Stop Distracting! This is how it hurt you!

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What things do you do to distract?
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@sense_storiess Жыл бұрын

Seek discomfort Don't push Be mindful. See if it's the part of your flow. Tolerate Accept the anxiety.

@beckwilde Жыл бұрын

"Perceived threats - guessing with no evidence to support it. So when it's a thought like that, we don't give it any value." Thank you for the reminder today.

@p8735 Жыл бұрын

i have noticed that i tend to try and avoid and push away intrusive thoughts with youtube or just random scrolling on my phone. yesterday, i had about a 20 min walk to anatomy lab and my phone was around 15%. i made a conscious effort to sit with my thoughts as i walked and forced myself to be present in the moment using my 5 senses as the thoughts passed on through. this is something that needs to be talked about more!!!

@SolarJakee Жыл бұрын

So glad I found your videos they deserve so many more views. You explain everything in such a clear, condense and relatable way.

@ocdandanxiety Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! I would love more views, but I like helping people more! 😄

@letsgofishingene Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your delivery in your videos. Thank you.

@chronos0184 Жыл бұрын

Your videos have been a lifesaver. Everyday is a struggle but I’m learning to tolerate that anxiety with ERP and I’m slowly getting better 👍

@ocdandanxiety Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your support! It really means a lot!

@edithdlp8045 15 күн бұрын

I am glad for you. I hope I can be victorious eventually after trying so hard.

@Nobody_lol 16 күн бұрын

21 years old, really struggling with distraction thoughts. I always avoided the uncomfortable and stays in the comfortable

@zainahere5797 Ай бұрын

I ALWAYS WANTED THIS QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED thank u

@Esedess28 Жыл бұрын

You're extremely helpful. Thank you.

@KissMan-lz7ej 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video

@littlebighead4482 6 ай бұрын

I really needed to see and hear this, thank you so much for all you do

@enys4163 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for helping us! I truly apptreciate it.

@tctalia8484 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Nathan!! This so hits home especially the phone checking. I've been more mindful not to be checking phone as much in social situations and going through the feels! Love your vids

@TheSolaceOfSilence Жыл бұрын

I can't thank you enough for your videos. They have been essential to my journey through anxiety.

@lavonhead9781 Жыл бұрын

Ok, I need bloopers at the end of every video because they are Awesome! :) Thanks for all you do.

@embroideredragdoll Жыл бұрын

I’ve started doing this thing called “Worry Free Winter” where I vow to not do a compulsion or address an intrusive thought. It’s been smooth sailing for the most part but I stumble, I want to ask my partner what was the last time I reassurance sought because I don’t want him to remember it. Do I ask him or is it a compulsion do you think? Thank you for the help these past two years Nathan, I now suggest your channel to everyone I know with OCD :-)

@michaelluan6590 Жыл бұрын

When the intrusive thought is not a threat (thoughts) but simply a flash back / re-living of a past anxiety experience. No “thoughts”, just the anxiety feeling comes back. It’s like my brain remembered the feeling and is replaying it. Does this sort of intrusive feeling improve with ERP as well?

@nalin12 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful 👍👍 Thanks

@kyolezlol4984 Жыл бұрын

Nate I appreciate your work. I am only a kid and this helps me out a lot

@camelkingofthemediteranean949 Жыл бұрын

Thank you man. OCD is something you get used to by allowing it. Somehow your video here made me realize what i missed on my OCD healing journey.

@flmalegre Жыл бұрын

I feel like this sometimes feeds into Meta OCD, I do get moments when I start wondering if I'm only doing stuff to avoid whatever, even if I do actually want to do said activity with no evidence to the contrary. Second guessing everything is hard, man

@flmalegre Жыл бұрын

"but what if you're just playing a game to distract instead of actually want-" "Dude just let me play Yakuza in peace"

@sense_storiess Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊💕

@billynorcross1490 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for helping me

@funatsun 10 ай бұрын

i normally dont like videos but u forced me lol really amazing content brother

@saqlain3470 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much your videos really helped me to recover from my ocd now I'm able to do my studies and work and enjoy life ❤️ (Ignore my English mistakes)

@ells_alright9873 Жыл бұрын

I distract myself because I am disconnected from my body and reality and I have my body torn apart, I am afraid of myself.

