- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 5y ago
IK!! nothing I hate more than when people say 'I'm soooooo OCD' like it's a quirky personality trait. LIKE if u say it in full 'I'm so obsessive Compulsive disorder'????? makes no sense does it. just being tidy is not a disorder? it's like those instagram accounts 'Satisfying OCD videos' OCD isn't satisfying, it's incredibly destructive, MY OCD ISN'T CURED FROM WATCHING A VIDEO OF SOMEONE LINE UP CRAYONS IN ALPHABETIC ORDER OF THE RAINBOW. Stigma is something that prevented me from realising I had a ocd SO as u can see nothing irritates me more!!!!!!!!
Allgood. I understand COMPLETELY. I thought I was a sociopath because I would have NEVER in a million years thought to myself (when the images in my mind first started appearing) “I may have OCD” because that was for people who liked things orderly, which I do but they’re not connected, it isn’t a Compulsion. Which is another thing NO ONE knows that when you are a “clean freak” OCD person you don’t just do it you do it as a result of an image in your mind and you don’t just clean the bathroom once you clean it 3 times. Etc etc. The stigma around this disease prevented me from seeking help for it for YEARS and has caused more damage than I will ever be able to explain to anyone.
Ugh ?
Saammeee. "I feel like that's everyone though" "everyone is like that sometimes"
Yes yes yess when I was young I totally disregarded it because of its stigma and what I thought it was so I didn’t think I was dealing with that until I read comments under a buzzfeed video abt weird things ppl do that’s when I finally looked into it more and I just think if I had known earlier from way younger it would have been more credible to my parents when I tried explaining to them that it was happening to me since I was a child
I remember when I caught a bad case of the OCDs.
Omg this is so true, I tried telling one of my friends and it’s exactly like that, and then they saw this app and they were like I need that! And it’s so annoying this stereotype of “OCD” that everyone says. I want that to end.
The tricky part is sometimes you might not know if they could actually need it or not bc you’re used to hearing ppl stigmatize it youre not sure if the symptoms they relate to might be serious
I have this same problem repeatedly where I see things online about faking OCD and people talking about how OCD isn’t just cleaning and it makes me feel like I’m faking it and it’s pretty much its own theme now. I have a handwashing problem and since it’s so heavily stigmatized as faking I never do it when others are watching because then I feel like I’m seeking attention. Pretty much all of my visible compulsions I do are behind closed doors or on my own and I can’t do anything about it because if I try to show somebody then I’m attention seeking and faking. If I try to talk about the fear then I’m also attention seeking because now I’m guilt tripping and seeking sympathy and therefore I shouldn’t tell anyone and I shouldn’t show anyone. I’m essentially hiding an entire mental illness because of this, the only person I’ve ever really told about my issues is my therapist, nobody else feels safe.
I have a lot of thoughts about the universe, and they’re overwhelming—like being caught in a rip current, except it’s all inside my head. Most of the time, they’re about how small we are, how there really isn’t a “we” because our bodies aren’t truly ours—we’re just bacteria, cells, and microbes. The thoughts spiral, deeper and deeper, smaller and smaller, coiling until suddenly, I’m pulled under, drowning in a whirlpool. I’ve never felt like this before, and I’m convinced I’ve been faking it somehow. For the past few weeks, my OCD has been worse than it’s ever been in my 20 years of life. Or maybe I’m just more aware of it now. Has anyone else had their OCD suddenly get really bad? Does it ever end—if it even can? I’ve convinced myself that my intrusive thoughts aren’t actually intrusive, that my OCD is a choice, and that everything I do is intentional. As for compulsions, I don’t have the typical “If I don’t do ____ then ____ will happen” kind of thoughts. Instead, my brain simply commands, “Do ____,” and I always give in. It’s so loud in my head, and I can’t shake the feeling that I’m an imposter. Like I don’t belong here—like my presence on this app is an intrusion, invalidating everyone else’s struggles just by downloading it and daring to post. If anyone feels that way, if you think I’m intruding, I’m sorry. I only came here because I have no one to share my diagnosis with. Pouring my thoughts out, hoping someone might understand, feels less suffocating than journaling. Journaling is like letting a wound fester—each word burying the thoughts deeper, leaving them to decay in silence, for nobody to ever read but myself.
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
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