HOW I GOT RID OF (Obsessive Anxious Thinking & Painful Rumination)

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My name is Noah and on May 18 2011, I had a rare reaction to a medication called VIVITROL and consequently, spiraled into a suicidal depression with depersonalization and anxiety. I lost 25 lbs in 4 weeks and was in full panic or near panic for 8 weeks straight mixed with the darkest most painful depression I cold have ever imagined. I immediately could not work and had to move in with my parents who, along with many siblings and friends, had to watch me 24/7 as I was a danger to myself. Eventually I was hospitalized in the Psych Ward for a week. Getting through each day seemed truly unbearable and I knew I would surely die. I have been put on many many different doctor prescribed SSRI's SNRI's Tricyclics, mood stabilizers, anti-psychotics, holistic meds, acupuncture and even a form of shock therapy called RTMS. I barely saw any improvement in my condition for a full year. It was decided I had treatment resistant depression and I spent nearly every moment in tears. Weeks after starting my newest round of medications (Seroquel & Nortryptaline) as a last ditch effort, I had my blood drawn for possible hormone imbalances and my Testosterone levels came back 200 ng/Dl and 150 ng/Dl. The average 25 year old male has 750 ng/Dl. With this discovery I had an explanation as to why I was not getting better and why I might be so so sick. The symptoms of Low T are very similar to those of major depression. I started legally prescribed testosterone replacement therapy soon after and have been checking in with the world and documenting my experience with treatment as well as giving my insight and perspective on various topics of mental health. I am blessed to say that I have slowly, over the last 6 years, been improving and becoming more stable which I never thought to be possible. My low T manifested itself in the form of Major depression, anxiety, and depersonalization/ derealization for over a year. Treating my low testosterone has been 1 HUGE part of the puzzle but I have had to continue to work hard to hold on to my mental stability with many set backs. Gaining some mental stability back is nothing short of a miracle as I was near death for what felt like forever. I do not consider myself to be totally healed yet but I am closer now then ever before and aim to use what I have been through to help or at least offer support to others in need I was able to successfully come off my Seroquel and Pamelor.
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@bignoknow 2 жыл бұрын

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@Bekka241 11 ай бұрын

Do you with with people who have survived severe trauma?

@SLICEUNTWO 11 ай бұрын

Today I had a thought pop up in my head ..that I'm a demon it really scared me please help 😢 I'm panicking 😢

@toluene21 8 ай бұрын

gotta love ppl that want to "help" others' when there's money/profit in it for them

@mistergooji 8 ай бұрын

I have similar experiences. I said to my partner I would like to know what its like to drive into a bus stop full of people and she said I was a lunatic. Id never do it but it was a thought or I'd be talking to an old person and I would imagine punching them in the face. Now I'll just laugh it off ❤

@nireeburr 8 ай бұрын

You need to listen to Peter Crone’s the mind architect… Coz all that u say here has an answer. Not what your saying tho.. in my opinion.. Good luck tho aye.. appreciate the time shared. But there’s a better way still.. Who is the one speaking and how do you know .. are you the mind are you the thoughts that the mind makes up and who sees this happening or can confirm this?? Another way is out there ..

@sadiecampbell5098 4 жыл бұрын

It feels like a demon is controlling your mind and you can’t stop thinking

@oxygengaming9434 4 жыл бұрын

I know how you feel

@kd7173 4 жыл бұрын

@Nick stay strong, I know what it's like

@bobbymengel7054 4 жыл бұрын

They are

@aliciamclaughlin3276 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly I feel that way

@aliciamclaughlin3276 4 жыл бұрын

I seen another video try running cold water over your head. you are in control it's a repetition you got to stay positive

@arnolddewet560 4 жыл бұрын

1. Don't argue with it 2. Don't fight it 3. Don't try to disprove it 4. Acknowledge the thought 5. Allow yourself to feel the anxiety 6. Let it be 7. Quietly carry on with your day as best you can!

@CL-mu3hn 3 жыл бұрын

thank you

@0VintageCrew0 3 жыл бұрын

Yoo this and a few deep breaths

@RR-zk3bl 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds so easy..

@lilac7171 3 жыл бұрын

@@RR-zk3bl practice it every it comes around

@kaceyp3663 3 жыл бұрын

I fought it and it made me think it was real 😭

@Mr_Swag69 17 күн бұрын

im 6 years late but this quite literally saved my life thank you. if someone else reads this please keep going you got this!

@Ham3dF Күн бұрын

I'm 9 years late 🥲

@CKBrooke 8 ай бұрын

I read a book that explained how some thoughts are just “junk thoughts,” like flipping through the channels on TV and sometimes it’s just junky ads and infomercials playing. You don’t have to land on those stations and try to decipher meaning from them. I can just keep changing channels until I find one worth landing on. Thank you so much for this video, it was helpful today ❤

@alizetamturk1515 4 ай бұрын

What is the book?

@Lone_Star86 4 ай бұрын

Power of now Eckhart Tolle

@BlackRam17 4 ай бұрын

I read that book too, very helpful!

@BlackRam17 4 ай бұрын

@@alizetamturk1515overcoming unwanted intrusive thoughts by Sally M Winston

@Alexandra-be4hz 4 ай бұрын

yess. vibes. thank you!! 🙏🫶

@petermulder7480 4 жыл бұрын

The brain always wants to solve the problems it selfs created.

@oMehrcy 4 жыл бұрын

You cant solve a fake problem

@sz.994 4 жыл бұрын

Mercy that’s the point tho. That’s the issue.

@dannylin5980 4 жыл бұрын

Mercy yeah and it takes time for us to realize that. This is one of those things that takes time.

@amit_patel654 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, that is deep

@garysimone4977 3 жыл бұрын

@@sz.994 soi true

@omega3battyacid878 4 жыл бұрын

"Your brain tricks you into doubting who you are" is a powerful takeaway for me personally. Thanks man.

@tuffmotivation327 4 жыл бұрын

figa ro true

@nopenope7700 4 жыл бұрын

Not my brain. Speak for yourself.

@VibeySpot009 4 жыл бұрын

This is true,we're more than this

@jacobmartinelli7496 4 жыл бұрын

i'll try (like what the stalker's fuck...)

@jacobmartinelli7496 4 жыл бұрын

i completely explained mental illness from retarded to completely unhelpable (other than ideas of split personality nonsense) and i'm only hoping that i've kept up or was keeping up.

@jamesvan2201 11 ай бұрын

Years ago, my wife passed. I started feeling like I was going to have a heart attack every night before I went to sleep and I'd usually lay in bed for 3-4 hours and end up puking from the anxiety before I could sleep. I had to go to a counselor who showed me that there were trigger thoughts that brought about this anxiety. He told me they were like a Chinese finger trap, the more you struggle, the stronger its grasp. The only way to release the Chinese finger trap was to just stop fighting it. This is the same thing with anxiety That I found. When I start feeling those certain thoughts, I pictured a mental stop sign and eventually when I did this, I was able to change the topic of my thoughts and prevent an anxiety attack. I started having fewer and fewer anxiety attacks, no drugs needed. Eventually they just completely went away.

@PhysiqueFuel 8 ай бұрын

That’s really good advice and insight. Thank you my friend 🙏

@Boopdoop12 8 ай бұрын

I will try the stop sign. Thank you.

@36firerahul 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for giving us this advice. I’ve really been struggling with this for over two years now.

@neomatrix6115 8 ай бұрын

Hello, James. I am so sorry about your wife. I'm commenting because my wife is severely ill. She has severe gastroparesis - her stomach and part of he GI tract is paralyzed. We've been fighting it for 4 years now, but everything we've tried either doesn't help or makes it worse. I am watching her waste away. We've been to many docs, and Cleveland Clinic is her main support. We are in our mid 50s and have been married for 30 years. We are soulmates. I am terrified of losing her. She is down to 100 pounds now, and she is a rather tall woman. I just needed to reach out to you, to touch someone who might understand. Despite all I've done to help her, I have failed. I feel so guilty for not figuring out some way to save her. Even my prayers go unanswered - I somehow believe I have failed God or angered him by not meeting his expectations, or I've taken her for granted, and this is God's way of telling me I don't deserve her. Crazy, right? I am so afraid of losing her. Nothing I've done in the past 30 years has meant anything to me unless I was with her when it happened. I'm sorry for dumping on you, but you have somehow learned to survive. I haven't lost her yet, and we still may turn this around, but YOU have somehow survived losing someone you clearly loved deeply. If you are willing to share, could you tell me more about her? About what happened? About how you dealt with or are navigating this trauma? My heart goes out to you, friend. If it is too raw r recent to share, no worries at all. I just needed to get this out tonight. Just know, I'm thinking about you and sending you positive, healing energy. Take care.

@pubglitegaming5602 8 ай бұрын

How are you now?