@lostgirl5022 Жыл бұрын

Hey Nathan I have been feeling down and your videos have really been helping me but there is one detail that I have been trying to find with other KZfaqrs and that’s when I have intrusive thoughts it’s kinda like magical thinking ocd but backwards in a way? Like I’m afraid I’m going to become a bad person and then when certain things happen like someone calls me evil or says something about evil people my thoughts will say “ that happened Becuase it’s a sign your going to be a bad person” but since it’s things that I can’t control that trigger it it makes me feel hopeless and scared that maybe there right. I would love to hear your intake thank you keep up the great work ❤

@jesselocke6170 8 ай бұрын

NOCD SAVED MY LIFE

@damianvillela7341 Жыл бұрын

This is me I hate not having something to fill my mind or not having something to do so I'll always have something playing in my ear like a music or a podcast, i know it's bad and I felt it was bad before you made this vid. I need to try and do better

@anjachan Жыл бұрын

I try! I already got better.

@kensanchez2064 Жыл бұрын

I would like to know in case you can make a video. Around anger and OCD. Are they somehow related? I just feel rage over experiencing OCD. How could I treat this? Great video!!!! Didn’t know grabbing too much the food is a distraction and compulsion

@sheilaramirez6444 Жыл бұрын

The single bark lol

@clxudymoons3784 Жыл бұрын

my problem is i have such bad anxiety that sometimes i build it against people so when i try to have a serious conversation or talk to them i have a really bad anxiety attack and it makes myself sick to the point where i have a headache an i get physically sick an sometimes yurk and i dont know what to do

@cassandralittleton8079 Жыл бұрын

Is it forced, yes something to consider. I find your talks helpful. Need help training the brain(mind).

@Ikigai747 Жыл бұрын

TRIGGER WARNING, NAT PLS HELP! I want to self harm it makes me feel better guilt anxiety goes away (punishing myself) when i do that and feels like i have accomplished something or that i am accountable to myself. Also i do have anger issues and end up harming my loved ones both physically and mentally. I dont want to exaggerate my stuff for the sake of myself and anxiety it is what it is and i dont know what next about self harming it almost feels like i SHOULD DO IT rather than I NEED TO DO IT

@ocdandanxiety Жыл бұрын

What is your goto distraction? 🤔

@embroideredragdoll Жыл бұрын

Pinterest, remind me of the time I was in a Thai restaurant. I was nervous about where to put my eyes. I didn’t want to look at the women working in case they thought I was a creep or racist. But it also felt just as weird to look at the other customers but I couldn’t look away either what if people think I’m racist for doing that. So I just read a fairytale on my phone.

@mathewjoseph2772 Жыл бұрын

KZfaq for sure

@AChickWithDrumSticks Жыл бұрын

Is creative writing a good distraction?

@hemlighet Жыл бұрын

Hey Nathan! How are you doing? I got a feeling that something is wrong... 😟 I hope you are doing fine! ❤

@nightshade1683 11 ай бұрын

As soon as I have my bad thought, I tell myself to shut up and I run to distract myself. I hate it😂

@cassandralittleton8079 Жыл бұрын

I also like " I'm moving forward"

@Loxer150 Жыл бұрын

hey nathan, i started doing ERP on my own at home because i can't really afford a therapist right now. i think i could see the merit. when i expose myself to a trigger though, my body actually started physically aching. is that what's supposed to happen? does it mean i'm doing it right?

@vannd6117 Жыл бұрын

I have a question. Few years ago, my parent did smth that I kinda disturbed about it. I felt like it was unintentional, but ever since then I cataztrophized things and become drifting apart. Few years ago become kinda hard because I ruminate a lot about it. Even tho, I see no real danger about my parent. But every little thing like touching me sometimes kinda become a thread for me. But before this I used to had religion ocd, and later the theme kinda swifting. I dont wanna feel bad about my loved oned, is ocd has smth to do in this about thinking our loved ones doing something bad to me?

