@nourreddinekardiss3049 I like how you reported my comment for hurting your feeling after you’re the went you went into the comments acting like a tool.

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Thank you so much, when you said the thing about “if you could think your way out of this you would have by now” hit home. Trying to analyze and intellectualize my thoughts just give them more fuel to grow.

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Do you have any tips for «pure-O» sufferers loved ones? Im in the middle of getting an OCD diagnosis without the «classic compulsions» (obsessive thoughts only) and i have a hard time telling apart my obsessions/compulsions and normal toughts and so i imagine its even harder for my partner.

Thank you Matt for everything. I couldn't agree more.

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Great stuff. 🩵

How are am I able to message u for advice thanks

It’s not always “what if thoughts” I think people tend to forgot thoughts can come in as statements/ and images

my father beat the shit out me sometimes, thankyou very much u motivated me..

Any one else get the thoughts in phases? I literall will not have any of these thoughts for weeks or a month then ill have a couple of weeks with these terrifying thoughts its very interesting

Thank you so much for this. It is so exhausting letting your mind solve a nonexistent problem 😢

Thank you so much for these videos. After nearly 20 years battling this condition I think I finally understood whats going on and the best way to respond to it. These videos are life changing and made a massive impact to me. I am grateful to find your channel and learn from these videos.

You’re so handsome. I don’t think we can drop a story we have held without changing our interpretation of the past and changing our sense of who we are in context to it. That changes the story. If you’ve had some kind of a traumatic past, those all have to be processed and put in a new perspective, then the story automatically changes. Like, an example is that I was really teased a lot in school and then I came to understand what was going on socially, and that our family was really well known in my town, actually in a good way. So, in fact, the kids were maybe jealous, and I had no idea at the time. But now, I look back and I think wow, that really shaped who I think I am, and what a shame of what damage it did for such a long time. Now I try to be aware of my thoughts, and how I’m thinking of myself and what kind of story I tell myself in my head about the past. It’s really hard. Even when you have a good revelation.

Powerful! Thank you for this series!

Good tools for a "tool box" thank you

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I am Víctor from Spain, I am 20 years old and I have had anxiety since I was little, it used to occur in class, in restaurants, in a movie theater to give some examples... well the fact is, I have been in this hell for 2 years, on May 9, 2022 I I woke up having thoughts that in my life I had had about harming myself, I remember that the day before before going to sleep I read a news story about a boy who took his own life, logic tells me that this could have been a possible trigger, I at the same time At first I was scared because I didn't want to do that nor do I want to and I didn't know what was happening to me, I had a lot of anxiety, my chest hurt, I was short of breath, I felt terrible... in the middle of that hell I thought, well, this is going to be a bad day and Tomorrow I will be fine, because the days went by and it was still the same, even because of the fear I had, I even slept with my mother, imagine... a few days after this, while I was in my room, this thought occurred to me, which I remember perfectly. What if I kill my mother? If after the thoughts of hurting myself I was already bad, imagine after that crossed my mind... literally, I couldn't even see my mother, it was terrible, if before I had anxiety, then after thinking that I had twice as much... investigating why Google I found content about intrusive thoughts and such, at that time while reading about the subject I came across a phrase that helped me at that moment (you are not your thoughts) and that literally eliminated the physical symptoms that I had even though those thoughts were still there. A few days after this I went to the psychiatrist to tell him exactly what I am telling in this message and he told me about impulsive phobias, I went home and a few days after this the typical news that they give at night was on Antena 3's news. Well, well, they talked about a news story about a boy with schizophrenia and what happened to me is that I was literally in shock, I hardly slept that night, literally when I heard that I was like, I have this. I started looking for symptoms throughout the summer and a few more months, in total 4/5 months followed day by day on Google, on KZfaq videos of people with schizophrenia, videos about psychotic breaks, about other mental disorders and well from there I am not bad, the following. I literally began to pay attention to sounds and for example I was watching a KZfaq video of whatever and if I heard something that could be outside of that video, I would rewind the video to see if I heard it again, that was an example of what What I did and sometimes I continued doing it, I was aware of what I saw or if I saw things out of the ordinary, sometimes out of the corner of my eye I see like a flash and I wonder if you are freaking out in case it is a hallucination, I also read about delusions and paranoia and to give an example, reading that these people think they want to kill them and from then on I have thoughts of that style, "paranoid" thoughts even though I know they are a lie, I don't know if after everything I'm saying Are you finding out what is happening to me or if perhaps in your consultation you have had cases of this style, because in Spanish I have barely found information as if I have found it in English and they relate it to OCD called OCD Going Crazy, but literally that Sometimes I doubt that this could be OCD, this seems serious, I'm afraid it's psychosis or schizophrenia, I'm shit, I need help, it seems like I'm delirious at times, although I repeat, I know that certain thoughts don't make sense... I think that reading symptoms has messed with my head because in my life I have had these thoughts and I think I am very suggestive. 3 psychiatrists tell me that they are impulsive phobias but come on, sometimes it seems like he's really crazy.

my fears have gone with therapy almost away. but there is one issue than no one has ever known how to help, something that therapist don't talk more often. How to resume sex life after suffering with so-ocd? I'm avoiding sex with a partner because every time I try to have sex a get extremely nervous. Dysfunctions like loosing erection, loosing interest, feeling like i'm not being aroused pop up every time I want to have sex and everything ends in me being defeated. On the other hand, masturbation its much easier than sex. I used to like sex a lot. Now is very difficult to me to approach my partner because all these thoughts and feeling make me feel like I am failing.

