Frustrating

I’m finding it frustrating to get a post seen here. I’ve asked about anyone jn my age range (midlife) and also if anyone has been healed from body-focused repetitive behaviors (like nail biting or hair pulling), and haven’t received a response. It’s left me feeling extremely alone on this platform. Is it 99% age preteen to 20-somethings? Not to diminish their very real OCD issues, but we face different challenges as older adults. I am looking for peers. And I’m looking for anyone really of any age that has found help for their BFRBs. Mine are out of control. My nails are awful. I’ve had to file teeth a few times in the last year due to chipping and creating grooves due to nail biting, and I can’t seem to stop. It’s getting WORSE. I literally have tendinitis in my elbow that’s due to nail and cheek biting. Last time I had to get a cortisone shot in it due to a fluid collection that was caused! I need HELP.

Username: LavenderGreyhoundLavenderGrey...

Date posted: 1y ago

Hello, I think if you are struggling this bad you definitely need to contact a therapist/psychiatrist. Professional help is always going to be the best choice over speaking to anonymous strangers on a platform. I have also noticed how young the majority of posters are on this platform. I have seen multiple posts about being overcoming their OCD compulsions. It takes a lot of WORK. This is a terrible mental illness we suffer from so unless you put in the effort it is not going to end. I struggle with picking at my skin. It has been something I’ve done for over 10 years. I have good days and bad. Everyday is a battle. Some days I give in, some days I tell ocd to fuck off and no I’m not going to do that thing my brain THINKS it has to do. Maybe you could pick up a hobby that would keep your hands busy that way didn’t want to bite your nails? Or could you wear gloves to stop yourself (like when you’re at home)? I’m sorry you’re struggling.

Username: DominickDominick

Date posted: 1y ago

There are older people on this app. I’m 38. OCD is no joke. I feel for you with your bfrb’s.

Username: JohnGJohnG

Date posted: 1y ago

There's actually a NOCD support group specifically for people with BFRBs. It happens every Monday at 6pm est (5pm cst). Check it out and there might be some people in the age range you're looking for. The support groups can be found through this app.

Username: Jesse M.Jesse M.

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

I'm glad you're here! Thanks for posting. Feeling alone sucks. I spend time here to be in community. What an amazing place to have found. Kudos for saying that you need help. I hope you can get treatment on board. Have you had an OCD specialized therapist? I had to go through crisis to find this place and it was awful but asking for help is the best thing we can do for ourselves. ♥️ For what it's worth, I'm in my late thirties, and I have closer to pure O.

Username: gumdropgumdrop

Date posted: 1y ago

Why can’t I view comments? It shows that there are several replies under a post, but when I try to click on the bubble with the number of comments, it only lets me add another rather than see them.

Username: JohnGJohnG

Date posted: 1y ago

Can you see this comment?

Username: Jenn

Date posted: 6y ago

New to the group! I’m 38 and have had OCD since I was 8 (officially diagnosed at 34). My OCD used to revolve around order and cleaning. In the last year it developed into a chronic series of intrusive thoughts centered around parasites. Lice, bed bugs, fleas....you know it. I’m constantly checking beds, hair any surface. I’m now on my umpteenth attempt with medication and cognitive behavioral therapy. I feel like I’m the only person with these irrational sets of intrusive thoughts. It’s embarrassing and isolating. Anyone here who has a similar fear or focused fear that triggers their ocd?

Username: Curls.90

Date posted: 5y ago

I like this app but unfortunately I just don't seem to get the support I need. Feel so alone. I see other people post and lots of people relate to what they are going through and always reply. I just don't seem to find that. (harm ocd sufferer) when I say hocd most people think I mean homosexual ocd. I know we aren't supposed to ask for reassurance and I'm not really just would be nice to find someone who suffers the same and gets what I'm going through.

Username: BlondeMermaid88

Date posted: 2y ago

Wondering if anyone is in the same boat… For a bit of background, I’m 21 now and am away at university and have finally taken the first steps towards getting mental health help, but I can’t help but wonder why none of my many signs of ocd were caught by those around me sooner 😕 Beginning at around the age of 8 years old (maybe even younger to be honest) I had a compulsion to step on cracks just the right way, if I didn’t step on the very middle of the crack I would stop, go back and do it over again. If I turned my head around once, I needed to do it on the other side to be even, same thing with bumping into doors or walls, if I did it to one arm I needed to go back and do it to the other for symmetry. At school during quizzes or assessments I was almost always the last one done as I would double check my answers 10-20 times as a compulsion. My biggest was and still is knocking on wood three times, at my worst I was doing this from 50-100 times a day. Needless to say some of these (plus many many more) were pretty obvious, and looking back now I’m just kind of frustrated that no adults noticed and, if they did, especially during my younger years, that therapy or ERP wasn’t considered or suggested. I’m in a place now where I’m finally able to seek out mental health support myself, however it’s just frustrating there’s a 7 month wait list at my school when this likely could’ve been addressed over a decade earlier 😔

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