@therapistinrecovery: Urges are TEMPORARY but OCD and anxiety makes us feel like we must react URGENTLY to our thoughts and feelings. So when in doubt about what to do, simply wait it out. Okay, it’s not that simple, but hopefully this video helps guide you through the VERY important ocd/anxiety skill of waiting. The longer you can wait, the better the results. Edit to add-if it helps, write the urge down so your brain can let it go! #ocd #anxietyrelief #ocdtok #ocdrecovery #anxietytok #anxietydisorder #anxietyhelp #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #pocd #rocd #contaminationocd #scrupulosityocd #erp #exposureresponseprevention #exposuretherapy #act #acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy #ocdspecialist #ocdtiktok #anxietytiktok #highfunctioninganxiety #codependency #ocdawareness #ocdproblems #ocdlife
You are actually right on point. It will eventually go away . Or at least get a little easier !
2025-07-01 00:08:20
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rebbenko :
Delay. Distract. Decide.
2025-08-03 17:13:31
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Batumi Center :
Sometimes I am struggling for several days about one thing
2025-07-03 09:14:47
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CBQ :
This works for my medium/low triggers, 100%!
2026-04-24 09:35:03
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steamrz_mom :
I’m getting so much better with walking away from compulsions . Not falling into my own traps. You have helped me so much . You have no idea .
2025-07-01 12:05:37
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Hannah Scott :
It’s a sign. I keep getting these and was getting them allll over the place before I commented
2025-09-26 00:52:43
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V :
I think that delaying is an undervalued step in starting ERP. It still gives practice with sitting with the discomfort and it also can be very helpful in realizing you DO have control.
2025-07-07 16:18:00
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Tracy :
Mine can stay for months
2025-07-23 09:32:52
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MD :
What if you have OCD with ADHD
2025-07-06 13:10:01
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Lauren Schreiber :
Great advice!! I keep feeling the need to disclose every single detail of my past mistakes even though I’ve already confessed the core of what happened. I feel like I’m lying if I don’t share those details. It will hurt the other person to know these details. So my days get ruined by feeling guilty about something that happened 4 years ago.
2025-07-01 13:42:52
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Morgan Lynne Blaney :
i have allergy OCD
2025-07-09 14:01:53
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m :
it feels both good n bad to try to solve the unsolvable in my head of my themes
2025-07-09 13:40:06
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D.elaine :
So is it completely abnormal for the discomfort to last for hours or even days? Using hit and run ocd/false memory as an example here, I have gotten stuck in rumination and compulsively checking news updates for days at a time.
2025-07-08 23:02:22
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Stakeituk :
What an example of an internal compulsion and how can you avoid those since they are thought based and not external actions
2025-06-30 20:45:40
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Elizabeth Grant :
Easy to say, hard to implement — my first thought😄But this is crucial and it DOES work. Thank for the reminder; commenting to boost the video😊
2025-06-30 21:17:10
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Sillygoose :
Can you talk about Body dysmorphia? My son has it. Not about his weight, but his skin, hair, face etc..
2025-07-19 16:20:09
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Daltonbennett :
Is lamictal good for ocd are helping
2025-07-01 19:32:06
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laina_anne :
This is so hard. Learning to sit with the thoughts. Please take me as a client if you have any openings!
2025-06-30 20:06:34
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uservsu9ah9eo6 :
What about OCD where I avoid speaking or answering a question because I know I will later regret what I said and I actually can't speak?
2025-07-01 19:56:32
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G :
Agree as someone 90 percent (95% maybe) over it.
2025-07-11 01:36:54
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Sammi Bird :
How do I practice this when my issue is ruminating? Like, how to I distract my own brain when it already feels like I'm not in control already?
2025-07-21 01:37:11
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Least Montan :
I don’t have anxiety but I do have OCD—is this common?
2025-08-11 03:54:59
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ange :
i thought i left my gas stove on and i ignored the thought and went to work. Ended up my I really left my gas stove on for an hr omg until someone in the house wakes up and check it. Luckily theres water inside the pot..
2025-07-11 08:41:22
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shabz_21 :
mine can stay for months x
2025-07-29 23:58:53
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