@Go_PORSCHE. Ай бұрын

Bro you have no idea how much better my life has been since watching this 2 weeks ago. Before I went days without sleep because of obsessive thoughts on not being able to sleep. "Why can't I sleep" why am I so anxious and thinking about everything and punishing myself. Now I sleep like a baby and my anxiety about sleep and the past has almost completely gone. I was suicidal and I wanted to die, i was dreeding going to bed😮. Now I'm happy and enjoying myself. Loving life. Really thank you man you habe literally saved my life.❤

@user-hc6dz8di2u 18 күн бұрын

Hey can u help me 😭how did u treat urself 😭I'm suffering as same as u please can u help me idk what Is happening to me I can't understand myself 🙏😭

@otismeotisme7987 9 күн бұрын

Keep Going 🎉 and smiling.

@BigTough 4 жыл бұрын

"People are not their thoughts, they think they are and it brings them all kinds of sadness." - Way of the Peaceful Warrior

@lukeharkin7 4 жыл бұрын

What i struggle with is if we arent our thoughts. Then when we have a thought that makes us feel good e.g. i would like a milkshake and then go get 1

@Kaj14122 4 жыл бұрын

Thoughts don't necessarily always have meaning. We have so many thoughts in a day and they can be I influenced by our preferences and interests, the more you engage in a specific kind of thought the more of it you have because you show interest in it, for example if you like games and you aren't interested in politics you'll more likely have more game related thoughts. Intrusive thoughts are interesting because they interest a person, not because the person likes what they are thinking about but because of the opposite, we show interest in the thoughts by being abhorrent and trying to suppress them and that makes them grow. So these malicious thoughts like to deceive people into thinking they are part of their personality, when in fact it is the opposite. And it used evidence like the one you used to try and prove that the thoughts say something about you and that's what makes many people struggle.

@Kaj14122 4 жыл бұрын

I suffered from intrusive thoughts for about 4 months as well and I felt like I was going crazy and I didnt want to tell anyone about the thoughts going on in my head. So I tried everything, I tried fighting the thoughts but I always had a nagging doubt in my brain, I tried blocking them but they always rebound, I tried writing them on paper and burning them but they were still there. They were there from the moment I woke up and persisting in every second of my day it was torture. I just couldn't believe that they didn't mean anything about me because of that doubt in my brain. But I decided to try that letting them be thing. TRUST ME IT WORKS. You hating these thoughts and wanting them to go away is evidence that they are separate from you and that you have no control over them. No matter how painful they may be, DON'T TOUCH THEM. Just hear the thought in your head without reacting to it or touching it, and it will pass in a minute. Keep doing this and eventually they will go away. Everytime you react the thoughts it's like giving fuel to fire or watering a plant, and not doing anything and letting it pass means the flower will wither and die. No matter how much perseverance it takes, do not touch the thought. Leave it and it will go. My intrusive thoughts all went in about a month or so of practicing this properly. This is how you do it. There is no point wasting your time and energy on these thoughts because they have nothing to do with you. Hope this helps.

@Kaj14122 4 жыл бұрын

Just let yourself feel the thought and the surge of anxiety that comes with it everytime, not arguing with it or not engaging with it DOES NOT mean you agree with it. Your brain tries to suppress the thoughts because it doesn't want to deal with the pain. But if you force it, your brain will learn that these thoughts have no affect on you anymore and it will retreat and the thoughts will stop invading your brain, your whole narrative will go back to normal and you will realise you have been normal the whole time, and even if you have the thoughts from time to time they don't taunt you or stay for long because you know they are baseless and frankly your brain will just stop trying with them. Trust me I've been through it.

@DFantazy 4 жыл бұрын

I have these really messed up thoughts about merging with people that I think are negative or just feel negative vibes around them which has caused me to get an obsessive urge or behavior to imagine myself ripping that person's image out of my head/brain because the thought makes me feel like if I dont rip off the person's image or negative energy i could become them or be like them (negatively), been torturing me for 2 1/2 years, what should I do .... :(

@JoeDFWAviation Жыл бұрын

This goes along with what my therapist said. “If you can’t control it, let it be”

@warriormanmaxx8991 8 ай бұрын

Our KZfaq Board has been waiting with bated breath on whether, or not, you have had a therapist.

@carriefingsolomon 7 ай бұрын

This makes so much sense. It’s like our minds are creating these thoughts to scare us in order to keep us ready to protect ourselves-so it’s trying to protect us. And yet, it doesn’t matter because it has no real bearing on who we are or what we do. Observation + detachment = inner peace and freedom.

@rankoutsider2363 6 ай бұрын

So very well said! 😊❤

@gglory1985 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, so true and wise!

@burntfps Ай бұрын

this is amazing 😊

@FarlessBlue 9 ай бұрын

I’ve seriously damaged relationships in my life (distancing myself, closing off, not calling people, etc.) because of my excessive rumination and gullibility. My brain doesn’t stop at self-psychoanalysis but also others too. Thank you for this video, although I’m not sure I internalized it.

@tcggggg 9 ай бұрын

Gahhhh dammm frr on the calling ppl part closing off giving bad hints when u rly dont feel that type of way

@ChocolateVodka9 8 ай бұрын

You gotta be alongside yourself man. In this healing journey that you deserve, you have to drop everything and be by your side and with yourself. Every thought and feeling you have is worthy and valid and deserves love and compassion. You deserve love and compassion

@tequilabumbum4373 8 ай бұрын

Do you suffer from insomnia too?

@vishvajeetsinh_solanki 7 ай бұрын

oh man!

@FarlessBlue 6 ай бұрын

@@tequilabumbum4373 I did when I was younger, I'd stay awake on school nights until three hours before school regularly. I think regular exercise is key... I started regularly working out when I was 20 and now I'm 24. I remember before that I would either not try to sleep (video games, yt, twitch) or I'd lay in bed devouring myself internally. I wish I was introduced to good books back then, one day I want to give my kids the most insightful books ever written.

@stephanieonyourmind 4 жыл бұрын

I’m watching this with tears in my eyes running down my face. I’m glad someone understands

@rebekahjacintags3285 4 жыл бұрын

Stephanie Do Stay strong!❤️Chrissie Hodges is another amazing resource for Pure OCD help if you are looking for the next step

@charlesr6620 4 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend listening to evolved spiritual people such as Byron Katie, eckharte Tolle, mooji....all round on KZfaq. Different ways of saying the same thing.

@Susan_001 4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@Susan_001 4 жыл бұрын

I can totally relate to it

@isabellasaludes4445 4 жыл бұрын

If I tell my depression story then I would be here all night

@stephaniecardenas7598 5 жыл бұрын

Meditation , exercise, and reading have helped dramatically.

@iFruit96 5 жыл бұрын

What do you read?

@anshuraj1410 5 жыл бұрын

positive thinking is also greatful

@stephaniecardenas7598 5 жыл бұрын

iFruit96 usually read self care books 👍🏻

@syedayan2608 5 жыл бұрын

@@stephaniecardenas7598 i second u.. can we be friends

@brantly9768 5 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree... no listening to my thoughts has helped tremendously along with meditation & reading The Power of Now . I'm not even finish with the book yet & it helped me out the past few days.

@Maro-ul6pg 7 ай бұрын

I know this video is 6 years old, but I just wanted to say that I almost cried while watching this video. I have been suffering from anxiety for what I feel is all my life, obsessive thoughts have been driving me insane, constant ruminating, and letting my thoughts dictate how I feel about everything. I hate the fact that we cannot control our thoughts because I believe that thoughts may become reality and this combination of such belief and having obsessive thoughts simply make living miserable.

@vuksha_yo 7 ай бұрын

Obsessive thoughts might become your reality only If you latch onto them! Imagine someone constantly thinking '' I'm a bad person, I'm a bad person '' Well If they really do believe that's their identity for whatever reason, then yes, that could manifest in their actions! They could either harm themselves or someone else, hence '' becoming '' a bad person in both scenarios. But If you just let thoughts be, and let them pass, you will realize underneath the chaos there is silence. You are the sky, not the clouds (thoughts). So don't make those clouds angrier and bigger by clinging onto them! Let them pass. Another analogy would be: realize you're the ocean. On the top of the ocean, there are waves and drops, sometimes it gets stormy, but the ocean isn't phased by the waves. It knows Its full vastness and stillness deep down.

@donpotokon 7 ай бұрын

@@vuksha_yo Thanks for that comment, it really calmed my mind. It is really nice to hear that beneath all of that ruminating and anxiety is calm and peaceful mind, you just have to think about it the right way. It is so frustrating that you cant let go of thoughts and just think about what you want. For somebody that may be reading this, I also find it helpful to ignore all those things your mind is trying to tell you and just do them(For example-->Your brain tells you to not walk on this side of the road because a car can hit you. You just dont react, and tell yourself that you are defined by your actions not by your thoughts and you keep walking.) It gets better, day by day, just dont lose your hope. There is a light at the end of the tunnel and it gets easier and easier.

@_LunaP 4 ай бұрын

I think we have to set healthy boundaries with thoughts just as much as we do with people. After years of struggle and my brain trying to convince I was a monster out of nowhere, a simple No thank you can be enough to get some quiet time.

