Is it common to stop sharing about OCD due to lack of understanding?

Realizing no one really understands ocd…

Has anyone kinda just stopped telling people they have OCD, because no one just gets it? Like u describe the pain and the suffering it had caused you or still caused u and they just brush over it or use some dumb example of how they can relate. Like no, what I go thru is far more painful and unimaginable than u think, and I wish they could just understand…. Because in order to understand me & my life story (even tho my ocd has improved dramatically) u still have to be able to sympathize with this big part of me. And it sucks cuz I never found anyone who could. Like literally anyone who takes it seriously, and that hurts.

Username: citrusy_citrusy_

Date posted: 2y ago

yeah, i think it’s because ocd is so over simplified and media rep is just really bad :((. it’s really hard for people who don’t have it to grasp *why* it sucks, because it’s not just like normal anxiety where you can do things to make it go away. ocd is irrational, ocd is persistent, and it’s a very specific experience unfortunatley. ive found that explaining *why* ocd doesn’t respond to normal anxiety-solving methods, the ocd cycle, and more relatable things like relationship ocd/pure o/contamination ocd with metaphors is helpful.

Username: Jasmine11Jasmine11

Date posted: 2y ago

I feel so dumb to keep telling my sister becuase subconsciously I feel like it just sounds like a one off

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

@Jasmine11 Yeah. I’m 21 and I since I can remember it’s been really difficult to make friends bcuz in order to understand me u have to understand my story, and ocd is was a big part of that

Username: MSR72MSR72

Date posted: 2y ago

Most people are self absorbed and can't empathize. They view other people as objects and don't particularly care if those people experience pain. Some of them even find it funny to wind others up. So yeah, stop telling people. It's like why some people get tattoos an expect others to be interested in the story.

Username: EmilyCruceEmilyCruce

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y ago

I’m so sorry your feeling the others can’t understand your OCD. It can be really difficult, I have also dealt with that feeling - you are not alone. I always still tell my OCD “story” to people because you never know who will be able to relate. I’ve found many friends who actually have OCD too! I would’ve never know if I had never said anything. We don’t need everyone to understand us but we can give them the opportunity to!

Username: Glitter

Date posted: 5y ago

Hey this is my first post on here. I have struggled with ocd since i was 5. I didnt know because I repressed these memories I guess but my mom told me I had to see a therapist when i was in kindergarten. Anyways, I finally opened up to my best friends the other day about my crippling OCD. And none of them seemed to really care...at all. I wish people would realize OCD is more than just being “neat” and “clean”. It makes school and everyday things more difficult. People dont take OCD seriously enough. I wish my friends cared so I could talk to them about it more, since therapy is so expensive, but I just wanted to share my experiences with a group of people who would understand.

Username: Ella1701

Date posted: 4y ago

Am I the only person who feels as tho OCD is like one of the topics you don’t speak of like when your around people who genuinely do not understand or suffer with OCD you can’t mention it.I also suffer with anxiety and although when people are around me enough they can notice behaviour I feel as tho I’d be highly judged for it.Like I shouldn’t feel the way I do because it makes me seem insane to people who can not understand it.No one around me ever truly understands its.

Username: Lauren C

Date posted: 2y ago

Does anyone else deal with having friends who don’t really understand the severity of ocd. Like for example I can explain something I do because of ocd and they’ll be like oh omg same. And it’s like no not the same lol.

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