an anxiety spiral. I think I need to face this fear…thank you for a great video

Wow, this video of yours has really given me the first hope I have in 40 years of suffering with ocd. I am going to put your advice into action and persevere. It can't be worse than suffering with ocd every day. Thank you sooooooo very much for helping those who have been suffering so much with ocd. God bless you!!

This video made me feel so heard I'm crying. I've been surrounded by people not understanding what OCD really is and also saying 'Just stop checking' and it can be very discouraging and make me feel so weird and I'm so happy to have found this video because it helps and makes me feel heard as well

This has helped me the most out of all the exercises, thanks!

Katie ur videos have helped me take back a huge part of my life that was being taken up by ocd. Thank you from the bottom of my heart

I get way more from a video like this, than I do from 95% of my "psychotherapy" sessions.

Katie, your words are full of hopes, ideas, and solutions! Thank you for being here! :)

Just started my own channel and its taken a lot of guts as I have suffered all my life with OCD but your site is amazing and really encourages me and others to challenge OCD. thank you so much for spending the time to help people like me.

I agree with the guy that said stop caring instead of checking everything and constantly worrying learn to let things happen and then problem solve when the problem actually occurs

Whatever the thoughts tell you, don't hear them. They aren't true, you've checked the oven five times already your house isn't on fire, just chill for a moment. The more you check the more you feed this madness trust me

Thank you for this🙏🏼 did some exposures today so needed to hear this

You're an amazing person to have taken all this time just to help thousands of others! Thank you :)

You are just great! Possibly the most efficient, clear and helpful therapist I have come across or listened to. I wish you were located in my country.

I always doubt my myself and my memories regarding locking my door and there hasn't been a single time when I came back and the door was unlocked.

Thank you for the checking video. I check water taps, door locks , sometimes 6 or 7 times. The past few months I take pictures and videos of the locks and water taps. Thanks for the advice, My OCD seems really bad now.

Very useful video. Would love to see more regular ones, you have a great way of explaining it all. Thanks.

Thanks so much for positing this. You are an Angel.

I am still struggling with Memory Hoarding OCD. I still have a long way to go but these videos are quite helpful as a starting point

You deserve millions of Subscribers ❤

Katie, thank you for this very insightful video. I live away at college and since I now have a place of my own my OCD checking has gotten worse. My OCD is undiagnosed because I have not brought it up to my parents yet because I am scared they will see it as "not a real problem" or things along those lines. Lately I have been having these obsessions when it comes to my nightly routine where if anything interrupts it I have to do it again. My routine is always the last thing I do before bed, for example: turn off lights, lock door and check twice, check all light switches ex. and if I get up at all before I fall asleep it needs to all be repeated. I just don't know where I should go with this, especially if I am fearful to talk to my parents.

Thanks Katie listen to you all the time now xx

I will try this method and hopefully I will overcome it. Really helpful video 🙏

This was very helpful

Your videos are very helful and important to me and all the person with OCD I think. Thank you very much for your videos. Please, keep recording new videos and can you give some information about contamination OCD?

Thank you so much, katie you help me a lot to fight with ocd , i am watching your videos since 2016, lots of love from pakistan ❤

You are absolutely amazing!! Thank you🙏🙏

You helped me so much in the early days of my ocd when it was so so bad.. thanks Katie 😊

Wow great video- so helpful thank you!!

Riding the wave of feeling is amazing, i'm 47 and I discover that two years ago. My fear start from my stomach and goes into my spine. I feel it completely. Surfing the fear, surfing the aggressiveness

I’ve just recently found out I have OCD & I just realized I’ve been doing a basic form of ERP for years without knowing it :P

Very Good. Thank You!

I’m gonna try doing this for a while and I’ll update!!

Interesting idea.I'll try using this soon.Thank you.

