Hayhay22
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- 3y
Are there any strengths associated with ocd
Anyone try to make traits of their ocd into something good, ie creativity, ambition?
NicaNica
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- 3y
Resilience, empathy, a sense of humor… Off the top of my head. And those come with in recovery.
Hayhay22Hayhay22
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- 3y
@Nica Thank you. These are exactly the traits I desire to have most in my life ❤️
Hayhay22Hayhay22
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- 3y
@Nica Creativity/resilience, empathy and perspective I think. These are things I’m struggling with right now.
EnyaEnya
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- 3y
I am able to show a lot of compassion and support to people to suffer from mental health issues. Me suffering from a sever mental health issue made me value depth in friendships/relationships and despise superficiality. I think it's not OCD, but struggling internally made me develop those traits, so any mental health issue could have caused that.
A23A23
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- 3y
Depth in friendships, I like that
McDuckoMcDucko
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- 3y
From what my therapist has told me, this disease serves no one. Not that it can't give you a point of inspiration and I would think it actually makes some of us more empathetic. But generally there's not many good attributes to this disease.
A23A23
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- 3y
The disorder itself is of course bad but I think it might be a chicken and egg type of thing when it comes to personality traits. I mean I get that this can develop and change over time and that genetics also play a role, but I'm sure about the rest, probably an interesting topic for psychologists/researchers
A23A23
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- 3y
@A23 *not sure
Hayhay22Hayhay22
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- 3y
@yup_its_ocd I have thought this for an extremely long time… but I have to think everything could have positive consequences too, just a matter of looking at things differently. I really struggled because I heard ocd was lifelong but I think conscientiousness directed in the right ways and self direction and awareness can help it be very very mild maybe? I don’t know. I just want to become a more positive influence so I’m trying to challenge beliefs i held
A23A23
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- 3y
@Hayhay22 Yeah I saw someone else use the term analytical on a different post and that reminded me that I found a study of anxiety and analytical ppl. To get even more scientific now that I think about it, strengths can be "associated" like in the stats definition. When it comes to OCD and productivity the treatment ideally should help us become more productive. I've ocassionally though about OCD being like misapplication of problem solving skills, so if that's possible imagine what those skills can be applied to in productive settings. But ofc no guarantees, sometime it takes time to figure things out and that's ok
A23A23
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- 3y
@A23 *thought about
Hayhay22Hayhay22
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- 3y
@A23 I feel like ocd is either associated with analytical traits and conscientiousness or agreeeableness (compassion and wanting others to get a long) depending on the subtype. But yes everyone’s different so I shouldn’t make generalizations. I think I do agree with you though that it’s misapplied mental energy
TillyyyxTillyyyx
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- 3y
The really positive trait I have experienced from relationship focused OCD is the ability to persevere through hardships with the end goal in mind which I believe is key to a successful marriage. I believe if I can get through OCD and other issues I may face in my relationship moving forward will be easy compared which is reassuring. So yeah I’d say mental strength, perseverance , empathy and makes you kinder as softer hearted and more aware of your words and actions to others cause you realise how impactful and triggering people’s comments could be
Hayhay22Hayhay22
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- 3y
Thank you for these encouraging comments. <3
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