- Date posted
- 2y ago
Anyone’s ocd preventing them from working?
Im currently working but I wish I could take some time to focus on my mental health and not have financial worries
Im currently working but I wish I could take some time to focus on my mental health and not have financial worries
This is so so hard and my heart breaks for anyone in this situation. OCD is one of the top 10 most debilitating illnesses in the world. Unfortunately far too many cannot afford to not work and focus solely on their mental health- I wish they could. I wish you could. Is there a way you can get treatment and maybe do a reduced schedule or ask for some time off? I know it may not be likely, but even adding support groups or some treatment while working can be very helpful. Does your work offer short-term disability? These are some areas I would check into. I just want you to know that it can get better and there is hope. As hard as this is right now, please know that it can be so much better. Hang in there. Check out, support groups.
Yup. I’m a stay at home now I really need to start working. But ocd takes up most of my time, I’m waisting time on these thoughts
I wish I could stay at home but I’m single and have a mortgage to pay :( work is stressing me out even more because I’m so focused on my intrusive thoughts I’m so scared that I’ll type them out and then my life will be ruined
Yess
I stopped working in May because I knew something was wrong. I was diagnosed in July or so. I still haven't tried to go back to work. Taking my time is the best decision I've made. I've learned so much about myself and the way I think through MBSR class (highly recommend). I'm fortunate to have a family that supports me and savings to carry me for a few months longer. It's stressful to watch the money dwindle. But I think if I rushed back to work I'd be setting myself up for another breakdown.
My ocd is ruining my relationship with my kids. Because of the intrusive thoughts I avoid being close to them, hugging or cuddling up to watch tv. My ocd is either telling me I wouldn’t care if harm came to them or it turns everything into something sexual or inappropriate. For example, my daughter wanted to show me how long her nails are so she started scratching my arm gently. It felt so nice and relaxing and I immediately panicked because I was scared the ocd would cause a groinal and I don’t ever, ever want a feeling like that connected with my child even though I know it’s the ocd causing it and not me i’d still feel horrible. I just want to be a normal loving affectionate mom and I can never be that for my kids because of ocd😪 I don’t see any other parents posting about going through this or commenting that they do and how they cope. I feel so alone and defeated.
Every day my ocd makes sure there’s a new reason for me to stay trapped in my mind rather than being the mom I want to be that my kids need. Instead i’m stuck in my head depressed and pushing them away. The other day I was braiding my daughter’s hair like I always do and her hair is really long so when I get to the end of the braid I can see her butt in my peripheral vision and I looked down and I immediately got upset asking myself why did I look down?(the ocd has made me question everything I do now). I know it’s just because I was at the end of the braid and I just looked because I was already looking in that direction. A normal person wouldn’t even think twice about it. There was no inappropriate reason behind it at all but of course my ocd latched onto the situation and said I looked down because I wanted to look at her butt. I was so upset and said to myself “I don’t understand how the ocd started an intrusive thought because she was wearing baggy pants. I could understand if she had on tight pants and her butt was more noticeable” and the only reason I said that is because usually the only time my ocd starts intrusive thoughts telling me i’m looking at my daughter in a wrong way is when she has on leggings or a crop top or bathing suit ect. Now my ocd twisted what I said to mean that I like looking at her in tight pants. Nooo! That’s not what I meant but now the ocd won’t stop trying to make me believe that. I don’t ever look at my children in any inappropriate way. I hate this. I hate ocd and I can’t live like this anymore.
Anyone struggle with this with having ocd?
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