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- OCD Conqueror
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- 3y
What do you struggle with exactly? For me... the other day I stared at the walls for hours. I didn't get anything done. But what I did was focus on a small task and was finally able to get myself to do that one. I didn't do the 5 tasks but I was able to put all my focus on the easiest one. I gave myself permission to stop too.
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- 3y
I honestly wish I had tips for you but I struggle with this as well. Especially laundry. There are areas in my house that are “contaminated” and I put that in quotes because my OCD tells me they are. But when folding and putting away laundry I might think it touched something that was over 2 feet away, therefore I have to rewash it. And sometimes I just throw the entire load of laundry that was just washed back in my dirty laundry hamper. It’s so stressful, time consuming, and I suppose a waste of money because I am constantly running our washer and going through so much laundry detergent. So I guess to sum it up if anyways has any tips for OCDsufferersince2000, let me know if there is anything I can try
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Yes very hard! It’s much easier when someone is there coaching you on. Not reassuring you, but I guess holding you accountable would be a better term!
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- 20w
I have pure ocd i think , i always gotta make sure i do certain things like tap things , light switches on n off , shut things few times and re open them till it feels right . Walk in a room go back out and back in out in in till my mind is right Its exhausting
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Does anyone have any tips on how to handle contamination OCD?
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- 17w
Does anyone else struggle with object permanence in relationships? Like whenever my partner is out of the house I immediately think negatively or I find things wrong with the relationship or him… For background my partner and I always fight over chores (I know it’s common but it’s annoying) I definitely pull more weight than him and I think he has ADHD, which makes him struggle to help and be aware of helping. Lately we’ve been somewhat good with splitting meals and dishes whatever, I know it can change with work stress, fatigue whatever. But last week my partner was out of the house watching his uncle’s dog so he was barely home. He was sleeping over at his uncles house and would come home for meals sometimes and stuff like that. I started becoming super fixated on him not helping with the dishes before he left and would constantly feel urges to yell about it. Even though the week prior everything was good when it came to that (sometimes with my ROCD I’ll even question myself and be like was it?) so I have started 4 separate fights arguing about dishes and chores and mentioning that he doesn’t help enough and if this continues I’ll have to leave… it’s so hard for me to snap out of it and just realize that he was going back and forth and didn’t think to help because he was busy with helping his uncle. And then I get such a negative view of him in my head that I nitpick his appearance, I make comments, etc, because my underlying fear is he doesn’t care to help, he will never change, and we will fail. So it’s almost like I’m looking to have a reason to run before I actually need to? It’s a constant cycle for me and I’m truly so exhausted by myself. But also relationships are so hard for me because I struggled SO much with trying to depend on others that I almost don’t let myself depend on others…. Any advice is appreciated but also just like do you also experience this? Thank you & pls be kind 🥺🥺🥺
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