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I get youβ¦ I am no longer interested in my university career because I have to βsolveβ my ocd
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In my case Not only ocd i also have Executive Dysfunction which is the main problem ocd also caused problems in studying but not as much as Executive Dysfunction Because Of Executive Dysfunction i rarely can actually study and most times i don't even start studying unless it's an emergency. Thus i have failed Several exams cause i only study the night before the exam and that's not enough so i fail... I WANT to study and pass exams like everyone else but My Brain doesn't give me permission unless it's the very last minute. The Feeling is Terrible when you want to do Something so bad but can't & All the ppl around you think you're irresponsible or u just don't care or you're very very dumb... If i can give my best then i think I'm not that dumb that all the ppl in my life think me to be... I'm average as a Student, i believe i at least have the capability to Pass Exams but here I'm failing exams after exams enduring humiliations here and there despite wanting to Pass so bad. I failed The School's Final today so i ain't getting promotion in College, it's really over, i don't know about all of this anymore all i know is i have had enough and it's time to bagpack.
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Please consult a psychologist/ psychiatrist Definitely there will be some improvement Don't be reluctant to take meds if they prescribe
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Answer to How did OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) destroy your life in the IIT JEE preparation? by Nakshatra Goswami https://www.quora.com/How-did-OCD-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-destroy-your-life-in-the-IIT-JEE-preparation/answer/Nakshatra-Goswami?ch=15&oid=247884599&share=99a316e6&srid=5r5ac&target_type=answer Please read this IISER is the most toughest ug exam in India
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I have already read this a long ago My problem ain't OCD actually It's EFD but it's too severe, feels like i have ADHD but i can't have that I don't know what problem my brain has Well his was JEE exam that's an another thing, i can't even finish School, won't get promotion in College, One year is wasted And i don't know how to Face People when results come out.... I don't care about all of this anymore
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@Have Some Chocolate π« I have friend of mine who have adult onset ADD without hyperactivity.He had significant improvement on taking meds and practicing relaxation exercise
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@osler the ocd fighter I can't take meds as i have OCD, i have heard ADHD meds Makes OCD bad... Plus i don't have ADHD How can i have ADHD... I will never get a diagnosis from a Professional as Symptoms wasn't present before the age 12 So how I'm gonna take medicine randomly My Symptoms Match With Executive Dysfunction more as There's some things that doesn't happen with me but they tend to happen with ADHDers Like Hyperfocusing, i cannot Hyperfocus, tho if i get a into a work which provides dopamine to my brain i can go the entire day with that work leaving all my works... Even if there's exam ongoing π€¦ββοΈ Who the hell during exam does this Without ADHD ppl, you can do this & that the whole year but not at least before the exam. And another thing which i don't do is i don't replace and then forget things here and there, but my working memory maybe ain't that good cause i do forget my study materials even after practicing well But ADHDers are a lot more forgetful. Yea Hyperactivity is a different thing unless you have the Combined Type ADHD, but ADD ppl tend to Hyperfocus and Forgetting things which i don't my symptoms match with EFD more I mean i have all the EFD symptoms but not All the ADD symptoms but i have Enough ADD symptoms to get a Diagnosis i mean according to my age you have to have 5 symptoms at least, i can easily relate with 5 symptoms but the thing is i ain't getting diagnosis cause i didn't show the symptoms before the age 12 And They Don't Consider Onset Adult/Adolescent ADHD as actually ADHD, i first thought this was rubbish as i didn't know about EFD back then so i confused if i can't have ADHD what's my problem then But now i don't find it rubbish as ADHD is A Neurodevelopmental and Innate Disorder, means it's something you're born with not you develop after like OCD so you must show the symptoms during Childhood right?? Where was my this sudden state back then... God Knows
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@osler the ocd fighter But Another Thing is Tho i don't relate with All The ADD symptoms I do relate with how their brain works funny cause even some years ago i was quite like A Total Neurotypical unless i started showing symptoms of OCD of course But now No Neurotypical things suit me, i can't do anything in neurotypical ways... And my brain has become totally an interest based brain like ADHDers. It has no Importance of things now π It does whatever it wants and satisfies it, i feel like a puppet like I'm so helpless i can't do a thing I have gathered Several ADHD strategies to accomplish tasks but rarely i can follow them and whenever a rare time i can actually do things my OCD then comes manipulating me saying you were just pretending, you purposely don't do anything and then blame your brain ππππ Also like ADHDers my brain only gets motivated when it's an Urgency, Something new & interesting and i don't know about the competition thing π as i can't remember when i did something competitive last Time and was my brain motivated or not And overall my brain is very much like them and also works/ thinks like them. Whenever i see ppls opinion in their Community I relate so damn much... Like i literally have this but don'tπ... I don't know anymore... Can Someone with Executive Dysfunction relate this much With ADHD... I don't know tho EFD & ADD symptoms are almost similar so it can just be EFD.
