Starting college with OCD

I will be starting college in the next few weeks and wanted to ask anyone if they had any tips for helping with the overstimulating anxiety that lays in my future. I feel pretty prepared, and know that it will be a battle to keep up all the while navigating a massive change. I tend to suffer from disassociation when it comes to new environments, so if anyone has experienced a huge environment shift, what got you through it?

Nessaboo

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y ago

I have contamination ocd but it definitely wasn’t as bad in college but I’ll still see if I can help. I’d say give yourself a lot of grace. You’ve never done this before and you will make mistakes. That is ok. Also, try not to stress about what hasn’t even happened. You are strong and can handle whatever comes up. I know my ocd loves to make things so much scarier in my mind then what actually happens (most of the time). And if something actually is bad, I handle it. Not always as gracefully as I’d like but still through it. You are going to grow so much and I wish you the best on this new chapter!

Joseph79

Date posted: 22w ago

Hello my fellow OCD Alumni lol.

Was wondering if anyone liked to share how they deal with Severe rumination and anxiety , as I’m always looking to Add to my tool box . Thanks 🙏

Dennasw

Date posted: 17w ago

My first day

Hi I kept seeing this app on repeat on TikTok over and over and I thought I give it a shot. I have never been diagnosed with OCD but I know that I have it. I’m a young adult and I found out the first time I had OCD was watching lelelons truth video? I was 14 at the time She had to resist sitting back down in a chair after her having sat down she started having a mental break down when she was told to resist. That’s when I knew. It started with myself going up and down a staircase twice buckling unbuckling my seat belt everytime I’m in the car ect I have always been super anti social but trying my best I can socialize but my mind wants to make it sexual with family and friends ughhhh I hate it because that’s not me when I graduated thoughts of hurting my loved ones corrupted my mind I broke down outside of church one time asking if this was really me or not i question if I’m a good enough friend or person in this world to begin with thinking everyone is judging me so so close how can I make this situation better did I do something wrong I struggle with depression as well not to bad but it’s there I come from a loving family but broken as well i believe in god and my OCD makes me go often he’s not real that stuff isn’t real no one is there to save you the list goes on. Anyway I struggle a lot and I really hope that this will help me because I feel extremely hopeless. Lucky for me I do have the ability to seek therapy and I am excited. The only person I ever tell my thoughts to is God no other human has heard so I’m really really hoping this helps me out if your reading this thank you it means a lot because this is my first time ever admitting all this it’s a lot to take in I know and I hope you are ok and that you have a great night and know that we got this

Ellen_l

Date posted: 16w ago

Advice?

I’m having a big OCD relapse and would like to hear anyone’s tips on how to be present and healthily deal with these intrusive thoughts and the “need” to preform compulsions. Thank you!!

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