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You have to make them understand. You need to stand up for yourself!
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You do “the best you can do” for yourself. Not everyone, including family will understand ocd and it’s symptoms. Hang tough we support each other and we support you.
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its hard, but you will get through this
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that is not true at all.. we know and we care! ❤ and i'm really sorry that your family don't understand or want to understand from what i get.. but don't ever think that you're alone or that no one cares! i get that it must be really hard when you get ridiculed or shamed instead of helped when you need it the most.. and i'm really sorry for that! no one deserves that! and i hope you know that you're not crazy or ridiculous or nothing like that.. you are a fighter, a fucking warrior! and they probably wouldn't survive a day in your life, so instead of listening to their opinions (which seem very uninformed and probably comes from a place of ignorance) i think you should keep going to a therapist and maybe find a ocd-specialist that really understands what you're going through and that maybe even can help inform your family about ocd and what it really is. and i want you to know that we're here to give you love and support whenever you need it.. because we do actually understand and we will try to help if we can! no one's alone in this family ❤
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Thanks so much it means a lot ?
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This is a good diagram of ocd to show people- https://www.behance.net/gallery/70808309/OCD-Infographic
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See pages 11 & 12 of this guide for tips for family and caregivers. https://www.ktph.com.sg/uploads/1493878296A%20Handbook%20for%20Caregivers%20on%20OCD.pdf
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mike1234 thanks for the links! i got to tell you guys something tho.. tried to read the tips for family members to my mom and that the best thing for ocd is to be positive, supportive, patient and not stress and do you know what her answer was..? "that's like telling someone "- i have aids so now you have to cure it" ".. that was seriously her answer after i read that and then she started to explain how it's all my fault that she can't be positive and supportive and instead starts a fight with me and starts screaming about how fucking difficult i am to live with.. when all i said was that the best thing for ocd is to be positive, patient & supportive... so now i'm crying under the covers with a panic-attack instead... really feels like i can't do anything right.. ?
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Here’s an article titled “My Parents Don’t Believe I Have OCD” it’s a long read but has some useful information. https://iocdf.org/expert-opinions/my-parents-dont-believe-i-have-ocd/
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- 21w
I'm 15 turning 16 soon and I'm 100 percent convinced I have ocd.. I have been having major symptoms since I was 13, the constant what ifs, rumination, compulsions, guilt, anxiety from intrusive thoughts. I tried to open up about it to my parents when i was 13 but they dismissed it cause they don't believe in mental health.. I really want to get better. My parents won't listen to me and I don't wanna tell a teacher at school cause that would make things worse as they would just tell my parents and obviously since I'm 15 I can't afford therapy.. I don't know what to do :(
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Having ocd is so incredibly exhausting and depressing- my mom and dad argued with me for over an hour talking about how im a pain to be around, go in too many loops, and ruin everything and everyones mood… this conversation started with me saying im stressed out because of school and that i dont want to go because im exhausted- and idk if this is like ocd directly but it takes me like 2 hours to get ready in the morning because i need to look PERFECT and the same everyday literally 😭 and that process feels so exhausting every morning at 6am but i will NOT go to school without going through with it- i will literally be crying and shaking and wanting to go home the minute i get to school if even a single strand of my hair is not perfectly straightened or any blemishes or flaws are showing- and i cant even walk to school or anything bc im scared the humidity will mess with my hair and everything- and it just really affects my life? And yeah its freaking exhausting. And i have two more years of highschool and I dont know if im going to make it 😭i get super stressed over grades too because i need them to be extraordinary otherwise its a fail. Nothing below 95%. And thats also tiring! 😁 and my mom told me today “medication IS NOTTTT AND OPTION!!!” Like oh okay so im just cooked 😭 and therapy isnt really helping me at all- i feel like what im being told is so basic and generic and it doesn’t help me when im in a huge ocd episode- which is often… and what i hate most is like my mom says “don’t come to me with your problems after 6pm…” im sorry i cant schedule my feelings 😭 im so tired
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Guys I've had this two week spiral and I tell you it just keeps getting worse everyday and even though I'm trying to sit with them and I've done a session I'm tired guys I don't know what I should do and being in a conservative African family even makes it harder for me to tell anyone...I tried to tell my mother in kind of like fun facts about ocd and she was like so that's how crazy people start and was laughing at some of the examples and compulsions I gave and now I'm even more scared to tell anyone even my friends..I told them I have ocd but I didn't tell them my theme , I feel alone guys😭
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