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That’s really great that you’re making progress towards recovery Dale. OCD is a disorder but that doesn’t mean by any means that you can’t get better from it. Brain chemistry does affect how we think and act but exposure therapy has the potential to rewire your brain. It doesn’t work for everyone though, and I would assume many people who are actually on disability for OCD haven’t had success with the current treatments there are like SSRI’s and ERP. OCD is in fact a disorder and can absolutely be a disability.
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OCD is rated one of the top ten most disabling disorders in the world
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@DaleJr, OCD can be considered a disability as can other mental health disorders :) The impact OCD can have on one’s life can be detrimental. OCD is a brain disorder; it is not as simple as just realizing OCD has little power over your life, as you say.
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Harm, suicidal, existential, medical, and scrupulosity. The last one that's really hanging on is the existential one because it's the most unexplainable. But it's on it's way out. The anxiety has pretty much left almost completely
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I understand where you’re coming from. It’s just that for someone like me who has suffered with OCD for long term (about 10 years), it seemed like you were downplaying the seriousness of OCD by saying it isn’t a disorder or a disability, so just something to keep in mind to be careful of what you say. I understand you weren’t intending to do that. You’re fortunate you were able to seek treatment soon after the start of your disorder but for others who weren’t able to do that, treatment can be much more difficult, especially when we don’t know what life without OCD is.
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Mine started officially with HOCD when I was 19 in college but looking back I had other ocd tendencies my whole life.
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OCD isn't a disability.
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You're only limiting your potential by labeling OCD as a disorder. You need to do more recovery work so you can realize that OCD has very very little power to your life.
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*disability
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But it can be defeated. Again don't make things seem so hopeless that it lasts forever. It doesn't if you put in the work.
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I understand that but it truly does have little power. I went from a Y-BOCS score of 37 and brought it down to 12 in 4 months. Put in the work and it will get better. You shouldn't let this define you or your potential.
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To answer the question, whether or not you choose to disclose having a disability on a job application is up to you. Choosing to do so shouldn’t affect your application.
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^agreed. I'm currently a firefighter now and it didn't affect me
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What kind of ocd did u have dale
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Did u go on any medication?
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Nope! Manifested back I'm February of this year and my YBOCS was at a 37. Today my score was a 7. It's almost over with. I will not be dealing with this ever again soon
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Wow that's awesome good for you. How old r u
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Preciate it! I'm 22
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Of course I can absolutely believe that! Ive read many stories of others with OCD that haven't had success in treatment and it breaks my heart but it is a smaller percentage. My only intention was to provide more motivation and for others to not directly attach OCD to who they really are. No harm intended
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Yeah I suffered for 6 years
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@js94 When did yours start? Mine started when I was young, around 12 or 13, and I didn’t know what I was experiencing at the time. I ended up self diagnosing myself online a few years later. I wish an adult in my life would’ve recognized what I was dealing with and I would’ve been able to start therapy sooner, that would’ve made a big difference in my life.
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Often times I find myself spiraling out in the morning about all sorts of things. When I try and catch myself and figure out what I am obsessing over it’s like it goes away. I haven’t moved. I have been sitting frozen on the floor because I can’t go to work because I am behind on work and I hate being late and I hate being messy but I am frequently late and my room is cluttered and full of stuff. I want to be good and move and go to work but I don’t know what is coming today and I hate my job so I know I will get bored and when I have nothing to keep me busy and engaged I like start thinking and taking an inventory of what is going on and then I will feel a sensation and what is the sensation? How did it happen? And I know that I will pick up the bad emotions in the office and get contaminated, I was really worried about things like this as a kid too I cried because I had to touch dirt in kindergarten. I know I am this way and I have been this way for a while but at the same time I think I might just be normal and like I don’t know why I get stuck in thinking like this. Then I begin to doubt that OCD is real because everyone has a brain with wiring and everyone gets stuck in thought sometimes. I feel disabled from whatever this is because I am stuck. I literally cannot move because I don’t know what’s wrong and I know I have to go to work even though I feel like every moment I spend there is making everything worse because other people are so stressed and I get it from them. And I don’t feel ready because I just feel off and something is wrong and I just don’t know what to do because if it’s OCD or not OCD everything anyone knows about me is coming from me and I worry that I am often masking all the thinking I’m doing because thinking all the time is rude and inconsiderate and inconvenient for those around me, but I can’t stop. I just don’t feel right, right now - and I want to know WHY?? Why is everything off all the time? How do I even know that I am not making up the experience of OCD in my head to cover up something really wrong with me and now I am taking on the symptoms of OCD like an actress, because this could be something that I can latch onto as a final hope for explaining why I am stuck. So stuck so deeply and terribly stuck sitting on my floor next to my bed just scrolling to avoid thinking because any time I start thinking I am left with no answers or help or anything just this swirly feeling. I know I am trying, maybe not my best, but as much as I possibly can. I want to be a Special Education Teacher but I have so much so so so much doubt and uncertainty about every decision I make and everything I know that I can’t get there right now. I can’t do anything right now until it feels ok and then I will. It never feels ok. I know I have to be ok not feeling ok about it. I can be unsure and still be ok. I know it’s just my thinking and my body but I just can’t get past this feeling. And then I know that because I can calm myself and be ok even though I spent 2 hours of my life today already feeling stuck and spinning around and around and around in my head - I don’t feel sure about my OCD and I think it’s a bit of a scam made up by people to cultivate pathology around deep human thought because one day I might figure it out and we all think a lot.
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I posted the other day about my subtype of staring ocd but I’m supposed to start a new job next week. I work in wellness/beauty and will be seeing people half naked. It doesn’t trigger me as I’m treating clients but only when I’m not supposed to be looking (like normal interactions). It happens when people wear very revealing clothes or are super curvy and my eye goes to that area. It also happens when people are adjusting themselves and my eye goes to their hands. It’s very embarrassing and I quit my last job because of this and I don’t want to make more people feel uncomfortable. It left me very depressed and hopeless. It’s such a frustrating type of ocd to deal with because it impacts me financially and socially. I just want to feel okay. Anyways, I’m writing this because I’m wondering if I should share with my new employer about this issue so I don’t weird anyone out or keep it to myself? I’m not sure what to do. I need money as I have a mortgage and two kids and would like to help my husband. I’m currently on Zoloft 50mg, have done therapy but this is such a hard type to treat as it’s not the cleaning type. I know I’m not supposed to ask for advice about what to do but I need to know so I can make a decision and not get cold feet.
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Does anyone have OCD regarding always feeling like you are not good enough at your job? I'm 58 years old now I've had OCD since childhood. Every job I've been at I never felt as good as my colleagues. I am a nurse but I worked at that for 15 years I had a breakdown of sorts in 2017 and went on disability. I now work part time as a a swim instructor for kids. I always was afraid of killing someone when I was a nurse. Then I tried dog grooming but I was afraid I would do it wrong and hurt the dogs. At least now the stakes are lower. But my OCD is the same. I work with colleagues who are about 40 years younger than I am . I am afraid of teaching certain classes bc I feel like I wouldn't do as good a job as someone else. I know I can do it but it's like I have a fear of not giving them their money's worth. I've been at my current job for 2 years . I've gotten very positive comments from my managers but I can't seem to believe them. I feel a lot of shame bc I lost a lot of my life to OCD and I am at an age where people are starting to retire after long and successful careers and here I am working at an entry level job. I'm planning on trying to get out of my comfort zone and teaching some of the classes I'm afraid of .it's really hard. I'm always scared what if I lose my benefits and had to work again as a nurse how would I do it.
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