My struggle is hyperawareness of my own thoughts and mind, its like my awareness has taken me hostage.

Thank you for this Mark ... I always look forward to your videos.

Perfect timing. Thank you for this video💜

Amazing video Mark, you provide absolutely outstanding information.

Love your work Mark!!!!! Thank you for this :)

Hey mark. Thank you. This is a very noble thing to do, making a video like this.

Hi mark im 15 and been struggling with this for awhile, this video has helped me substantially. Thank you

Great video Mark!!

Wow! Thanks this helped. I had a time before I had somatic ocd to the extent that I have now. I’ve definitely been subconsciously pushing back both physical and emotional sensations

Thank you for this. I have butterflies a lot, and especially when I'm trying to sleep or meditate, so this is really helpful to me.

Omg there’s help out there!!!

For breathing ocd, I used buteyko breathing method, because when I became aware of my breathing I started to breathe weird and essentially hyperventilate which only fuelled the anxiety. Buteyko breathing retrains you to breathe in a healthy way and ALSO reduces anxiety.

Thank u

Well said..Im new to all this..I have acid reflux/eoe which can get into my chest and believe i have some type of ocd behavior because of this...I'm hearing my heartbeat in my head when Im just sitting around..lying in bed..and it's driving me freaking insane.

Trying to find equanimity is a great mindfulness practice. "If the feeling you experience is pleasant, be aware without clinging. If it is uncomfortable, be aware without resistance."

The other day I went outside to sit and I had this thought. If someone came outside and asked me what I was doing what would I say? And I felt compelled to come up with an answer that sounded good. Like I’m watching the birds, or feeling the sun, or I’m just thinking... and that’s when it hit me. Why do I need to be thinking? Why do I need to be doing anything? Why do all my answers have to involve me doing something to sound good? What did I really come out here to do? I came out here to just sit outside. Yes I may have watched a bird, or felt the sun, or had thoughts... and that’s ok. But i don’t NEED to be doing any of these things. I can just sit outside. We can all just sit outside. The point isn’t to come outside and not watch the birds, or feel the sun, or have thoughts. The point is that we don’t need to be doing something all the time. We can just go outside to sit and whether these things happen or not doesn’t matter. We can just go outside to sit.

This really helps with my blinking

Hey mark. Thanks for sharing your experience. Is this the technique of letting go of control? I have somatic ocd about breathing. Not only did I breathe on my own, but I also had to analyze my breathing. Will this technique help me to put my breath in it without interference. Since I couldn't tell how normally I was breathing, even intervention was futile. This technique I have heard in meditation groups to help people improve their ability to observe the breath without control. Can it help me let go of control? It's ironic that even though I'm always in control, I don't know how to properly control it :( do I need to stop reacting in life I don't mean even if I don't sit back and practice when doing this exercise you know my ocd is saying that if i react even without doing this exercise it wont work.

Thank you so much Mark.

Any recommended videos on how to meditate? I was doing it lying it down on the bed so there was no discomfort. Im going to do it sitting cross legged going forward. I have had somatic breathing ocd for exactly one year now