PhilippFree
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- 3y
Peter !Peter !
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- 3y
Nope.
Lms526Lms526
- Date posted
- 3y
My mom basically guilt tripped me into telling her. But I haven't told anyone else in my family.
PhilippFreePhilippFree
- Date posted
- 3y
I think my parents wouldnt understand.
RivenRiven
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- 3y
Same. My dad thinks OCD is "extra organized and clean disorder" -_- he wouldn't believe me bc I'm a mess lol
PhilippFreePhilippFree
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- 3y
Glad to know that Im not the only person hiding this:).
RivenRiven
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- 3y
No
NicaNica
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- 3y
Yes indeed. Runs in my family.
AnimaniashAnimaniash
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- 3y
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
Lms526Lms526
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- 3y
Yeah....if only it was that easy.
Anonymous*Anonymous*
- Date posted
- 3y
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 :)
light lover light lover
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 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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