OCD and Anxiety Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #29
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Amy
I am the girl that washes her hands until they bleed! Well, I used to be; I've improved a lot since then, so it doesn't happen much anymore, but I still have OCD and a phobia of germs, but I've gotten better at dealing with them. While those two things are very much linked, my other much more odd notable phobia probably isn't, although the underlying neuro stuff involved in the other two probably plays a role in the third. What is this phobia, you ask? Balls. Specifically moving balls. Different balls bother me to different degrees, with basketballs being the most, and I will absolutely get as far away from them as possible if I encounter them flying through the air, and probably cover my head and duck unless I'm trying really hard to save face. Why am I scared of them? Three very physically painful incidents involving basketballs, the worst one being accidentally hit in the stomach by one when the guys in my gym class were trying to show off how hard they could throw basketballs, and discovering I had appendicitis as a result. Second worst involved the boys showing off their basketball throwing strength once again, accidentally hitting me and slamming my head into a solid metal window frame with it. Third was when a basketball hit somehow cracked my sternum. So now they scare me.
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I am the girl that washes her hands until they bleed! Well, I used to be; I've improved a lot since then, so it doesn't happen much anymore, but I still have OCD and a phobia of germs, but I've gotten better at dealing with them. While those two things are very much linked, my other much more odd notable phobia probably isn't, although the underlying neuro stuff involved in the other two probably plays a role in the third. What is this phobia, you ask? Balls. Specifically moving balls. Different balls bother me to different degrees, with basketballs being the most, and I will absolutely get as far away from them as possible if I encounter them flying through the air, and probably cover my head and duck unless I'm trying really hard to save face. Why am I scared of them? Three very physically painful incidents involving basketballs, the worst one being accidentally hit in the stomach by one when the guys in my gym class were trying to show off how hard they could throw basketballs, and discovering I had appendicitis as a result. Second worst involved the boys showing off their basketball throwing strength once again, accidentally hitting me and slamming my head into a solid metal window frame with it. Third was when a basketball hit somehow cracked my sternum. So now they scare me.
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The
There is one lady in my life who puts washing machines and is so ordered that always prefers to do things herself. Another, instead, washes hands oftern and pretends we in the house keep things clean not to kind of infect her. The latter is a clear OCD suffering. The former, though, is equally distressing: she suffers from OCPD. My mom is overworked with her perfectionism most of the time and drives me NUTS, the significant other works both her and us out and drives all of us BERSERK.
Clearly, they are both FLYING from their intrusive thoughts and memories. But figuring out how to help them is a MAMMUT task. Now we settled with making fun of their weird way to approach things and when we can, we just help them as we were AUTOMATA.
Mental illness is a serious matter, but many times if we around the people affected are also very serious, that would probably make of a human tragedy a potential catastrophy.
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There is one lady in my life who puts washing machines and is so ordered that always prefers to do things herself. Another, instead, washes hands oftern and pretends we in the house keep things clean not to kind of infect her. The latter is a clear OCD suffering. The former, though, is equally distressing: she suffers from OCPD. My mom is overworked with her perfectionism most of the time and drives me NUTS, the significant other works both her and us out and drives all of us BERSERK.
Clearly, they are both FLYING from their intrusive thoughts and memories. But figuring out how to help them is a MAMMUT task. Now we settled with making fun of their weird way to approach things and when we can, we just help them as we were AUTOMATA.
Mental illness is a serious matter, but many times if we around the people affected are also very serious, that would probably make of a human tragedy a potential catastrophy.
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visions
I have gad and depression it-s horrible. I felt like I was in this deep dark hole and I wasn-t ever able to get out. I couldn-t see it ever getting better. My journey and battle is no where near over but it-s so much better then when i started. I-m hopeful for the future and I know I can overcome this. I want others to know that even though everyone tells you it will get better and you just can-t seem to believe it, it honestly does. It will even if it takes you years it will. Don-t give up with your battle yet. Keep going try to hold onto the tiny milestones you achieve. Think about the things you can do now that you couldn-t a month ago even if it-s just -I managed to talk about it a bit-. Keep going don-t give it up you will get there you Honestly will just trust me and believe in yourself. You will get there as long as you preserve and believe and take the steps to achieve it.
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I have gad and depression it-s horrible. I felt like I was in this deep dark hole and I wasn-t ever able to get out. I couldn-t see it ever getting better. My journey and battle is no where near over but it-s so much better then when i started. I-m hopeful for the future and I know I can overcome this. I want others to know that even though everyone tells you it will get better and you just can-t seem to believe it, it honestly does. It will even if it takes you years it will. Don-t give up with your battle yet. Keep going try to hold onto the tiny milestones you achieve. Think about the things you can do now that you couldn-t a month ago even if it-s just -I managed to talk about it a bit-. Keep going don-t give it up you will get there you Honestly will just trust me and believe in yourself. You will get there as long as you preserve and believe and take the steps to achieve it.
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Kaitlin
so whenever I look at a picture of myself or have to get in a group picture I start to tear up and have to turn away. that's probably something but haha, I'll just keep doing it and at the same time get upset that I have no photos of myself and my friends to look back at when I'm older.