@ryleighdora6361 3 ай бұрын

@@vuksha_yo”-aav[a

@chrisbenj3819 2 ай бұрын

They do become a reality and then you have to literally climb out of a hole.

@anyagee9467 11 ай бұрын

Two things that helped me (among many) 1. The tiny but powerful book "Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts" 2. When I wake up in panic I tell myself: "It is just a morning jolt of cortisol, all is well" - and this has helped so much that I rarely wake up with the jolt anymore.

@MrOmorales0515 4 жыл бұрын

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.

@Bherd8160 3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@rscott2247 3 жыл бұрын

Embrace the Bill W. fellowship to change your way of thinking to theirs for the fix.

@Calm_wisdom 3 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@margrose5 3 жыл бұрын

This.

@unknownperson7424 3 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@alexashophie4080 3 жыл бұрын

Its so painful that no one can understand except the one who is struggling!!

@tomboygirl5085 3 жыл бұрын

Same Everytime I was thinking IAM dying 😢

@jeremysanner4702 2 жыл бұрын

No shit it's so tough

@praneetleooee5164 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah man.. it's like hell

@dragnel 2 жыл бұрын

Same😢

@shyaaammeneen63 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomboygirl5085 Reduce negative thoughts to have a healthier life. The practice is simple. Your breath is directly related to your mind [brain] causing negative thoughts-anxiety. For a relaxed life sit on a chair, back erect, eyes closed, be as still as possible and observe the sensations of your incoming--outgoing breath at the entrance of the nostrils for around 5-10-15 minutes or more. Don’t fight with your thoughts. Slowly the mind will relax. No deep inhalation-exhalation needed. Anytime of the day or night before sleep sit or lie down on your back and observe your breath. Stillness brings internal peace. Like me, make this a lifetime daily habit to have a good life. Best wishes Shyaaam Sir. -Counsellor.

@Blessednesting 8 ай бұрын

The whole concept of not being able to control your thoughts is huge!! As an HSP/Empathetic person it’s so easy take things personally.

@janetbonham7152 5 күн бұрын

Agree 100%

@manjaridas1935 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the tip. Grieving a relationship along with these obsessive and ruminating thoughts is just too much. And the thoughts are conflicting too..which makes it worse. Like someone else in the comment section said, one moment I’m a bad person and another moment , I broke a cycle in which I was constantly being labelled, judged and taken advantage of. I’m just gonna let the thoughts flow…one day I’ll discover myself again. One day I’ll get back my presence and focus. My heart goes out to everyone going through this situation. Let it be…and one day we’ll be at peace with these thoughts.

@legibitiqua2 8 ай бұрын

This is the exact same thing that brought me here. I had two deep breakdowns in 2 days from overwhelming myself with obsessive thoughts and rumination. This helped me so much. To rediscovering ourselves 🥂

@joeygenna4801 2 ай бұрын

how ya doing?

@joshjohnston9580 4 жыл бұрын

"Empty your mind, be formeless ,shapeless.. like water" -Bruce Lee

@miguelvidal2335 4 жыл бұрын

"Empty your mind" -Kurt Cobain

@smug8567 4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking, I could use 6 or 8 extry cans of that potted meet, if you got it. -Karl Childress.

@kamikaze01239 4 жыл бұрын

Smug Smugly Mhmmm

@typicalcollege5678 3 жыл бұрын

Thats what im always trying to do but it always cross my mind then divert my mind..but that process keeps happening and now idk what's more i need to do. I no longer like the way i think anymore,i just ignore everything till literally if just dont care abt everything i disagree abt my thoughts but i have no control. I dont even know what I'm doing rn..my English is bad sorry..keep trying and but it keeps on crossing my mind. Im on my own and im tired of it.

@desimurgesh 3 жыл бұрын

How?

@salimk.6801 4 жыл бұрын

I screamed in my car, STOP IT, GO AWAY THOUGHTS. Now 3 year later I still struggle and I accept my thoughts. Everyday it’s going better!

@jhenfresh 3 жыл бұрын

God bless you and I pray you continue to improve

@kellytaylor7212 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing,I'm working on getting better Also. Keep up the great work,I hope it keeps getting better

@mariahguerrero3752 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it gets better when you accept it and not fight

@Ashish-nd3xj 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Salim ! Hope you doing well

@2gbgamer380 2 жыл бұрын

But how to accept thought pls tell me

@sigurdsonb5015 7 ай бұрын

This video just came up out of nowhere … it feels like divine intervention …I was caught in a loop and there this was.Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

@djviewpoint 6 ай бұрын

Noah, always think of you bro. I found your videos waaay back when I was 15 and I’ve always loved how you break the stigma of mental health. The world needs more people like you

@MrRicksta76 6 жыл бұрын

This is me all the time, i wish that i wasnt like this, normal people have no idea what its like to live like this, if they knew they might be more understanding. (edited), Thank you for the likes, but more importantly thank you for the kind words and support. I apologize for not replying to the comments sooner, KZfaq seems to enjoy not notifying people of comments -.-

@sspsp6545 6 жыл бұрын

ricksta tricksta it's exhausting isn't it?

@ashleym5868 6 жыл бұрын

yes! I hear people talk about people being lazy and I always worry people they think I am as well. one day i realized, I wouldn't be lazy if I didn't have to deal with all these thoughts and anxiety. I want to accomplish things but I get stuck in my mind to the point I get tired and dont want to even put laundry in my washer. I just recently realized I could be depressed too. it really is sad because I wonder where I could be if I didn't have this going on. I feel for anyone who has to deal with this, it's like hell.

@FridayMisi 6 жыл бұрын

I was like this for over a year. What he says in the video is true, that's the thing that ended my suffering too. A few weeks after starting a mindfulness meditation practice my symptoms finally started to ease. There is a really good free program, just google "palouse mindfulness" and you will find it. Practice every day and maybe start exercising, and drinking enough water. There is also a book which was the single best thing to help me, the title is "At last a life" and it's written by Paul David. I wish you all the best! :)

@kimwestwood8840 6 жыл бұрын

Matthew 28 "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.…"

@danielkwaku4232 6 жыл бұрын

meat Ismurder please I have been in this and is really hell I keep on fighting with my thoughts but it worsen the case but my advice to you all is to seek Jesus Christ the beloved son of God he is the only healer to our sickness

@thomasmcgauley9024 6 жыл бұрын

the buddha taught that you should not try to control your thoughts or mental images or emotions, but you should detach from them and become the neutral observer of them. you are not your thoughts, you are not your images, you are not your emotions. you are the non judgemental observer of them. there's you, and there's what's in your head. working with that over time was the beginning of me being able to deal with my pure o. peace to all.

@caturdaymusingz9375 5 жыл бұрын

Thomas McGauley I’m copying and pasting this. It helps me very much. Bless you.

@bamin93 5 жыл бұрын

omg you summed it up so well but yes this was the epiphany that took me out of my depression about a year ago. this. years and years of depression and anxiety and all i needed to learn is to detach “myself” from my thoughts. Noah Elkrief makes great videos about this if anyone is interested.

@samuelshaulov4623 5 жыл бұрын

That's important.

@jimoneprism 5 жыл бұрын

Or you can look at this from the point of Stoicism. You only concern yourself with things over which you have control. And if anything bothers you, it's not the actual thing that is bothering you but your opinion of said thing. You have control over your opinion. Change your opinion about your ruminating thoughts. Don't label them or you bad. They just are

@vidusha123 5 жыл бұрын

Thomas McGauley was gonna say Buddha said it. And I read your comment. Wow

@liv.183 7 ай бұрын

2 years ago I came across your video and this was the best thing that ever happened to me because it changed so much in my life. Just understanding the way my brain works and why I feel the way I do. I can’t thank you enough

@claudia5558 9 ай бұрын

Had a really bad rebound of panick attacks last night after nearly 6 months clean and this just started my morning on a totally different foot. You are so right, we try to unpack our thoughts when they’re really just fleeting clouds often caused by past unresolved trauma that do not necessariliy apply to our current state. Thank you so much!! ❤

@bcbmtb9748 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t normally comment, but this video literally changed everything for me . After a couple months of just laughing at my ridiculous thoughts and realizing they’re out of my control, I finally have a weight lifted off my shoulders. Thank you for posting this

@brandoc04 Жыл бұрын

Hey man, your comment really has been helping me. There’s a terror of not being in control, but once you calm yourself…there’s a peace that you can’t control everything and to just be your authentic self today.

@hankskorpio5857 Жыл бұрын

I know this is a year old but I hope you're still doing well. I feel the same i think... though its only been a few minutes... we'll see 😅

@bcbmtb9748 Жыл бұрын

@@hankskorpio5857 during this last year I’ve actually been going to therapy,have been fully diagnosed, and now on medication that helps a ton . This video started it all for me though

@hankskorpio5857 Жыл бұрын

@@bcbmtb9748 Not surprisingat at all. This is solid, realistic advice at the very least. This how we heal. By realizing we arent alone. That we can all learn from each other and heal together.

