- Username
- sanika
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Yeah🙂
Hey I’m sorry. My family doesn’t get it either. It is sooo frustrating and makes me angry sometimes. But they just don’t know what it’s like to have brain hiccup like this. I try to have some compassion for them, but I also don’t tolerate any criticism of the reality of this disorder (for example my mom kept suggested I stop my meds, and I told her never to tell that). I just try to find community else where (like here). So yes, have compassion for them, but also draw boundaries!
I see, thanks for the advice😄 I haven't told my family I have ocd yet so I haven't got diagnosed yet🙌🏻 I am just doing erp on my own.
You’re welcome! You can tell them in your own time :) Who knows, they might totally understand. There is a great book by Jon Hershfield called “When a Family Member with OCD”; maybe you can give it to them! Also, just make sure you have other supports in place. Not sure how old you are, but if you are an adult then friends could be helpful. If you are younger maybe a school counsellor? Someone you trust. Good luck! :)
I'm 16🙌🏻 u made my day 💞
Hey, don't feel bad. That sometimes happen 😕. My family didn't took it seriously, I had only 12 years when I noticed it, and they didn't helped me. It's awful? Of course. Most people don't understand what it's OCD. They really think about it like just a little obsession for order things. They don't know about the struggle, they don't understand how hard it's live with this, how sick makes you feel and how we suffer for this. If they can't understand don't feel bad, they just don't know how it is. We are here with you, and we know how hard it's for you live with OCD. Look for help, some day your family will understand if they can't do it now. But never feel bad for that, because isn't your fault, you aren't dramatic, it's a metal disorder and it's real. The most important thing here it's you and how do you feel.
Thank you soo much 😭🌌💞
Kind of having a hard time today . Keep getting thought about something called disassocitive identity disorder , I saw it in a tv show called bates motel awhile ago . My brain keeps telling me that I will get it . It keeps comparing to the time I kept feeling like a boy . And I’m scared that One day I will turn into a different person and all this other non sense it basically telling me I will completely lose myself and go insane or crazy . Trying not react with fear but it’s getting to me a little bit and it’s causing me serious depression while I’m at work . Keep thinking about how I problem won’t make it past 20 years old . It keeps saying that I have no hope in getting better and I will kill myself soon . I also keep getting thoughts about how I feel so alone and how I have no family or friend support I’ve told them I have ocd and sometimes they talk to me about it but most of the time they tell me that I’m being stupid or just disregard it all together . I don’t wanna put my problems on other people so I try to not take it to heart but it really makes me feel like nobody cares . And I feel like if my mental illness was to ever become even more serious than it already is nobody will help me . Not even my family . I will probably end up being neglected and die alone . I can’t take this . I’m at work and I can barley focus. I just don’t know what to do .
My parents threaten to kick me out all the time because of my severe OCD. Each time they do I come back worse with new compulsions. They say I'm crazy for my OCD thoughts which is like, duh, does not make them feel any less real. Sigh. So tired of this life. My dad said he wished I was never born (just now), that I'm killing them physically with my panic attacks (I can't help it) and he said I'm the reason they smoke. I feel guilty and just want to die at this point. He also said he'd hit me if I'd not stop crying. They almost seem to think I like doing my washing compulsions and I can't stand it anymore. I feel alone in the world, even when so many of you struggle too, the fact that my once loving family is falling apart and that I feel so lonely in their company... it is tearing me down. OCD on its own is enough. This is too much.
Today I did a speech about the misconceptions around OCD. And it was going okay I guess. I was shaking a lot because it was scary, but that was only inevitable. Then when it came to answering questions, it all went downhill. I was asked by my teacher what link I had to the disorder so I straight up said it. I said I have OCD, to a class of 30 and to him. And I regret that with all my heart. For the past year, OCD has been ME. It has torn me and shaped me and ruined me and hurt me and made me. So when I said it, and didn’t get the reaction I guess I hoped for... it broke me. Nobody cared. Nobody cares that I had struggled. That I’d cried. That I’d felt so alone. I wonder if I’ll ever be understood by anybody. I fear I looked like an attention seeker for saying it. Or a liar. Or someone trying to gain pity. I don’t know what to think or do. I care so so so much about what they think of me. And nobody even cared. I guess I’m just feeling sorry for myself. Which is so dumb. But I don’t know what else to do. I poured my heart into my words and now I don’t have any left. I’m crying, because I just feel so silly and sad. I wish I could go back in time and not do it. Because now I’m just left feeling so anxious about what I looked like, and so sad about how nobody cared.
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