Hardest aspects - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
One of the hardest aspects of having OCD is it's so misunderstood and like I tell people I have OCD and they're like no you don't like yeah I do I really do and so I think that's that's just the hardest part is people don't understand that it's not just like straightening you know picture frames that it's it's something that just like drowns you and your own brain it feels like it's against you you know anyways and so I think that's probably the hardest part is just explaining it to people who don't have it because it it sounds crazy at least for me I feel like I'm trying to explain it's like so pretty much my brain says if we don't do that we may perish can we do that and they're like what and then I'm like well actually my therapy says we can't do it now so I guess I'll just sit here and feel like we're gonna perish and then I'm just sad anyways and so yeah wild times
Video 2 Transcript
The hardest aspect is the time lost through the rituals of having OCD and also that it undermines your confidence in your memory because if you keep checking something then you're saying to yourself I don't remember doing this and you need to keep going back and checking and checking and checking so when you need to have confidence in areas of your life where it really really matters because you're not supporting yourself in those simple activities it undermines greater things challenges you know it creates greater problems like at work for example or yeah it affects the confidence in your memory because if you have to keep checking it undermines the confidence in your memory of having done the action of checking the taps. That's the hardest aspect is the time wasting and the fact it ebbs away at your sense of confidence.
Video 3 Transcript
The hardest aspects of having OCD, or in my case, which was mainly pure O, is the constant torment and intrusiveness of the tormenting thoughts. I went for nine years undiagnosed and I almost didn't graduate high school due to it. I was very dysfunctional, I had no friends, I was teased because I was withdrawn, I kept to myself, I was battling the depression that the thoughts were bringing. The tormenting thoughts are there 24-7 and they are very difficult and they rarely ever do they lighten up without the use of medication or proper ERP therapy.
Video 4 Transcript
Probably the hardest thing for me with OCD has been relationships and this is particularly tough because it's hard to target you know some types of OCD of you know of intrusive thoughts that I have they happen on a daily basis you know and so those are a little bit easier to target because when they happen I can really think through okay what am I gonna do about this what's causing this everything like that you know but relationships it only really happens when I really start dating someone and when that happens my brain you know kind of attacks me and says no this is not good you shouldn't do this for whatever reason you know and and another challenge with that is sometimes it's based from reality sometimes I realize I don't actually like the person but the OCD thoughts take that and make it way more intense than it is so and that's a really challenging thing it's really hard for me to keep relationships when that's going on
