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3. YOUR BLOOD SUGAR TAKES A NOSEDIVE. Even though you’re sleeping, your body still needs calories to repair cells and maintain normal functions like breathing. During sleep, your body turns to fat to fuel most tissues and to glucose to fuel your brain. 10 sleeping habits that are sabotaging your chance at a good sleep 1. You’re trying to fall asleep to Netflix.. Light from electronics can disrupt your sleep cycle.

A habit that may be 2. You don’t a have a bedtime routine.. A consistent bedtime routine can signal your body that it’s time to. To take back your sleep, you need to break the brain habit that’s keeping you awake, which includes practicing better sleep hygiene, and taking a bedtime reset. You can also work to reset your circadian rhythm, but I’ll discuss sleep hygiene and resetting your circadian rhythm in a future blog. “Sticking to a routine and maintaining proper sleep hygiene habits like avoiding technology, caffeine or sugars late in the evenings can help make bedtime a little easier for everyone.”.

This tiny habit can have a surprisingly big impact. “If you wake up in middle of night and instantly do the mental math and go, oh crap it’s 4 A.M. For instance, if you sleep on your back. To take back your sleep, you need to break the brain habit that’s keeping you awake, which includes practicing better sleep hygiene, and taking a bedtime reset.

You can also work to reset your circadian rhythm, but I’ll discuss sleep hygiene and resetting your circadian rhythm in a future blog. Here’s today’s hack: Go to bed later. 6. Making Your Bed Right Away. Making your bed is a good habit to have, but it’s actually better to wait a while to do it! If you make your bed right after waking up, you’re insulating the warm, moist environment that dust mites can thrive in.

For more fun, surprising facts about the sleep habits of the rich, brilliant and famous, tuck into the eye-opening infographic below, care of BigBrandBeds.co.uk. Click to Enlarge. In fact, diet and other lifestyle habits could be secretly sabotaging efforts to get a few much-needed ZZZs. “We know that certain foods that we consume can interfere with sleep, says Carl E. Hunt. The Surprising Ways Your Partner Might Be Sabotaging Your Sleep when it comes to shut-eye habits.

Keep reading to see the 4 ways your partner could be messing with your sleep.

List of related literature:

I started researching ways to hack my sleep in order to get less of it.

“High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way” by Brendon Burchard
from High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way
by Brendon Burchard
Hay House, 2017

It’s a habit that I cannot break, I’ll still find some way to calculate my sleep (e.g., by what was on the TV in the next room before falling asleep).

“Behavioral Treatments for Sleep Disorders: A Comprehensive Primer of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Interventions” by Michael L. Perlis, Mark Aloia, Brett Kuhn
from Behavioral Treatments for Sleep Disorders: A Comprehensive Primer of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Interventions
by Michael L. Perlis, Mark Aloia, Brett Kuhn
Elsevier Science, 2010

Being mindful of later life sleep quality and its potential role in prevention.

“Invitation to Holistic Health” by Charlotte Eliopoulos
from Invitation to Holistic Health
by Charlotte Eliopoulos
Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2017

Sleep turns out to be a necessity rather than a luxury in other ways as well.

“Psychology: Second European Edition” by Daniel Schacter, Daniel Gilbert, Daniel Wegner, Bruce Hood
from Psychology: Second European Edition
by Daniel Schacter, Daniel Gilbert, et. al.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Maintaining a regular bedtime, wearing an herbal sleep mask.

“Mosby's Comprehensive Review of Practical Nursing for the NCLEX-PN® Exam E-Book” by Mary O. Eyles
from Mosby’s Comprehensive Review of Practical Nursing for the NCLEX-PN® Exam E-Book
by Mary O. Eyles
Elsevier Health Sciences, 2010

Treating arousals during sleep using behavioural self-management.

“Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine: Expert Consult Premium Edition Enhanced Online Features” by Meir H. Kryger, Thomas Roth, William C. Dement
from Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine: Expert Consult Premium Edition Enhanced Online Features
by Meir H. Kryger, Thomas Roth, William C. Dement
Elsevier Health Sciences, 2010

Most of us have developed our ideas about sleep from magazine articles, from a parent, or on the basis of our own experience.

“Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders, Fifth Edition: A Step-By-Step Treatment Manual” by David H. Barlow
from Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders, Fifth Edition: A Step-By-Step Treatment Manual
by David H. Barlow
Guilford Publications, 2014

Banking sleep: Realization of benefits during subsequent sleep restriction and recovery.

“Handbook of Military Psychology: Clinical and Organizational Practice” by Stephen V. Bowles, Paul T. Bartone
from Handbook of Military Psychology: Clinical and Organizational Practice
by Stephen V. Bowles, Paul T. Bartone
Springer International Publishing, 2017

My sleep-training system can be applied to every unique family circumstance, with a reasonable amount of adjustment.

“The Baby Sleep Solution: A Proven Program to Teach Your Baby to Sleep Twelve Hours aNight” by Suzy Giordano, Lisa Abidin
from The Baby Sleep Solution: A Proven Program to Teach Your Baby to Sleep Twelve Hours aNight
by Suzy Giordano, Lisa Abidin
Penguin Publishing Group, 2006

My mini habits have always been the flexible “do it any time before you go to sleep” type, because I am literally the least schedule-driven person I know.

“Mini Habits for Weight Loss: Stop Dieting. Form New Habits. Change Your Lifestyle Without Suffering.” by Stephen Guise
from Mini Habits for Weight Loss: Stop Dieting. Form New Habits. Change Your Lifestyle Without Suffering.
by Stephen Guise
Selective Entertainment, LLC, 2016

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  • For L, I kinda think the opposite in a way that if I am thinking that I am good at something, I procrastinate even more cause I have high pressure on my shoulders.

  • Thanks so much for making my day, I love to enjoy your voice every early morning and learn much useful things as well. Please recommend some books to us, I am reading “Atomic Habits” recommended by you and found that this is so amazing. Again, thank you so much for these great things you bring to us, wishall the best for you.

  • I have realized that all painfully moments are still with me, its just on and off time to time. When its on i have flashbacks, so to move on i need to go through all of them once again and only then im ready to. When its off i do self-sabotage

  • Can OCD thoughts convince you of things and make you feel things?? I think I have Pure OCD. I suffered from extreme health anxiety a while back. I went to the doctors a couple of times and even to the ER because I was flat out convinced I was dying. Now, I had broken up with my boyfriend because I felt like I fell out of love with him then suddenly I got hit with HOCD and a fear of being trans (NEVER had I ever been uncomfortable in my body or anything like that, or liked a woman). I’m scared of women now and feel anxiety with the thought of being around them because for some reason I feel like I am going to like them or that I already do. The trans thought has made me feel like I am not myself anymore and I just feel sick.
    I’m scared I turned myself trans and suddenly giving into those thoughts makes me feel like its true which then makes me feel relieved?? But at the same time, it feels wrong
    I also get intrusive thoughts but then I doubt if I am even mentally sick at all, like I am fine.
    I don’t know what to do. I am signed up for BetterHelp but I fear my therapist won’t understant me

  • Sunset colours help calm down and prepare to go to bed. Red is of course associated with sunset. I guess most people link it with excitement, probably it’s because of the colour of blood? Preparing to go to bed includes a good session of sex I vaguely remember it dozes me off wonderfully especially when you have someone sleeping beside you, which makes me feel safe?:)

  • Watching the host heal is so amazing. He goes from a level of envy (self doubt) and moves towards an admiration and respect (higher security in himself). It’s self soothing to me. I recognize pieces of my growth in such. I love being human and being fallible. We all suffer from the same human condition in various forms. Love you all! hugs

  • I am very depressed since few month. Sexual thoughts have been coming to my mind. I don’t know why. I am very depressed. This thoughts comes all day in my mind what should I do? Please help. And i am not a girl. I am a boy.

  • Any chance you could make a video on this topic for those who work shifts? My normal shift pattern makes a regular bedtime impossible. Also how might all this be adapted for living in a one room flat? Thanks.

  • It’s not true about the skin having light receptors. The study that appeared to indicate this was flawed (the subjects’ eyes were not properly shielded). The scientific community never treated this seriously.
    Meditation is not a relaxation technique. It can often lead people to feel more relaxed, but that is not it’s purpose. Thinking of it in this way can be counter-productive in terms of relaxation.

