Pure O has many variants including Harm OCD / sexual / religious / suicide - and other Obsessive and intrusive thoughts. In this short video, I (John Glanvill) would like to talk about a form of OCD referred to as Pure-O. Where a person has scary and intrusive thoughts - but seemingly lack the compulsions - like; checking, counting, touching, cleaning and things like that - which are more commonly associated with conventional Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. These unrequested and intrusive thoughts seem to follow similar patterns which include; thoughts of harming or killing others which often leads to fearing being around knives or other weapons. Thoughts of a sexual nature about others or fears you may sexually abuse a person. Intrusive thoughts about God, blasphemy, sinning or being judges by your deity. For some, the thoughts may become fixated on suicide, becoming schizophrenic - or that you may be gay or transgender. Pure O is something I have experienced myself - and in my capacity as a therapist, I've helped many people bring it under control - by helping them to understand what it is and how to manage their attention and awareness. Here are some of my other free anxiety and OCD videos Do I have OCD? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VDA7zAVh-0 Introduction to anxiety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c14qasoOj3s Video 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXk75ezkRK4 Video 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHejSfrg_iE Video 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf1J4Vwjg9Y Video 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKqMJbr_caA Video 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcqwsJM7Da4 Video 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e4yOdHizyo We can manage (or overcome) Pure O by learning more about what thoughts are, how to ignore them, then how to retrain our brains (and calm our bodies) via ERP (exposure response prevention). Then exploring the fact that you probably are a little more extroverted than most people with conventional OCD though the rebellious or dominant side of your personality is probably being suppressed. One pattern not often mentioned is that many Pure OCD sufferers do (just naturally) have very creative minds which they seem to be using against themselves rather than for their own good. I would guess that if Stephen King had some scary thoughts he would enjoy them and turn them into a book? For more information my website has lots of information about anxiety disorders and OCD http://www.johnglanvill.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.glanvill Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/Johnfortherapy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anxiety_ocd_depression_videos/ My goal is to make high quality educational information regarding anxiety disorder and OCD for those who are serious about change and for those who can't afford high ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlVXzaf46jg

In this clip I am answering the common questions I am asked about anxiety and OCD based disassociation, depersonalisation and derealisation and is from my online OCD video program/course here http://www.patreon.com/theanxietyspecialist where we use logic, reason and common sense to untangle our emotions! So, the first set of questions are around the topic of depersonalisation and dissociation. Disassociation - Typical questions are; I feel so separated from myself; how can I ground myself more? When talking to others, I sometimes zone out, trance out; it is hard to focus on them, what they are saying and what I want to say. Or things like, I don't seem to have any emotions; I feel flat or numb. Or, when I'm triggered, I turn into a different person and behave in ways that I don't feel are me. Well, to be honest, I think dissociation is quite natural! It's what people who don't have anxiety unknowingly step into all the time. If you say to them, "Aren't you scared to do that thing?" They'll say, "Well, yeah!" (arm out) – sort of implying that there is a part of them that is scared, but they have detached and are ignoring it. Can you see that I'm trying to get you to have this same behaviour – only to do it consciously, with awareness, to choose to dissociate? My metaphor – the horse and the rider - the rider can be calm (your Observer, your Soul), even if the horse (your body, mind and brain) isn't! This is disassociation; this is depersonalisation – we are stepping away from the old story of you, who you think you are, who you were trained to be, who you think you ought to be… The trick is to stop thinking that the mind is you because it is not! You have a mind - you are the Observer of the mind; you are the one listening to the mind. The mind is of the brain, and the brain is of the body. You are the Observer. But to make that transition, you may need a template or a model to follow. - What worked for me was to consciously attempt to divide my mind, my ego into two parts. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhYOrUBLnRA