I have questions for those of you who have been diagnosed! 1) how did it feel for you when you started telling your friends about your diagnosis? Did you tell your friends and family at all? 2) Before your diagnosis, how did you feel about going to talk to a therapist or a specialist for the first time? Your answers are only for my reference and further understanding! Thank you.

@maga thanks for responding and being open. I appreciate it lots!

It took me a while to get diagnosed, and before I knew what it was I just felt so terribly awful and knew there was something very wrong and phoned the therapist in the midst of a panic attack. I tried to explain to her: "I'm agonizing over something I didn't do and I know I didn't do it but I just can't let it go". It was awful. I haven't told all my friends, but the thing is, there is so much ignorance, I don't think they would get it.

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I always was able to keep my OCD pretty hidden then it became more intense and I'd be noticed w some of my OCD things I'd do but I basically self diagnosed and then saw Dr and specialist in which doesn't seem to help me that much besides taking a slight edge off w the meds. I didn't mind talking to someone about it since it controls a lot of my life but also I'm not into just talking to people I meet about it because I don't like that focus of that on me more than I already deal w it in life.

@Bkm1973 thanks for sharing your experiences. I appreciate it!

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