  • I recently have gotten stuck into a bout of derealization and depersonalization. For whatever reason my mind has become freaked out/psyched out about the human body, skeleton, brain, etc. even animals makeup. I’ve become weirded out with how we are basically meat robots, and our organs, and skeleton. Like it bothers me that the person I’m talking to has a brain sitting inside their skull. It’s as if I pick them apart and minimize each other to just bones and flesh. It’s made me desensitized to other people. If anyone can relate or explain this it would help because My mind has been obsessive about it for awhile now.

  • Fear of change fear of the unknown. Got it! Right on the money! A Lot of past trauma resulted in this fear. My subconscious kicked realization of this back to consciousness. Now to deal with it and keep it in check. #LIVEBESTLIFE

  • Classic misinformation
    Saturated fats are good
    Not as good as mono unsaturated, but still fine
    Trans fats are definitely bad, but we often forget about the negative inflammatory effects of many of the polyunsaturated fats, whoosh are bad in high amounts

    Basically, avoid trans fats
    None of the other fats are “bad”

  • I recognize that I procrastinate. Like I have a certification exam (which could totally level up my career)..in less than 1 week but for some reason I’m barely studying for it. I feel the block but I’m unsure why it’s here.

  • This whole video was gold and really helped me reflect on the areas where I self sabotage, but the self as a continuum concept at 21:46. I’m speechlessthat is something I really needed to hear.

  • But hey the cofie gives dopamine and works just like a drugs, but cigarets are drugs huh… Nobody gets me up at night, not becease i smoke nor for drinking(non alcaholic) before going to bed… Btw the moon also existed in the time of caveman, sow they had a night lantern that was fairly bright if full moon arived, kinda like a street lantern shining you down…

  • Im dealing with HOCD/SOOCD I hate all of it I wish this never even started, its like ruining my life and happy moods and I feel like it’s affecting the others around me… my siblings my parents my girlfriend… I wanna try the erp method but I just don’t like it cuz I feel like ima end up being the thoughts and they will convince me. I’ve had good days and bad days. Never questioned my stuff never imagined doing gay things never imagined having gay fantasies any of that gay stuff… all I ever liked/loved was girls. Any other way I can overcome w out the erp method

  • Number 1 value is spirituality
    It’s because I didn’t know who I was for so long, that I’m clinging onto it strongly now. Maybe too much, but whose to say really, because this could be the best version of me that I will ever become

  • 16-20c is definitely too cold for me. When I use air conditioner, I just end up waking up multiple times in the middle of the night cuz the coldness makes me need to pee so much �� instead I take cold showers at night to let my body cool down then 30c temp in the Philippines with electric fan for a lil cooling

  • I destroyed myself because of my parents. Most talented educated yet most unsuccessful in life. Nothing serves me anymore. Bad in making money and building a great career. Working on it. Everyday life is a struggle. Starting my own family getting married soon and I am terrified. I wanna be a great mom, wife, also a great daughter & daughter in law. So much to do!!!!! Still got to work on myself.

  • Hi, I dont know if this is OCD. But I feel like I have intrusive thoughts, like how someone walking behind me is trying to kill me and sometimes in the bus, I come up with scenarios in my head subconsciously and having a toxic verbal argument with an imaginary person. I also feel very stressed when I am doing average(barely passing and not getting excellent marks), compared to others. I also feel like everyone in my surroundings are judging me and secretly dislike me. Vile and nasty thoughts also appear when I am near people Im close too. Is it possible that I have OCD, it would answer alot?

  • Sleeping while your cats are in the room, knocking things off your shelf, fighting, breaking glasses, scratching your chest, hissing at each other, climbing windows, opening bags of bone meal that could be life threatening if they ingest it, and meowing at you so they can use the bathroom.

  • yes I belong to ‘stay at home prisoner’. I tend to avoid people, even my friends during college years. I have this recurring though about bad relationship surrounding me and overthinking problems that never happens all the time it scared and drained me out so badly. It changes me, and I’ve noticed my friend called me ‘chipsmore’ for always missing after classes. Gladly, there are friends who care enough to ask me if I’m okay. I was and still a little bit passive in terms of socializing. I’m very aware of people but I tend to make myself unfavorable to socialize and stay away as fast as I could. Staying home and keeping things short.

  • I got hit in head with pick ax at age 6. It hasn’t affected me. I got hit in the head with pick ax at age 6. It hasn’t affected me. I got hit in the head with a..uh..lost train of thought.

  • i had intrusive thoughts for a week and then i was able to control them easier for 4 days. yesterday i suddenly began to worry about a thought i had because it felt like i liked that thought. i tried to fall asleep, but i kept waking up. and i was sweating a lot. i’ve also began to tell myself to shut up whenever i have a distressing intrusive thought and digging my nails into my hand to make them stop. but i began to worry because i kept impulsively doing them in response to other things that weren’t
    distressing at all. i know that they’re thoughts and i don’t want them to become thoughts i enjoy but it’s really hard to tell myself that they’re intrusive thoughts and i doubt myself now. i tried to tell my mom like 5 times about them but she never understood and told me i wasn’t worrying about things that are “important” (like family related things) i don’t know what to do. i’ve gone on forums to see what other people experience but even those don’t make me feel better.

  • Very good definition. So far everyone is descrebing OCD as a mental condition. i also have OCD perfectionist i had anxiety since I was 6 year old…This is the most professional video I listened on OCD. really makes sense to me! i am in the category ” Stay at home prisoner ” This describes me 100%

  • I suffered from severe ocd for more than 13 years and finally cured it with changing diet (80% fresh raw fruits, veggies, lettuce + 20 % low-fat cooked vegan meals)and exposure therapy (simply refusing to do all rituals by will disregarding the fear & anxiety and doing the opposite of what the ocd wants, for example, it wants me to touch this thing 3 times I’m not doing a single time, it wants me to wash hands asap, I’m not washing them, etc apply to your own case).
    I feel absolutely fantastic and free now, as though I’m finally out of the mental prison. The feeling of joy, happiness and freedom is overwhelming, I wish everyone could experience that.
    Keep ignoring obsessive thoughts and not doing ANY ocd rituals and you will be free.
    Good luck!

  • COMMUNICATing important information to CONNECTING TO OTHERS.
    Learning to communicate problems. Stop the “BOOMARANG” PROBLEMS. How to get aid. Assistance with the problems to get through a projects. Behavior change is needed. But what?
    STUCK STIFLED.

  • I do not waste time, I do not take my mental emotional and physical health lightly, I pray, I am self compassionate n kind to others, all these help me stay ahead of the curve

  • What about real event ocd? Everyone has done stuff they regret and I have too. This stuff happened years ago and what I did had no negative repercussions on the people around me so idk why I feel so guilty. For most real event ocd sufferers they get it because they feel they did something that could have negatively affected someone. I haven’t done that, I feel guilty because I feel like I’m some kind of bad person. I’m not sure what my compulsion is but I think I try to reassure myself constantly by analyzing my thought, feelings, and memories from the past and present. I try to tell myself I’m not this or that because of these factors. Sometimes it works, but sometimes I find some possible “error” in my logic and start panicking all over again. I try to get the opinions of others and remind myself f their reassurance an tell myself to “give myself the benefit of the doubt because of how young I was when I did this”, and it helps but not always. (I know reassurance seeking worsens ocd but idk what to do). Sometimes I use media or friends/family to distract me but then my ocd will randomly pop up and bring me into a tiny bout of depression. Idk what to do because other ocd’s revolve around irrational thoughts but mine revolves around the immense guilt of my past actions… I’ve tried to show how sorry I am to others to help the guilt and despite the fact that what I did wasn’t that big a deal to some it doesn’t work all the time. Maybe cause for others it may be a big deal to them? What does help is writing and ranting about how I feel, sometimes i text friends and after some ranting I feel better. They don’t even need to be answering my texts it just helps to put it out there… I tell myself that these past events are now just memories, and therefore just thoughts. But I fear that what I’ve done in the past makes me a bad person now. I don’t think I’m a bad person, but what if I am? What if I’m just in denial? What do I do?? I’ve had ocd in the past that wasn’t real event and it was pure ocd. I stopped it by telling myself how stupid the thoughts were and then not putting in the energy to think about the implications of those thoughts. But because my ocd is now real event I feel saying “these thoughts are silly” is invalid and that I’m in denial of something… Do you think that the therapy and solutions you listed could help me? im honestly so lost, I feel like my ocd isn’t as bad as it was before but at night when I’m alone with my thoughts sometimes they resurface, it’s like it’s become routine. As soon as I feel some kind of security my mind just rips me back into an ocd mindset. Like randomly I’ll think “oh dang I haven’t had a bout of ocd in a while” then bang! I have a bout of ocd… ugh whenever I’m in an ocd mindset my issues become so serious, but after a bit of ranting like I’m doing rn, I feel better and think what happened prior was dumb, but if I were to even dare think about the issue in-depth again my mind will automatically go back to ocd. Ugh I’m just repeating stuff over and over in this rant… What do you think? What’s your opinion of my ocd and how can I help it? Can I apply the same stuff as other ocd sufferers use?

