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- 3y
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Nope.
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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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No
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Yes indeed. Runs in my family.
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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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Yeah....if only it was that easy.
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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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- 3y
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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- 24w
I am married and neither,my husband or children understand what it feels like to have OCD. I have had it for some time now. Sometimes ig gets better while other times it acts up and feels just awful!! During these especially awful times I worry more, voice what I am worried about, and just feels depressed. I got even more depressed whwn my family members insult me because of my ocd. I know I should not voice my worries etc ask I am thinking that is a,compulsion but sometimes I do. I regret it afterward,cuz nothing food really happens as a result. More often I am judged, called names and then I really get depressed!!!! It sometimes tanes me days to feel better acter one of those wpisodes! I guess besides not viucing my worries what can I do in a family that does so ma y things that upset me....and it would wvwn if I did nit have ocd!!! I meant WE all have to live together and trust me....there are things they so that for sure woyld have bothered me way before I had o d! ,They would bother the father and son on the TV show Sanford and Son!!! How so I just,live in same house,all the,whike pretending those things,don't bother me? I meant I am the mom. Don't I get some say so without being called names etc?
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I was super recently diagnosed with OCD and nervous to share my diagnosis with my family. I’m a somewhat messy person and don’t have germophobic tendencies, so since I don’t have the stereotypical OCD presentation I was terrified that nobody would believe me. I ended up talking to my mom and making a silly TikTok post about it, which my grandma saw. Not only did they believe and support me–I learned that my grandma has it too! Funny to look back on, but really cool to see that the worst outcome doesn’t always happen. (:
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- OCD Conqueror
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How do you tell friends and family about ocd? Like it makes me so anxious and I feel like such a terrible person. A lot of my intrusive thoughts are on my kids. And I hate every single thing that comes into my head.
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