My family literally is always against me and doesn’t understand my ocd at all. They are all so stubborn and don’t make an effort to even empathize with me and always make me the bad guy. I’m just so tired of no one being on my side and my family saying all these derogatory things to me. Even if I make a small mistake, it is the end of the world for them and they all gang up and won’t speak to me properly for days as a result. 😔
Family is hard. Well its hard to make family understand that you have no intention of making mistakes, it just happens. The best you can do is show them what it actually is, send them links to articles or videos that explain in depth. If they don't make an effort then, just forgive them. It is hard to do so, but you will show them strength in character. Be the better person and go about your day. It will get better🤗
@Leané Thank you for your advice :) 💖
I’m so sorry you’re going through this, you deserve so much better ❤️ you’re so strong, living with OCD is already hard enough and dealing with this as well must be incredibly draining. Unless they’re willing to support you, I’d say from here on don’t tell them about your OCD because they have no regard for your feelings. I know it you feel alone right now but we’re all here for you. Take care of yourself, you will get through this 💕
@blazed Thank you so much for your kind words 💙💙
I'm a disappointment to my parents and my sister, I'm just not how they want me to be and I don't do, what they expect me to do. My family is very toxic and I have decided to stop trying and especially to stop apologizing. If I suffered from asthma, or allergies, no one would expect me to apologies for being ill either. I have friends who accept me for whom I am, they are the people who matter to me most, not the people I'm supposed to be closest to, as we are related.
How do I get my family to understand some of what I am going through and how the actions that they do could make it worse? I wish they weren’t so judgmental of the things I do. I truly feel like I can’t help it.
I’m fairly new to treating my OCD and have felt crazy for most of my life. It didn’t help that no one in my life truly understood OCD and always said I was being dramatic. I very recently (within the past few months) finally got diagnosed with OCD and my whole life started to make sense. However, I recently opened up to someone I really believed I trusted about the intrusive thoughts I have and now feel worse than I ever have before. They essentially called me a psychopath and said they are worried for the people around me. Even though I would and could never hurt anyone. I’ve never felt more alone and broken in my life. I already try very hard to hide my OCD and everything associated with it because no one in my life understands so it’s been easier to deal with it myself than listen to everyone say whatever they have to say about my situation. After what happened today I’m even more inclined to just keep it to myself. I don’t know what I’m expecting from writing this but I figure this is the best place to write what I’m feeling. Going through OCD is hard enough on it’s own. But when people are telling you they think you’re a danger to society and are crazy because of your intrusive thoughts it really hurts. I’m just tired.
Basically I told the wrong people my intrusive thoughts and they now have pushed me away. My two cousins won’t talk to me (for this and a host of other reasons). I just miss my family. I wish I never told anyone except my therapist. I could use some support.
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