@jim-se5xc 9 ай бұрын

Dont log in and press send to every thought. Delete.

@hildacastro3986 5 жыл бұрын

What the heck! This was so powerful. The second you said that it was as if a weight lifted off of me. Thank you

@Nelliadze 5 жыл бұрын

Same💞

@sharanpannoo5927 5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@johnbeauford917 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. Simple. Easy. But, it seems to be working, instantly.

@bostonbruins1235 4 жыл бұрын

Hilda Castro ... if you marry me I will not be stressed or obsessive anymore !

@berttruffel1139 4 жыл бұрын

Wish I could say the same

@mikarose9405 8 ай бұрын

I have had the same affliction for so long. It’s comforting to know I’m not alone. I love your way of explaining everything. I have also found that doing something constructive, particularly creative or artistic is a great way of dissipating the intrusive thoughts. Thanks!

@maximiliansirzen6340 7 ай бұрын

This video is so crucial to sooo many problems in our mind. It just makes sense, our minds make up so much bs. I think it's the single root cause why I have experienced sooo much anxiety and even short bouts of depression this year. I'm a natural overthinker and I've suffered ao long with this. Still have anxiety from time to time. Recently it got quite strong and I notice how the mind just races. It's hard to distance from the thoughts, but I see the positive effects already :). Thank you very much for this message, you're helping a lot of people🙏🙏

@popcornsamurai 5 жыл бұрын

Unwanted thoughts syndrome is one of the scariest things ever. Thank you for sharing this.

@googlewantstoknowyourlocat1115 5 жыл бұрын

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@A.spec-alan 5 жыл бұрын

@@googlewantstoknowyourlocat1115 did it work for you?

@vahidsfv 5 жыл бұрын

Try RTMS and EFT therapy and Psychotherapy together seriously! Search about RTMS and EFT therapy in KZfaq.

@jamiewoolrich-moon4733 5 жыл бұрын

burningblueeyes s be strong work on yourself , try and keep in touch with her , and as she gets older she will have more control over her life , and choices,and when she does you need to be happy healthy and strong ,

@r.joseph8911 5 жыл бұрын

Yep, they ARE scary. I'm 47 and have been dealing with this since single-digit age. It does really cripple you, though. I had a great life thus far, but I feel if I could've conquered this early on, I would have enjoyed life even MORE.

@kobster1721 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t stop thinking these thoughts’ I’m in a loop, starting to effect my sleep, feel like I’m going mad

@muhammedbilal9355 3 жыл бұрын

First you understand that your brain lies constantly about different situations it maybe about past or future, first of all our mind is related with time. When we think about past you need to aware that while we thinking about past we are recreating the same incident in the brain and I'm assuring that there will be time difference and the current difference. While we overthink our brain creates an infinite loop of negative thoughts.

@yusufazimi6979 3 жыл бұрын

@@muhammedbilal9355 bro thank u so much this is my problem that i have and u have helped me a lot thank u bro

@nuambawi9872 3 жыл бұрын

@@muhammedbilal9355 I'm dealing with impure thought please help me some time my thought will have like sucking someone duck u know what I mean and soemtime it become loop and it make me cry and kill myself also those though are from past memory and I can't get ride of them and I love God and I want to get closer to God I want to be the child of God but my though is fill with dirty stuff and I really hate it help me it alway come back I can even control them

@shrnschmcher 3 жыл бұрын

@@muhammedbilal9355 I have this exact problem. Sometimes I feel like people who I love and who love me want to hurt me - even though I know it’s not true I sometimes believe it because my intrusive thoughts start looking for evidence in the past. I don‘t know what to do and I feel so bad about it.

@bondyetoujoula2628 3 жыл бұрын

@@nuambawi9872 Me too , I love God but dirty thoughts keep coming in my head Sometimes I wanna kill my self but then I realized I will go to hell for suicidal . It’s hard😢😭 ,pray for me please 🙏🙏

@user-xg7fr5xq9h 7 ай бұрын

oday was my lucky day! I found your video by chance. I so needed to hear you today. Endless research has got me nowhere! Your video spoke to me like nothing or no-one ever has. It is now in my "Video Library". From the bottom of my heart thank you xx

@jowelch6725 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this. I've been struggling with bouts of pure obsession for years now, as far back as childhood. It's lead me to question my sanity and reality itself. To know I'm not alone in the emotional hellscape means more than I can express.

@dondreallen5265 3 жыл бұрын

I swear this is my biggest battle right now thank you for this I’m trying my hardest

@kosmile1737 3 жыл бұрын

Same man, I never thought a kind person wanted to kill everyone(my thoughts, and yes I'm a very kind person)

@nuambawi9872 3 жыл бұрын

@@kosmile1737 I'm dealing with impure thought please help me some time my thought will have like sucking someone duck u know what I mean and soemtime it become loop and it make me cry and kill myself also those though are from past memory and I can't get ride of them and I love God and I want to get closer to God I want to be the child of God but my though is fill with dirty stuff and I really hate it help me it alway come back I can even control them

@kosmile1737 3 жыл бұрын

@@nuambawi9872 Same I'm a Muslim, I read Quran and my mind is better

@snookchop5293 3 жыл бұрын

@@nuambawi9872 I know what you’re going through, hell...I’m going through it right now but always remember that you’re ALWAYS a child of God. No matter what you do, he will always and forever love you.

@drabdirahmansaladibrahim4602 2 жыл бұрын

How you doing nw

@josh0340 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like someone’s trying to help me, I keep getting vids recommended

@kizarto 4 жыл бұрын

Literally same, and it’s helping so much

@Mystzzz 4 жыл бұрын

SAME

@beargrylls2001 4 жыл бұрын

Legit fkn same

@olliew2932 4 жыл бұрын

youtubes algorithm boo😂

@gorillaplays9815 4 жыл бұрын

@@kizarto bro how are you doing

@Abo_7aidar313 6 күн бұрын

Man, you flat out saved my life. I just recently started ruminating about a bunch of memories from a past toxic relationship I had in high school 4 years ago. It has been going on for the past 2 weeks until I found your video and managed to let it go and move on with my life again as if nothing happened. Wise words man keep it up, you earned my sub.

@saoirsecoletterogan8194 9 ай бұрын

This is one of the most important messages I have ever heard in my life. You have no idea how it clarified my situation. Thank you so much! God bless you!!

@arenagalaxy427 5 жыл бұрын

I am a psychologist and whenever I work with anyone who has OCD/pure O I show them your clip "This saved my life: dealing with obsessive thoughts and rumination" The way you describe how a mindful approach changed things for you is so brilliant: iit is indisputable to anyone watching that you know from sxoerience precicely what they are going through, and you explain the power of detaching from your thoughts with such conviction that they are prepared to trust you and comit to the approach. Thanks for your example, it helps a lot of people. Much respect to you.

@cmhardin37 4 жыл бұрын

@Dark Fang thank you for your contribution.

@krissy7342 4 жыл бұрын

It’s serious stuff. Wow. The ignorance on here. Really guys?!

@MejiaArt 4 жыл бұрын

@Dark Fang Why? I would like to know what do you think about this video because my therapist actually thinks the same as Arena Galaxy... is it bad?

@usha6844 4 жыл бұрын

Hello mam can suggest something to me for ocd I want to withdrawal medicine

@RyanAmero 4 жыл бұрын

@Dark Fang Why would you say such a thing? This is literally the cure, turning you from a prisoner back into the pilot of your life again

@felishakey9909 2 жыл бұрын

Every morning I have been waking up feeling like I’m having a heart attack from constant worry and anxiety. It’s nice to know I’m not crazy! Watching this video again and again until it goes away! Thank you!!

@alondraacosta-mora6504 Жыл бұрын

Same :( don’t you have a foggy mind?

@frarfarf Жыл бұрын

is it working?

@amaanjamal7744 Жыл бұрын

OMG it's the same with me

@zackerybartlett8050 Жыл бұрын

I hope you're feeling better I feel the same way

@carrieromero3303 Жыл бұрын

lol "watching this video again and again until it goes away"' when talking about obsessiveness, pure-o, and rumination

@heatherjohnson333 Жыл бұрын

I really resonated when you said that our brains want us to question things, question who we are. My brain wants to tell me I am a bad person. I can disregard because I know it isn't true. Thank you for articulating that so well.

@artsyminecrafter745 7 ай бұрын

I ran across your video early this morning. Thank you so much for this! I ruminate to the point that i get heart palpitations, and crippling anxiety. I needed this. My ocd is through the roof, especially when people do not approve of me or my supervisor treats me unfairly. I get to the point im awake at 2am, my mind going fast miles per hour. This video helps me realize they are just thoughts. Im more aware now what im doing to myself. Thank you!

