Brian :)
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Brian :)Brian :)
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Yea. High school years were the worst . I recall sophomore year when most themes started entering my head out of no whwre 1 by one . Contamination , POCD, incest ocd , health ocd, real event ocd , and rn I’m just having pure ocd . I literally just think everything manifesting if I don’t do compulsions .
Forest13Forest13
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I’m 18 I’ve been dealing with it my whole life I’ve realised but right now it’s at its worst. you aren’t alone, we are just very invisible in society nobody talks about us.
Brian :)Brian :)
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This !
BlondeMermaid88BlondeMermaid88
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21 but I’ve likely had it since I was 8-10 years old. Magical thinking OCD (hate that name but whatever lol), lots of rituals (compulsions), always needing to do things in 3s and health OCD. I’ve managed to stop many of my rituals but some have stayed with me. Finally decided to get help this year and hoping to start ERP soon but my school has a 7 month wait list to see someone on their approved list :/ I totally get it, it’s hard at this age, took me over a decade to even make the first step towards getting help.
anonymous caterpillar 🐛 anonymous ca...
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yeah magical thinking ocd really needs a better name😂😂
BlondeMermaid88BlondeMermaid88
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@anonymous caterpillar 🐛 Lol right, like I know my compulsion of knocking on wood three times isn’t gonna magically stop anything. My brain’s just making me do it
Forest13Forest13
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@anonymous caterpillar 🐛 Atleast in my experience it totally fits, if something works better for you please give yourself the power to use a different word. :)
Brian :)Brian :)
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@anonymous caterpillar 🐛 I call it manifestation ocd
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@Forest13 For me it’s more like “coincidence fixation ocd” but that doesn’t fit for a lot of people too, so yeah people can name their own subtypes.
Forest13Forest13
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@anonymous caterpillar 🐛 That’s completely valid
lexi03lexi03
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I get it. I worry I'm gonna have a hard time in my adulthood.
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Yeah, I keep thinking, “if it’s already this bad now, what’s going to happen when I’m older?” There is also a Teens with OCD support group on here tomorrow.
Brian :)Brian :)
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Right. Ik it’s cool! I want to join one
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Brian :)Brian :)
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For me personally , the most common themes happened throughout my high school years ...but rethinking it , I kinda do remeber experiencing perfectionism ocd in middle school years. It mostly had to do when I showered and cleaned my room
Brian :)Brian :)
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@J6 This I relate to as well. There would be times id sit more comfortable with the even numbers for my compulsions , other times odd numbers ...lucky numbers you can call it I guess . All just depends on your obsessive thoughts surrounding your theme /subtype .
Brian :)Brian :)
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@J6 Right ! This ilness is so exhausting . Years of being tormented by it makes me wonder how I was able to manage balancing it with my other problems in life .
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I’m a sophomore in high school and my harm intrusive thoughts became intense 3 months ago. I haven’t been the exact same since.
Brian :)Brian :)
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You’ll get thru this ! Ik how scary it may seem , but you are not OCD .
AnonymousAnonymous
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I totally understand this. I’m scared to have kids because of my harm OCD
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