    Pls and thanks if you respond!

  • Awesome conversation, thanks so much. I’m in all area of L.I.F.E…..so I gotta get that book for a better understanding of myself.

  • My relationships. Having a core belief of never being good enough always makes me think that somebody will cheat on me or leave me again for another person. So I self sabotage great relationships to protect my heart.

  • After delaying your work once you start delaying twice and then more. Consequently, you become a procrastinator in life, where you pull down your career, school or any other type of aspect of our daily life.

    In my case, I have experienced procrastinations a lot in my life. Moreover, at some point i became a loser of life. When I studied at school I would always leave my projects and homework at the last moment and that was decreasing my marks and relationship with the teachers and friends. Then when I started working I had a same issue, because of which i got fired.

     Thanks to the internet where I found many tips how to overcome procrastination. Basic ones are:

    1.Promise yourself a reward.

    2. Turn off your email and social media, and avoid sitting anywhere near a television while you work!

    3. Keep a To-Do List. This will prevent you from “conveniently” forgetting about those unpleasant or overwhelming tasks.

    And there is an amazing website which helped me with overcoming procrastinations— https://makeBetter.me

  • Striving for perfection isn’t a bad thing. You simply need to define what that is for you.

    For example, achieving your weightloss goal, and exercising until you’ve attained your ideal body type and level of physical fitness.

  • Bright side i am watching u from years

    But this vedio impressed me a lot

    It will help many people to understand many factors

    Thnkz

  • well, I can tell ya this much. I lost more than 10 pounds from my new entry level job I started 3 months ago. A very physical job works well!

  • Hey I’ve searched up symptoms for schizophrenia and I’m convinced I have it from thinking I’m hearing things I think I’m seeing rats now I think I’m going crazy I don’t know if it’s my imagination intrusive thoughts I went to the Er last night cause of anxiety and the specialist said it’s anxiety I’m very anxious she said she couldn’t diagnose me in that 1 hour we were talking. I’ve also had satanic thoughts

  • Hi there! Thank you so much for this video! I think I might have OCD. I experienced an anxiety attack a while back where I couldn’t breath and ever since then I haven’t been breathing properly and my mind can’t stop thinking about it, I was sick at the time and got so scared because I thought that the breathing problem had to do with my illness, but I’m not sick anymore and this breathing problem won’t go away, is like my mind is telling my body when to breath and it’s not doing it automatically. Also my throat feels soo tight and i think it has to do with the same problem, please help. Thank you

  • Can OCD be a voice in my head that’s says bad things about God. I can’t stop it it’s scary it me so bad. It says bad things about God and The Holy Spirit. My mind can’t stop saying mean things. I’m on the verge of killing myself because I don’t want to live this way. I feel so bad ��

  • Hello. I am now wondering if I have OCD. Whenever I feel angry at someone these absolutely horrible thoughts come to my mind. But I don’t want these things to happen. So my mind makes me say “ I hope nothing happens to this person on earth” three times. Then i wonder if I said these things three times. So I keep saying them. And whenever something bad happens in movies or something these thoughts make say I want this to happen to someone else too, but I don’t. I want the opposite so I say the sentence three times. I’ve had different symptoms that make we wonder if I have OCD. When I think about these thoughts that come I start to imagine the future what will I do, will I give up.

  • I strive for perfection and I eat too fast I am always rushing but that does not make me skinny.. Maybe I need to slow down and eat slower I will see what will happen when I calm down I will start working on it diligently daily thanks for sharing

  • Calories are not what you want to try to avoid. You need to avoid anything has carbohydrates in it like sugar and bread and eating to many fruits too! I know it sounds weird to some people but new studies are starting to come out and show grains like cereals and even wheat bread are not good for us. Before you do a diet…PLEASE, PLEASE STUDY ABOUT THE FOODS YOU SHOULD EAT!!!! I recommend the KETO diet. It is REEEEAAlly effective if you do it right. Please check it out before you dismiss it and learn about. It might be interesting for you to see.

  • This was one of the hardest things to watch I ever seen. For no other reason than the fact that so much of what there talking about hits way to fuckin close to home.

  • I got 4 As, 5 Bs, 3Cs, and 3Ds. How am I functioning at all?
    I think the Ds are because of the Cs. And the Cs are because I’ve had to unwillingly relocate several times in my life due to my visa status.

  • 2:52 if you feel “crushing guilt after eating the donut” then please, please get help. It’s not healthy to feel guilty for what you eat, especially if it’s just a donut.

  • I honestly recommend before sleeping to write a mini rap or do a 5 minute quick song challenge. It’s kinda fun. Or you could try to analyze a deep song and what it means. Write down the lyrics earlier in the day on a piece of paper to avoid using the internet

  • A lot of the stuff is really good, like eating slowly, shopping full and sleeping a lot. But pleeease stop with the calorie counting! Our system is waay more complicated than just calories in vs calories out. Plus, it can lead very quickly into an eating disorder when done wrong (I`m the one to know that).

    Just be healthy. Don`t forget to drink, move and eat whole foods intuitivly starting when hungry and stopping when full. Do what feels right for you.

    And don`t forget: Our bodies are supposed to be diffrent! Just like we have a wide veraity of hair or eye colours, we have a lot shapes and sizes of bodies. Don`t force yourself to an unnatural weight (you can`t change your eye colouer neither). Get to know yourself and just love and apprecheat it for all the things it does for you.

    I hope you have a wonderful day, and please don`t worry too much about your looks, there`s so much more in life:-)

  • YOU ARE and absolute genius!! YOU…described MY OCD almost to a TEE and…for the FIRST TIME in MY ENTIRE LIFE, gave me a NEW perspective on this miserable condition I have had most of my adult life!! You, are a TRUE GIFT and your pointing out that anxiety IS the ROOT cause and that ADDRESSING anxiety is the BEST way to get this miserable condition O-U-T of ones life is just PRICELESS!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

  • Unfortunately, I don’t have the luxury of being able to not be afraid to be hungry. I’m a non-reactive hypoglycemic, so there are times when I’m not even a little bit hungry but I have a migraine and feel like I’m about to faint from my glucose dipping too low. I’ve never actually fainted, but that’s because when I feel like I’m about to faint, I drink a mountain dew and eat something high in protein to get my sugar back to normal and keep it there.. Honestly, this is probably the majority of the cause of my obesity… I can’t wait until I’m hungry to eat because of my hypoglycemia, so I eat more often than I should… That, or my appetite is a lot lower than it should be and I’m permanently in starvation mode from not eating enough calories… Since I usually only eat once or twice a day, this being the case wouldn’t surprise me even a little.