@RahulSharma-dq4yr Жыл бұрын

Hey Nathan I heard from one of the therapist on YT that OCD is your unconscious sabotaging you to keep you safe because your emotional battery is drained due to anxiety, stress or some condition. One of his solution is to override negative thoughts with positve one's by speking to yourself gently which have helped me a lot in getting anxiety to a very low level. It seems contradictory to not giving thoughts any value. I want to know that is it effective for a longterm solution ?

@neen2660 Жыл бұрын

Me binging the walking dead comics in 3 weeks when I stopped my meds after my cat got out lol. I simply could not let myself think.

@neen2660 Жыл бұрын

I feel so weak for being so dependent on fake stories to get through my days. My whole life has been like this. This was hard to hear. I’m not even letting thoughts start at this point anymore. Constant distractions or I can’t even eat. I thought I had made a lot of progress and was letting myself be happy but I’m not so sure. Meds are evening out in system again but I’m still so reliant.

@neen2660 Жыл бұрын

I hate having different themes that occupy me for so long, because once they get more bearable, I think my ocd behaviors ought to have slowed down. But I’m always running.

@neen2660 Жыл бұрын

Social media is definitely going before my videos or shows or books. It triggers my ocd more on top of being a piss poor distraction. At least I can make that a positive take away

@Ulchavas500 7 ай бұрын

I’ve tried everything and nothing really helps and I’m just scared that this will be this way for a long time or that it will get worse I’ve tried enduring the stress and letting them in and that just caused me to have a mental breakdown and me just blocking everything out does the same thing and gives me a feeling that doesn’t let me enjoy anything. What do I do

@Jay-ch5xu Жыл бұрын

Scrolling.

@monideepagupta6805 Жыл бұрын

How can I connect with you personally.. If I am having too much anxiety with language and I always have a feeling that I am forgetting how to use a language in a certain way and Anything new or different from the way I have perceived the things to be triggers a lot of anxiety, how should I train my mind to think to overcome that fear and think more logically.. My anxiety is really aggravated and magnified right now.. Every sentence that someone is saying gets stuck in my head and I want to try to make sentences in a similar manner and similar tense.. That is so insane to me..

@michaelluan6590 Жыл бұрын

So I’m not doing my compulsions. But my brain won’t let me live my life in the moment. It thinks there is something very serious that needs to be solved. It’s like a time bomb it will come and interrupt my life any moment. I can’t focus on living my life. What should I do?

@honeywonyo Жыл бұрын

is having extreme rules for everything you do a compulsion??? ive had rules for what i do for years but for the past few weeks i wont let myself do ANYTHING unless my rules let me. i cant even let myself eat or drink when i need to. the rules are very distracting so maybe i should stop??

@Jay-ch5xu Жыл бұрын

Ugh... I keep doing this.

@amos686 Жыл бұрын

Is there an actual condition called Obsessive Rumination Disorder as opposed to OCD?

@alaskansummertime Жыл бұрын

I think its a spectrum and obsessive rumination is on the spectrum. Probably same root causes and same sort of cures to pursue. I get both usually in conjunction with one another. The rumination has eaten up a lot of my life. I'm working hard to move beyond that.

@amos686 Жыл бұрын

@@alaskansummertime yes I think you're right. Sorry to hear of your struggles

@michaelluan6590 Жыл бұрын

Hi Nathan something is bothering me. So after we tolerate the anxiety and move on with life, it seems like what we’re doing here is shifting focus to living life and away from the intrusive thought/anxiety. Wouldn’t the subconscious mind register this as an act of “avoidance” or “distraction” (because we’re shifting focus from intrusive thought to something else) and make the intrusive thought come back stronger?

@Pasho1 Жыл бұрын

I’m interested in this too