how do you all deal with going to work while having ocd? i have to go to work tomorrow for the first time in a while and i’ve been obsessing really bad the past couple of weeks. i’m scared i won’t actually be able to function or anything because all i’ve been doing every day all day has been obsessing. i’m really nervous. any advice will be appreciated.
Ask for any adjustments you can get. Don’t take on more work than you can manage. Set yourself a schedule with buffers. Plan your annual leave out & remember work is simply a stop in your day. It’s not your whole day nor is it your purpose. Plan to do things you enjoy in your free time - work might help you break up the obsessive thinking. You’ll ultimately need to seek help for your OCD as this will help you manage and cope at work. Also don’t be too hard on yourself… you have a mental health condition that can make day to day functioning really difficult. You’re doing great.. keep trying your hardest ❤️
@thrutheweather thank you :)
Work is very hard for my ocd. I don’t know if I have advice but just be gentle with yourself and don’t judge your self
@Anonymous thank you !
That’s terrible. I’m sorry you’re feeling that way. It is difficult. I struggled in school when I first developed my ocd. And I still struggle with it today. It is scary. I’m not sure I have any advice. Whatever happens though you have the support of nocd and you can always recover later when work is over. Just take comfort in relaxing at home when work is over and try to confide in others about the stress and then try to journal about it or use affirmations. You get through it and the day will end. There is always tomorrow. I wish you hope and healing.
@Anonymous thank you, i struggled a lot in school when i first developed the pocd theme so i understand that feeling. i had to withdraw from college recently because my depression was really bad and when i came back home my ocd came back full force, which is what i’m struggling with right now.
Can anyone give me advice about having ocd while in school because it’s starting soon and I’m scared that I won’t do my best?
When my ocd is bad should I stay home from work? Or does that just reinforce the fear? I've even considered quitting my job because of this. On my bad days I've almost cried at my station and it took all my power to not. I just feel terrible and robbed of who I was before.
Hey everyone! I’m new to this app, but not new when it comes to OCD treatments. A few years ago I had to leave school/ my job in order to work on my mental health which was hard but needed. Mentally things have more or less gotten better OCD wise but I still really struggle with protectionism. I started a new job within the past 6 months that is challenging, but I enjoy enough to hopefully stay at for a few years. As of the past two weeks I have been really struggling with ruminating over my performance at work. I have been trying really hard to learn all the moving parts of the job, but because of lack of mentoring and constant little hiccups I have been stressing. Currently I have been overwhelmed/ overthinking so much that I have been messing up my work and it seems like my coworkers are pretty annoyed by constantly having to correct me. It’s honestly my worst fear as a perfectionist to feel like a burden. My intrusive thoughts as of late is that they are going to think I don’t care or try hard enough, that they talk bad about me to each other, and that they are going to fire me. Has anyone else experienced this type of OCD perfectionism that affects there performance within school or work and if so is there anything that you did in order to help recenter yourself in the moment to stop your brain from running in circles?
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