  • More i read about this,more i hate fitnes and I know i need to lose weight.I tryed everything but stress and tiredness are worst enemy of my life.��

  • When I was a kid, I didn’t even know what OCD is, but I was washing my hands all the time, I have always stepping on the cracks “connecting” them with my foot, always checking locked door, self hurting… all of that because my parents were always telling me how I’m stupid, worthless or filthy, making them ashamed all the time, and they often looked me with disgust on their face.
    Today, after breaking all connections with my parents, the only thing which remained is obsession with doing things with perfectionso I avoid starting anything because I always get lost in details as it takes too much energy and time. My each day is very exhausting

  • I tell myself I can eat anything I want, but I have to figure out if the calorie payout is worth it to me… Sometimes it’s a yes, other times not so much…

  • When I know something is bad for me I start doing it more and on purpose, for example My friend told me that the more I frown the more wrinkles I get, I started getting sudden urges to frown on purpose and I can’t stop, I’ve been like that for 3 months. I keep lowering my head and it hurts my neck a lot but I just keep getting the urge to do it. I don’t know what this is, I’ve been trying to find a solution for so long but I don’t really know what’s wrong with me, it’s mentally and physically exhausting

  • Would you advise against a daylight alarm too?
    I use a philips. Along with that I use a normal alarm clock that is set to the latest time I need to wake up and still get done with my morning routine in time.
    In most cases I wake up from the daylight alarm. There were even time periods I didn’t use the sound alarm clock and I never had trouble with oversleeping. In many Cases the daylight alarm woke me pretty early, approximately 40 minutes before my actual wake time. Since I use the daylight alarm I have trouble falling asleep very seldomly.

  • I have lost 115lbs so far and I’m not even on a diet. I’m almost at a healthy weight, but want to lose at least 30 more pounds. All I do is track what I eat. Before that I never realized how many calories I consumed

  • God bless you all for your efforts. However, how come the so called “Healthy” people in this video look pretzel thin? You know this gives people an unhealthy distorted image of what people need to look like for health. If they look like that they would be anorexic and dead.

  • The idea of leaving the phone an hour before I sleep is the hardest ever. �� I can’t sleep without checking my phone. I am actually watching this video now already before I sleep!

  • I’m eating what I want and I’m stil in very good shape,I don’t walk too much(I do’n have a time for that-my job is with sitting and thinking,resolving problems etc.)but I have a secret(from my grandmother) for a good shape and I will share it with all of you.And that is believe me or not a very simple way to stay in a good shape and have a perfect body.The secret called NATURAL MALIC ACID,three times a day,1 soup spoon of the acid into the 150 ml.of water.And thank you BRIGHT SIDE for having such an interesting videos.

  • There is a problem about being hungry.. Even If I am only a bit hungry my stomach is doing a lot of noises.. LOUD NOISES.. And that is embarrassing because it sounds like thunder ��

  • Assalamoalaikom! You’re doing a very good job. ��. I always do self sabotage otherwise i’ll get hopeless and after that I’ll get some psychological problems.

  • Y’all are going to go insane tracking calories every time you eat… gotta count the numbers.. oh my it’s 5 calories too much… I can’t eat it.. going to go crazy…lol…

  • It’s pretty unbelievable at first, but once you hear all about this red tea made by African
    shamans it’ll all start to make sense.
    So try out this tasty tea and let me know what you think… https://bit.ly/2JD4IQ3

  • I have doubt sir I have thoughts like abusing gods? Does I am really abusing god? I feel like thoughts have some power and value

  • I have OCD like I feel like if I don’t do something correctly my future will be screwed for instance if im washing dishes I’ll place the clean dish up and in my head it’s saying to pick it up and rinse it again. I also have PostPartum depression. I feel like im dead but in my body while life is passing me by. I feel like im in a sunken place. CBD helps me but I hate myself sometimes. I don’t want to be a toxic mother to my baby I need reassurance

  • This is a very helpful video. I just want to share my personal experience. I think I have OCD. I am always anxious, and then I always have unwanted irrational thoughts. This is affecting me badly. Also, I have panic attacks sometimes. Any piece of advice you can give me? I would be very grateful!

  • Sir, Whenever I take a glass of water to drink some bad thoughts come about my future and I got scared that if I will drink it the things will come true in the future… Or whenever I see water I get scared that if I think something bad the water will make it come true…. Sir can you please tell me is it also a ocd because whenever I see water I get scared….

  • Thank you very much for your videos! We can tell the effort and good reaserch you do in order to create them! I feel proud of people like you!

  • I am curious if therapy works and what kinda therapy would be best. Growing up in a home where your emotional health wasn’t nurtured, side effects of being belittled and treated very harsh how to overcome this.

  • About the 2nd Point:
    its not the blue color that messes with your melatonin its the brightness. Yes blue light is slightly worse than red light but at the brightness of screens it doesnt make a difference. But then again, if you have to use a screen using a blue light filter cant hurt.

    And about the 10th point:
    Valereian can be used to fall asleep faster. It only affects your melatonin so your sleep quality is not negativly impacted.

  • First of all thank you! I really need your help: when I started high school, I didn’t know nobody and I had this feeling of anxiety especially around girls, I still have anxiety but it’s a lot worst because I attended my first year of university and it was really tough, I was stressed out and a lot of things happened: I thought I had cancer, I thought I had problems with my eyes, all type of sexual rumination and fear of harming others.
    I’m going to be honest with you: since I was young my family really wanted me to study hard this implied no girlfriends… I never kissed a girl or even had a girlfriend even though I want one because I feel lonely but every time I talk with a beautiful woman I feel like I’m detached from my body it’s like seeing my self talking with someone but I’m not in me, I think is derealisation.

  • Whenever I’m minding my own business I suddenly can’t tell if I did something simple or not like open an app on my phone. I start thinking about that the whole day on repeat, did I open the app or did I just imagine that I did.

    What would you do to recognize the real thought?

  • I have done number for, I never ever use my bed for anything other than sleep. However, I do my meditation while lying down in bed right before I go to sleep. Should I start doing that somewhere else?

  • I have to have a night light in case I wake up and have to go to the bathroom. The thermostat is set at 72 degrees, but since our bedroom was added on it is colder. We still have to have a heater on because we will catch cold.

  • from last few days I started doubting my past memories like if they really happened or my brain just
    dreaming. I am not sure. I wanted to be sure. I know all my past is real but
    my mind is creating doubts. I am trapped in this. Please help.

  • This advice made several egregious omissions the foremost being to avoid blue light after the sun sets. Blue light frequencies from fake light and screens will destroy the melatonin produced earlier in the day. Wear blue blocker glasses when awake at night and sleep in a room as dark as possible.

  • I was just really in stress all day thinking “did I hit the cyclist while I was driving” you solved my problem. You answered my question. Thank you so much sir. May God give you more grace ። this video was made for me. It will make some change in my life.

  • It’s all common sense, especially number 13 but unfortunately everyone wants fast results. Most people (myself included) lack willpower and constantly want instant gratification.
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  • For the past week, out of the blue I have been getting racist intrusive thoughts and all I can think about is the colour of someone’s skin for example the colour black.It’s making me feel awful and like a bad person, do u have any tips on how to not get these thoughts

  • I had a very strong thought that I have ocd, and this video helped a lot
    Now I’m even more sure that I have it
    Should I have an appointment with a doctor or something?
    If I went, I’m not sure how to actually explain all this, I’m sure I have it because what you were talking about in this video is so so so similar to how I act
    It’s made me feel even more like I do

  • (Is this apart of OCD?) Okay, I didn’t say this in my last comment but I really want to ask about it and if it’s rational at all or not. This is a little embarassing but I need it off my chest. When I was a kid, I used to be very unhygienic. I touched everything and it was completely stress free. I was able to wash my hands for under 10 seconds. Which..present me will have an entire ritual happen if I tried to do that. I think I had symptoms of OCD since I was a kid, it didn’t go to cleanliness till a few years later. I remember before this all happened, my teacher taught us how to wash our hands, “Wash your hands for 20 seconds and sing happy birthday twice, don’t quicken it because that does not count.” I started having issues with how fast or slow I’ll do so and I started repeating and repeating it over and over again. Now I have sooo many thoughts and so many things trigger me all the damn time and I’m getting exhausted. I want to say that I don’t shower my entire body, because it takes so much time and makes me so stressed and anxious. I only shower my head, face, arms, (besides my elbows cause those just…make me so fucking anxious) neck, ears, and sometimes legs. I have this thing where…water scares me. Toilet water drives me insane, and unknown water that I don’t know where it came from, used water that I washed my hands in etc. And whenever I feel water (or my mind is playing games with me to feel water or something) it makes me immidiately think that the water was from a toilet or something dirty. Which starts rituals 99% of the time.