@iamizaiahtoo 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, this explains what I’ve been going through and dude I’ve just been giving them to God. Everytime I have the thoughts, I say “God, here is this thought, here you go - I trust you with it. I will not worry”. And I just imagine my self throwing the thought to God. And my gosh and it has been getting so much easier! Trying to fully believe that these stupid nasty thoughts are not me they are either from my flesh or from the devil. Not from me one bit. If any of you believe God and Jesus Christ. I definitely recommend prayer for God to help you with these things. There are Christians that deal with this as well and they have had to learn how to overcome it through prayer and being mindful of their blessings and their present moment. God can completely deliver you from OCD as well. He’s delivered many from it. Just keep praying and keep giving your worries to God

@paigenash825 5 жыл бұрын

Amen. Thanks

@Joseph__Yi 5 жыл бұрын

Isaiah Ridge thank you I’ve been struggling with ocd and this is what I needed to hear

@Myllkka 5 жыл бұрын

So true. The video and your comment have helped me a lot. Sometimes we forget we have someone to help us all the time, and feel lonely. But I instantly feel calm when I just hand my thoughts to God.

@HASHEAVEN 5 жыл бұрын

Well I have OCD, high anxiety and depression and being born in a christian religious family they made my situation way worse adding the supersticious fear of sins, god and hell! In church my OCD went crazy to the point I thought I was possessed! My life become hell, I couldn't sleep and I was dysfunctional at school and my environment, while I had to keep all this chaos secret from everybody! I had to do my rituals and nobody should notice me which was the hardest thing to live with.... , life was a torture for me. When I got older I researched christianity and the bible and realized it was all made up lies! I got better since I abandoned this fearmongering religion and realized the fraud of religion and now I base everything on logic. Philosophy, history researching ancient rituals and their meaning and the seek of wisdom with critical thinking is what really saved me! People with mental issues can become way worse with a blind belief at superstitious fearmongering illogical and unnatural religions! Do whatever makes you feel better but... Be careful! The god in the bible hates human nature (it's obvious for anyone who have read it)he isn't a god of love as they ''sell'' it! But thankfully there is no punishment of god or evil demons, It's just us and the chemistry of our brain. Maybe our senses are more sensitive than others! Maybe our brains are like supersensitive antenas catching thoughts and energies that others can't! Society and religious superstitions and the oppression of the established normality is what really making us feel bad for our thoughts and behavior! There is a always a reason for everything, Nature doesn't make mistakes, people do! Our condition maybe a blessing not a weakness! Probably there is divinity in nature but definitely not as the christians, Islamists or Jews teach it! All the abrahamic religions want is to control over you! Don't give it to them! They accept a dogma - an already given absolute ''truth'', leaving no room for criticism or researching reality on your own! We shouldn't be prejudged, just ignoring our bad thoughts or pretend to giving them to a imaginary being... this can lead to more dangerous paths... adding illusions or inducing paranoia. Also ignoring them is not an option since doesn't make them go away, we should lead them and have power on them! Embrace your nature there is always a good thought behind every bad one, try to find it. Changing the way your brain is being tuned by our modern society will also change the way it functions and thus the thoughts you ''receive''. Trust yourself and avoid anything that makes you feel unhappy. work with meditation and yoga and thai chi or ritualistic dancing, or whatever you think can empower you spiritualy, even pagan rituals (that worked for me) and make your rituals a tactic (ex every morning) welcoming and worshiping of nature, that protects you all day long and prevents the chaos around you! instead of a frustrating and exhausting necessity that may happen at the worst moment possible! OCD isn't something new, it always existed in humanity (at least with special individuals) and the very first rituals and spiritualism started from people like us... think about it!

@Myllkka 5 жыл бұрын

@@HASHEAVEN I believe in God and don't believe in hell or rituals or ghosts. The bible does not support hell and "weird stuff" and I am sorry you had such a bad experience with religion, many people have, because most religions are fake and don't know what they're talking about. In my case, I study the bible and the belief in God has logic to me. It makes sense. But I'm not going to argue with you, I'm just sharing my experience like you did :)

@eeeddddddiiieee 4 жыл бұрын

Wow I suffered from this and I decided to give my life to Christ and then one day it was completely gone. Thank you Jesus.

@constantthought6082 4 жыл бұрын

All the sudden you just feel healthy?

@eeeddddddiiieee 4 жыл бұрын

Wyatt Pine When I asked God to help me, in that exact moment I felt a warmth in my body that gave me hope. My sister and her husband came and prayed for me that night and I gave my life to Christ. I started going to church and it made me feel good but I still struggled for a little while but I kept praying. I had lost 40 pounds. And then I woke up one day and I was just going about my business and I realized that I wasn’t anxious or depressed anymore. I sat there and realized that my prayers had been answered and I started crying thanking Jesus. I started gaining my weight back and eating better and sleeping better. I repented of my sins and put my trust completely in Christ and I’ve never been more at peace. Sometimes I get worried or depressed but it’s nothing compared to what it was. I still break down sometimes when I remember how bad it was and that I don’t suffer like that anymore. I’m kinda getting teary eyed writing this. Anyway God bless. If you’re looking for help I’d say start with Jesus. I would have saved so much money on doctor visits and prescriptions if I had just started with Him first.

@daniellalayoun6423 4 жыл бұрын

Jesus won't do shit good for You tho

@313ellie 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your testimony brother 🙏 keep telling it because you jus helped me and you can help many of young ppl particularly millennials that deal with this it ain't nothing but demons trying to drive us to self destruct there is power in the blood of the lamb Jesus Christ

@eeeddddddiiieee 4 жыл бұрын

ILL SUBZ You know a lot of people tell me that but they’re just ignorant. It’s gone and I am free. You can be free too when you put your trust in Jesus. I live for God’s promises. I tried medication therapy but the problem persisted. Then I tried Jesus and wow what a difference. What you are doing is denying the Holy Spirit and trying to snatch someone out of the hand of God. That is a big no no my friend.

@hollysquietspace 4 ай бұрын

Just hearing stories & reading comments about people that don't have panic & anxiety attacks anymore, makes me feel so much better. Thank you!!

@otismeotisme7987 9 күн бұрын

You are a Wonderful Exciting Overcomer ❤😊

@katlamb4606 Жыл бұрын

Yep, I just found the realest, most genuine guy on the internet! Love you, dude! God bless you!

@starlost7285 Жыл бұрын

Overthinking and feeling guilty is ruining my life. I can't enjoy simple things anymore and I constantly feel guilty and anxious. Its come to the point where I just want to isolate myself from the rest of the world to stop the constant guilt and anxiety

@starlost7285 Жыл бұрын

@melissa perez thank you so much :) that means a lot, hope you're doing well too :)

@cynthiakotyluk9957 4 ай бұрын

I feel the same way 😭

@Caringsoul245 4 ай бұрын

I can most definitely relate. Going through a lot of anxiety now and it's so overwhelming and I usually isolate myself when it happens which is mostly everyday.

@Caringsoul245 4 ай бұрын

@@cynthiakotyluk9957yea same here. What's your anxiety like?

@varnitthemusician4514 3 ай бұрын

I'm not alone

@Twisted_utopia 5 жыл бұрын

THE SECRET IS NOT TO TRY TO MANAGE THOUGHTS, IT'S TO MANAGE NOT REACTING WITH EMOTIONAL RESPONSES BY USING CURRENT FEELINGS ON MEMORIES. The day you can catch yourself reacting to your thoughts, ask if they are true today, and if not change the perspective....you will be liberated. It's a constant practice like battling another person in your head. Just don't feed your ego. Know that your mind isn't separate from your body, but you can separate what you know is your ego from present truth, recognize its your ego, and it's only learned patterns of behavior sometimes based on shit that is 20 years old. Like he says in the video. It's not real. And just because you think something about your past doesn't make it a present part of who you are today. Let it go. If you were cut off in traffic, it can cause rage, but you usually can rationalize and let it go and have already forgot about it when you get home. Everything is like that you can train yourself to have conditioned responses, fake it til you make it - but if you don't try it you will never heal. Live only in the present moment. It's all that exists. I really hope this helps someone.

@hellbreaksloose420 5 жыл бұрын

Ur commnt is really worth reading 🤗nd "fake it till u make it " line felt as if it was jst for me

@katerinakaterinaki9143 5 жыл бұрын

So true !!!All anxiety thoughts come from our big ego!!!Dostoevsky when he lost his son after an epileptic crisis he had depression because he thought that was his caracter and genies the reason for his child's death !!!Then he went to a monastery in Russia and when he completely lost his ego through pray he managed after a year to come back to his normal life!!!

@johnny_roots 5 жыл бұрын

It's actually a liberating thought, that we can manage the impact of past experiences on us, training ourselves to thave conditioned responses. Because you know, it's true, the present moment is all we got, so it would be great to not let our past experiences ruin it...

