Tbh, my OCD is rarely spoken of irl as I keep it to myself. I only write about ocd online so it’s like a deep dark secret of mine, lol. If anyone finds out this about me, it’s all over…
I told a family member and they took it really well. The fact I even said it out loud really surprised me but I’m glad I did.
It’s definitely not all over; this is a mental illness.
Nothing over lol.... There's nothing wrong with you.... Nobody in my life also doesn't know about it..... But if somebody finds it out that's not over for me or neither you...
I know what that is like. I hid my OCD as best I could but others noticed something was there. I would just say “it’s fine, I’m fine” because I was embarrassed. Recently I started talking about it to close family and friends. It’s hard but it has helped me to say these things out loud. Irl.
I have thoughts that others think that I think my private parts smell. It’s twisted. But I freeze up and have trouble concentrating. I don’t overly bathe or spray perfume, I know I don’t smell. But, OCD tells me, “Well I know we don’t smell, but they think you are acting as if we do. So leave the room, bite your cheek, turn your head or many of the other body postures you do to stay afloat. Because, they all know and you will be ostracized and laughed at”.
I still hide my ocd. Even from my partner to a certain extent only bc I don’t think he’ll understand. I only talk about it in here or to my therapist c
I hid mine for over 30 yrs. I finally told him. He’s very supportive and didn’t laugh, act weird or make me feel weird either. He told me of some of the thoughts he has as well. So he and my therapist are the only ones who know. It is hard to share such embarrassing stuff, but one day I felt so alone and defeated and was crying inconsolably and then I said” I never told you this. But I want you to know about my thoughts and how distraught it makes me. And I’ve been suffering ever since I met you”. Yup! I told him. It was very tough to do. I hear ya. You don’t have to share though.
I am wanting to go to therapy to hopefully lower my OCD symptoms but I am terrified to tell anyone else, like a therapist, about my intrusive thoughts. Has anyone else had this experience and if so how did you get over it?
Hi I kept seeing this app on repeat on TikTok over and over and I thought I give it a shot. I have never been diagnosed with OCD but I know that I have it. I’m a young adult and I found out the first time I had OCD was watching lelelons truth video? I was 14 at the time She had to resist sitting back down in a chair after her having sat down she started having a mental break down when she was told to resist. That’s when I knew. It started with myself going up and down a staircase twice buckling unbuckling my seat belt everytime I’m in the car ect I have always been super anti social but trying my best I can socialize but my mind wants to make it sexual with family and friends ughhhh I hate it because that’s not me when I graduated thoughts of hurting my loved ones corrupted my mind I broke down outside of church one time asking if this was really me or not i question if I’m a good enough friend or person in this world to begin with thinking everyone is judging me so so close how can I make this situation better did I do something wrong I struggle with depression as well not to bad but it’s there I come from a loving family but broken as well i believe in god and my OCD makes me go often he’s not real that stuff isn’t real no one is there to save you the list goes on. Anyway I struggle a lot and I really hope that this will help me because I feel extremely hopeless. Lucky for me I do have the ability to seek therapy and I am excited. The only person I ever tell my thoughts to is God no other human has heard so I’m really really hoping this helps me out if your reading this thank you it means a lot because this is my first time ever admitting all this it’s a lot to take in I know and I hope you are ok and that you have a great night and know that we got this
Has anyone experienced their reputation affected or misunderstood because of a societally taboo OCD theme? Others catching wind of your obsessions and misinterpreting it, assuming the worst? I’m intentionally keeping it vague because I don’t want my specific situation to get reassured, but it’s been a real tough pill to swallow knowing that people close to me (and anyone else they might talk to) think of me differently. I’m unwilling to share about my OCD because I feel pretty confident it will be taken as an excuse or denial, and feels compulsive and reassurance seeking. Let me know if anyone here has experienced anything like it, how they handled it, exposures you did.
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