OUR INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS - RELAX #103

Colleen girl you can leave the kids with the babysitter for an hour or two to do something like get your phone fixed they’ll be okay 😭

Erik is dad sneezing. It’s common knowledge that dads MUST sneeze obnoxiously loud.

Colleen saying she sounds crazy this whole podcast but I couldn’t relate more to everything they’re both saying the whole video!! 😂😅 I admire how open and honest they are about intrusive thoughts because it’s not talked about enough!! ❤️

Lol the way Eric looks at u when he thinks ur full of it kills me everytime because it is the same look Flynn gives. Flynn definitely looks just like his daddy. But has the heart of u both. I love it

The worst is when the power goes off in the middle of the night and the pure silence wakes you up!

Eric threatening to call the police because Colleen's farts are criminally offensive 🤣🤣 i was dying at the end!

Colleen, as a nanny I've dealt with a few working women who struggle with guilt for working and having a life outside of their children. It's totally normal and understandable, but I think it's important for you to also prioritize yourself, your desires and your goals while still having children, especially since you have found a nanny you love! I know the phone issue doesn't seem like a big deal, but you don't want small things to turn into more small things, which turn into bigger issues. Keep taking care of you so you can be the best mom for those adorable children. "You time" matters as well!

YOU GUYS SHOULD ABSOLUTELY GO TO THE KIDS CHOICE AWARDS. Have a field day <3 Have fun and congrats!!

Colleen and Erik, you guys talking about how you need sound to fall asleep is so funny because I fall asleep rewatching this podcast and Colleen’s vlogs! I’ve seen every episode I swear like 8+ times bc of it! You guys and Jenna and juliens podcast are all my brain will let me fall asleep too because I need sound and you’re my comfort people, love you guys!!

Girl y’all have 3 kids in 2023– no more resisting learning, you gotta figure this stuff out!! 😭😂 Self care has to come first at SOME POINT. You aren’t stupid or dumb in the least, you’re even frustratingly smart, but you’re def so so stubborn 😂

The intrusive thoughts discussion in this reminds me soooo much of my harm OCD. My personal OCD thoughts include both the knife things and visualizing really awful things. I have ADHD and OCD, and I also have trichotillomania and other BFRB behaviors. These things are commonly comorbid and it can be really awful and disabling. I also hate silence, it makes my brain feel unbearably loud. Anyway, I really appreciate both of you sharing your experiences, it helps me to not feel so alone

Intrusive thoughts are unwanted thoughts that can pop into our heads without warning, at any time. They're often repetitive – with the same kind of thought cropping up again and again – and they can be disturbing or even distressing.

erik would 100% watch the kids by himself for two hours while colleen goes to the apple store!! that convo was ridiculous but i still love you both

the conversation about silence and reading is so intriguing to me because for me I often don't notice how long I go in silence because my internal monologue (my own voice) is literally just babbling away (sometimes about intrusive thoughts!)

You can be a good mom and still shower every day. Making yourself a martyr isn’t healthy for you, your children or those you influence.

Having anxiety is exhausting. I have 700 hundred thoughts a second 🥴🥴

Okay but just because you’ve given birth, doesn’t mean you’re magically exempt from doing household chores like taking the rubbish out to the bin from the absurd amount of packages that you order, that’s a bit of a stretch.

i have literally listened to this specific episode AT LEAST 3 times today because i can’t handle silence. i have probably re-watched every RELAX episode at least twice just as background noise

I love that this it 'relax' yet the first 10 minutes I was so anxious from the disagreement 😂

Colleen and Eric are so funny when they disagree. But man when they share the same opinions, there is so much loving energy that radiates out of them towards each other for just little stuff. It’s the cutest 😢