- Username
- justtryingmybest
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Yeap, actually that is very common. They say that a major event can trigger the OCD big time in some people such as going to college or getting married. For me was the birth of my daughter at age 24. I was one before that and someone different after it.
idk if this answers your question id say it's more like a wave from an ocean you can't find. i had ocd ever since i was five, so it's origins are unclear to me. it'll come and it'll not go, but fade, over and over again. like for example it hit me at full force last year and has been that way since. stress can definitely make it worse tho. with age, with the progression of life, comes stress.
completely. i’m going to be a senior and for as long as i remember i was always so scared of being a senior bc that meant growing up, going to college, and basically being on my own; which was one of the biggest anxiety things for me. now i’ve kinda noticed that the older i got, the worse it got. i would get a hold on things then lose grip, then get a hold, then lose grip again. it’s always been like that. but the weird thing is that i have HOCD and that’s not even close to what always used to give me to most anxiety and what i was always so worried about. idk, it’s all so weird. i’m just hoping that this won’t last forever and that it’ll eventually go away :/
yesssss! I am 20 and I've literally only just this year realised that I had OCD. I honestly just thought everyone thought like this, and asking for reassurance is a BIG compulsion of mine that I didn't even know I was doing. I look back now and every stressful thing I've been through has been due to my ocd. it's a severe anxiety disorder so it can develop from GAD/anxiety. I hope you have support around you and find this community helpful, please give ERP try when you're ready it's helped me so much and hopefully will for you too
So I have OCD about OCD itself. Like I will be talking about harm OCD or POCD that I struggle/struggled with as a kid and it come up sometimes now but it was rlly bad as a kid (I’m 16 now) and then I’ll worry “what if you don’t have harm ocd or pocd, and when you have pocd you can’t get the images and thoughts out of your head but because it doesn’t make you feel as physically sick as sexuality OCD what if I’m making my POCD and harm OCD up for attention?! Can anyone relate...
Is it possible that at first it was very clear that it was ocd but now that it’s worsening it’s slowly starting to feel like it isn’t? Like the symptoms are 10x more extreme?
I’ve reached a breaking point and people seem to be noticing. A week ago somebody had moved something at work on my desk and it bothered me so much it sent me into a breakdown. Like I’ve always had ocd and the more I think about it I feel like I’ve always had ROCD because growing up I’d have such strong feelings for boys and then as soon as I was about to date them, cut them off because in my head I was scared they would have to settle. Like I’d purposely find something I don’t like about them and then get scared I’d have to spend my life with them. I was 15, why would I be marrying them??? in my head it made sense though. Every connection I had with a boy was alway ruined with these thoughts. I’d be out on a date and then see another cute boy and then be like wow do I really want to go any further with the guy I’m on a date with if there are so many other guys out there??? How do I know they’re the one?? I didn’t even know ROCD was a thing but it makes sense that I’ve had it all my life right?? I always passed it off as being really picky but now it just seems like ROCD. And then my family really honing in on my relationships and asking when I’d get a boyfriend really fucked with me. In my head I’d be like “I’ll get one when I find the right one” but to them I always had a feeling they thought I was just gay. Like I’d get so defensive like hello I’m just picky!!! Then everyone at work started asking and the more they’d ask the more I’d start to worry. I’d be more cautious of the way I’d dress and things I’d do and I’m starting to think that all that started to build up and now I have HOCD. Does that seem like a possibility to anyone? because now the intrusive thoughts are just “what if you’re not picky and you’re just gay?” but then I think back to all the times and all the feelings I’ve had for so many guys that got ruined because of my fears of commitment. Could it have been ROCD all along?
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