My teen says that chores "stress" him and exacerbate the OCD. I of course don't want this to happen but I also feel that his chores are minimal and he needs to be able to be responsible and to function.
For me I’ve been recently diagnosed with ocd, a lot of tasks I would put off because I was stressed to move certain things that would trigger it or move stuff around. However that was just me and everyone’s situation is different
Thanks for reaching out. This can be hard, as parents we usually want our kids to be happy, and to see them stressed out causes us stressed. Remember that with OCD treatment we want to teach our children that they can tolerate the distress of the feelings they have. Many people who have OCD feel that they cannot tolerate uncomfortable feelings and must learn that they indeed can. By working alongside a therapist who specializes in OCD you can develop a treatment plan that addresses your specific needs. You can call NOCD today for a free 15-minute call to get started.
Thank you. He's actually scheduled for his first appointment in a few weeks. I'm hoping the therapist can help us, as his parents, to learn how to best support him.
For me its always been dificult because for example cleaning my room thr mess freaks me out and makes my intrusive thoughts worse cause everything feels dirty but then i have to touch the stuff and clean it again/clean down my whole room and the amount there is can be overwhelming or if things have to be done in a certian way and the intrusive thoughts anf other compulsions can drain me, sometimes there are small things to that can help a lot for example with cleaning sometimes putting things into 3 baskets helps tho it still sometimes feels dirty and things it isnt so overwheling and there is order to it
Last night I was staying at my boyfriend’s house and couldn’t sleep. I felt like i desperately needed to go back to my parents and clean and organize my room. This has happened a few times before when I was staying at his place. Since then he’s been very upset with me. Does anyone else’s partner do this? Any advice? It’s been hard. He’s made me feel so shameful for having OCD. As if it’s not tough enough /:
Overwhelmed
That feeling of "incompleteness" or that something isn’t quite right can be unbearable. What’s one daily task that OCD makes harder because it never feels 'just right'?
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