    I don’t dry my entire body, because it might start a ritual and make me wash my hands again and again. Which when I touch my clothed body, it makes me think that…the clothes soaked up all the water, and most of the time it makes me assume that germs will seep through the clothes and then be on my hands. I am afraid to hold things like taps, doorknobs etc. It drives me mad when people sit down and just place their phones where they sat on. I can’t do that. It stresses me out.

    Back to my childhood, I touched everything, literally everything, and I know for a FACT, that I did NOT wash my hands properly when I was younger. And when I touched those things now? It gives me so much anxiety. I don’t even know what’s rational or not. No one ever discusses this, or I’m too blind to see it. Please…just…please…let me get better. Please I’m begging. Respond please.

  • In order to sleep we need to be relaxed and it is hard to do so especially in these times and I want to help. Maybe I can help somebody

  • This was very helpful as I am newly discovering I may have OCD. I’ve suffered with anxiety for most of my life… reading other people’s comments have been helpful too. Thank you for this!

  • I used to do thing thing when I was younger where, If I was in school I had to wear this bracelet, and if I didn’t I would have bad luck..:/

  • when you come from an abusive family and keep attracting abusive people, it s really difficult to work properly on Overcome Procrastination,

  • I’m a self sabotage EXPERT! Grew up in a really scary home in a really racist town, so I learned all kinds of coping habits that don’t serve me anymore. Like never speaking up, never making myself the center of attention, staying small, etc etc etc.

  • I hide behind humor. I have no life, wife, job, friends, or money.. On disability for depression.. situational and geographic. small town blues.

  • My compulsion is a head twitch and a loud sniffling of my nose and it’s so embarrassing. I hate that I think it helps my anxiety. I need to find the root cause for my anxiety.

  • Hi can someone advise me about dieting, I’m just 12 yrs. old but I want to do diet because I was being bullied. I’ve tried many diet but it doesn’t work to my body I just feel headache and I do some exercise but I just feel so tired and now I feel that I just gained weight. Pls help me pls I need some advice I don’t even know what to do pls somebody help me. I just wanted to lose weight.

  • i feel like i have to take two showers.. sometimes i take two showers and i still feel like i’m not clean enough… then i go to school late because i chose to take two showers.. and then i worry all day about whether i am clean enough or if i smell bad.. even though i took two showers my negative thoughts and worries cause me to want to take more showers..
    is this ocd?? or is it probably just my anxiety?. or is it both??? i also do this thing that I make boxes of memories just in case someone dies and I regret not valuing them. i also made boxes and kept all kinds of stuff from my childhood and present so I won’t forget anything when I’m older. i also unconsciously sabotage my relationships because my biggest fear is never finding love or that someone will leave me just like my real dad and stepdad. i realized i was unconsciously sabotaging my relationships when i had told my cousin about all my problems and how i just leave the relationship with a childish excuse or talking to someone else to move on or leave. i also hate (like HATE) feeling out of control. i feel the need to always be in control even when certain situations don’t even involve me and i have a terrible;e breakdown when i realize how out of control i am. if you actually read all of this please let me know your thoughts, opinions, and advice. Thank you

  • that was very usefull and thank you for the effort

    sometimes i just wake up at night with like 2 or 3 hours of sleep and i see nothing that could Interrupt my sleep.
    what should i do? what is the reason for that?

  • I have fear that i will breath hard for my whole life and i will can’t enjoy anything because of that problem which is just in my head but still destroys me cause it feels too real…

  • Hello, I have been writing things down probably for the last 6-8 years. I’m so tired of this. I think of something, anything, and then I feel like I have to write it down because it’s either an important or interesting thought. Or it could be something that I should do, or would like to do, almost anything. When I try not to do this I get even more anxious. It just stays in the back of my head. If I forget what I wanted to write down I get upset and anxious for the whole day, or at least, again, it’s in my head the whole day that I forgot something.

    When I work I think of all the things that I have to do and start typing what I need to do over and over. It’s getting progressively worse. I don’t know where this anxiety comes from, perhaps I’m afraid I will forget something important. I usually have a lot of things that I must do. I type things down on my phone, on sticky notes, papers, anything I can find.
    As a child, I had OCD, I washed my hands incessantly and organized my toys so they would stand. Somehow I got rid of that.
    I’m not sure how to stop the writing down things part.
    What’s funny is that I don’t even reread these things that I write afterwards. They just get written down and then forgotten.

    Please, can you suggest something that could help?
    Thank you.

  • I don’t know if ur gonna see this or read this but I think I have ocd. I hurted my dad one day and after that I started to think that I was a bad person and all that. I was scared from hurtin him again and I try to avoid the thoughts of me hurting my dad mentally. But I became worse I started to get thoughts like hurting my family, like killing them or hurted them some how or killing or hurting myself. I’m so scared because I love them and I don’t want this thoughts I’m afraid if I do things like that. I’m afraid if I hurt people I love so I’m trying to distance myself. I feel like I’m psychopath. I’m so scared that I’m horrible person that hurts people. I can get thoughts like “stab yourself” or “stab her” or “kill yourself or kills your sister” things like that and I’m so afraid please help me. I want to kill myself, I don’t want to have these thoughts do I have ocd? I think I will take my life soon. I’m so afraid of hurtin people I’m not like that I promise please answer me

  • I always check my whatsapp to see whether I have sent a weird message in a group by mistake what to do?
    There is a group of our class which includes teachers too so I am always scared that whether I have sent a weird message by mistake

  • Guys all of that is good thank you… but… u may shoot in log and poorly color correct but… u are all aliens… skintones on ur vids are green… wich frankly doesn’t make you look very healthy, wich for such a channel is unfortunate… just color correct…correctly maybe? (it takes 5 minutes to change the skintone color, to match it with the wide cam and apply it to all the close ups…) Regards

  • if anyone sees this please respond | idk if this is ocd but when i misplace things, i completely freak out and my brain forces me to look for it or else i can’t be calm. also the fact that if i put, for example, my earphones on the ground, in a few minutes my mind automatically asks me where i put my earphones and i do remember where they are but my mind convinces me to look for them or else i won’t be calm so i look just to see them in the same place but i tend to forget and always have to check to see if they’re there. it’s not even just my earphones it’s many other things, i know where i placed these things but my mind forces me to make sure they’re there or else i can’t be calm at all. i will literally freak out so bad and it won’t leave my mind until i find them. that’s the only way i’ll be calm lol. also, when my door is closed sometimes im just watching my phone and automatically i start questioning if the door is actually closed right and i have to get up to open it and close it cos if i don’t my mind tells me something bad will happen. i also take long showers cos i feel dirty if my showers are short, i also have this tendency to wash my hands after i do anything and i have to do it for at least 2 minutes or i don’t feel satisfied. i dont want to self diagnose but i’ve been wondering for awhile. ive been looking at the symptoms and i do have some other ones but this was mainly what stood out to me

  • You self sabotage as a result of your self image. Your self image is like the thermostat of your results. keeping your results the same on average, be that your body weight, hygiene, income, health etc.
    when you make a change at the identity level, it is much easier to take new, better actions consistently

  • Thank you for this video, it help me understand my daughter who has been diagnosed with OCD. To all you out there! Please tell somebody what you are feeling, my daughter waited 20 years to say something, she has been in therapy for six months and I can see a notable progress. This weekend there is a OCD Conference with a lot of useful information, help and an opportunity to build a support community. The cost os $90 for 3 days. https://iocdf.org/programs/conference/

  • I appreciate the way Dr. Judy tied values (what you stand for) to priorities and decision-making. Your life will be more fulfilled as you nurture your values.

  • When 2020 started I began with this system: I chose 6 areas of my life which I would like to improve and devote one day of the week to improve myself in one of those. For this month at least I chose:
    Monday: Pleasures.
    Tuesday: Academia.
    Wednesday: Aesthetics.
    Thursday: Body.
    Friday: Temperance.
    Saturday: Socialization.
    Sunday: Review what happened throughout the week and prepare for the next one.
    I can’t say it’s been perfect so far but I am making progress!

  • Nobody with $100 or less in the bank faces being fired as ‘wow, I didn’t like that job anyway…’ It’s NOT all about your attitude. Like Dave Chappelle said, I NEED THE MONEY.

