- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 6y
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
Hi everyone☀️ has anyone ever vented to a friend without knowing it is a compulsion? Meaning like you believe the thoughts so much in your head you vent to them and they agree with you? Which then fuels your obsessions about your relationship even more? I have really done that less lately the more I have learned about my ROCD, but wanted to know if anyone else experiences this? It’s so hard when we think we are just venting and then someone agrees or goes along with the obsession because they don’t understand the OCD..which then fuels my ROCD 😭 idk if I’m making sense lol hopefully someone understands
My mom will sit and listen to me for quite a while, but she interrupts a lot and gets angry/upset. While I appreciate her passion, it's often stressful. Every time I come to her, if I even *mention* OCD, she gets frustrated and says, "Everyone deals with these issues, you know. It doesn't mean it's OCD." And I repeat, "I'm not saying my issues are unique — I'm saying the way I respond to them is a problem." But she just shakes her head and says, "Okay, I need to get back to my day." Full context, I'm an adult, and I live with my boyfriend, but I'm staying at my mom's for the next month. After living away from home for years, I went back to living with her during the pandemic, and I only recently left to live with him. Honestly, I think living with her for so long in my adulthood really messed with me and made me feel like a teenager all over again. I feel like my mental growth is stunted, and that's part of why my OCD is so bad lately. Not blaming, just noticing. She doesn't seem to understand how relieving the OCD diagnosis has been for me, because it explains so so so many things I've struggled with for years, and it's exciting to have more resources that can help me. But I think she sees it as me finding an excuse to *not* work on myself, which is just untrue. I'm not going to let OCD hold me back or use it as an excuse, but I'm also not going to pretend it's not a problem when I know it is — I was even diagnosed through NOCD. The whole point being to fix it, not use it as a crutch. When I have an issue, it's unbearable. Any issue, big or small, feels just the same. I feel a sinking feeling, my mind races, my heart beats out of my chest. I end up running to my support systems, crying, ruminating for days on end. Then, months later, the same exact issue can feel like nothing anymore, because it's no longer an obsession. I'm sure everyone deals with issues in a similar way, but I *know* there is something specific and debilitating going on with me. This is reassurance seeking, but in the face of being told I'm making a big deal out of nothing, can someone diagnosed with OCD tell me if they relate to the specific intensity of these feelings??
I’m 19 and struggle with health anxiety, contamination, harm, and magical thinking OCD and would love to meet people with similar experiences and hardships because I have never had an opportunity for such a supportive community!
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