what's going on guys my name is Noah today I want to talk about obsessive thinking rumination race brain spinning anxiety and everything that comes with looping thoughts feelings and ideas over and over again with no sense of completion no sense of resolution and and just a torture that can come with that it's something that has been pretty consistent and plaguing and I think it's a word but it has plagued me the cycle of rumination pure obsession OCD stuff like that and I'm working with someone right now who is really struggling with that it's a very
common common thing to struggle with a deep deep interconnection to your every thought wanting to find meaning behind it wanting to understand why you're thinking and feeling a certain way wishing you weren't thinking or feeling certain things judging yourself punishing yourself and it is maddening you guys it is absolutely maddening to be in that space I've had obsessive cycles and ruminations hold on to me for months and months and months to where every waking moment of every single day and was stuck in the same loop and something I used to do is just feel this
dire need to one seek validation reassurance and guidance from everyone and anyone and to I would research my my issues I would research my thoughts I'd research whatever I was cycling on ruminating on freaking out about for lack of better words to no end on Google for example I just had to know if it was normal I had to know if I was going crazy I had to know if I was I don't know I had to know I'm just obsessed so I want to share with you guys the biggest key to getting me freeze
of obsessive thinking and rumination the single greatest most relieving thing that ever happened to me - changed everything it's an absolute game changer it's simple and I want you to take it to heart because it's powerful and this is someone who's done this for years and years and I won't trust me if anyone knows the the insidious nature of obsessive loops and relations it is more ok it's made me want to kill myself quite frankly because you just need to stop the moment I fully here it is the moment I fully internalized and completely accepted
and believed that I could not control what I was thinking at all zero control over my thoughts that it was completely random and had no reflection on me did not define me they were just thoughts it never was as bad to the point that all of these things I was trying not to think suddenly just fizzled off in the background because I realized with all certainty there wasn't any of my business what I was thinking it's my business when I do my reactions but I can't control my thoughts I can't control my thinking I can't
control my feelings they just are they just are and when I took that power away from them when I fully fully fully fully and completely beyond a shadow of a doubt internalized the fact that they're separate from me I just random and they had nothing to do with me I stopped I stopped taking it personal I stopped caring eventually I stopped ruminating and obsessing after after sometimes month-long or more bouts with severe obsession I just it just became easier and same goes with feelings the moment I stopped putting judgement and requirements and expectations on my
feelings and all my thoughts it was easy just to let him go I am responsible for my actions absolutely my actions defined me far more than my thoughts and it sounds so simple and it's a mindfulness thing and it took me forever to click with this because I had people trying to bring this up to me bring this to my attention and I just couldn't buy into it it's just seemed too hokey too simple - woowoo that's it guys that's it it's right there the secret to your freedom from your rumination or at least one
of the big secrets to your freedom your rumination your loops your cycles your pure obsession is that you can't control your thoughts so there's no reason to care what you're thinking no reason at all now see the tricky thing about rumination the tricky thing about pure OCD anxiety is we think things and feel things that cause us to question who we are and that's the magic in the torture your brain wants to scare you into thinking that your reality is obscured or that you are who you really think you are I wants you to question
things and so these we latch on to terrible thoughts sometimes some of my peerless 80 thoughts could be like driving down the road and suddenly I imagine myself turning the wheel really hard and killing someone hitting someone with my car I used to have those thoughts once in a while and then I would stress and punish myself and ruminate and freak out for weeks why did I think that what's wrong with me I'm going crazy only a psychopath would do that no that's just a random thought in my head literally designed and propped up by
the way my brain works to scare me freaked me out and caused me pain now when I have those thoughts I just laugh I just laughed because there's nothing to do with me it's not based in my reality it's just my anxiety my pure OCD trying to scare me it's not real and educating myself helped verifying that this is a real thing this mindfulness thing and how this works and the way pure all works and rumination works it's a trick it's a [ __ ] trick it's not real it doesn't mean you have to like
how you feel doesn't mean you have to sign on to what you're thinking but you certainly can remove yourself from it you've got no choice you've got no control just is the moment you really soak that in guys it just is so you can go about your day go about your life think whatever you think they're just thoughts you can't control them so prisoner it's like watching people walk through a park is sitting on the bench eating some popcorn there hmm there they go it's got nothing to do with me it's got nothing to do
with you this is the single greatest key to letting go and moving past this now do you sometimes do it wrong do I sometimes still minor relapse is an obsessive thinking yeah earlier in the summer this past late June I got stuck in a two-week cycle of pure OCD I knew what was happening and I worked through it pretty carefully it was the shortest bout of obsession and rumination I've ever had but am I constantly berated and taken out taken hostage by these things anymore no almost never because I know what's going on and I'll
find it I accept it it's okay it's completely okay so I hope that helps I hope you know this is one of the most important topics ever for me is the topic of rumination obsession paranoia spinning racing spinning racing poor sleep or thoughts stress stress stress anxiety anxiety depression depression it's a loop just remember next time you have a shitty thought or a shitty feeling don't be like I wish I wasn't thinking this mmm I wish I didn't feel this way let go of expectations separate yourself from and just be like oh there it is
it's kind of nothing to do with me nothing you are not your thoughts they just are in since we're here's the magic since you cannot control them you cannot control your thoughts they're going to happen no matter what the more you try to control the worst it will be so since you can't control them you can't wipe my hands because my hands holding the phone but wipe your hands of it you're done you're free you're good and move on plus you fight it less often they happen the easier it gets work on this practice this
learn about mindfulness read up on PR OCD educate yourself and don't feed into it for me not feeding into it was not researching don't ask for validation every everywhere you turn maybe here and there with confidence but in general no amount of research was ever gonna satisfy these obsessive thoughts it was just an endless loop and it's how I fed them I empowered them that's my message for today I hope it offers you some relief that information was finally when I finally soaked that into my core it offered me so much relief and I'm grateful
so so very grateful every day that pure obsession massive rumination all these things are a crippling normal part of my day we've got a lot to work on we've got a lot to deal with and laughs a lot to think about and this is one thing you could do without it could help you you can free up some time and space for you to work on becoming the you you really want to be and it's not perfect like I said but you can practice this mindfulness tell yourself this isn't real these thoughts have nothing to
do with me my name is Noah thank you so much for watching this channel thank you for your support I appreciate each and every one of you can't wait to hear or read your comments below what you guys think about this topic do you agree with me do you disagree what are some other things you can offer I'd love to learn appreciate you and we'll see you guys in the next video adios amigos
