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Date of upload: Aug 29, 2022 ^^
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So, I didnât know I had perfectionism until age 31 after starting therapy. I thought that since I donât start projects or finish, meant that I couldnât possibly have that. But then once I started breaking down the reasons, I understood what my therapist meant. I donât start projects because I fear not being perfect at them. I think to myself that if it isnât right the first time, im a failure. And I donât finish simple things like say I want to write out a to do list. If I write the first word, and the font size does not match the second word, I crumple that paper because it feels like itâs ruined. I do it again. Repeat. And then I just give up on writing the list altogether due to it never being âperfectâ. I realized that I see many things this way, even mundane things like the to do list. And I am diagnosed OCD, and even that wasnât until I was 33. I had it all my life as these same symptoms have been here all my life, but I never knew I had OCD or even thought I could.
And I never hold the same standards for others. I also am not afraid of saying I was wrong. Its a strange juxtaposition for sure. Its more because for me, itâs internalized and stems from low self esteem. So, I donât think being humble and admitting to someone when Iâm wrong is bad or scary. For me, itâs moreso about the project aspect of it and personal aspect of it. Like a constant critic on my shoulder telling me im doing it wrong and wont amount to anything because of that.
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This video made me feel so many emotions. Extremely relatable. Exposure and Response Prevention sounds exactly like what I need. I started "Wreck This Journal" for a Stress Management class I'm taking and it immediately showed me how bad my perfectionism is and how torn it makes me feel. I did not want to start this journal, it didn't interest me one bit, but as I work through it I feel less and less afraid to just do! Not overthink then maybe do. I think "Wreck This Journal" could be a form of Exposure and Response Prevention.
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I feel like Just Right/Perfectionism type is a very misunderstood type of OCD and just how bad it can get. I have it on the severe level and its absolute hell. Imagine not being a perfectionist of any sort like outside of any OCD content for me I could put on mismatched socks and not care in the slightest. It easy fairly to distinguish when it's clearly OCD and not health, but for me it feels borderline delusional sometimes. Also I feel like the distress you feel with these thoughts might be a little different? For me a big one is that "the world feels off" which just feeds into me needing to get things "just right" again.
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I really love this content, reminds me of my past when i was very young when my OCD haven't gotten into play, from perfectionism to OCD. I took after my Dad's perfectionist character but he's not OCD like me. Perfectionism made me better than my leagues but OCD came in and made me worse than i can ever imagine. Am a programmer who takes too much time to make any progress in life.
the last video i was on your channel help me so much, it speaking about embracing the OCD and responding differently rather than chasing it off, been doing it wrong all this while.
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Yeah the problem is that the brain is physically wired to catastrophize even a perceived loss or failure, and I think this is caused by repeated let-downs and hopes differed. Its painful getting your hopes squashed so perhaps the brains tries to see it coming ahead of time to control the pain and relieve the loss itself. I don't know why this would be a good thing bc then you just live hopelessly. So it must be unhealthy trauma.
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Hi there!!!
I have noticed from this video that I do struggle with this with what seems like everything I do. I have noticed that it seems that I have done this for a few years and Iâm trying to think right when I do things. Examples, when I put on clothes, necklaces, hats etcâŚ.. When I updated my profile pictures, I feel like I have to think âcorrectlyâ through the entire process from choosing the photo, waiting for it to upload and then close out the app to go back on there to âthink rightâ when I look at it.
It create so much anxiety
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Hi, Nate. Love you. Thanks for your videos. Can you please say something helpful? I am struggling with self protection. I had an incident a few weeks ago with a neighbor. I felt like she attacked me. I didn't do a good job defending myself and then afterward I felt bad. My nervous system went into fight/flight. It was awful. It lasted for a few days. I couldn't sleep well. My muscles were sore from stress. My mind kept obsessing that I needed to call the neighbor and confront her and stand up for myself. I tried my best to let it go. I got worse and worse, depersonalizing, anxiety, etc. It was scary and was considering checking into the psych ward. After days of no relief, I ended up calling her over and confronting her. The symptoms immediately released and I felt peace. Then today I reached out and apologized to her. Now I feel like I betrayed myself by apologizing and I am going haywire again. I am in fight/flight and not able to regulate. My mind is saying I need to tell her I take the apology back, I did nothing wrong, I was just defending myself. I don't want to go through what I went through before. Please help me. I don't want to suffer anymore.
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@ocdandanxiety
1 year ago
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