@thelastdiddler3618 5 жыл бұрын

Yet this person provides terrible, terrible advice, by simplifying the whole ordeal and saying "you can't control your thoughts", which simply isn't true. You can control them, by no giving them attention or emotional attachment and understanding them as unwanted. I can't tell you how much my life was absolutely shattered into pieces from this poor advice and I was too weak and desperate to look deeper. This person opened a can of worms in my mind and I know real suffering thanks to this person. I can't tell you the contempt I hold for this man.

@MarticaMM916 5 жыл бұрын

Projekt_#710 well said.

@Angi5551 Жыл бұрын

You posted this five years ago and the content is still saving people like me. I do so well with meditation and keeping myself in the present during the day and I’ve been doing very well with it for a couple years now but at night my most horrible racing thoughts visit me, This is when I wake up several times with self loathing, thoughts doubting myself or asking myself “Why did I say that. or Why did I do that. over and over again every single night and it just came back hard recently . I needed to listen to this. I am incredibly tired of the way I feel and think about myself and allowing it to effect me so much. Thank you for this.

@justmadeit2 3 ай бұрын

How are you doing now? I also struggle with the extreme discomfort of anxiety and insomnia

@Angi5551 3 ай бұрын

Omg! I have changed a lot since. I never gave up. it seems since I’m still meditating, journaling, research, affirming techniques and more I’m getting better. Nothing has changed in the last 10 months except me. I know 100 % that my thoughts are harmless and I’m stronger. The demons are still there and they fly about me even at night but it doesn’t seem to bother me as much anymore. We just coexist and I’m in control, not them. I think eventually I want to commit to write a book about my journey. I’m already writing a romance novel, but I want to write about my experience with the techniques I’ve come up with and the resources like this channel that I’ve used to help other people. I am super happy that I seen this notification and reading my past comment floored me because the realization of how far I’ve come. I am not that person anymore. Yes you truly can heal! These incidents are far and few in between because I continue working on me and I know that I have leveled up with this and am really proud of me! Thank you stranger , you are truly an Angel checking on me. How are you?

@justmadeit2 3 ай бұрын

@@Angi5551 Hi, I’m struggling to sleep and racing thoughts are there. Thanks for your reply

@Angi5551 3 ай бұрын

@justmadeit2 I am sorry your struggling. I’m sending good energy your way. When It gets bad at night I have a mini note pad that I write all my thoughts on and after I write down questions of where is this coming from? And does this thought serve me in a positive way? I tell write positive things and remind myself the thought is not who I really am. I try to do that instead of replay it over and over and over in my head and it usually goes away. It works I stopped attaching to it.

@user-oz3wf4ew8w 8 ай бұрын

this was 5 years ago, but still want to thank you. these are powerful words, and have yet to find anyone to tell me to think like this and i love it

@RideShareTips 5 жыл бұрын

"It's none of my business what I'm thinking" I love it haha

@crow0314 5 жыл бұрын

You very may have just saved my life! I have terrible anxiety & panic attacks constantly.

@pamela0924 5 жыл бұрын

Grant Crow .... Grant - read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. He was so close to killing himself then had an epiphany! This is not like ANY other book- throw the rest away. This book saved me and thousands of people. It will help you beyond what you ever thought possible!!!

@ztreeq 5 жыл бұрын

I feel you bro

@pappsco54 5 жыл бұрын

I'm having really bad anxiety attacks also.......I'm fucked up with them

@dthang9248 5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@pappsco54 5 жыл бұрын

@@dthang9248 it's fucking hard ......I wish you all the best in the future ✌🏻❤

@joyfulfishman5445 7 ай бұрын

Wishing love, health, and happiness for this man

@ccamarie Жыл бұрын

needed this . i’ve been obsessing over how i’ve been wronged by someone , my thoughts are constantly reminded of it . i probably wont get closure and i allow myself / have been allowing myself to let it absorb my mind and caused me to be obsessed with it in my head . but really letting go is allowing myself to detach from the thoughts and the grief and pain that comes with it . i am letting go ❤️

@marcellamiller7808 9 ай бұрын

I can totally relate

@e0o9kii Жыл бұрын

My dad also told me the same thing. You can't control your thoughts, you can't control what randomness comes into your mind, you can't control what you feel but while it isn't easy to do so (I still have trouble with it sometimes), when I realize that I have no control over it and it is what it is, it just lets itself go. Basically, when I realize that there's nothing I can do about it and if it happens, it happens, I just stop worrying about it (because there's nothing I can do about it) and that feeling is liberating. I find it better to just focus and think about things that I can actually work on as opposed to things out of my control. Your brain will sometimes troll itself so don't feed the troll.

@lololo2270 8 ай бұрын

Well said

@Boyeaton1 8 ай бұрын

What if someone else is influencing your thoughts through frequencies, repetitive programing, chemicals sprayed in the skies, foods we eat, medication said to help us? I know we can say the same, 'nothing we can do about it' but that's not completely true yet I believe is happening.

@percy3711 7 ай бұрын

@@Boyeaton1YES this. There’s a massive thing going on like this. It’s one of the biggest forms of control that exist on Earth. I have been through blatant attacks and programming like this. There is NOTHING who has helped me more than Jesus. He will help those who come to him.

@tmclifestyle4238 7 ай бұрын

Don’t feed the troll.. Man great way of putting it

@diggyj8874 2 ай бұрын

Very well said

@FrostFM 5 жыл бұрын

I almost feel crying as this video brought such relief to me. I have severe anxiety and derealization and I get scared everytime I think of it. However, watching this video brings me relief because I just have to accept I have no control of my thoughts and I need to focus on my actions and let them pass. It's been so much fucking hell the past 4 months and this is something I really needed and have repeated again, again and again until it really sinks in.

@Apneveien99 5 жыл бұрын

FrostFM [OST Theme Music] : Hang in there . There is light at the end of the tunnel. As a matter of fact, you are the light beyond your thoughts and emotions. Read about Eckhart Tolle , The Power of Now and also check out Higher Self Channel meditations. His name is Lincoln Gergar and he gets to the root of issues. His mediations are mind blowing and very powerful. Don't let your thoughts judge a book by its cover. You will not regret and will be grateful how therapeutic his messages are. God bless!

@23youngmoney1 5 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way and this just started for me last Friday and I literally been in the house stuck in fear of thinking I’m not normal no more

@kushdash3548 5 жыл бұрын

KING LOS I’ve been like this for a while now it is very scary but remember what you was like before last Friday it’s just your mind going to into an anxious state just let them pass

@Chibimoon_9834 5 жыл бұрын

Your not the only one gotta say it's pretty exhausting and a hassle I know 😒

@23youngmoney1 5 жыл бұрын

Kush Dash thank you so much for the reply you gave me hope because it’s hard explaining to family or people who don’t understand and it can make you feel as if your going crazy so I’m tryna be positive and keep faith that this will go pass and I’ll be alright it’s now been two weeks for me I’ve been feeling somewhat better it’s just the depersonalization or derealization thingy that’s apart of anxiety

@erinthatcher5605 5 ай бұрын

This video is a GOD send. After over a year of Googling for answers of my painful rumination and intrusive thoughts, this video is finally what I needed to hear. Can’t say it will stick today, or tomorrow, but I will watch this and give this my 100%. Bless you for making this for those who needed to hear it most.

@jonathanarny4379 Ай бұрын

This helped me so much, ive been in and out of horrible obsessive thoughts for months, just seeing someone explain it exactly how I feel it made my day.

@bignoknow 6 жыл бұрын

I can't stress enough how liberating this simple truth was for me. Rumination often led me to the brink of what felt like madness and I thought I would never learn to control it. I lived in constant fear of my next cycle so believe me when I say I am wishing you peace of mind and loads of hope. Share what has worked for you so we can all learn from each other.

@miketheprogg908 6 жыл бұрын

hi i have a questio did you go off antidepressants ?

@miketheprogg908 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video by the way

@miketheprogg908 6 жыл бұрын

for some reason my mind some times have 0 Thoughts like literally 0 pure silence its strange has f

@Gandoff2000 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Actions do count!

@ralphysgurl124 6 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same Noah are you taking antidepressants ?

@Crunch_Buttsteak 6 жыл бұрын

Fish oils, vitamin d or get some sun, super b complex, eat healthier & work out! 5 or more days a week even if it's just walking a couple miles per day. DO IT. And meditation/mindfulness 10 or more minutes per day. Also what this guy said. The storm always lifts. Good luck.

@di-zb3wb 5 жыл бұрын

Mediation is key. 😌

@anythingbootneck 5 жыл бұрын

lowkey 425 Yes, same with me. The only thing that’s works for me is medical science! I try lots of times to come of the anti depressant, and then after six weeks , I’m depressed again.

@koen3108 5 жыл бұрын

What the op of this section says is not complete BS however. Medication is also based on giving your body the molecules it needs.

@JamesDurcan 5 жыл бұрын

No offense brother, but it sounds like you have never had a true mental illness...There's a lot more to it than the afformentioned

@lovejetfuel4071 5 жыл бұрын

True, rumination for me gets worse in the winter. I think rumination is a form of OCD that forms out of a certain event

@certified-sleepyhead 6 ай бұрын

Thank you - I can't express enough how much this single video has helped me.

