Have you told your family or friends about it? What were their reactions? Did you feel guilty? Did it feel like you were making things up?
No because it doesn’t affect them, and it’s easier for me to not have to deal with being misunderstood or the burden of educating them. I’ve dealt with mental health issues all my life, and found no support in my family, I found the opposite. I do have close friends but I guess I’ve been traumatized from the experiences with my family so I don’t share with anyone.
No🥶
I share all of my mental illness diagnoses with people but that doesn’t mean I get into the specifics.
Yes family and friends know. Some found that it explained a lot when I told them. All were supportive. It’s okay to let the people who care about you know that you are struggling - they care. If you have a diagnosis then it’s OCD trying to make you feel like you are making things up.
Yes. I tell friends and family. OCD is so misunderstood so I want them to be educated. They know my themes and are incredibly supportive. I hid it for so long until recently and it was absolutely freeing knowing they know.
Hello 🙂 I’ve told my family who were lovely and supportive. Also told my manager who seems a little disinterested but ok so far.
For those of you in relationships with ROCD, do your partners know of your diagnosis. I am new to treatment and new to this avenue of mental health. I am generally pretty open and honest with my partner about things but the dark side of my mind I keep hidden. I’m scared to tell him about this if I’m diagnosed. And I’m scared that if I’m diagnosed and something real does go south in the relationship then my diagnosis will be used against me.
I was super recently diagnosed with OCD and nervous to share my diagnosis with my family. I’m a somewhat messy person and don’t have germophobic tendencies, so since I don’t have the stereotypical OCD presentation I was terrified that nobody would believe me. I ended up talking to my mom and making a silly TikTok post about it, which my grandma saw. Not only did they believe and support me–I learned that my grandma has it too! Funny to look back on, but really cool to see that the worst outcome doesn’t always happen. (:
Have u told ur partners about ur intrusive thoughts? I know you dont have to..but I am curious..And if you dont do you feel guilty ? And like you hide from them? If u do, how do you deal with that?
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