Also staying in contact with people is annoying because everyone's always talking about posts on social media, but I don't post anything on social media cause I don't have any photos of myself, and I don't want to seem like I'm trying to get attention through likes and stuff, cause people don't need more reasons to hate me lol
oh and then even this comment, I'm like -maybe I come off as attention grabby, and people are going to hate me and be like 'no one cares STFU' and like yea, I know no one cares I just wanted to rant a little, plz and thank you-
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so whenever I look at a picture of myself or have to get in a group picture I start to tear up and have to turn away. that's probably something but haha, I'll just keep doing it and at the same time get upset that I have no photos of myself and my friends to look back at when I'm older.
Also staying in contact with people is annoying because everyone's always talking about posts on social media, but I don't post anything on social media cause I don't have any photos of myself, and I don't want to seem like I'm trying to get attention through likes and stuff, cause people don't need more reasons to hate me lol
oh and then even this comment, I'm like -maybe I come off as attention grabby, and people are going to hate me and be like 'no one cares STFU' and like yea, I know no one cares I just wanted to rant a little, plz and thank you-
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TheReal
One of the issues that people don't understand is that language changes. So no one used the term OCD until it was created by psychologist AND then over time it entered the lexicon of -regular- people. Once it entered the common tongue the true meaning of the word/term began to diminish. This is why psychotherapist will revise the words and terms they use so that when regular people hear them they don't have a preconceived notion of what it means.
In short the people who get upset because someone says they have OCD (when they are just organized) are in the same group of people who get upset when someone says they decimated something. The -correct- usage of the word maybe to reduce by 10, but that's not what it means now or to the majority of people.
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One of the issues that people don't understand is that language changes. So no one used the term OCD until it was created by psychologist AND then over time it entered the lexicon of -regular- people. Once it entered the common tongue the true meaning of the word/term began to diminish. This is why psychotherapist will revise the words and terms they use so that when regular people hear them they don't have a preconceived notion of what it means.
In short the people who get upset because someone says they have OCD (when they are just organized) are in the same group of people who get upset when someone says they decimated something. The -correct- usage of the word maybe to reduce by 10, but that's not what it means now or to the majority of people.
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Spider
People ask me if I bipolar which I don't know, Whenever I'm put under pressure I start getting mad and yelling at people are forcing me to do something or pressure me to work I then start biting my wrist and have suicidal thoughts next is when I start having bad memories what happened in my past before the time right now and start breaking down and crying and choking myself
I don't if this is bipolar or this is another disorder I've already seen therapist but they don't help since I also have Soical Anxiety and don't like to talk about how I feel
It say no, because I don't even know my self haven't seen anyone about it
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People ask me if I bipolar which I don't know, Whenever I'm put under pressure I start getting mad and yelling at people are forcing me to do something or pressure me to work I then start biting my wrist and have suicidal thoughts next is when I start having bad memories what happened in my past before the time right now and start breaking down and crying and choking myself
I don't if this is bipolar or this is another disorder I've already seen therapist but they don't help since I also have Soical Anxiety and don't like to talk about how I feel
It say no, because I don't even know my self haven't seen anyone about it
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everybody
Is it normal to feel burning up, embarrassed, and just want to leave while in a small store or is that an anxiety?
I'm wondering because I have 'ocd' with cards. ( I freak out if I think I misplaced a card or when sorting cards I think I sorted them wrong, proceeded with me going through entire decks of cards to see if there sorted wrong ) I am what I call any in public places with strangers everywhere and if my mom tells me to pay for/order my own drink I fell my temper spike and I feel shaky, then I just don't want my food/drink. anyone mind telling me if I'm normal or an anxious mess?
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Is it normal to feel burning up, embarrassed, and just want to leave while in a small store or is that an anxiety?
I'm wondering because I have 'ocd' with cards. ( I freak out if I think I misplaced a card or when sorting cards I think I sorted them wrong, proceeded with me going through entire decks of cards to see if there sorted wrong ) I am what I call any in public places with strangers everywhere and if my mom tells me to pay for/order my own drink I fell my temper spike and I feel shaky, then I just don't want my food/drink. anyone mind telling me if I'm normal or an anxious mess?
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emma
I have had panic attacks since I was 12 pretty regularly, this past summer I had one at a work event pretty bad that one of my coworkers who was also an emt took my blood pressure and it was 210/115 which is extremely high especially for a 17 year old I had to take a ambulance to a hospital an hour away just to be safe and was given a dose of ativan so calm me down. Definitely the worst one I've ever had and also the most embarrassing.
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I have had panic attacks since I was 12 pretty regularly, this past summer I had one at a work event pretty bad that one of my coworkers who was also an emt took my blood pressure and it was 210/115 which is extremely high especially for a 17 year old I had to take a ambulance to a hospital an hour away just to be safe and was given a dose of ativan so calm me down. Definitely the worst one I've ever had and also the most embarrassing.
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Mauricio
It's mental torture. For me my biggest problem had to do with my families safety I would take up to 10 minutes making sure the stove was off or check if the door was locked for a ridiculous amount of times. Or always checking on my siblings while they were asleep. I mean it's great to take care of your family but I had to be realistic and know that I cannot control everything around me and that has helped me immensely.
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It's mental torture. For me my biggest problem had to do with my families safety I would take up to 10 minutes making sure the stove was off or check if the door was locked for a ridiculous amount of times. Or always checking on my siblings while they were asleep. I mean it's great to take care of your family but I had to be realistic and know that I cannot control everything around me and that has helped me immensely.
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