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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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(20f) I have been dealing with severe OCD symptoms for as long as I can remember. I recently got diagnosed about a year ago, and even though I know that these thoughts are probably my ocd, I still cant shake them. Growing up I was always very sexually curious. I was sheltered from a lot of things, as I went to a private school and things like sexuality and sex were never talked about. I remember doing some weird sexual things growing up (never affecting another person), looking up taboo sexual things, etc. I always seemed to become aroused no matter what the situation was, even if I just saw someone getting changed. I have no recollection of being SA'd, so i'm wondering where this all came from? Was I just curious and wanted to experiment and try different things? Or am I really a pervert, pedophile, etc. I have all these thoughts racing through my head and it's killing me. Everything I did as a kid I look back on and am disgusted, as those don't align with my views at all today. I never thought growing up thinking these things were wrong, or actually realize what they were until I got older. I'd like to think it was just my curiosity, but i'm not sure. What if i'm in denial and actually do like these things? I just need to know if theres something wrong w me, I cant keep going on like this. Could really use some advice.
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Is it common for children with OCD to have intense fears of certain things? For example, I was extremely afraid of tsunamis ā I was constantly dreaming about them. Then, I became afraid of ghosts, robbers, war, the possibility that someone close to me might get sick or die, that I might develop a tumor, that our house could catch fire, or that I would grow up to be a drug addict. I even thought about getting a tongue piercing when I was older and was scared of doing that without having control, which now seems kind of funny. There were periods when I had different fears, but I always needed to ask my parents if these things would happen, and they would always reassure me. Although I donāt remember everything clearly, I know that throughout my childhood, I constantly had such fears. I remember ehen something was wrong with me (for example: i had headache) I immediately thought of the worst case scenario and I was extremely anxious. And another thing is that I couldnāt let go of a past as a child (still actually) Now Iām wondering, is this something every child experiences (even those without OCD), or is it more intense for children with OCD?
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Iām a 20 yr old female, I think Iāve always had ocd but the symptoms didnāt become apparent to me until I was about 17. I feel like thatās where life went downhill for me. OCD attacks everything that is important to me, my sexuality, my morals, even my health. Sometimes I wish I could be a kid again and not have this vicious disease in my head constantly bullying me. But I know I will overcome it one day.
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