  • Probably no is going to read this but I think I may have sexual rumination ocd anything that taboo sexual stuff and then I get these weird movements down there like I’ll be afraid I’m into pedophilia or incest beastiality etc. And then when I think about it too much I get these movements like down there and I know I’m not into these things it’s so horrible it’s like my mind bullies me into to this or I’ll get the movement and have the thought and just agonize over it it’s so exhausting What I would do is say in my head po*n to replace the image or thought I have in my head for it to be that rather than the thought or urge. And if I don’t respond to it I feel like that I’m into it please help me.have you ever had any patient like this? would this be ocd or am I just a freak?

  • I dont Know how to start about My feelings, i feel like i have no strong feelings like others have angryness,happiness,scaring.surprising etc. I think iam very different from others i dont Know even how to behave normally.and how to Show love to others,Show to mingle with eveyone.and iam 20 years old now and i cant do single work properly.i have confusions in everything.and thinking that i am abnormal. How to solve this Pls reply and i cant learn simple thing quickly i take so much time to learn anythind and understand. But i am good at studies.

  • I don’t know if this is OCD but I wanna ask, I wash my hands often and I keep washing them to the point my skin dries. I try my best not to wash everything so I don’t take hours in the shower. When I wash my hands, I check the soap if it’s clean and has nothing on it, and then I wet the soap all over on it. Then, when I do wash my hands, I repeat abc’s multiple times. Because I always feel like it isn’t clean if I don’t sing or count “properly” and I ALWAYS wash my hands in the showers. Please, I wanna know what’s wrong. I always try to sing it normally but it always slows down or I feel like it’s too quick, even if I am AWARE it’s long enough. And I repeat it again and again and again.

  • I self sabotage as part of my disorder so it’s in all areas of my life and has a close relation to my crippling completion anxiety

  • This helped me realize that my crazy perfectionist self trying to restrict everything bad is why I am in a constant cycle of losing and gaining weight. I’m going to try to be more relaxed in my ways and I feel pretty confident that just may work. Thank you!

  • Can you tell me what’s happening to me bc Because when I was young, I experienced trauma that I thought I might not forget but it didn’t take long for the thought to disappear after years those past experiences pop up in my head and now it’s wrecking my life i cannot go out of my house BC my biggest problem going out and socialize is I’ve always thinking “what if” everyone is whatching on me and sometimes just walking in the street those kind of thoughts will just pop up in my head and I’m scared looking at people BC the kind of thoughts that I have and now I decide to not going outside my house BC my thoughts are turning into action and I’ve been depressed for so long BC of these sometimes I’ve been thinking to die BC it’s almost impossible for me to think that I can talk to a group of people without thinking those thoughts I can talk one on one if I go outside my house but just walking on the street and looking at people or hanging out with a group of people is just a big deal for me I suffer a lot I lost everything and even washing my plate or taking a bath turning the water very slow thinking what if my neighbor is just listening to me waiting to me to get mistake and my neighbor’s did notice that there is strange happening and it’s getting worse it’s killing me I don’t know what to do how to fix this every action I do is a mistake can you please help me what is happening to me and what should I do

  • A great video, thank you. I keep having recurring thoughts of my death and others. I am currently looking at talking therapy methods and hopefully that will be the start of recovery. Thank you again.

  • Sunset colours help calm down and prepare to go to bed. Red is of course associated with sunset. Strange we link it with excitement. Maybe it’s because of the colorr of blood? Links to the research would improve the quality of this video.

  • I don’t know ��, i mean throughs that i don’t wanna think off or just pop up! Like very dirty throughs, i don’t want to think that way. My thoughts make me depressed soon as am happy,normal this thoughts strikes me which lead me to extreme depression, mood swings & uncomfortable situations…��
    Can you help me with this?

  • I find if I don’t moderate the size of my dinner, my body overheats during sleep, and that wakes me up. It’s best (for me away) to never eat a large dinner.

  • my OCD is kind of different. Instead of “bad” thoughts stuck in my head, i keep thinking of repetitive thoughts on how to improve myself. My compulsion is i keep writing and rewriting the same thought down in my notes app on my phone and they’re all like “don’t be like this”, “be like this”, “don’t do this”, etc. but they’re the same thoughts.. my ocd keeps pressuring me to write it down anyways even though i’ve written it a hundred times before.I keep telling myself not to write it down but in the moment when that thoughts pops up, it scares me into thinking i’ll stay the same way forever if i don’t write it down because i’ll forget it. So the fear behind it is “your life will never change if you don’t write this thought down”.. its kind of weird.

  • Yeah this is very uncomfortable like I would say things about god and the holy spirit but my mind could not stop saying it, I dont even mean them. I love God, Jesus and the Holy spirit.

  • Most ppl won’t see this, I’m sure, but tbh I can’t without venting.I’m the loser of my friend group, I’m kind of bad at school, have no talent and I used to have a crush on a girl but she got with my best friend, of course I have rather low self esteem and I got beaten up mentally from the start of this year, I don’t rly consider myself an emotional person, but I do overthink everything, I despise that, I have no control over it.I don’t rly wanna be somehow smart or have thinking type of mindset when I’d have to deal with all this bullshit, honestly I don’t understand how I’d get over it but I can’t share it to anyone, I have no loved one, no one to turn to and vent, I just have myself with my thoughts and that’s it.

  • Every since cornavirus I been home and have not been out this had bored me too the point where I have my ocd again and makes me worry about everything I would always repeat something over and over but when I was outside a lot hanging out with friends being at school this block my ocd this blocked my intrusive thoughts and action so it really about what you do on a day to day basis which blocks the thoughts because you are distracted by your friends and outside that makes me not think about anything

  • I study, eat, watch youtube, hang out with friends while in my bed…. I think it would just be easier to sleep somewhere else at this point.

  • @ 6:43 #6 Your Alarm Clock. There are also radio clocks that can wake a person up, but set the sound LOW and set it so the music will start around 4 minutes before you have to get up. There are also sunrise alarm clocks, and some of them are priced between $20 and $40. https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-sunrise-alarm-clock/

  • I have one problem. While praying I get intrusive thoughts and images about my parents though I never want them to be harmed. I have religious ocd and I try to keep on praying to lessen my anxiety but the moment I start praying in my mind I get unwanted images related to the life of my parents which causes a lot of anxiety and I fear if because of me they are harmed Please help me what to do with this. I also get blasphemous thoughts and i do not want anything to happen to my loved ones because of my harmful thoughts for them which I hate thinking and imagining. I love my family even more than my life but I do not know how I get negative thoughts about my family and God. I feel like killing myself. Please help me!

  • I lost over 6 stone in just 2 years by just changing my life style I became more active and cut down my food portions but if I wanted a cake I would have one!! ��

  • Self Sabotage is a HUGE issue for me. In my business/career I procrastinate, and constantly under deliver. I do ok at the start of a project and then somehow I shit the bed by being late with my work & unresponsive. I am talented and smart, but I have a demon inside sucking the life out of me. When I procrastinate I end up in my bed hoping that I will feel better when I wake up, but sometimes that takes days.

    I sabotage my relationships in different ways, depending on the relationship. I just can’t handle when things are good.

    I think that deep down I just don’t think I am worthy of love and success so I automatically/subconsciously destroy my chances.

    I don’t know how to combat this, but I keep searching for answers. I wish I could afford therapy.

    I just had an interesting insight as I have been typing… I thought that if I loved myself enough I just wouldn’t do these things, but many I need to figure out a way to stop doing these things FIRST, in order to illustrate that I love myself. Hmmmmm….. After all, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

    Despite my self-sabotage I’m proud to say that I do rank quite high in honesty as a value, which I think is good.

