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- 2y ago
Fired from Job Because of OCD
Has anyone been fired from a job because of OCD? Were you able to get another job?
Has anyone been fired from a job because of OCD? Were you able to get another job?
That’s exactly how I feel and it’s exhausting. It consumes you in a way you can’t define. Again, I am sorry you are going through this, I feel you. Maybe best to have an open discussion with the HR on the two previous instances.
Thank you! Thank you very much!!!! So true! The less work I did, the more exhausted I was, because I didn't spend the extra time relaxing but doing compulsions. It does consume you to the point you feel like you've lost yourself and the whole of you just turned into the Ocd. And yet you're still trying to hide it from everyone else and hope they don't notice. They do, eventually. They notice you've changed. They just don't realize it's ocd underneath it all. Nobody says anything. But they sure are confused about you. I've seen the abbreviation HR above. Could you pls tell me who or what is HR? My OCD is now better to some extent since I've been on medication, serotonin. Since October 22. But the side effects are so strong that I just can't function the way I am supposed to and expected to in everyday life, and that's the reason I can't figure out how I'm going to be able to work if I get a job. I need money, but at the same time I am praying noone hires me until I somehow get my life back together. Imagine being in a relationship with someone like me?!
By the way, I am so sorry you know what I am talking about. I am so sorry you feel like that too. But at the same time, it makes the world of difference to know there is someone else out there who knows how you feel. Before finding the NOCD's community I thought nobody would ever understand. Thanks for replying.
I'd love to know this bc I'm struggling at the moment wi t h the number of sick days i've taken. I'm trying to find a physiatrist to help with my reasonable accommodation paperwork but it's hard.
Why did you get fired?
@Winchester2004 I was recently diagnosed with staring OCD...I've been written up twice due to that.
@Starxgurl06 I have staring ocd too. But what exactly happened? Did they feel like you were giving people weird looks?
@Winchester2004 I looked at patients inappropriately...it's ruining everything in my life.
Written up for what reason if you don't mind me asking
I did not get fired, but I lost a lot of clients bc of ocd. I needed the money, but I couldn't take it from them because they were somehow triggering my ocd. I just looked for excuses for not wanting to be in business relationship with them anymore. I didn't tell them the truth, I just gave stupid excuses. (like not having enough time,...). I would break up a whole group of clients because I was scared of one of them. So not only loosing one client's payment for the course they wanted to attend, I lost the payment from 6-9 other members in the group. I had to close my company eventually. I wasn't able to function. I would spend more time on compulsions than on the actual work. I was so tired all the time. Now I am looking for a new job, but honestly I am not sure if I am capable of doing any.
Anyone else develop it in their 30s? I’m 33 and just started showing symptoms in October 2024. So far have only been diagnosed with GAD , PD and depression.I started having intrusive thoughts after a series of panic attacks . My compulsions would be googling. I have made an effort to stop though because it only makes me feel worse. My intrusive thoughts have been around fear of going crazy
Hello, I unknowingly have lived with ROCD or OCD (not sure what one. I’m new to this). It has ruined so many amazing romantic and platonic relationships and I am so sad that just now I am finding out what the hell is wrong with me. Maybe life would be different if I have known. My OCD and anxiety is at an all time high (ATH) due to some horrible events that have happened in the recent months. I am at the point where paranoia has taken over my life now. I had my first panic attack a few weeks ago where I fainted. My anxiety attacks are so extreme I go thought cognitive distortion that has lasted days. My girlfriend of 3 years is my emotional guardian and she no long has the energy to be that and honestly it’s not her responsibility to be that. She is bi and wanted to have an open relationship and for someone who has OCD this has not been good for me. She also was assaulted in my own home by a good friend of ours when I was out of town but it’s not a clear situation because it sounded consensual at first. I just left my very high paying job. I am financially secure but the job was emotionally abusive and looking back made my OCD worse. I am taking some time off to get my head right…but now, all I have to do during the day is live in my OCD. I’m very happy I finally figured out why I act the way I do but I don’t know if I can get better quick enough to save my relationship. I have never been so worried about myself (M 28 years old). I am a confident young professional and never thought I would be writing on a page like this. Anyway…I hope it gets better.
Has anyone experienced their reputation affected or misunderstood because of a societally taboo OCD theme? Others catching wind of your obsessions and misinterpreting it, assuming the worst? I’m intentionally keeping it vague because I don’t want my specific situation to get reassured, but it’s been a real tough pill to swallow knowing that people close to me (and anyone else they might talk to) think of me differently. I’m unwilling to share about my OCD because I feel pretty confident it will be taken as an excuse or denial, and feels compulsive and reassurance seeking. Let me know if anyone here has experienced anything like it, how they handled it, exposures you did.
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