Hi ! Thanks for uploading checking OCD video . I badly needed it . Will surely practice what u said and share my comments...😀😀😀

Your words are very helpful , God bless you

Thank you, especially who work on critical jobs like doctor, mechanic it can be stress ful, thank yoh for the guide

Excellent. Thank you so much

You are very great person❤️.thank you 🙏🏻🌹

I always had a low key OCD checking before but it was so small its nothing. But now it has evolved into something that would eat my time. And its usually on random things. That if it might fail or not done correct it does not usually mean its the end of the world. Maybe a part of me wanting something to be always perfect trickled down into OCD checking everything and anything hoping it will be correct or Okay. i.e. the simple form of OCD for me would be checking the front door if its lock again and again making sure it is locked. (perhaps I am afraid someone might break in or I do not trust the person left at home to react to any break in correctly/safely). Another check is as mundane as a Computer graphics/video "setting". If I make a mistake and not set the "settings" right it does not necessarily mean that its the end of the world. No its not. But still I end up over-checking making sure that the correct Settings are set. Then I check again... then I come back and check again. That feeling of not at peace until I am sure its set. But then again and again I check again. Its some scary shiz... Perhaps the insecure part of me, afraid to be judge or think too much of what other people think of me is contributing to me over checking stuff I dunno. But it sure starts to annoy the hell out of me when I waste so much time OCD checking, its not fun at all.

Im currently going through this and it has made my life non enjoyable and I feel anxious. This seems helpful. I'm definitely trying this. Thank you

Thank you this worked a lot for me

God bless your soul

Thank you for helping me

I’m thankful to have found you! I have OCD and for years have obsessed over food. I can’t figure out how “to do” the thing that makes me feel uncomfortable. That thing is overeating and binge eating. Can you help me ?

Thanks 🙏 much ❤❤❤

As someone with not much money to spare on therapy, these videos have been so helpful

Thank you so much. You’re an angel for all of us ❤️😞. Can you please tell us your opinion on meditation? Has it been of help to your patients?

I am having this right now and I'm so frustrated. I put 3 coins on their place and my brain started to think that I swallowed them. I try so hard to make sure that I didn't by remembering, asking to myself if I did it or not, and the answer is always "I didn't, I don't feel I did that" but that OCD seems to not stop. 😔

Hi Katie, I've been much better for about the last two months, almost no OCD thoughts at all. The extended vacations I've taken have probably helped, too. I am determined to continue this way from September.

Thank you, liked your advice. Tried it. Succeeded partially. Reason: ways of checking have become very ingrained in my brain, so the tendency is to fall back into it when checking things like tumble driers - did my cat get in it? (After hearing a story about someone's kitten being killed by getting into a tumble drier). I guess that is normal at first. I'll persevere. A lot of the checking was glossed over in a way I couldn't before, so that's encouraging.

Trying this at the moment but I'm 3 days in and still getting the feelings about what a should of checked on Monday...

Not ocd related lol, but you reminded me of keira knightly. A lot. Haha. Not sure if it's the way you look or the similar facial expressions. Hard to tell. But definitely some similarity.

I wish you had been here 60 years ago! Your advice is really effective. If I may, might I suggest that you script your talks a little, just for the sake of clarity, because what you have to say is so important to people’s welfare of mind. Truly. That is, to cut out the asides and stick to the continuity of your message. That is not to say the asides are not useful, but that when you do digress, you talk so much more quickly, unclearly and the thread of your subject becomes diminished. For people who have ocd, keeping track of thoughts and advice, subject matter, is part of the ‘disease’. Especially when connected with autism.

I get the principle to stop checking. However sometimes I'm reacting automatically to the thoughts that are going on in my head and I cannot react differently to this. This is making me react irrationally. I've clearly trained my brain this way but I'm not able to untrain it here. Could you give some advice it's so frustrating

