Toxic responses to anxiety/OCD

i think it’s pretty ridiculous to say someone wants to be sick or crazy. at the same time in my experience if someone hasn’t live your life they can’t understand and are instead quick to get frustrated . many people in my life have exhausted of me and my struggles and the ones still here i worry every day that it will be the day i got too far where they’re tired too. it helps me a little to try to understand where they’re coming from and that since they don’t understand what life in my head is like it may make sense for them to be annoyed. however i don’t let their doubts or perceptions invalidate how i feel.

I can relate to this, I tried to talk to my family about my depression and I tried to talk to them about when I first started to experience OCD and my mom made me feel bad for being depressed and my dad told me I’m just making this anxiety up, another example, I was born with a bump in the middle of my head, I don’t know what it is, I never have, and I was convinced it was A brain tumor and it was given me anxiety(that was before I knew about ocd and stuff)and I told my mom about it and she said I was being crazy and stuff, it really made me not want to talk to anyone for a long time, and I didt, I just bottled it up, eventually it became too much to the point where I couldn’t focus at school and hang out w friends, and I knew my parents wouldn’t help, so I just knew I couldn’t talk to them, and I found other people I know will listen and help me, I downloaded a bunch of apps too that will help, including this one, wich has worked wonders for me, in short I completely understand what your going through, my advice, talk about it on this app, no one knows who you are, there are other people that have gone through what your going through, and it’s really helpful, I know you probably have heard this a lot, but keeping it in, really isn’t good, I really hope you get through this, and I hope you find people you know will listen, good luck, and I’ll be praying for you, have a good day

My parents didn’t relize something was wrong with me, even after I was told that I have a high chance of depression, they finally realized that something was wrong when I almost had an anxiety attack(this is when I fist experienced harm ocd)and they said they will help, I said let’s monitor this before we get the meds and therapy involved, a couple months later, I’m still dealing with everything and more, and they don’t do anything, you just need to find who will listen and help, if that’s not your family, then it’s not your family, you just gotta find that person or people(or this app witch is wonderful) good luck, I’ll be praying for you

I hope you get out of that environment as soon as you get a chance

They clearly have no knowledge on anxiety or ocd so ignorant I hate it :/

I’m so sorry you deal with this. The reactions you encounter make you want to close up. Just remember it’s how they handle it so don’t take it personal. You need compassion and I’m here to listen if you need it. I know what it feels like. I have opened up too and I would get the same responses. Be patient and maybe find a good time and tell one by one little by little but don’t feel discouraged to open up :)