  • Hi!
    I’m really not sure if I have old, but I wanted to know what do you think… Every single day I feel like someone is able to read my mind. I hate it because I think I can’t control it. I’m really superstitious ( I always knock on wood if I say something that hasn’t happened to me, I don’t like black cats but it’s funny because I love cats and I could really go on about things like this). I get these thoughts that my friends just think that I’m really annoying and I really try not to and I get scared that they don’t like me… I feel like my parents think I’m a failure and it’s freaking me out.I also do things like wake up at a certain time even when it’s summer vaccinations, I eat breakfast at a certain time because if I don’t I get this feeling that something bad would happen. I am also really scared of hurting my little brother even though I love him and I don’t know what to do about it. Thanks for reading this if you did and please tell me what you think (sorry for bad English)

  • Great vidoe Sir I feel like my ocd thoughts are real I feel like thoughts have some powe and value also I have religious ocd does God wil feel my thougts? Sir can you please help me

  • I’ve spoken to parents and it’s got easier more recently but I worry that what if I’m the past I sexual assaulted or r** my younger cousin. I have a memory of waiting him to go to sleep because he wanted somebody to sit next to him so he can go to sleep when he was very young and I worry what if I did something then, I’ve worried so much I keep telling myself it’s real and feel like a monster even though if something like that happened I would be in trouble and people would know. I just feel horrible like I’ve done something even though I’m not sure

  • Best ways to lose weight
    If you like dressing on your salads use balsamic viniger and eat brown bread

    You want a cupcake have a cupcake but don’t eat all the frosting and don’t have one once a day have it 2-3 times a week BEFORE LUNCH

  • The distracters. I live in a house thats the absolute pits over the neighbors and intend moving away. They kept pestering me and I could not pack my healthy food was on my way out the door. I got a hold of a cross trainer while away and though I had a bad binge from stress and delayed dinner I had a normal waist measurement. Thank god though I am annoyed and am now making provisions to leave. permanently. Have problems where I live for a full year and Ive enough of it. I am still pressing on with my goal through depression as I need my body to be strong and healthy. Was bullied out of my lean body. I am getting it back by degrees. I hadn’t even time to eat my sandwich because she wouldn’t stop talking. My iron is very low.I am no longer speaking to her. People like this can cost you the body you want, your health and your sanity.

  • Hey that’s not fair man…You used a bit of subliminal messaging at 3:20…”Watch Better Than Yesterday”…Hmmm, you know I think I’ll keep watching…:)

  • Anything that’s worth while is only achievable with determination, time, repeated effort, and patience begin your own best friend hot worst enemy

  • I’m not sure if this is OCD but everyday i always have a to do something in a way or pattern or i feel distressed or angry and it becomes time consuming and exhausting.

  • Your amazing I’m a high a shiver as a great makeupartist in my work I’m stuck in personal and now decluttering in the process was brought up by schizophrenia mom kept me strict and alote of drama for 65 years but today starting control getting ready for change use to have all Narcissist in my life been alone 14 years was a workaholic now corona virus lock down allowed me to look inside myself I’m in a program ACOA children from alcoholics and dysfunctional family’s for ten years but the last two years no distractions allowed me to look deep inside myself last six months I’m doing better thank you so much I’m on the road now especially now with your knowledge @lorraineamicothemakeupartist

  • According to “Why we sleep” from Matthew Walker, there is no evidence that being hungry prevent you from sleeping. Can someone give me the source that links hungriness to bad sleep?

  • About daytime naps, how the hell am I supposed to know how many minutes I was asleep during the nap? It’s not like I know exactly when I fall asleep

  • Is it bad that I get intrusive thoughts every day that day do something random like hitting the light switch with my head or touching a door three times or my family will die? And I have a routine of things I have to do every day like checking certain rooms for burglars, taking different routes home or something bad will happen when I get home? Like I really want to tell someone about it but I feel like if I tell someone in person it’ll come true ��

  • im 53 years old. i learned the best way to fall asleep is to jerk off then drink bourbon whiskey. if you’re a female can’t help you,but can’t hurt trying my system.

  • You forgot to mention noise pollution by these people lighting fireworks every night into the wee hours of the morning. It’s been happening prior to memorial weekend for about two years now. At least they ceased when the Fourth of July came. However, this year the Fourth of July has passed and the bullshit continues. How can anyone get any sleep?

  • Constructive criticism: The thumbnail made it appear that sleeping with a pillow over your head is one of the things that hurts your sleep. I do that, and that’s why I watched the video. I learned a lot, but I was eagerly awaiting the reason why sleeping with a pillow over your head is bad.

  • One advice is not to drink liquids before bed. I’m not sure if that only relates to the possibility of waking up to go to the loo, or to an effect it has on your sleep regardless of whether you wake up to pee or not.
    For example, I’m starting to drink camomille before going to bed but normally this isn’t enough to wake me up to pee. Beyond the effects of camomille on sleep etc, does it mean this habit may reduce sleeping quality due to late liquids even if I don’t wake up?

  • While everyone can improve their sleep hygiene, it’s not a cure-all for those with neurological disorders. I have struggled with insomnia since childhood, well before cellphones were a bedtime companion. Before being prescribed medication a year ago, I woke up exhausted every day of my life because I couldn’t stay asleep through the night or go back to sleep after my frequent waking. What I take isn’t technically a sleeping pill, but it’s been life changing.

  • I have ocd where I’m scared my family member will get sick if I don’t act on a compulsion, it’s so traumatising, drives me crazy, have been really bad lately, and I have the feeling which go along with the thought, help

  • I dont know whether this is OCD or another problem but I always get negative wishes upon myself for things I don’t want. For example, I usually get thoughts that start with “I want” and end with many horrible unpleasant words and fears such as COVID-19. And obviously I become worried that those things might occur and also be fearful that the intrusive wish will come true. I usually counter these thoughts by resisting them and not allowing them to come inside my mind by saying “I don’t want that to happen” (the opposite of what bad things are wishing to come true in my head). And when I’m unsuccessful and these thoughts do end up in my head without me stopping them then I become very visibly worried and I do mental compulsions such as praying to God to not accept that wish in my head for something bad to happen to me. So if anyone has any insight on how to deal w this or if anyone is suffering with the same type of thoughts can u plz help me cope.

  • I think I have OCD too. I’m always having these thoughts in my mind and I’m worried about doing certain things. I’m 13 btw. Like for example I want to learn to backflip, so that I feel like I fit in with others, but in my mind I’m worried I will break my neck. I also have worries about my future when I become and adult and worries about school. I think it’s getting worse and I can’t control it but I can sometimes.

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  • Great summary. I recommend “Why we sleep” by Matthew Walker. Transformed my opinion and my behaviour. Screw the puritan ethic. Sleep rocks:)

  • I can hear saliva when you speak, its repugnant and I cant pay attention to the amazing content you have, please get a better microphone or voice modification

  • hi can u pls respond to this
    A couple weeks ago I had a symptom of OCD. It was like “if I don’t drop this my family will die “. I talked to my mom abt it and she said she had some problems when she was younger too but it went away. The next day and for the next couple days it went away.
    Now abt 2 days ago I started having these thoughts in my head and they were like making me think of people committing suicide or doing drugs and now my mind is making me think of theses things. And they go away when I’m at soccer or with friends and kind of kept busy, but when I’m not busy I start thinking abt it and can’t stop. I have a wonderful life and would never want it to end Bc of this thought forcing me to do something. Yesterday I told my mom and she understood how I felt and I felt a lot better abt it she also said when she was in my grade (which I’m in 7th) she would have to flip the light switch a certain amount of times. I think I have OCD but I don’t know what to do and I can’t get these thoughts out of my head and it’s scaring me a lot! Can u please help and tell me if I have OCD and what i should do abt this. Should I go to a therapist should I take medicine. I just want this to go away ��

  • If you are having trouble going to sleep once you are in bed try the following. 1)Give yourself permission to stay awake. It’s not compulsory that you have to go to sleep. 2) Challenge your self to stay awake for as long as possible. You will get bored of this challenge and I think that there is a good chance that you will go to sleep. The first step neutralizes anxiety over the issue. The second step is a counter intuitive trick. I think if you are still battling its because your mind is wondering and you are not focusing on the challenge. Worth a try.

  • What is said about smoking is not true.
    I’ve never wanted to get out of bed to smoke, rather, stay in bed to prevent me starting to smoke again.
    Wanting to smoke starts once out of bed.

  • I don’t know what’s wrong. I keep having intrusive self harming thoughts. I’ve never contemplated whatsoever harming myself, only improving myself. But when I was at the beach, I kept having intrusive thoughts of throwing myself off of the balcony and it got so bad I went inside and went to sleep scared, also happened the next day to the point I couldn’t look at the ground. This is however normal, I have horribly violent intrusive thoughts that I’ve been dealing with for months, it’s been accompanied by a bit of depression, but it’s all getting better. Everything gets better. Conquer and overcome. Your thoughts DO NOT manifest in your action, you are sane, you are perfectly normal. How can I stop intrusive violent thoughts though?