Hi Katie, I have watched your vids and I'm finding them very mind opening about how my ocd works and the way to expose myself to those thoughts, but how would I deal with something like memory hoarding? I understand you can't do an specific therapy for a random youtube comment and that is fine, but I really can't think of a way of exposing myself to "opposite thoughts" to something like a mental compulsion about memorizing every piece of text or dialogue you see or listen. It is like my whole life works like a school exam in which you need to recite every single word from a poem or something, except that poem is just everything you consume, whether is a story or conversation in a videogame, movie, book, social media, even remembering perfectly a picture. I can't simply watch a video and just say "I'm going to focus on watching the video and not memorizing what it says because learning doesn't even mean copying every word", whenever I lose focus (and believe me it happens very fast) I keep coming back to the same phrase and start repeating it in my head until it sticks to my head, it is just incredibly frustrating and don't know how to perform an ERP that would actually expose me to a state of "I'm watching this without remembering everything and nothing bad is happening". Sorry for the convoluted wording on this matter and if you can come with an answer you have a very honest thank you from me

You should just go through that stress for a few times to be able to overcome it. I have helped my OCD by forcing myself not to check. The stress was huge at the beginning, but then firstly I started to be attentive to things from the beginning, and secondly I started to trust myself really.

Going with the example - what if I actually did forget to lock the door? How can I trust myself if I have bad memory/attention and I've actually caught myself having forgotten to lock it before? Though I guess if my mistrust is reasonable since I actually do forget to lock the door, perhaps I need to deal with that first and then learn to trust myself.

This question has been on my mind for ages. I often check if I'm still thinking about it, or checking if I'm thinking about something else. Because this check is so quick and automatic, I wonder how I would apply this technique.

Hello katie, can you make a video on how to stop checking for intrusive thoughts/ images (as one checks whether they are still there or not) for pure ocd

A lot of my OCD revolves around anxiety over social media and celebrity culture. My strongest compulsions revolve around Googling things that I know will upset me or make me feel inadequate. The compulsion is so strong that if I try to ignore it I get physical symptoms such as heart racing, sweating, getting too hot, until I Google whatever it is. Is this classed as checking and will the method you describe help?

Hi I'm I the UK I've got ocd so bad . I've tried no ocd therapy but they where In New York America. Do you have therapy one on ones with yourself

How to get your individual therapy ? Any link ? Kindly share.

What if your fear is that somebody else won't do something? I check door is locked at night. My fear is that housemate will enter/exit and forget to lock behind them. Hoe do I overcome this?

Pretty much what i have tried to do but it feels too overwhelming sometimes and other times i make progress and almost get totally over it and then it just comes back later and worse than last time then another 1 week or 1-2 month go and i get over it I mean at worst my ocd cheks take 40-50min and mental breakdown And at best im out in 3-5mins Been in this cycle for 2 years and been waiting to meet doctor for half year now :D.. free healt care downside It started from my door being left unlocked 2 times (when u open door it stayed open sometimes when this door was new) and later it spread in other things to chek when im leaving house Things i face daily but i feel more pressure depending how long im away so trying to get extra exposure does not feel like its helping much But thanks i got some tips from this :]

I am from India. You are a gem. I keep on ruminating about something very absurd. I got admission in my grad college through a competitive exam. The results came online, but an official result used to come through post mail. Due to some address issue , that mail never came. When i took admission in college, they gave me admission but asked me to submit the official result. 4 years passed , i graduated from college and got my degree. But now i remember that i never submitted that doc, neither the college bothered. But this fear keeps on popping that at some point of time , the college will call me cancel my degree and my whole life will be over and i will feel a terrible shame and i will be called a fake. I sound ridiculous, but i cant do but think about it again and again

Katie, I’d love you to answer this question please. Having checking OCD, is it okay to check once, or I should not be checking anything at all which seems extreme

How do you differentiate between ‘normal’ checking, which is important to do, and checking because the OCD has told me to. I’ve recently not been able to tell if it’s genuine checking that everybody does or if the OCD telling me to check. Hope that makes sense! I’ve tried to treat every thought as OCD but there are some things that need to be checked. However, I only ever check them once and do NOT have compulsion to go back and check again.

Is it about learning to be more confident in yourself and trust yourself? Or is it rather about not allowing the insecure thoughts so much meaning and so much focus? Speaking of your video about intrusive thoughts.

It takes me so long to go to sleep because I have to constantly tug on all my door handles and have to make sure that they are secured in the way that feels right. It pushes my sleep back by hours and it’s horrible. I cant get treatment or anything because my parents don’t believe in it. It’s so miserable and I hate it so much. I wish my brain would just function normal because I never used to be like this until a few years ago

Linus tells charlie brown about the world still going, even though he lost that spelling bee competition. :) Very helpful!

Katie how to I fix alarm clock checking. I’m terrified of being late for work. Ive been dealing with this for 8 months. It’s gotten to the point to where I’m only getting 4-6 hours of sleep a night. I will check my alarms over 50 times each night to make sure my phone is charging, to make sure my alarm clock is on and to make sure my volume is all the way up on my phone. I also have an actual alarm clock and I have to make sure that is on as well and every component of it. It’s causing great distress in my life. How the hell do I fix this.

I kind of know what to do, but getting motivated to not do a compulsion is very tough.

Madam, i am very glad that your videos are very hulfull, is it is erp technique

Im going thru this 2 rn.....i keep cleaning my things my area my workspace keep checking on it at least 5 to 6 times every 15 minutes of the day.....my brain hates tat itsz messy dirty insects are there etc etc......i wanna shift my place move to a new room a new house maybe start over .....its just tat my mind and heart thinks tat it will feel better the more i keep things ryt do it ryt but it nly feeels worse the more i do it ....... I thought this was normal organising but uts toxic asf

i have a constant though to check my bp even though its mostly good numbers. I have had some high numbers because I get scared to check it so its high sometimes. If I sit and breath for a minute and recheck its good. Now Im constantly thinking about checking I made my husband hide it from me and I do it once a week but how do yu stop constantly thinking about it?

Katie , how would ERP look on with checking your facebook constantly to see whether you've sent an inappropriate message or see whether you've liked someone's photo by mistake, which is something that you definitely wouldn't do? Would that be staying with the anxiety and the uncertainty of whether you've done it or not ?

1️⃣ Hello, Congratulations on your New Website, I needed to book an online session from it but i couldn't find where to do it , would you please guide me on that? 2️⃣ I have a question about the blasphemous thoughts ERP. IT is so tricky because those ERPs are considered sins and one with this type of OCD does not wanna sin..It's even trickier because of the fear of punishment which may be LATER not instantaneous. I admire if you have time to reply this, as it is overwhelming..

I have this weird condition that I check (if I still have OCD or not), checking if (I do complusions or not) checking if (I'm normal yet or still struggling with OCD?) so that just became another whole kind of an obsession, it's so weird and annoying xD, whenever I'm having a good time I get something like (I'm having a good time, when is ocd gonna come and ruin it? is it gone now? Am not affected by it anymore? Am I okay? Etc...)

Hello mam I'm from India I always have a fear that ""what if I'll happen" Like when taking graduation certificate i don't remember i have singed or not on register maybe i sighed but keep thinking about that in few months that what will happen if i did any mistake and in future i may fall in trouble...,i know it's not a big issue but i don't know i even think about a small issue... &I have checking behaviour repetition even I check the street if something has fallen from my pocket or bag or not..

There is security in insecurity- Alan Watts quote you sure? No! and don't care, the quote stands on it's own without the authority if any of "Alan Watts"..."As if" principle is a whole book by Richard Wiseman...Act as if you trust yourself, never lose trust in trusting...Mind has no good or bad division, the conditioning created the split...

I’m about to turn 25 and my main problem is checking furniture make sure it is straight and even. For example my bed my fiancé side table and my side table are driving me crazy and I don’t know know if they are straight or not I think they are but I keep seeing if it straight. I’m insane.

I check social media too much and it really hurts me, I have Physical pain in my body bcuz of that.. I feel like I wanna get rid of all of them, so I think maybe I sould install them for a while.. Is it a good way?

Ocd can be beaten with 2 simple words. "STOP CARING"

I'm suffering from checking my movement's every time. Example i go to the bathroom and i ask my self why am i here? Even though i know that i go there. And the thoughts of doing that can't go away. It's annoying and it become ritual to me. How can i make it stop? I think that I'm loosing my mind.

what is your recommendation for Pure-O?