@ana89512 Ай бұрын

A few months ago, I watched this video when I was going through my worst moment, experiencing intense intrusive thoughts and high adrenaline, afraid of everything-afraid of hearing voices, of seeing something, afraid of myself. THIS VIDEO CHANGED MY LIFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Just stop caring about your thoughts; most of the time they are insignificant. Completely emotional as I write this, within the turmoil you think it might never pass but it does, and this honest and simple video was crucial in my process of getting better.

@marcepaul8990 3 жыл бұрын

I cry every night because I can't stop overthinking God help me 🙏🙏

@sayedalazam4228 2 жыл бұрын

Marce are you doing okay pal!?

@marcepaul8990 2 жыл бұрын

@@sayedalazam4228 yes overthinking have stopped but now I'm suffering with depersonalization it makes me sometimes scaring of myself 😭😞

@bbbelieveit 2 жыл бұрын

@@marcepaul8990 I believe in you :,)

@TheRealTycoon 2 жыл бұрын

Stay strong!

@eddylopez76133 5 жыл бұрын

ty for this, i feel like am going crazy. i feel like crying, because i dont want to be alone with my thoughts

@izzyharwell3877 5 жыл бұрын

Its OK don't give up because if u give up it won't get better so don't your not alone everybody watching this is suffering I'm suffering and it sucks but there just thoughts if u want them to stop then you aren't thoughts if u were you would be woow imma do that thought or something so just live them don't controll

@yungcris5211 4 жыл бұрын

Everardo Cancino man bro I feel the same way. I’ve contemplated suicide many times and could never look past everything plaguing me. I’ve finally after a couple years found a solution you have to look for help. No matter how low u feel how much you cry. U need to tell someone man

@sadiecampbell5098 4 жыл бұрын

Not alone

@dannymartinez8522 4 жыл бұрын

I too man it sucks balls so bad! I wake up nervous every morning worried for shit that hasn't happened. Try to motivate myself but doesnt work I forget how happiness feels. I have to hide my feels sometimes cause I don't want my loved ones to get tired of me. Why do the days looks so gloomy😣

@Ikaros23 4 жыл бұрын

Google: dont feed the monkey mind

@kourayrkrit7436 Ай бұрын

May u get all the happiness and health for spreading this message . U r saving lives of many people

@M1ssingl 3 ай бұрын

This is honestly one of the most comforting things Ive watched in a long time because it really made me feel like I was actually normal. Thanks

@petermoore3042 6 жыл бұрын

I recently read a book called overcoming OCD(part of an overcome series), and it stresses how much OCD seems to affect those of humanity who are the most sensitive and caring. Those of us who have such high morals and try our hardest to uphold those morals. And we punish ourselves when our thoughts go against those morals. It helped a lot to read that and read the examples of people with similar OCD. It also said that those with OCD are the safest people in the world, because of our morals and because of our strength trying to fight our OCD and these thoughts, but like you said, we can't control them. We can only control our actions. And after reading that book, the intrusive thoughts have kind of eased up. They still occur but I'm trying not to react. They're there, ok, just a thought, move on. And I know I'm a good person. I want to help people. I want people to be happy. I never want harm to come to another person. I'm a good person. I'm thinking of switching college course now to pursue a career as a counsellor so I can help people and also gain some more insight into the brain. OCD is a bitch, but overall, we are the safest people in the world and we can all beat this.

@ThatGirlPearl 6 жыл бұрын

this reply made me cry :( I am the exact same way. I feel the exact same way. I want to be a doctor so bad and sometimes I am afraid that I won't be able to be a good one because of all these thoughts. I pray to God every day that I beat it once and for all.

@petermoore3042 6 жыл бұрын

ThatGirlPearl you need to go for it. Running from what you want only strengthens your fears. Facing them and trying to be a doctor will help you to overcome them. Get the book I mentioned and it will help you so much. Even the examples unburden such a weight. I'm also on lustral at the moment on 150mg and practicing positive thinking. There's a really good app called insight timer. It's free and it has meditations and all these talks about positive thinking, meditation, spirituality. Everything. I really wish you all the best, but remember what I said about people with OCD being the kindest? The fact that you have these thoughts shows how kind you are, and I really hope you become a doctor because I feel you'd be one of the best out there. 😊

@ThatGirlPearl 6 жыл бұрын

thank you so much!!!!!! I will buy it right now. some days i am fine, and its easy to get rid of the thoughts. other days it can be quite crippling to where I feel like i need to go home and be alone and think of why I am thinking the way that I do. I think I am more hard on myself bc I see myself as a Christian and the biggest thing I beat myself up about is that Christians don't think this way. Which then leads me to question myself as a person. I will definitely keep going for the goal I appreciate your words more than you know.

@scottkochman5214 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter....by any chance, do you have the author's name? There seems to be a multitude of books on the same topic with similar names. Your comments were very useful and I'm glad to hear how this method has helped you. I could use this as well. Thanks in advance for your help.

@petermoore3042 6 жыл бұрын

Scott Kochman yep it's by David veale and rob Wilson 😊 hope it helps.

@biardikotaataupundesa4643 3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't thank much,I cried.Your motivation really drove me out from heavy thoughts.After 6 long years,it's finally ended.😭😭

@RaidenKyo 2 жыл бұрын

Alhumdullilah, I’m happy for you.

@Lorenzo-bt2rw Жыл бұрын

Yay!!

@anthonydoherty7638 10 ай бұрын

Hope your still doing amazing

@benharrison9336 11 ай бұрын

I am struggling with depersonalisation at the moment. Sometimes I feel disconnected from my thoughts and my body, almost as if my thoughts are not my own. These feelings have led me to feel insane, like my thoughts are not my own even though I know I’m the one thinking them. These thoughts of going insane are ruining my life. This video has really helped me realise this is not true, I am not insane. These thoughts don’t represent me.

@user-uz3ew3bc9p 11 ай бұрын

Say to yourself ‘would I think about this?’ If thats not the case, then don’t worry about it. Try meditate and walk outside. Get out of your mind and feel your whole body.

@austinhaffner3518 8 ай бұрын

That happened to me about two years ago and it does get better. Currently I had a recent anxiety attack and have depersonalization again so I think mines just related to anxiety just stay strong it comes with time

@250lmjohn 6 ай бұрын

Firstly, I hope you are doing better. I struggle with the exact same thing you are describing. I go into this mode where I feel detached from reality and feel completely insane. This would lead to severe anxiety and make me question everything in my life. It used to be an all day, everyday issue for me. This started when I was 20 years old, I am 25 now. Now it only seems to happen if I’ve had an unproductive day, or just a bad day in general.

@josephstinson5092 Ай бұрын

I got this shit too bruh it’s ass. I like to use the david goggins method of straight toughing it out, at the end of the day it’s just a feeling/change in perception that we can not control and isn’t any true harm to us. Be strong, understand that and try to make it your bitch

@6420digits 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. I almost cry watching this because I've been so aggravated and tortured with harm ocd since last year and i felt so seen, it's both sad and relieving to know im not the only one going through this. You got this. We all got this and we're gonna make it out of this. It's just thoughts.

@Mystdryad10 16 күн бұрын

We have discovered that food specifically does this to our sweet daughter… Maybe keep a food diary…. You could try eliminating corn, wheat, dairy, soy… main allergy causing foods and see if they go away…. If they do try introducing them back in one by one and see which one is causing thoughts…. Just an idea. 🙏🙏🙏

@noahhecker6672 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, you’re describing my every waking moment. I’ve spent probably over a decade now just constantly plagued my this madness of sorts. I’m so glad there are people who have experienced this exact feeling

@Ashish-nd3xj 2 жыл бұрын

Wow you survive a decade with this ? Just wow wow wow

@whtmustang 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you are doing better. Im struggling with this badly everyday. Its so hard not to react to every single thought. I wanna think about everything! Its so painful.

@chrisjackson3859 2 жыл бұрын

@@whtmustang I been struggling with this since the beginning of highschool Fast foward senior year it’s still the same I’m just trying to figure out what it is that can and can’t help for me to stop my thoughts

@shawntelmyers4582 Жыл бұрын

Noah, have you heard of the book “Boundaries” by Henry Cloud and John Townsend? I read it 2 years ago and it completely changed my life. I’m actually re-reading it right now. I’ve been a catastrophe thinker since I was a kid, so I can relate to the struggle! I’m better than I used to be which is good.

@shrilleck Жыл бұрын

Proud of u man:) !

@markmarkus808 2 жыл бұрын

I’m 43 I’ve had this problem since I was 20 and every year it got better, I just get more used to it, now I’m just having fun, thanks for the good advice, Noah

@khaledseggar3599 2 жыл бұрын

How it reduce?

@juniorhimselff Жыл бұрын

How ?

@marceliangolmento6735 Жыл бұрын

Do you have any tips on how to best deal with it or any thoughts I could use I get rid of it instantly?

