Anyone’s parents noticed their child’s OCD signs or not until child/ profession brought it to their attention?

My parents didn’t notice…. And I’m mad at them for not noticing. I’m about to be 23 and my younger sister is showing signs and I talked to them and they are not doing anything about it think I’m being over reactive about it

@Morgan Not that many people understand ocd fully if they don’t suffer there self. My mom didn’t know how to fully handle it at the time until I later found out she also had it to some degree she told me as I got older. I’ve only just started to be honest at with work colleagues and told them I have it as I would do things certain rituals that would make me seem crazy. Not one person in my work place has ocd. It took a lot but people who don’t have it struggle to fully understand. It’s extremely hard to explain it to people who do not have it. I have found ocd is so complex since suffering from such a young child like your self and hiding it. How old is your sister if you don’t mind me asking. Hope your okay 💕

@pickleboo Thank you I appreciate it She just turned 19 but I’ve seen her doing rituals like me since she was younger

@Morgan I was the same, tapping. My mom only noticed because she dropped dried rice on the floor when I was 7 this is. She specifically said be careful don’t go by that I’ve dropped it let me get the broom, and in my head I had to spread it across the whole of the kitchen floor because if I didn’t something bad would happen. At 7 years of age that scared me so much and I had no clue what it was I just did it. To my moms shock dry rice was everywhere. I got shouted at. And also this was completely out of my character so my mom sat me down and asked why I had done it after all I wasn’t a toddler I knew right from wrong. I told her it told me to. And I said if I don’t mommy something bad will happen. A lot of the time it was me doing bad things at school like a punishment thing to my self. Then as I got older full of rituals tapping, touching, very good at hiding it though obsessive horrible thoughts. Then my brother started doing things at about 15 at school. But as a family we control it our self. I’ve got mine under control now without medication which isn’t really something I want to recommend but my ocd tells me not to have my medication sometimes and it’s very complex around numbers and repetition. Me and my brother are happy and controlled he still does a few things but it’s controlled. And I’ve been in such a bad place with mine but I feel now I’ve overcome the worse of it. Still very much there but I don’t let it control me anymore because I can’t. It was making me so ill. It would take me at least 2 hours to get to bed. But I soon realised this is not right I trained my brain to not listen to my own head and realised the absolute negative effect I had on my brain and my boyfriend who lived with me watching him suffer with sadness. It was hard but slowly and surly it’s alot better now. I’m not saying it’s always going to be this controlled because mine has come in waves over my life. I remember at least a 6 month period I didn’t do one obsessive ritual once. Then I moved house to college and it started again. I spoke to my brother about his. Would you speak to your sister and maybe help each other with it. I really am sending you so much love for you and your sister

@pickleboo This made me tear up. I appreciate you responding. I am very glad you and your brother are better now I hope you both get even better. I am going to speak to her again and try to help her. I just know how debilitating and depressing OCD is and I do not want anyone especially any loved one of mine to deal with this

I feel I can speak about ocd and mental health issues more now. 10 years ago I would never of spoke about it to anyone. Just lived with ocd and hid it from friends and family apart from my mom and close family. Maybe my mom noticed because she had it ? I always feel people that haven’t got ocd just look at me and don’t get it. One of my close friends just says ignore it. I wish. My dad on the other hand doesn’t have any ocd and he doesn’t understand it

I’m sorry no one caught it early in you also. I’m glad you are getting help now. I hope you heal fast

@pickleboo I’m sorry not all people in your life understand your ocd. I can greatly relate to this. I hope you get the helo you need to feel better