Katie, when I’m not thinking about the thoughts. And then a new thought comes back in, I think about the same thought I didn’t like that I wasn’t thinking. So then I panic, what should I do when that happens?

Hey :) how do you differentiate between intrusive thoughts and genuine questioning 🤨 would really love an answer!

I check my meds. I had an emergency because I ran out. It was life threatening. Very annoying.

Is it true that Alzheimer's disease statrts too early in life in the form of ocd and anxiety , then it will change after many years later to Alzheimer's in the late age ? Are young ocd patients ended up with Alzheimer's disease when they are elderly?

Heyy I am from India , before 3 years I was preparing hard for an exam nd I used to give mock tests for that exam ..in one of that mock test I found that I did some really silly mistakes and got some que wrong thought I could do them right..so from there I started checking my answers again and again to avoid the loss of marks..after some months it became terrible I started checking everything like if I have turned the tab off or switches are off or not..then after a year it became worst I couldn't even copy something from black board in my note book ..when teacher writes something on board I would write it first in my book nd then start checking if I have copied it right or not..in this way it was taking a lot of time ..a lot of time was being wasted in checking and I was not able to learn the concept beacuse of this.. because of these terrible and hard feelings I left studies..I was totally distracted I wasted 2 years of 11th and 12th in this which are most important for students in india..when final exams came I suffered from depression beacuse I was not prepared for that at all..somehow I passed the exam ..I am trying to overcome the ocd and at the same time preparing for an exam which is going to be conducted soon ..beacuse of the ocd it take a lot of time to prepare than the other students.. please help me to overcome this..when I shared this with my family they didn't believe that ocd existing..they think like I am giving excuses for not studying but that's not true I want to overcome this and study ..I love studying and learning new things in scl since childhood but these 3 years are completely wasted beacuse of the ocd .. please help me to overcome this it would be a big blessings for me I will always be greatful to you please help

I believe i have sensorimotor ocd however i had my cortisol checked and it was normal surely it would have been high if im aware of my breathing all day. Can you have normal cortisol and have anxiety

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Due to OCD I have lost my attraction towards girls. I keep on checking that "look if she's cute. Did you found her preety?" Etc. I usually get sad when I feel nothing. I'm going through HOCD. Can you Please make a video in this topic? Hope you'll read this and will give a response.

This is akin to those beings that trust in God absolutely. They attain peace because they have perfect trust, and so all thoughts, all things, all beings, all situations can be as they are. It seems we are all on our way to the ultimate truth, simply having chosen different life paths to realize That.

But usually when we do things , we can not remember that we did it like locking the door or shutting off the water, some times after leaving, I asked myself did I shut down the water tap ,then I can not remember because of the stress or the anxiety when I am leaving and going to work Thoughts are causing the confusion ،then when I check that causes more anxiety and frustration , so how can I act that I trust myself and there are spots of blind memory or confusion and anxiety, and it happened before that I left and I forgot to lock the door !!, Then if I don't repeat things then it will take me long time focusing until I loose my patience and my concentration then failure of checking, so I look to the lock and I don't know what iam doing!! Ocd is a mixture of fears , anxiety and depression all together

I recommend studying with someone ...or learning from youtube videos daily for revision if you can't really focus on reading and understanding .. I am just 18 and i have developed a really bad ocd and anxiety since last 6-7 months and lost all focus and attention...i used to get lost in intrusive bad thoughts , used to stop writing and fidget with my nails on clothes ..had my behaviour of rechecking things forever ...mom doesnt know i have this level bad ocd but still she helped me study sitting beside me... Or maybe study with a friend or someone who will keep you engaged in the study and not let u get lost in your thoughts and hopelessness again! I already survived 3 exams of cbse 12 boards by today ..3 more left! If i can , you can do it too ..all the best

I get sexual intrusive thoughts and groinal responses can I follow this method ? Please help me I am tired of my brain

Would video recording myself at all times because I don't trust my mind be checking