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Nope.
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- 3y ago
My mom basically guilt tripped me into telling her. But I haven't told anyone else in my family.
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I think my parents wouldnt understand.
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Same. My dad thinks OCD is "extra organized and clean disorder" -_- he wouldn't believe me bc I'm a mess lol
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Glad to know that Im not the only person hiding this:).
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- 3y ago
No
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Yes indeed. Runs in my family.
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- 3y ago
Yes they do, and they are aware of it, but don't understand it so some of them tell me to do things I mentally cannot do, like "don't overthink it" or "stop worrying about it" and it's exhausting
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- 3y ago
Yeah....if only it was that easy.
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- 3y ago
My closest ones do. My brother doesn't believe it's real because it's contamination and thinks I'm just being a princess, but other than that, everyone is supportive. The goal isn't to have people understand it, because that's very hard to explain, especially with some themes, but at least willing to not to judge you. If you have people who you think could be there for moral support without reassuring/doing your compulsions for you, I'd say it's a bit less heavy to carry :)
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 3y ago
Yeah, everyone close to me in my life does. They don’t all understand it, especially my parents, but in moments where the anxiety is really bad, they’re support in ways they couldn’t be when they didn’t know… up until me, my family didn’t believe in mental health or therapy, but I’ve definitely changed that in my household & it sucked to be the first one to address it, but it’s made a world of a difference.
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- 18w ago
I had to use a pseudonym and such to join this app in the first place. If I interact with OCD content outside of here it has to be anonymous or very very minimal without any details of what I go through. I consistently deal with shame and even when talking about my OCD with friends/family I become embarrassed and ashamed, fearful of what they might think. I am like this in more cases too. I am a very private person: I use anonymous modes on almost anything, I never post my face unless the account is completely private, I never share my name online, etc. One time I scrubbed a 5+ year old account of any photos of myself or mentions of my name because I was so afraid. It’s been getting easier but that toxic shame is still triggered sometimes especially if I think someone may find out who I am. It is hard to get over especially since I’ve been treated horribly in the past.
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- 16w ago
if so, at what point? and how much do you explain? are there sources you like to use that might explain to them what it actually is?
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- 7w ago
Im 21 years old, I had ocd seen I was 14 when it started it stopped me from telling anyone I have it. It was really bad at the time and I had no clue how to deal with it I even was able to kill myself at one point but decided to have hope it would get better. In time it did got better but I had no clue what was wrong with me and I didn't want to tell anyone. Until this year I finally found out what it was and my ocd started getting bad again but I'm doing better now. Is been 7 years but I really want my mom to know what I been through but I feel like if I tell her it hurt her and I feel bad for not telling her when it started. I just need same help getting the courage to tell her.
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