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Are there any Latinos here ? How did you guys open up to your parents about ocd ? My mom is somewhat more understanding of it and supportive .
Are there any Latinos here ? How did you guys open up to your parents about ocd ? My mom is somewhat more understanding of it and supportive .
hi! i’m latina. luckily my mom is more open-minded about mental health than most hispanic parents but she still can be pretty frustrating about it. a lot of her advice amounts up to “pray” but i’m fortunate that she pushed me pretty hard to find therapy. as for how i opened up, i haven’t really. i don’t like to tell anyone the specifics of my themes, but i have been pretty frank about what ocd can be. i’ve told her about how it’s more than just contamination and there can harm and pocd subtypes. if you want to show her how it can feel like to have ocd, i would recommend this video https://youtu.be/HeYjDbRmAsM
I am not Latino, I am Swedish, and my mom has no real understanding but tries to understand, she wants to be supportive but doesn't honestly understand the whole thing
@Veeeee I suggest showing her videos soo she can better comprehend it and understand it’s true concept. I’m sure there’s some form of translation . Are you from Sweden ? Do you guys have videos there on mental health explaining ocd ?
@Veeeee Are you a teenager as well?
I am latina & it’s honestly really hard for me to open to my mom & dad as well about it. It’s always “ get over it “ & that i’m just being dramatic & etc. Which makes it harder for me, i try to explain it to them but then i know they’re going to look at me confused. I have tried before to explain it & all i get is the same responses. So i just don’t really open up to them about it, i get called picky.
I am latina, and to be honest it was hard bc they didnt quite understand what i was going thru they would just tell me "dont think that way" or blame it on something else (spouse, stress etc) it wasnt until i made my husband take me to get help at a mental health hospital. That my parents realized how serious it was and then i gave them the diagnosis, and they began to do their own research and they now sorta understand and try to help me thru it. But for the most part they are just supportive. Which is okay to me. I was just tired of them making me feel like i couldnt just get over it.
So I recently got diagnosed with ocd, and due to me growing up in a household who doesn’t believe in it I have an even harder time grasping if it’s a real diagnosis or not. I know it is but my parents still get mad at me when I tell them not to reassure me and things like that, since they don’t want to understand me anytime. They always put the blame on me and they do everything and how I’m ungrateful. I am very greatful but I told my mom to try to understand this condition but she refuses to, my dad just completely ignores that it exists. It’s just hard to cope around it and not be stuck in a loop, I’m leaving in a few months after graduating so hopefully that will help. It’s hard when my parents don’t want to try to understand what I go through.
Hello everyone! Is there anyone who told their partners that you experienced POCD in the past or that you are experiencing right now? How did they handle it? Did they understand it? Were they supportive? I'm creating future scenarios in my mind that I need to confess this to a future partner.
Hi all, I would really appreciate some advice on how you told a loved one about having ocd, specifically a significant other. I’ve been with mine for over 5 years, and I just had a recent diagnosis of OCD. To be honest, with the subtype I have, it’s really crippling to deal with, and I have a major worry of my partner not understanding the subtype. I would love to get some advice on how to best approach it and how to provide understanding that I’m still the same person. Thanks!
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