Anyone else literally got like no friends. Not just saying “omg I have no friendsss” but like literally no friends? I’m 21 and since I was 5 and struggled with ocd I’ve never been able to hold a friendship. Anyone relate?
I have no friends. I have work friends that I don’t really see socially outside of work, and I spend a lot of time with family! Every now and then I try to put effort into a friendship, but it usually doesn’t go well, so I’ve started to just focus on my health first. ☺️☺️☺️ I’ve been sad about it for periods of time before, but for now I’m feeling very positive about it. I have faith friendships will come more easily to me once I’m functioning better. Honestly though, even if that doesn’t happen, I will be happy. Try not to let it get you down too much! It is a normal thing. ❤️
Hey all maybe we can all make like a support group or something.
Friendships are very fickle nowadays, because real friends are hard to find.
I’ve noticed that a lot of people with OCD struggle to make and maintain friendships. We might have friends, but the friendships may not be as close as we would like as well as going through a lot of friends. I have a tendency to make a lot of acquaintances but not actual friends. I don’t know if there is any science or research behind it, but it is interesting to me that this tends to be a common experience for people with OCD.
I have one friend only. I do not get to see her much as She travels For Work a lot.
I don’t have a friend outside my career and it makes life hard to just be myself and talk to friend without being analyzed.
Online swift made it hard to make friends lately
@Overcomer Shift
Hi, I have friends but I wish I had close friends. I am trying to make my current friends close ones. I am now your friend! ❤️🙂If you want you can text me. If you are interested I can give you my number.
@Anonymous Same here!!! I’d like to be friends with you guys too. Us OCD folk understand each other the best!! 😊
I have a couple of friends in person but I’ve never had more than a few friends.
@Nica I think a few friends you trust better
I have a couple friends, but everyone is so busy with their lives and families it seems like I don't. It is also incredibly hard to meet people, outside of dating, in you're 20's 😅
@Idyot Completely agree. Dating is easier than friendships . Like at lease in dating I know my role
@Anonymous And there's like a thousand dating apps, friendship apps kinda freak me out lol
It’s hard to see people who have maids of honor and bridal parties and then think that if I ever marry one day, because I don’t have close enough friends, I won’t have that.
@Anonymous I hope that won’t happen. I am the same person who wrote the above post.
@Anonymous I relate to this so much
Hi, if anyone is interested in joining a friendship/support group I am thinking of setting up a texting group. If you are interested reply to this post and also email me at the email in one of the above posts. Thank you!
Hi, someone made this Discord app OCD group link. Feel free to join! https://discord.gg/9YCrxHEu
Okay I’ll get discord now
I’m in now
@Anna:) Okay there is a welcome page and maybe some other pages, you can post on there. I also contributed to that other “no friends” post as well. Have fun with it!
I’m feeling lonely and would like more friends
I can’t seem to get into the discord app. Maybe a text chain?
Hi, this thread is over a year old. Maybe it is no longer active? I haven't been using it for a while.
Gotcha
Hopefully you can find what you need though! I would love to make a friendship group but I don't feel like doing it over the internet unless NOCD sets it up. That would just feel safer.
Want to chat privately
I would, and I trust you mean well, but I would rather do something in person or through NOCD. It's nothing personal , it's just a safety concern.
I feel horrible asking but are you in NJ
@Cloth Don’t feel bad asking! No I’m from California
Gotcha
Ok I’m sorry I didn’t want it to sound creepy or anything
@Cloth No problem
How would we make one
Yeah I understand
I remember reading a comment someone had made to one of my posts on an OCD subreddit and they told me how they believed their OCD symptoms got worse during a time in their life when they were socially isolated. Reading this comment made the brightest lightbulb go off in my head because it basically summarized most of what I’ve been going through. In addition to OCD, I also struggle with depression and social anxiety. I feel like these three things and the profound sense of loneliness I’ve felt throughout my years in college (undergrad) feed off of each other. I know that OCD can manifest in so many different ways regardless of what your social life looks like, but I can’t help but feel like the lack of relationships (specifically friendships)/community in my life has something to do with my mental health and the delay in my recovery. Side note: I’m still relatively new to NOCD, but I’m happy to say that I’ve been making some good progress in my therapy sessions <3
I’ve been dealing with ocd and anxiety since I was a kid, but these recent years have been the worst it’s ever been. It’s hard to communicate with people about your mental health so I’ve been self isolating by accident lol, my social anxiety is terrible and it’s extremely stressful for me to hangout with people and my friends don’t seem to really understand even when I try my best to explain. They notice I don’t hangout as much but to them it’s “me being weird “ or “ a fake friend” I don’t know what to do and it’s frustrating
I’m 19 and struggle with health anxiety, contamination, harm, and magical thinking OCD and would love to meet people with similar experiences and hardships because I have never had an opportunity for such a supportive community!
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