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Thank you so much, I really appreciate it, i just feel like wouldnt be as understood, but i guess i am.
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Again, thanks. Talking to someone who understands me really helps. I will try to do that, and gradually be more confident.
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It’s super scary when you first start opening up about it! Especially around people who don’t have it. So start here! People post about all kinds of struggles on this app, and the struggles people fear are the weirdest are often the most common. I can basically guarantee you’re not alone in whatever it is you’re fearing right now. Open up and see for yourself! Also: if you can work with an OCD specialist, I think you’d also find some comfort. They’ve heard it all. When I talked to mine, she said “that’s incredibly common” to practically everything I mentioned.
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at first ocd was scary to me, later it changed me to good side, i started loving myself more, noticed when you get good rest, meditate ocd is much less agressive. now i think the problem is not ocd but how i came to the point where i developed:) stay strong
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Pureolife that's exactly how I feel! I've never really been around people who understand me, and it is great to.
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Most people don’t realize that they have ocd and it takes years before they finally seek help. I didn’t realize that it was “ocd” that had been slowly infiltrating and chewing up my life for at least 20-30 years before seeking help. Change the face mental health and get help early. Everyone here stands behind you with support and guidance.
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Thanks alot for taking time to write that message. I feel that in this case, my way of dealing may be a little bit more similar but earlier. Not everyone is the same so i may not understand you, but I should most definitely see a therapist or psyciatrist or something like that.
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You can talk about it here, what makes you think you have OCD?
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Well i struggle every second of my life, thinking I havent opened my window or shut the door four times or ordered my pens for school the next day. It drains constantly asking for reassurance or asking someone to say something twice. Theres so much more, and it hurts talking about it because I can't speak up.
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I have to eat an even amount of something have an even volume on the TV, say things twice.
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If you want to get diagnosed you could see a therapist. It sounds like you have OCD though. And hey, you weren't too scared to talk about it here, so this is a great start! Maybe you'll get comfortable talking about it here, and more comfortable taking your next steps in person :)
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You shouldn’t be scared to talk to a specialist. It’s the only way you can feel better. When you understand that you have something to support you, everything is much easier. Find a good therapist and just talk to them. Then you’ll understand whether you really need help
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Yeah thank you i feel i just dont know how to find one.
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Everyone is their own person going through their own struggles. But we're going through similar ones, so we understand and are happy to help!
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Thanks a million!
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If you're on your parents' health insurance, talk to them if you feel comfortable about it. Easier said than done, I know. You can also just talk to your school counselor, they can be helpful to you. If you're not on your parents' insurance, talk to your health insurance and they can help you find one.
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Matenzio, I know i've had it for a long time (if i do get diagnosed) and it has been hard, because i used to ask myself, why i am like this and why I couldnt just be normal, but now i'm at the point where I know I need to speak up.
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Mike1234 was there anything in particular that made you realise you could be suffering with OCD?
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Thank you so much
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I didn’t realize I was suffering from ocd until I decided to contact a therapist due to high amounts of anxiety and depression (crying for no reason & sadness), as well as undue relentless feelings of stress. After several sessions I started doing my own research and found an article on ocpd which matched a lot of my symptoms. I took the article to the therapist (PhD) and he said I had OCD not OCPD. I started looking back on my life and realized it had been with me since my teenage years.
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Yes. If you are experiencing things at a young age seek help early. OCD was something sitting dormant for me and I just didn’t know about it.
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I had to use a pseudonym and such to join this app in the first place. If I interact with OCD content outside of here it has to be anonymous or very very minimal without any details of what I go through. I consistently deal with shame and even when talking about my OCD with friends/family I become embarrassed and ashamed, fearful of what they might think. I am like this in more cases too. I am a very private person: I use anonymous modes on almost anything, I never post my face unless the account is completely private, I never share my name online, etc. One time I scrubbed a 5+ year old account of any photos of myself or mentions of my name because I was so afraid. It’s been getting easier but that toxic shame is still triggered sometimes especially if I think someone may find out who I am. It is hard to get over especially since I’ve been treated horribly in the past.
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I haven't been officially diagnosed with OCD but when I learned more about it, I never related to anything more. A little back story: when I was younger, there were a couple of youth suicides in my area and the schools felt the need to have someone come in and talk about suicide. Well the person they had come in did a horrible job teaching it and basically made it seem like the smallest negative emotion or feeling or change in behavior made you suicidal. This ended up scaring me so much that I got horrid anxiety. Fast forward to now, Everytime I feel anxiety and panic, I fear I'm going to kill myself. Everytime I feel down and depressed, I fear I'll end it all. I'm scared to be around anything sharp because the "What if" I hurt myself comes into my mind. There are always intrusive thoughts at almost every point of the day. And it's not only for me. Everytime I hear someone being negative, I fear they will be suicidal. I know in my heart that none of this is true but it's terrifying me that it's stuck around so much that it makes me scared that maybe it is true. I've had a lot of death in my family in the past year and a half and a lot of other family drama that I'd never had before that is now also bringing up existential intrusive thoughts. And I'd never questioned anything about life before but now I get the "why is life like this?" and "does anything we do matter?" and I hate it. I don't want to think like that. I just want to go through life being able to handle things normally again. It terrifies me even right now going "what if you give up?"
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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.
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