@sammullett17 Жыл бұрын

I'm going the opposite way 😢

@theanonymoushelpline7248 7 ай бұрын

@@sammullett17your gona be ok

@DivineMystikalTraveler 4 ай бұрын

I can't tell you how much this helps me. I did not realize i had such an issue and that there were others going through it too. Thank you.

@brunoruiz544 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this, I struggle with a good amount of what you talk about, and I think I will be finding this really helpful in finding inner peace and realizing I am not what I fear. Thank you.

@shivamrohilla1496 2 жыл бұрын

1) your thoughts are not you 2) you can't control your thoughts 3) don't react to them 4) Don't feed them 5) be mindful ( sometimes you can laugh on your own thoughts)

@blissfulbaboon 10 ай бұрын

Yes..laugh at them😂😂😂😂😂

@HappyComfort 4 жыл бұрын

It really helped me when I realized that sometimes my brain lies to me. So I learned to ignore it when it happens. Your right it’s not the obsessive thought, it’s what you do with it. Just dismiss it! And give your brain something productive etc to think on. Or a nice physical activity. Etc.

@user-2Hteyasizyc 3 жыл бұрын

You scury lookin.

@BBAN81 28 күн бұрын

THANK YOU!!! I struggle with these stupid thought or more scary intrusive thoughts of something happening to someone I care about. Thank you for being brave enough to put yourself out there to help others! You’re awesome. I wish I knew you in life.

@kathylgoedert 8 ай бұрын

One of your videos (thought it was this one) says, " These thoughts are not who I am." I've used that since I heard it, and shared it with others. Game-changer. Thank you 😊

@lmnop4181 5 жыл бұрын

"There's something wrong with my brain, it's broken!" It keeps me trapped, imprisoned, stuck in a quagmire. I can't move forward, I can't move backwards, I can't stop the repetitive, negative, worrying, upsetting, self-critical, anxiety producing, obsessive thoughts from assaulting me. The angst of "If I... maybe I... could've, should've, would've, must've... Around and around and around and around... I'm powerless, I've no control... The juxtaposition of my calm, collected, polished exterior versus the pure torture inside my mind.. and make no mistake IT-IS-PURE-TORTURE!!! Until this moment. Nine minutes and nineteen seconds. I could never have imagined it possible --that freedom would come at 9:20 seconds. I've watched your video for the 4th time before writing this message, will watch again after I'm finished. A great sigh of relief, a great burden lifted. It's not JUST me! I'm not crazy! It IS just my thoughts (which are powerless and simply trying to frighten me) IT Has a Name! Now I can tame it! Noah, a most gracious thank you, you've freed me! Exhaling for the first time in many years...

@lujainzraiqiii2331 4 жыл бұрын

LM NOP me too!!! i swear EVERYTIME I get those thoughts now, I go back to this video!! I hope you all know that you’re not alone!!! Big love !! Your thoughts aren’t you!!

@paul9589 2 жыл бұрын

I seriously felt like I was alone with this and NEVER thought of coming to KZfaq for help like this. My brain sticks to things that hurt me for days on end and it’s hard to forget.

@monkeymode72 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this great video. It has given me instant relief after months (maybe years) of rumination. Life goes on, don't let a random thought poison your days

@ilai7893 7 ай бұрын

Love it, so simple and so true - it's just like if the thoughts were a flock of birds flying overhead, you don't have to do anything even if you're aware of it. It's awesome how simple it is to disarm these thoughts of their power.

@mikehunt6195 4 жыл бұрын

My brain does what it wants, I can’t escape over thinking and often feel alone but I hate making people closest to me sad so I keep it all in.

@yoshi41301 4 жыл бұрын

J me too, but I've found talking about these thoughts with people close to me helps to realize they're just nonsense

@babyhoho6745 4 жыл бұрын

J That describes exactly what I go through and have gone through for the last decade.

@Kaj14122 4 жыл бұрын

@srawanlalacharya3584 3 жыл бұрын

take iboga ...

@chaz5461 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly, thank you so much. The feeling of freedom from this demon is extremely relieving. I feel like I can finally have a fun and nice stressless life. Thank you 👏🏻

@bman6326 2 жыл бұрын

Any advice

@TennesseeLife15 6 ай бұрын

I've dealt and suffered from OCD and anxiety for my whole life and I'm about to turn 43. This is very satisfying to hear, it gives me and others hope🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@erikachavez1964 2 ай бұрын

Wow I felt so relieved hearing this thank you so much I'm actually going to get out of bed now and start my day, I came to KZfaq to find a video that would help me and yours did it! Thank you sooo much 🙏

@Benny.13 6 жыл бұрын

Omg!? My brain is exactly like yours?! I thought I was alone in over analyzing and questioning everyone and everything. Intentions, history of interactions with people !,?thank you for video !

@Hekeepblessingme 5 жыл бұрын

Richard Kucklinski hello fellow Polak 💕 you’re not alone!!!!!! Much love and peace to you

@aburrito4973 5 жыл бұрын

M ABCC lol

@SolesOfficial 5 жыл бұрын

Richard Kucklinski me too man

@Alex-jo2oi 5 жыл бұрын

same here. I'm so relieved now.

@Tatsumaki_Uchiha 5 жыл бұрын

Nah big dawg....you not. I used to think the same thing till i seen this video.

@iDriveMuscle 4 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, why did I believe I was so different. The first two minutes of this video felt like my life. Thanks for the video!!

@BSmithPPG 8 ай бұрын

I’m going to try to apply this to my feelings. Because the anxiety-filled and negative feelings I have are so intensely imbedded. I want so desperately to be free of these feelings of depression and anxiety. Thanks for taking the time to post this.

@taylorhill9547 4 ай бұрын

It’s been 3 months , how have things been ? :)

@Stephaniespeaksup 3 ай бұрын

I think this has been one of the most helpful videos I ever watched on mindfulness and overthinking

@ilovethecross7 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! I cried through most of this video! I can't tell you how much I needed to hear this! The last couple of days have been so dark feeling, with feeling like there was no light ahead. My anxiety felt like it was going to get the best of me! I've felt like I may be losing myself. But this truly was a ray of light in my darkness. I'm probably going to watch this at the beginning of each day, for a while. Thank you so much for sharing this!

@loui8391 5 жыл бұрын

Hope your getting better

@ilovethecross7 5 жыл бұрын

victor Ruiz - thank you! I turned a corner and am doing much better! Still got a ways to go, but taking it one day at a time. 😊

@AttaUllah-vk2dc 5 жыл бұрын

Joan M. Hope you are good. I am suffering from depressive disorder. My key problem is ruminations. And I can't control it. I do it unconsciously even right after I am awak. It would be nice if you keep me on updating. Share your tips. May you live happy. May you have what you seek. May you live like an angel. Thanks

@Wiseasaserpent 5 жыл бұрын

Jesus wants you to be fully delivered from your pain! He is ready to take it. Ask Him and He will surely provide

@detail___5387 5 жыл бұрын

I feel your pain, I am going through this at the moment and it’s truly awful.

@Thunderbird1337 5 жыл бұрын

I have similar experiences. It sounds so simple but: You can only beat your fears if you don't fear them anymore. Try to fully accept them and their possible consequences and DON'T CARE about them anymore. Then the fears have no more power over yourself and go away by themselves. I know it's easier said than don, but it can be done. It works.

@4amcuriosity162 4 жыл бұрын

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"

@indian2491 4 жыл бұрын

@@4amcuriosity162 bro please help me. My whole future is been destroyed due to ocd .i get repetitive thoughts on and on

@chosenfromthemosthigh 6 ай бұрын

Wow this video is deep.. I definitely told this message personally because I do realize that I’ve allowed my thoughts and feelings to control my life for years. I appreciate your message bro and you just gave me something valuable to combat this issue..thank you and God bless you 💯

@kimberley-eleanormareya8385 11 ай бұрын

Years later and I feel better after watching this video, thanks Noah !

@kopisia00 5 жыл бұрын

“It’s got nothing to do with you” thank you for this. 🙏🏻. I will be applying this, every time I get stupid thoughts.

@breanagardener7203 5 жыл бұрын

I'm crying while watching this, thank you..

@annikaseecharran4383 5 жыл бұрын

same here I am goin through this

@sumitchhetri252 5 жыл бұрын

Hey@@annikaseecharran4383

@paulocbbf 5 жыл бұрын

It hurts so much...

@garayy 5 жыл бұрын

breana gardener YOURE NOT ALONE , WE GOT THIS💪🏼💯

@tommodeski8637 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a dude and I was crying too and crying is not weakness!

@Daily_MM 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. Really brought me peace. I was genuinely worried that I could never break these thoughts. It has been going on for years. And I have wasted so much time thinking that I am a psycho, I’m a horrible person for thinking these things. And I actually started to think that I was a bad person and had to even double check with family members that I don’t come off across as these horrible things. After watching this I’ve soon realised that my thoughts are an internal battle and don’t project over who I am🙌