This has changed this life. Thank you dude.

What the hell is ERP?

Mine is bi polar not ocd but i don't think it makes a difference when it comes to the depression tho. I recently started trying binaural beats or whatever to sleep and it actually helps a bit

Mine is bi polar not ocd but i don't think it makes a difference when it comes to the depression tho. I recently started trying binaural beats or whatever to sleep and it actually helps a bit

All loves are conditional. Theres no such a thing as unconditiinal love. Condition 1 : the one is loveable. Condition 2 : the one is not hurting you. Condition 3: the one is not taking advantage of you or a potential to be hurting your interest. Even the love for a mother toward her children are conditional on that the children are hers and they follow house rules and dont hurt the mother.

its okay to be gay

I don’t know what I believe anymore. Grew up as a baptist. Didn’t make much difference with my mother. Did everything right. Drank a bit. Never ever slept around and I am the one with no life

Frustrating. This is just an ad for his expensive program.

Thank you sir for using your platform to convey this message. A community begins with the individual and we all need to take accountability for ourselves to some degree, that also doesn’t mean we can’t reach out for help if needed. A difficult balance but much needed. God bless you and your audience 😊

Hello, Matt. I lived 20 years with OCD undiagnosed. Your book and your videos over the past two years have been a huge help in helping me "control" the disorder. I just turned 37, I have a fulfilling job and my own flat, I want a family, but I feel it's too late. For a long time, I just closed myself off and avoided people. I have no real friends and many people in my age are alreaady married or have a family. I don't know if it is still possible to build new relationships having lived most of my life in fear? I don't want to be alone forever. I want friend and family. Is it still possible?

I’ll still take the million dollars if you’re offering. 😂. Especially since I developed a collecting addiction in my attempts to move past OCD. As someone who will be voting Trump, my heart breaks for the kid. He was likely exposed to nonstop hateful rhetoric about ‘the other side’.

Hello sir I was wondering if what I have is related to what your saying because I was watching TikTok than a video came up saying a teenager killed his mother and when I scrolled my head was starting to go crazy and thoughts came up saying what if I do it to my mom but I’m scared

Wonderful message! I really appreciate how you were able to articulate so many aspects of this concept and how a person might begin applying the idea of love without preconditions. One more reason why this is among the best channels on KZfaq.

Have you heard of mark Dejeus?

Thank you very much I'm in a Deprogramming from Narcissitic Experiences group , I'm going to share the voice and give your youtube credits if you have any problems with me using the voice let me know, but this is great info trauma survivors get stuck in rumination

When I was grieving the loss of my mother I was so vulnerable revealing a lot to others, Bereavement therapy was helpful. Thereafter I was quite careless over sharing on social media and WhatsApp. I’ve now recognised I had an issue since watching a lot of videos on over sharing. Since then I’ve stopped sharing anything anywhere

So good!

What an amazing video, so grateful for the guidance!

You been a great help thank you so much

Great video

Aap sabhi ko mera Stoic Hare Krishna🙏🏼

Christ is the only Divine. He is.

Very helpful

Great video

Thank you so much Matt I was this close to giving up and falling back into worrying and questioning my faith and all but now I relise that God will make this work.

Perfect timing! I had a small relapse today. Praying the Lord makes this a conviction in my heart. Here for so much more than myself or my comfort/“safety”. Thanks Matt!

AS a women who had a child at 41, ive become very much aware of my age/ my face/aging. I look for evidence for my thoughts being true in random things people will say to me.. For example, chatting to a lady at a toddler group , normal conversation she said Is this your little one. But she hesitated before asking and it triggered me thinking 'she wasnt sure she was mine because maybe she thought I look too old be have a 2.5 year old.. this spiraled me into lots more thoughts and bad behaviors like asking my partner if i look old, or buying anti aging things. Truth be told I am old enough to have a toddler granddaughter I have a fear one day someone will say is this your granddaughter.. and all i see when i look into my mirror is an aged face, miserable face. Im getting down about this. Damn, today is a bad day

I wouldn't wish Pure OCD on my worst enemies.

Im so tired with this intrusive thoughts 😭😭 i just want to back when i was not this things it start in 2021, i cant play game i cant life free 😔 this thoughts is always follow me whatever i do 😭

Wonderful video Matt. Very simple and nice thoughts.