Can OCD affect your study pattern and studies ?

Asking as a college student. Can anyone relate?

masterchef334

Date posted: 3y

i’m in secondary school and sitting big exams and when i feel like shit i just don’t revise its bad

hiy

Date posted: 3y

I hope you'll be fine. Please take breaks if you feel tired and exhausted. Do not force yourself to things yet try your best. 🌈 Good luck to you for whatever you do^^

masterchef334

Date posted: 3y

@hiy aw thanku! You too

User type: Therapist

Date posted: 3y

As a former student, OCD sufferer and now therapist I will say absolutely! OCD can interfere and effect any area of our lives. For me, as a student it made studying a nightmare. I’d have to reread things A LOT, and also “fix” things over and over! Sometimes avoidance of studying became the compulsion! Just like using exposure to face those OCD fears, you can use it in studying! Expose yourself to answering questions incorrectly, writing a “not perfect” paper, or not rereading even in the first time through didn’t feel “just right”. You got this!

hiy

Date posted: 3y

Thank you so much for your response. It really means a lot. But tbh, I've almost overcome my compulsions of rewriting and rereading with the help of coping mechanism. But what only gets is my intrusive thoughts based on Harm OCD and magical thinking ocd. Also, I've realised I'm more anxious and numb than before. And my learning process has gotten slower in pace or I've just forgot at what pace a normal person learns. Is this also because of OCD?

nicole (she/...

User type: Staff

Date posted: 3y

I can definitely relate! I’m currently in grad school and have had to take several breaks throughout my program due to doubts. I start to get stuck in intrusive thought spirals and then my big compulsion is to avoid schoolwork and communication. The good news is I’ve found that accessing disability support services at my Uni has made a big difference and I’m now 1 class away from completing my degree!

Nica

Date posted: 3y

Yes

GoneHiking

Date posted: 3y

YES, sometimes I feel so demotivated and it's hard to find the energy to study. That causes a lot of stress, unfortunately. :(

Kayla.g3

Date posted: 3y

I’m in Secondary school and it effects me with no motivation due to compulsions

pre507

Date posted: 3y

it interferes with e v e r y t h i n g. as a person who started having more severe ocd symptoms earlier this year when school started cracking down, it definitely impacted my schoolwork. (and especially with the pandemic, etc. etc.)

Liora

Date posted: 20w

Please help

Does this happen with you also, just few days or a month before exams ocd tends to increase so much that you can't study even when you sit with books after meditating and with a calm mind. Please tell me how to get out of this anxious feeling and study in a normal course. It is becoming harder day by day for me to get out of this.

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Date posted: 12w

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Date posted: 11w

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