- Date posted
- 2y ago
new to ocd
learning about ocd and specifically pure o has made me think that maybe, just maybe, i’m not crazy
learning about ocd and specifically pure o has made me think that maybe, just maybe, i’m not crazy
Hello, you are definitely not crazy! Imagine if your best friend told you they were going the same thing you were. Would you tell them they were crazy? Of course not. Usually we are our biggest critics. I use to think I was crazy too. But then I saw I was not alone and saw others were dealing with the same thing I was. Glad you found this app and would encourage you to learn all you can about ocd! It’s more common then you think.
You are not crazy and when you figure out it is OCD it is the best feeling in the world, the relief you feel or at least I felt many years ago was unbelievable. Now it's time to find the tools and put those tools in your tool box. Life went from pure fear back to fun and happiness for me. In times of high high stress whether self induced or situational i can fall back into patterns that bring back major rumination thats my queue to slow down and get my tools from my tool box. Best of luck to you.
Good ol OCD and it's tricks! I am glad you are learning about OCD and how it can make us think all sorts of things, but it doesn't mean it's true! Hang in there and know that you are not alone. If you haven't checked out the YOUTUBE lives that NOCD offers, check them out! So, much to learn and a community so that you do not have to feel alone in your OCD and its thoughts.
What makes you think you’re going crazy?
I felt like I was going crazy and I think it was the ocd
i experienced something very similar when i first learned about ocd at 17. up to then i thought i was just crazy, and everyone shut me down when i talked about my obsessions. you're not crazy!
That’s kinda my question. All my thoughts feel so realistic and so now I doubt if they are ocd and if I just can’t make my mind up about something and I’m using ocd as an excuse or something idc I feel like this post is word vomit.
Hi I kept seeing this app on repeat on TikTok over and over and I thought I give it a shot. I have never been diagnosed with OCD but I know that I have it. I’m a young adult and I found out the first time I had OCD was watching lelelons truth video? I was 14 at the time She had to resist sitting back down in a chair after her having sat down she started having a mental break down when she was told to resist. That’s when I knew. It started with myself going up and down a staircase twice buckling unbuckling my seat belt everytime I’m in the car ect I have always been super anti social but trying my best I can socialize but my mind wants to make it sexual with family and friends ughhhh I hate it because that’s not me when I graduated thoughts of hurting my loved ones corrupted my mind I broke down outside of church one time asking if this was really me or not i question if I’m a good enough friend or person in this world to begin with thinking everyone is judging me so so close how can I make this situation better did I do something wrong I struggle with depression as well not to bad but it’s there I come from a loving family but broken as well i believe in god and my OCD makes me go often he’s not real that stuff isn’t real no one is there to save you the list goes on. Anyway I struggle a lot and I really hope that this will help me because I feel extremely hopeless. Lucky for me I do have the ability to seek therapy and I am excited. The only person I ever tell my thoughts to is God no other human has heard so I’m really really hoping this helps me out if your reading this thank you it means a lot because this is my first time ever admitting all this it’s a lot to take in I know and I hope you are ok and that you have a great night and know that we got this
i’ve been dealing with this “thing” since i was 15. (i’m 23 now) if i have a bad memory that i have done when i was really young or just an intrusive thought i feel like i need to tell my mom or boyfriend. it’s been on and off ever since but since January hit it’s been an everyday thing about the littlest things. mostly about my relationship. an example is i was talking to someone random at my job and we were talking about taxes and when im in deep thought or just thinking i do a thing where i bite my lip (not in the sexual way) and i had a thought when it happened “was that sexual?” and i felt like i did something wrong and i went for a while thinking that until i told my boyfriend about it. or like my ex’s face has popped up in my head in the most inappropriate times and i feel the need that i have to tell him. (my ex was not a good person) i feel like im a prisoner in my head everyday, trying to justify thoughts or remind myself that its just a thought. i didnt know that this was or could be a form of ocd. it runs in my family but i’ve just never considered it being this. i always called it anxiety or depression but i always felt like it is more than that.
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