  • Sir I have ocd since one year…. that time I was totally unaware about this than got to know that it’s a symptoms of OCD….1st OCD was like someone touch me I have to fresh, don’t touch anything all’s things are dirty.. etc..this OCD was going on than than it’s totally stopped but the spiritual/religion OCD start…like if I go to the bathroom for toilet than I have to wash my hand…full arm bcz I done toilet so I have to fresh full… don’t touch flas point after bathroom.. etc..if I touched than have to cleaning wash & wash…n……bcz my self/OCD wouldn’t permit me touch books even concentration level day by day decreased….I am a civil service aspirants but I am unable to give my 100% for my study….there all time thoughts are going…pls help pls help…

  • The thing with english language is that “I” is only one letter and always a capital letter. How do I write the I in a way that stands out the most? I need to accept what I can’t control. I wanted the “I” to stand out because I do this all to myself �� I kind of knew it for some time but this time the “gates” opened and the realisation has gone deeper. I do this all to myself! What a revelation, I’m literally shocked! Thank you for this video. I’m going to buy this book.

  • plz read my comment..

    sorry for my bad english

    when i try to do something.for example downloading a game or doing some thing else.then bad thoughts automatically come to my mind..and i stop doing..for example stop downloading game..because of the fear of bad thoughts will connect with this game.and whenever i will open this game this thought will come in my mind again as a memory…….due to this i stop doing many things in my daily life..

  • Fitness monitors now have alarms that will not wake you up in the middle of deep sleep. It will delay the alarm by 5 to 10 minutes and if you’re out of deep sleep, it will alarm.

  • interesting, i wasn’t sure if i had OCD, its been pointed out to me and i have wondered for a while now. i identify with a lot of this video and you’ve spoken about my ‘habits’

  • I procrastinate all the time with school, getting started with my business, some household projects, consistently working out. But I am good with consistently overloading my mind with past mistakes or future disappointments.

  • my mom & i literally do pretty much all of this but we both still have problems falling asleep…:// i’ve had it my whole life (literally since i was a baby) so i’m starting to think it’s just that i’m a chronic night owl that will have to live with this problem forever:/

  • Your presentation is very good. It is very calming and not a tedious one. I would like to know which software is using making this Animation?

  • Taking each habit and applying it slowly each 1-2 days seperatly might be best to avoid burn out. It can be stressful and daunting to go cold turkey when changing our daily routine.

  • These tips are great just have one thing to add. Sometimes we focus and try too hard to fall asleep instead of actually relaxing our mind and body

  • That Idea that your body thinks it’s starving has been disproven in an old study, it only happens when you eat next to nothing for around a month

  • 10 habits that ruins your sleep;
    1)caffeine and nicotine
    2)drinking liquid
    3)using your electronics
    stimulating
    blue light
    4)using any kind of light
    5)lying in bed awake
    6)using your alarm clock
    7)daytime napping
    8)alcohol
    9)bad eating habits
    10)taking sleeping pills

  • I wonder what your thoughts are on taking melatonin pills to help reset your sleeping schedule? And listening to audio books to lull you to sleep?

  • “Also, noise is something that will interrupt your sleep, which is no surprise there. So, you want to eliminate that too.” HAH I’M DEAF

  • When the quiz asked “what do u like about urself” and I couldnt respond, that’s when i realised that i need to get my life in check

  • I love this video it really motivates me to keep track I’ve watch it twice. i Quit eating candy not to long ago.4weeks
    I notice being healthy can be fun!!!

  • THANK YOU.

    I actually don’t know what to make of this but I’m sure I have OCD. Not too sure about where my anxiety stems from but I think it could be trauma and my fear of not knowing what my future holds. I just hope I recover from it as it seems like my body’s responding to my thoughts negatively ulcers and skin conditions.

    Nonetheless I hope God blesses you for your service. I really really really appreciate it. Thank you again.

  • I always have bad thoughts of hurting people I love the most or even people I don’t know or that they will hurt me although I’ve never hurt a fly. I have horrible habit of thinking people who produce food or workers at restaurants or anyone other than my husband and grand parents will poison my food or drink. It doesn’t make any sense to me, I’m a woman of God and I actively read my bible, pray and sing. I paint, play guitar and play games and do lots of creative things to help me have better thoughts but I feel like I’m constantly afraid of everything. I have divorced parents and been through some traumas. I used to travel and be very close to my family and do lots of fun things but it seems like since middle school I’ve just become a very sad and lonely person. I’m now married and I’ve gotten a little better but the thoughts still reoccur and it makes me physically sick, and gives me panic attacks. I’ve seen multiple counselors and psychiatrist and I’ve been out on medicine but it feels like it only makes it worse. I just would like a good remedy of how to start fresh and try to better my relationships and have stability in jobs and life in general. This is a bit vulnerable but if it can help me and other people who are also struggling it’s worth it. God bless and I pray for everyone else who’s struggling! We will get better in time ❤️

  • Yep getting sunlight here in Finland is really hard, because in the Winter next time you’ll see the sun is in 3-5 months and on the summer it’s constantly raining.

  • I dont go out walk or hike any more out of fear of running into drama. Not only I stopped doing something I love my health has been affected.

  • Totally agree with the tips at the end. And that not many are trained to recognise OCD. I remember one professional I went in the past had confused OCD with Schizophrenia!

  • SUMMARY
    1. Get sunlight in the morning (when you wake up)
    2. Have a wind down routine (before going to bed)
    3. Get plenty of exercise
    4. Use your bed for sleep only (no going on your phone or laptop, etc.)
    5. Lower your bedroom’s temperature
    6. Take a hot bath
    7. Have a sleep schedule
    8. Optimize your bedroom (Quiet, cold, and dark)
    9. Practice meditation before bed

  • 20+ minutes of sunlight first thing in the morning…
    I wake up for work at 5 in the morning 6 days a week, year round.
    I’ve argued for a long time that human beings are not supposed to get their day started before the sun.

  • I need help with my son. He is only 9 and he fits into many of OCD traits. I live in NYC. Do you know any good psychiatrist we can see regularly?

  • I’ve had bathroom contamination confessional OCD, that my clothes get soiled by backsplash from going to the loo or my backside, it’s so bad the obsession that I avoid touching where I have sat on the chairs of end up cleaning the remote control ect if someone throws it on the chair where I have sat, I have to wash my hands if I touch my bottom back of my tee shirt I’m wearing its driving me nuts, my marriage has suffered going on at my wife about it.i was taking seroxat, ( paroxetine ) 60 mg for years but recently stopped them it took 15 weeks cutting down a third off a pill a week. They were completely useless I dont know why I stayed on them so long all they did was make me fat and addicted.

  • I think i have ocd and i repeat or re check almost everything i do such as locking the washroom door or switching off lights.With this i also have thoughts about anything and i try to explain things to myself even if i have explained before but those thoughts are completely useless but if i dont do i get anxiety attacks. I have also become very image conscious.I also run towards perfection.I also regret doing things mostly. please tell me what is this and how to finish this thing,please help

  • Hi umm, so I don’t really know if this is OCD but well I get thoughts like “touch the wall or you will die tonight” and I just get scared so I just do it,every night before I sleep I have to put my chair down I don’t know why my body or brain just makes me do it,so In 2 days I have to film something for my school and it’s gonna go on television I’m scared that at any moment my brain just tells me Touch the chair or everything’s gonna go wrong or something. Every time I get these thoughts I get scared and start shaking�� please please I really don’t wanna get anxiety in front of everyone

  • #5 I freeze gel paks in the freezer and toss a couple of them into bed with me, arranging them so they’re close to me but not touching me. A person could also wrap gel paks in cotton woven fabrics (like quilting material) and then place them close in the bed.

  • 1. listening to music? damn man music is the strongest stimulant drug for me lmao.
    Even the most peaceful music leads to an explosion of fleeting creative ideas.

    instead, ASMR on youtube is ideal

  • I often eat too fast but I hate eating cold food. I want to eat my dinner while it’s hot. Once my meal cools, I find the food unappetizing and don’t eat it ��

  • 211119 08:42pm (Finished a home workout. Barbell Curls ss with Overhead Press, then Squats, then Rows, Deadlifts and ended off with Push-ups).