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Do You Have Autism And OCD_ (MUST SEE) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  The connection between autism and OCD and do they differ?
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  Let's talk about it right now. Let's jump in guys.
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  Welcome back to the ASP world. My name is Dan and I have autism
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  and ADHD and actually in fact, have OCD too.
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  So it's my life's work, my life's mission to make videos to
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  help educate and change the lives of millions of people.
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  And I won't rest until I have helped as many people as
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  possible on the autism spectrum increase potential, reach their
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  full potential and goals in life and be the people they want to
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  be. Don't just exist.
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  Let's just like, let's live, let's live together.
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  It's been awesome, so if you want to join me on this humble
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  Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, threads, everything you
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  can think of guys. I want to talk about autism and
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  OCD. Now this is something that has
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  been on my mind for a while. I suffer from OCD and I suffer
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  from many mental health issues, but I also have autism and ADHD.
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  Now there are two types of kind of like an OCD within autism.
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  OK, you can have OCD as a separate diagnosis and you can
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  have autism which comes with more of a a compulsion to do
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  stuff. Now I want to talk about these
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  two separately, but first I just want to do a small disclaimer.
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  OCD can be very damaging to someone's mental health.
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  I mean, for me it, it was very, some of the darker sense of my
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  life is because of OCD and it really does spiral and becomes
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  the thing that grows on you and I don't like it.
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  And so if you're having issues, OCD therapy is really, really
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  good for it. And if you want to use a therapy
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  that's easy and helpful to use, I use Better Help on my iPhone,
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  which is basically just an app that you download.
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  The link is down below in the description of this video,
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  Better Help. And they can talk to you on your
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  phone via text or video or voice and they hook you up within 24
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  to 48 hours with a therapist and you can pay through the app.
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  It's amazing. It's absolutely amazing.
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  So definitely check it out. If you're struggling with mental
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  health, OCD is on its own something that is happening
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  because you're compulsed to do it, like you have a negative
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  impact if you don't do it. So say say The thing is you have
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  to turn all the lights off in the house 2 times like on and
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  off 2 times before you leave the house.
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  That is an OCD compulsion and the reason for doing that you do
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  not enjoy doing those things. You feel like you have to do
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  those things otherwise something terrible will happen to you or
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  your life or somebody in your life.
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  That's OCD in in general, but OCD within an autism spectrum
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  disorder where they have a compulsion to do stuff where
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  they like do the same thing over and over again, like turning the
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  lights on and off. They will actually have pleasure
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  from doing those things because it's a routine.
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  They like to follow through with the routines.
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  And I did a video all about routines and why routines are
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  important. Now, when you're following a
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  routine because you find comfort from it, that's OCD for an
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  autism, which is just more of a compulsion to do those things
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  because you enjoy it. Whereas if you were doing
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  something that you didn't enjoy, but you had to do it, that's
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  true OCD. Now, a lot of people think OCD
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  is just like cleaning, you know, terribly cleaning and being,
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  being a germaphobe, which sometimes it can be, but it's
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  also more than that. It's a, it's a, it's a routine.
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  It's a repetitive action that you have to take every single
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  day. You have to always do these
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  things in order to actually achieve some or some sort of
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  kind of stability in life so that nothing dangerous happens
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  to anybody. And that's what that's what's
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  going on in your mind. That's what's going on in your
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  life all the time. Now there is a connection
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  between those two and because autism comes with mental health
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  issues and OCD sometimes and a lot of time is Co occurring or
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  coexisting and Co diagnosed with autism.
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  Now if you have anything to add, pop in the comment down below or
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  read every single one and I'll see you guys in the next video.
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  Peace.