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Are there any goals or dreams that you guys have had that have been kind of I guess ruined because of OCD?
Are there any goals or dreams that you guys have had that have been kind of I guess ruined because of OCD?
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@OCDSUCKS!! Yeah the idea of someone telling others about my false memory is terrifying. Idk if this will help but I feel if your friend is helping you then maybe he doesnāt dislike you. Of course I donāt know what the interaction between the two of you is like. Also I feel worrying about people finding out and if your friend likes you or not might be OCD (I could be wrong though itās just a thought I had) . But something that Iāve tried to stick into my head is that, āifā isnāt a certainty. Also something else that Iāve tried to kind of learn to do is tell myself, āwho cares if they tellā, I know thatās hard to actually do itās kind of scary to be honest. If someone told my false memory who cares, itās not a for sure thing that happened. Plus too Iām literally a nobody. Iām a number in the population counter. So if people found out I feel theyād literally not care as much as we think they might. You know yourself and thatās all that matters. But also LIVE, your life isnāt worth losing over something that is uncertain. Youāve got this. I get days like that too, today actually was one of those days. But we got this! If we were able to live happily months ago, we can live happily now. Donāt give up! Sending good and happy vibes your way.
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@anonymous1146 There will be better days. Even in the darkest nights there is light. Dancing is really cool! I hope that one day when you feel better you will try again. You deserve a chance to chase your dreams. Donāt let your mind tell you otherwise.
@anonymous1146 Thank you very much! We go this!
Traveling! Iāve always wanted to see other parts of the world but most of the time I can barely leave my house. And donāt get me started on planes lol
@emma18 Whatās a place youād like to visit if you did decide to travel?
iād love to work out more, but it makes it extremely difficult when i have to count every action/ step i take
@iloveespeon Thatās understandable. I wish you the best and hopefully you can get to your goal. You deserve it and Iām sure you will achieve it one day.
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I wanted to go to college/university but I felt like I wouldnāt ever be able to because of how my thoughts constantly distract me. Now Iām in a better place and Iām feeling optimistic about moving forward š¤
@blazed Thatās is so amazing to hear! Iām happy for you! I hope when you do decide to go to school that you get into the school you want.
I changed my major from education to something else so I wouldn't be around kids
@rmsh231 I hope whatever major you chose is something that brings you happiness even if it wasnāt your first choice. I hope all is well with you and school!
@OCDinparadise I graduated with my masters many years ago! And I dodged a bullet not being in education
@rmsh231 Oh wow congrats!
Honestly I feel like I wonāt do good in anything. I havenāt found the motivation to go to college Iām just fixated on the fact of getting enough money to pay the bills. Every relationship I have been in though makes me toxic but they also have toxic things and it makes me wonder if Iām the issue or Iām just being oblivious to manipulation. And then idk what to do and the relationship always ends and because I would always be with the person now that Iām not with someone idk what to do. It feels like Iāve lost my identity yet OCD makes me feel like all the negative things I thought about the person are true and it was never true love. Then I question am I worthy of being loved. I know Iām a lot to deal with. Then I become depressed.
@Pettie You are most definitely worthy of love. You will find where you belong. Iām sure itās waiting for you. Youāll find relief and joy again donāt give up!
My biggest issue with things in my life are not feeling confident in things I want to do and feeling doubtful combined with anxiety. It makes me not want to do a whole lot of things outside of my comfort zone because I either feel I'm not ready for them or I don't deserve them. In the back of my mind, my brain tells me that I've done something in relation to POCD because of porn when I was a teenager and a time I tried to help a minor with OCD. Or that I've committed sexual harassment because of a time I tried to zip up a bag but didn't tuck my arm and it touched someone's behind when really I just didn't want to keep listening to my OCD about how much of a bad person I would be or bad things would happen if I didn't tuck my arm. I thought I would just very slightly brush up contact and it wouldn't matter that much but it just ended up happening in the worst way. I remember how extremely depressed this made me and I just feel like I don't deserve to go on because of these kind of thoughts, memories, and worries. These worries are what keeps me down from really living my life. Another part of this is I feel I need to just have my needs met before I can really carry on in life I also know that I can't keep waiting for things to feel right when I need to do them. Is this a sign of Just Right OCD? Needing my feelings to feel just right in order for me to do someone I really want to? I act on my feelings more than I do my rational and it definitely shows in my anxiety. This stuff holds my back on my dream goals, trying to get experience with relationships, going to school, and just overall being happier and caring a lot less about anxiety. I don't know how to get rid of them. I just try to let them pass. Sometimes that works, sometimes that doesn't. Being up at night is a trigger for this for sure.
Anyone else really wanna pursue their dreams, but imposter syndrome and OCD thinking holds them back? For me, itās my art. Iāve had some success with my art, and itās been really exciting, but then I think of all the things I regret and the mistakes I made, and Iām terrified, so I recoil. I never feel like I deserve it. All those artists whoāve been praised for their art by the masses, I imagine them as being perfect. I know itās not true, but I mean, how can you put yourself out there these days and not know you have no skeletons in the closet?? I see people making reels and theyāre so confident and carefree, and I think, āI bet theyāve never made any really big mistakes, or else theyād be terrified of having themselves out there.ā Iām probably projecting. Maybe theyāre just as terrified deep down. Maybe thatās what drives them. Maybe thatās what makes their art so touching. All I really wanna do is impact other people with my art. Maybe thereās a selfish part of me that relies on the praise, and thatās the part I need to let go of. Whether I get praise or not, my art should just be something Iām proud of. If I can help someone with my art, that would be amazing. Like you guys. I feel like this community is my demographic, and even if the rest of the world turned away from me, the ones whoāve been in my shoes are the ones I should write for. Anyway, this is a huge issue for me and my OCD. If anyone has any words of wisdom, I would really love to hear them, because I feel pretty stuck.
this is probably kinda jumbled but over the past almost year or so i've slowly realized i have ocd (i'm diagnosed audhd but over time i started feeling like those alone didn't cover the whole issue yk?), and recently i've been kinda worried i guess. itās just that iām turning 21 in 6 months and iām afraid that this disorder is going to rob me of joyful adult milestones in my life. honestly being 20 has sucked, i canāt even remember wtf being 18 was like, and my childhood in general wasn't the best either, but i've been struggling a lot as of late and i don't want how i feel now to be the same as how i feel next year. my meds have helped quiet my compulsions a significant amount (i literally felt like i was going kinda cray cray when i was off them š) but theyāre not completely gone. sometimes it just seems like this is all it's ever gonna be forever and iām always gonna feel ashamed of myself for just like⦠existing. my 21 year old self deserves to be happy but idk if iāll be able to give that to her š„²š„²š„²
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