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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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Hey, so idk if I have ocd, I would like to think I’m a very self aware person but I don’t wanna self diagnose at all, lmk what you guys think. So pretty much my whole life since I was young I remember having irrational fears im sure it was all trauma induced but when I was a kid I thought my father was poisoning me until I asked him, he started crying and was so shocked that I could ever even think that, my parents broke up when I was legit fresh out the womb, mom worked two jobs and disciplined me, dad let me do whatever on the weekends and got me snacks so I was obsessed with him so obsessed that it was mandatory for me to kiss his picture 20x everyday before school. Growing up I always felt followed by cameras or like someone out there was recording me waiting for me to do something embarrassing to expose me in front of the whole world and my life was over 🤣🤣 I thought my abusive ex bf was stalking me through my I phone camera after we broke up and it would truly stress me out, it made me believe that it was the reason he never reached out again bc I probably looked ugly in the camera he was stalking me through. If I fall out with a friend Ill over analyze everything to see if I did anything wrong and god forbid while I’m self reflecting I realize I did something wrong I feel like an evil person, verbatim the people I fall out with is bc they’ve done me wrong in some way and it has to b something hurtful or repeated mistakes for me to really stay away for good, so I’ll beat myself up for making mistakes with another person who’s made the same amount of mistakes if not more and in most cases I always fall short, and this when I question if it’s ocd or I’m just to self aware and see the ugly in me bc I’m not perfect and it’s just makes me feel so unsettled but again that’s a normal feeling and the next step is to forgive yourself and do better moving forward, not obsess over it like your trying to convince yourself you’re a good person. I’m also hot tempered and will say hurtful things when I’m mad I’m definitely a crash out in the way, you push my bottoms way too many times and I will shred you, and I’ll say things ik will hurt you and that’s just so low, then the anger goes away and I have to face the guilt, which makes my “ocd” 100x worse, it almost feels like I have to do everything right to not trigger it yet again I don’t have the self control to do it all right, I actually have a lot bpd tendencies again not diagnosing but I’m just trying to understand my brain. I worry about dying, getting a terminal illness. uti turning into kidney infection then into cancer kind of thing, knowing that life in general can b tragic is so scary to me, like what will be my story? What will be my life experience?. I believe that people see right through me and discuss it amongst each other, I always tell myself I am not that important but I can’t seem to shake it off sometimes. When I would break up with my ex I would have pre written paragraphs ready to b send if he ever decided to reach back and I would do this to make sure I didn’t forget a single thought, that every point i felt I need to prove was there, and that bothers me bc do I want win an argument or fix the issue. All of these feelings make me feel so pathetic and embarrassed people move on with their lives and I’m still stuck on something that happened 3 yrs ago. Then I’ll get manic get a tattoo, change my hair, go out clubbing do what I can to b the sexy young girl that I am and it helps in the moment but it worsens my mental after the euphoria is gone. I’m currently staying home, not going out, have only 1 friend so I feel like ocd progressively got worse now, I don’t remember it getting this bad in a while. lmk what you guys think don’t judge or think I’m embarrassing I’m actually so cool and if have to convince you I’m cool I will LMFAOO no but fr help
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Ok basically I’ve had OCD symptoms since I can remember but now that I’m thinking about it maybe I don’t have OCD what if I believe it so much I have the symptoms I’m not sure and I’m so confused I guess. And I wanna get tested or therapy but I don’t even know if I have it so I’m scared to and I have to remind myself of the time I had a symptom before finding out about it so I can confirm it I don’t know how to explain what I mean I wanna get help but don’t know if I have it
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- 18w
So scared to post this not wanting to sound dramatic incase i dont have it so uh yeah lets go Ive been struggling with this ocd spiral, googling everything i can, taking stupid test that prob dont mean anything, i dont really have compulsions i think? but anyways i cant let it go unless i know. ill give list of reasons why - I get intrusive thoughts i dont want, like sexual or harm related ones, multiple times a day- Yes ik intrusive thoughts are normal so this is probably nothing. To try and give an idea on how many or how constant- when i look at something either that be a person, pet, or an object can be fictional things to- there is a high chance of a thought or mental image popping up -I feel shame and guilty about it because it goes against everything, im asexual so having these thoughts about my family or animals is really upsetting and disturbing bc why am i thinking this, it doesn't feel normal -i try and push them away by blinking, shaking my head, or just walk away from what triggered them -i spiral trying to figure out whats wrong with me for example ofc my brain thinking i have ocd and it filling my brain. or can be about physical health or other mental health disorders- -i constantly am switching between thinking i have it to im faking it. When i see symptoms i have i think, "Okay wait, i must have it" to where when i see a symptom i don't have, i tell myself. "No im just lying for attention or im being dramatic and these aren't real problems". but like rn im struggling with thinking none of this really even happened and i'm just saying things so ppl think sm wrong with me - sometiems i avoid things that trigger it- not alot but like when i get a thought about my dog when im about to pet her, i stop- and walk away becuase it might come true. -i fear something is wrong with me, wether it be my mind, body, health, personality- -im scared to open up about these thoughts becuase im scared people will thing im lying, im weird, or ill be sent to a mental hospital. -also reassuring-seeking. now this isnt a big thing to me but when i think i offended someone i have to say "sorry if i offended you" or if i think i annoyed someone i must say "sorry if i annoyed you", OR i kinda down talk myself saying im annoying, there annoyed with me, they hate me This has been nagging me for days, and i cant get it to stop- BECAUSE what if i do and i don't get it diagnosed and ill deal with this forever or whatever, ik ppl have it worse and i'm probably being dramatic, high possibility. but i'm also scared to tell a therapist bc of that same exact reason and fear of being called dramatic and its all in your head. but uhm hopefully i didn't say anything bad and didn't repeat anything.
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