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@osler the ocd fighter And Another thing is I'm fidgety. I mean a lil hyperactive. Like i can't keep my legs relaxed while sitting on a Chair, i keep shaking them I didn't use to do this before. And also i can't sit for long, i just tend to stand and walk here and there avoiding the work and workplace π€¦ββοΈ Sorry i wrote Too much, I'm confused about my brain lol
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Both OCD and adhd or add can / cannot have childhood course that's not mandatory, sometimes we don't know Main thing abt psychiatric disorders are that our understanding abt psy disorders is less. Only when neurology and neurosurgery develops and merge with psychiatry and psychology many revolutionary changes will happen There are so many theories about each disease. If disease has more than 2 theories i think we hav only less idea of that disease I always suggest you visit psychiatrist or psychologist. Even when we finish mbbs or md it's very difficult diagnose. The thing u have to do is consult a psychologist or psychiatrist. Early treatment and early diagnosis has always good prognosis I've seen many people in clinical practice and personal life who have improved a lot using meds and practicing relaxation exercise or yoga Let the psychiatrist or psychologist diagnose I always tell when I see young one suffering some mental health issues Don't be reluctant to ask for help or consulting a doctor Don't think what others will say. our happiness is most important.i know this cliche dialogue but this is most imp Do you have friends/ hobbies/ pets ?
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I don't know, I'm confused. And tbh my attention problem ain't as severe as ADHDers i have seen them saying they get distracted by very small things, i also get zoned out but it's not that severe plus i don't have some symptoms as i said you before plus that childhood thing so i don't think i have it maybe it's just efd who knows I mean how is it possible, it came so suddenly like.... I was doing good in 2019 but had OCD problems After my OCD reached peak in 2020 then from 2021 I'm showing these EFD/ADD symptoms who knows what Tho i had this habit of putting of things for later since childhood tbh But that procrastination was intentional and its wasnt Severe and i could get things done at the end of the day and i could pass exams π’ with pretty fair enough results I didn't have attention problem then But when i entered adolescence i started having a lil attention problem like i used to get zoned out if it's a long lecture and then used to have problems cause of missed lecture, and if a friend talked straight to my face i used to get zone out and then im like yeah yeah, Then? My friend understood somehow I'm not listening and asked are you even listening? I said yea, yeah π This happened several times and i was blaming myself inside that you speak too much but when it comes to listen to others you don't listen Plus For OCD thoughts i also used to have trouble focusing But An ADHD thing i always had since childhood that is I daydream a lot π it's like i used to leave my studies and all and then play in my daydream π€¦ββοΈ I'm still a daydreamer but all my life i never noticed this is something serious and thought those were just my childhood way of playing Until some days ago i got to know I'm a maladaptive daydreamer and i was like whoa this is a thing? This has a name! Now i understand Those daydreams during childhood leaving behind all the Work and studies wasn't just Random playing. Tho daydreaming doesn't only Happen with ADHD, All ppl daydream, some daydream more crazily like me π so it doesn't Prove Anything I don't know but if i consult a professional how will they give me ADHD diagnosis if i don't meet the diagnosis criteria And no i don't have friendsπ last friendship also broke last year, i don't want to make any friends now They just leave at the end of the day and Nobody is interested enough to make me their friend... Yes i have hobbies tho and Pet? No.
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@Have Some Chocolate π« Forget about the diagnosis,let the health professional decide First consult , if you can practice mindfulness also along with its good
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@osler the ocd fighter Hmm... Let's see
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18+ UPDATE: I failed... I tried to not post again... I tried to resist compulsions... but right now, with this situation, I feel completely hopeless... Ive done too much... Ive seen too much... And Im a horrible man... When I was in high school (16 or 17), I hung out with the popular kids of school... they send me this popular girl (who was in our school) explicit photo on snap because I was curious to see it... after I turned 19, I suddenly remembered my friends sent the photo and asked them to delete it off of the chat, as I didn't want to be in possession of any form of illegal material... Fast forward to later... my friend had broken up with his ex and wanted to send us explicit pics of her... curious at the time, I asked to see it and he sent the group (including me) some pictures... Now that Im 24, I remember him sending these pics and asked him to take down the pics in our snapchat convo... I didnt want any pics of their ex because this was harmful content... my friend, (the one who sent our friend group explicit vids and pics of his ex) told me that there was a one month period between him and her when they were in a relationship where he was 18 and she was 17 )... they were together for 1-2 years... and they were explicit throughout their whole relationship ... including the one month period... so i was getting extremely anxious and triggered about him sending me potentially illegal stuff... i think i misheard him say she was 17... but i cant remember if he said this or not... so at this point, it was making me think he sent explicit videos of his ex when she was 17... I asked him several times over the course of four days after he casually admitted he had a 1 month age period with her, (he was 18 and she was 17 during that one month) if she was over 18 when he made those videos, and he kept giving me answers like "Yes" And "It was a month after she turned 18..." He even got frustrated on the second day of me asking and said "Dude, this is the 10th time you've asked me and yes she was." On the third day I asked him, he said "yeah" when i said his previous comments of "a month after she turned 18, right?" back to him, and he even added that "we started getting more explicitly active around this time." He also told me "Even if she was under the age of 18, you wouldn't be in trouble because you were sent it." On the fourth day, I called him again and apologized for asking so much... to which he responded... "I was hoping you'd realize this has been excessive..." But then I asked him if she really was 18 in those videos or not... he got frustrated and said... "Dude, you cant keep apologizing over and over, before asking me again..." Still, I asked him to confirm it for me one last time, to which he replied... "She was 18 in those videos..." I keep getting anxious because I dont know if he's lying or not and its triggering me really bad, not to mention feeling guilty about the harm I had caused... I genuinely feel so guilty and awful about this... I hurt people... and I cant sleep at night knowing I did... People say you make mistakes when you were a teen... these were some of my mistakes... I genuinely feel horrible and I cant sleep at night knowing the guilt of my actions are still there... I genuinely feel awful... I hope people dont hate me after reading this... i hope you dont block me... you've all been so genuinely kind and encouraging to me... and I dont want to lose someone who cares about me on here... (edited)
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