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- 6y
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I’m not going to say that your parents are right or wrong about this. I don’t believe you have to entirely rule out being a doctor, but maybe you do need to be in a better place before you can become one. I know how debilitating OCD can be and I have had to put goals on the back burner because of it. It’s a really difficult concept for me, but maybe God has a reason for it. That said, I have gotten better. I was in a really horrible place last year with my OCD and I can’t believe how much I have improved. Don’t give up. Also, I believe you are helping people just by being on this app. You give support and share your story which makes other people realize they’re not alone. As I’m sure you know, one of the worst feelings when you’re struggling is believing you’re alone. God loves you more than you know and He is always good.❤️❤️
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My dear friend, I am so sorry you’re dealing with this. I too have dealt with OCD and depression so I know how terrible they can be. Are you studying to be a doctor now?
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Well, I’m pre-med and have one more year left of undergrad, but I’m not in med school yet
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They tell me that if I’m struggling now that I’ll drown in med school. And that “you’ve gotta admit you’ve degraded over the last 18 months.” Degraded??
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Nobody can tell you what you should do with your dreams. I had someone say the same thing recently about nursing. Personally I think people who go through mental illness are the strongest, most compassionate people out there - fantastic characteristics for a doctor. And the thing is, your depression/OCD WILL get better. It will. Believe that. Maybe medical school will be harder right at this very moment but that does not mean it isn’t the right route for you. It sounds like something you’re passionate about, and maybe putting it off for a year is the right thing to do. But don’t give up! I know you mentioned you’ve been suicidal and I really want to make sure you’re getting the help you deserve. You are so much more than your mental illness (I know it can feel like it’s all consuming, especially something like OCD). You don’t know me, but I think just by going through what you are right now makes you even more likely to achieve your dreams because you know the strength it takes to get through extremely hard things. Please don’t take what your parents said seriously. ALSO literally everyone drowns in medical school lol so them saying that means nothing!!!
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- 24w
I’m turning 30 in a few months and all I can think about how my Parents never took the initiative to actually help me when it came to my mental illness. Now my OCD is probably the worst it’s ever been and I feel like I can’t do anything. Like I’m trapped in a tunnel and there’s no way out. I’ve gone from job to job, never fully finished my degree due to severe OCD/depression never making enough money for professional help and being gaslighted all these years about my illness. I resent my family and myself for not trying hard enough to get better. If anyone can relate feel free to share. Anyways I pray this year will be the year I find my out.
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I can't stop thinking about ending my life. I feel like I'm not even living, I'm just surviving. Everyone is capable of being a person and functioning and I'm just stuck here avoiding everything. My psychiatrist said my ocd is severe and it will all take time and I'll start erp and I'm already on medication but I just feel so depressed and like I won't be able to handle erp and it's already too late for me. I feel inhuman, it's debilitating. My major theme is just fear or contamination, I can't even make myself a meal I can't touch anything in the kitchen. I get stuck in the shower for 2 hours and when I don't shower because I'm depressed I feel like a walking germ. My hands are a mess, my school work is shit, I avoid and avoid and I'm just so tired of "living" like this. My psychiatrist said they don't have any therapists available right now like.... excuse me? What do you mean u don't have any 😭 I honestly don't even know why I'm typing this becuase nothing helps, nothing ever will. I'm so deep into this I can't get out, my room looks like shit, I can't live in this body anymore, I really can't. I let everyone down, I am and will be such a dissapointment. I don't have any dreams or goals or passions I just wasn't made to be here. I don't know how or who to ask for help like there's nothing anyone can do, I'm already on meds. I can't keep being like this, seeing everyone judge me for acting insane.
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I’m feeling kind of sad cause today was not a really good day in terms of my ocd. I was feeling kind of foggy/numb and that send me to spiraling. I’m 21 years old currently studying but my family has been having trouble with money for the last couple years(we’re just me and my mom) and I kinda want to get a job but everything is far from my home and I wouldn’t be able to return back at night, also it’s either way more expensive to move or the schedule wouldn’t let me take my classes. The point is that because of that every time my mom is stress tends to treat me bad, she speaks to me like I’m stupid or she just screams to nothing cursing all life and everything and that actually makes me feel soo bad and guilty for not doing anything, I know it’s hard for me to get a job that actually helps us without quitting school but that doesn’t stop me from feeling like I’m a burden. I want to help, I want to maybe hug her or something but I know she will be angrier and probably will reject it. So that’s it, I just feel like she punishes me for the stress she’s carrying and I get it but one day is happy and it feels like all love and the next is treating me like that, Idk it’s hard (also I feel like I shouldn’t be saying this cause it’s all my fault) 🫤
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