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Also it's great that you're able to recognise your OCD at 14 because it will save you a lifetime of confusion. I've just turned 33 and have always known that I was different. I've turned to alcohol in the past and done crazy things and suffered with mental health but never knew I had OCD until last year and like I said, just KNOWING has made me feel less crazy cos i literally get a thought and I'm like "no need to panic its just the weird ocd" and I let it pass. Please also make sure you avoid caffeine and ensure your blood sugar is always balanced. When mine isn't balanced it sends my mind racing
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Talk to your Mum and tell her what you're going through. I'm a Mother and I'd desperately want my daughter to tell me if she was struggling like this . I'd hug her and support her and work through the struggles. By keeping silent your mind is going to control you and runaway with you
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I used to tell her before but I can see that she got tired of it, she even told me that it's better if I don't tell her. I asked for therapy but both of my parents refused.
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How old are you? What was their reasons for refusing therapy?
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I'm 14. My Dad is an anesthesia specialist so he knows about the side effects if the meds. They also don't value mental health at all.
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One of the best things thats helped me is knowing that what I have is OCD. So when we have these weird thoughts you just have to allow them but then get on with your life. The best thing you should ask yourself each time is "what's the worst that will happen?" That helps to de-escalate the situation for me. In your case your brain/anxious/ocd mind is playing tricks on you. Your mind is restless and is clinging onto this idea that you're aroused by your own mother which is a shocking idea. Ocd loves shocking ideas because it wants to maintain the anxiety. Its not going to be easy but you have to understand that this is your ocd playing tricks on your mind and nothing bad is going to happen. It's so hard in the moment but in time you can lessen the intrusive thoughts and they can even stop. Just be present as much as possible and acknowledge the thoughts aren't you but the OCD
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Thank you so much. I'm trying my best but I hope it gets better when I'm busy in school.
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@not_me It must be so hard that your parents aren't really helping but you will find a way to cope yourself. Screenshot my messages and always remind yourself that the thoughts aren't you. It's a mental health condition that we have and the more you give in to them the more power they have over you. You'll probably find that when these thoughts no longer bother you your OCD will cling onto something else so always remember to allow the thoughts to come. They're not nice but they're not you and don't react to them. You will train your brain to stop feeling an anxious response as result. Good luck
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Hi I am Aisha and I am not sure if I have ocd or not but I struggle with thoughts which I don't even know if they r intrusive or if I am thinking about them and they are usually about my family or friends. This time it was about my mom more specifically a sexual thought about my mom and my mind was thinking that this is what I want and when I was analyzing the thought I wasn't sure about my intention which made me feel really bad
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I worry people might get the wrong idea when I share this but I must post it because I’m scared so basically this is gonna sound weird but I have always sorta been a violent kid but in a normal way if that makes sense like if someone tris over I would find the ridiculously funny but what kinda confuses me is when loved ones hurt themselves I laugh it’s not like I’m putting it on idk I just randomly laugh and i find funny please don’t think I’m a bad person because I’m really not and I’m scared abt this but that’s not the point of this story so I will get to the pint now so basically I was walking upstairs and I hit my head on the door and my mum laughed at me and I said “its not funny I hit my head” and she said something else that made me angry I can’t remember and then I started to charge at her like I was gonna hit her or something and it scared me cuz I wanted to push her or something ( not harmful just like as a back off kinda thing) which I know it’s horrible writing it out but then while I had that urge to push it her or something I also got a groinal so then OCD was like ”you were gonna s3xualy attack just then and you liked it” and now I’m to scared to go near her just in case it happens again cuz I’ve been in a spiral for days now, again please don’t tell me I’m a bad person cuz I already feel like that cuz writing it out it sounds worse then it is irl im sorry if this was triggering and please reply and tell me your thoughts on this.
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Advice, coping techniques, just distraction needed. Yesterday night, my parents asked me if I could take care of my baby brother and I’ve been wanting to help them out so of course I said yes, and I was taking care of him with my other brother. A big fear of mine that I’ve told my therapist about is that my OCD will latch on to my new baby brother. It hasn’t happened since he has come home with us, but now I feel like something is brewing. My little brother is prone to throwing up so he already got the shirt He was wearing all dirty so I went to my mom‘s room and decided to change his onesie. I called my other brother for help by helping me sit him up while I put the shirt over his head after the shirt went over his head. My other brother was walking out and that’s when I clipped the buttons on the bottom of the onesie and continued to carry him around the house, but it’s that action that my mind is obsessing over. Me clipping the buttons of my baby brother’s onesie. I can’t get over it. My mind keeps replaying that one thing because my thoughts are saying “oh what if you accidentally inappropriately touched him “ and I even went out of my way to avoid touching his diaper because I knew my head would start spinning shit like this. But ever since last night, I can’t stop thinking if I accidentally traumatized my little brother some how. I know I didn’t do anything wrong. I’ve helped my mom change my brother‘s clothes before. My parents literally check his diaper if he soiled himself, but when I do anything that has to do with making sure my brother is clean and healthy my head tries to make me feel sick and crazy. The thoughts are getting worse and getting to the point where my head is trying to make me feel like I’m weird for wanting to change my brother out of his dirty clothes. I’m just so scared that these thoughts are gonna get worse and I’m trying not to freak out right now so I went for a walk outside. But im still getting such intense anxiety. I dont know how to cope or what to do advice coping techniques would be a such a help ive been doing so good with avoiding compulsions. I just need help to ground myself. I dont want to go to my mom with this ill feel worse. Is me writing this a compulsion?
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