- Username
- Remz
- 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
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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.
So my husband has been off work a couple of months due to me having some pretty severe health problems, not associated with OCD. His Family medical leave has run out and he is returning to work. I’ve been struggling with this because when he’s home my OCD is non existent. When he’s here I feel safe, and I don’t fear because he’s here with me and I feel like he would stop me from losing it if I were to. My recent fear is that when he goes back to work he won’t be here to stop me if I were to lose my mind, I get thoughts of what if I lose my mind, what if I run out in traffic, what of I go to a neighbors house and try to harm someone. I NEVER want to do anything like that, but the thought and fear of it and the urges are very REAL! I know I’m supposed to sit with the uncomfortable thoughts, feelings and urges but my god that’s impossible for me, I go straight into panic attacks and freak out! I’m doing ERP but I’m in the very beginning stages of it, and I’m really struggling to cope. My fear is I’ll forever be debilitated by this and it will cause my husband to lose his job, and we will lose everything. Can anyone help me to find extra resources on how to cope and deal with this, or any hope? I would greatly appreciate it. This is the WORST condition to ever have to deal with. :(
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?
Who else feels like ocd is disabling to them? Do you feel guilty about it? I just wish other saw and felt how disheartening debilitating it is to have this…I literally cannot go to work sometimes or get out of bed because of this
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