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I had a great childhood, with no real trauma (other than my mom getting cancer, but she lived for nearly 25 years after that). Looking back, I had OCD my whole life...but it was so mild it was almost unnoticable. Then here I am, 38 years old...and it comes at me full force. I've been a mess ever since.
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It could be the environment you're at now, perhaps your job causes you stress or something like that. I heard it shows its sharp claws when you're under serious stress or even boredom.
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I had a good childhood. And I had OCD my whole life I think?? Compulsions mostly. It was mild. Now I'm 17 and I have intrusive thoughts mostly š
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Same, it's used to be more externalized but now it's pure o
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I feel you a lot, hopefully the future will have some better things coming for us.
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@atomicsamuraiāsbitxh Well, my mind got tired, therebefore slower after hours of obsessing so now it's kinda on the empty side. Wish it could always remain that way.
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@atomicsamuraiāsbitxh one day we'll manage to win against it. I believe it.
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I had a good childhood for the most part, my dad was verbally abusive to me though which I think started my anxiety. Iāve always been so anxious and scared of everything because of my father. Iād say I definitely had OCD since I was a young girl but I just wasnāt really aware of it then. It has become worse over the years and now I really understand why Iāve always felt the way I did as a young kid. š
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Mine was intense when i was ,10 but i managed to get over it surprisingly easily, it's now that i find it really hard with this new "theme" i deal with. It shreds my self esteem to pieces.
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My childhood wasnāt good at all due to abuse but my grandparents and parents tried their best to make up for it. Sometimes making it worse with trying to spoil me and then realizing they were spoiling me, so walking stuff back and becoming strict randomly. But it what it is and I love where I am in my life now, so itās no biggie. And whenever something pops up, I have a great therapist to help me through it š
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Glad you're living the life you want now ā¤ļø
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Still going through my childhood. I've been fighting with my parents for as long as I can remember, same with my siblings. My older brother wants to move out ASAP and cut all contact off with them. But other than parental issues, I never really had any real trauma. Always succeeded in school, and always had a good friend group with me.
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Last year during April I started to experience groinal responses when I looked at kids. I was terrified of what it could mean and decided to attempt two weeks later. The very next day I had those responses I decided to attempt. I didnāt really have the courage to do so at that time but I started experiencing images about disturbing things done to kids and as days went by it got worse. April 16 was the last straw and I couldnāt take it anymore. I ended up in a mental hospital but before I ended up there I had searched up what I was experiencing. Thatās when I started to understand that it was OCD. I felt relieved for a few moments until I felt the urge to get more information. I saw lots and lots of things and many comments saying that it wasnāt normal and that people who went through this were disgusting people who shouldnāt be allowed to roam free. Thatās when my anxiety and fear became worse and I tried to get rid of it but nothing worked. I shook the entire time I was awake, I didnāt have motivation for anything anymore, I just felt so disgusting. In the end, Iām so glad I ended up in that mental hospital or else I wouldnāt be here with my friends and family. Thank you for reading my story, Iām so glad that Iām not alone
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So basically I didnāt know till my hocd started. But looking back at my life I had ocd since I was a kid. Like 6-7 years old. First time happening I remember that when I was doing stuff many times I had to say something like a little poem in my head to stop it. Then I had this thing were if I felt my left foot touch the floor 5 times I had to do the touch the floor with my right foot too. Then I had something I guess contamination??? Basically after washing my hands I had a sensation on my hand like I could still āfeelā the germs and I had to wash them again. Then I started having thoughts of my family members getting hurt. I had intrusive thoughts about me hurting my dog. Then I had this obsession that a guy who used to be in my school is looking for me to beat me up. And how itās this obsession about my sexuality even tho I never doubted or questioned it before. Is that possible??? Like can you be born with it? Iām pretty sure both my parents have it too. At least at some level. Take my father for example he had an obsession that he was going to die the moment he turned 30.
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Since when do you believe you have OCD? Anyone who would like to share what were the indications/symptoms in childhood?
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