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I also want to clarify that having the genetic material is for OCD does not necessarily mean that a person will develop OCD. Environmental factors play a significant role in the development of OCD.
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Don’t worry for this
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I most likely got ocd by my father but it's a lot of factors. My brother displayed some mild symptoms too but I got the worst side of the stick. It doesn't mean my children will get it because the same gene that caused you to be disposed to develop ocd may apper in five generations. My your children won't but your great grandchildren. But you as someone who has dealt with it have the tools and sympathy to help your children out if they were to develop ocd. It's not your fault. I don't blame my dad for my ocd. He comes from a very particular family, we just happened to got the wrong gene :)
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OCD is genetic. It's been widespread for ages, but it's also been highly misunderstood, even by medical professionals. It existed centuries ago, but people didn't know what it was. They thought that someone who had it was delusional. It's always affected people. What is different now is that we have a much greater understanding of it, so people can get properly diagnosed and treated.
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Most of my family has OCD or OCD features. I don’t blame them for having me. I’m just glad that they passed down their techniques to me! Far better than being the only crazy person in the family!
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oh dont worry! yes, ocd is in the “genes”, but that just means that if something should trigger an anxiety disorder, there are genes that code for an anxious response. everyone i know who have anxiety disorders whose parents do too, its obvious that its the behaviour its “inherited” from, and not actual biological things. for example, my good friend has a good mix of health anxiety/panic/contamination anxietu (pretty mich anything to do with illness and contamination), and his mother has that too. dont you think he grew up watching her being concerned abouy germs and eventually starting freaking out himself?
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Is it likely?
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Mi madre padeció toc. Y yo también lo tengo. El toc puede ser algo reeditarlo. Pero tu puedes cambiar eso en tu hijo.
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Mi psicólogo me dijo. Que yo lo tengo por herencia, en mi familia había más de 5 antecedentes de personas con trastornos de ansiedad
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Hereditario*
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People pass lots of things on. My grandmother was diagnosed with ALS last week, and that's hereditary. There are much worse things to pass on than OCD, if you did. Just try to control what you can control.
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I honestly don't believe that ocd is genetic. The big problem is that kids will be affected by parents attitude. Second thing is that in the past ocd was not widespread like now. It's because we are living in a society of welfare. In the past people was definitely engaged with material and tangible problems and didn't have time to think. So how is it possible that ocd is genetic if before ocd didn't affect people like now? So it's my opinion that kids will get ocd, because of how parents with ocd will act and educate and teach to the kids in their childhood.
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I would want to know what environmental factors play a role to know to avoid them in the future
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17f My ocd is hell on earth so I'm thinking about going to a psychiatrist maybe they will prescribe me meds cause my POCD is a torture and other themes are bad also But I'm scared that if I start taking meds I will become less cautions about looking at kids and interacting with kids and will do something fucked up and wrong Cause now I can't even look at kids I feel like it's morally wrong like if there is a chanse I'm a P and I'm scared meds will get rid of me being so so cautious around kids making sure I'm not aroused I'm not looking at them I'm not touching them and I will do something fucked up and then I won't deserve any redemption
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My husband and I have 3 kids.. ages 13, 7 & 1. Our 13 year old has always been somewhat “different”, even as a toddler. He was very quiet and socially awkward. Not much has changed in that department. He isn’t into sports and has a very hard time finding anything at all that interests him. He doesn’t have many friends as he is still awkward and has a hard time fitting in. He has OCD. Specifically moral OCD. He feels like he has to confess everything to me that he feels isn’t appropriate. Curse words he hears on tv, something off-color that he or his friends said at school, anything sexual he hears on tv or in a joke. He laughingly tells me but he is reading my face to gauge my reaction on the subject every time. We tell him constantly that he doesn’t have to confess to us but, of course, those who know much about OCD know that this is harder than just simply telling them they don’t have to give into their compulsions. He is very anxious and worries about everything. He also has inattentive ADHD so he’s currently on medicine for that but can’t tell if it’s actually helping anything or not. He’s on anxiety meds too that we are trying to assess. Honestly, we have also wondered if he may be on the spectrum but high-functioning. Not sure. We are very worried about his future. He is not maturing and doesn’t care to learn how to better himself since he’s getting older. Anyway, now that I’ve given a little background, my reason for posting is that I wonder if we have created all of this. First of all.. I am a hovering mom. Im very overprotective and have a hard time letting my kids do much because I’m anxious myself. I grew up with a yelling mom and stepdad. Sadly, I have resorted to this trauma behavior much of my son’s life as well. I try my hardest not to lose my temper and yell but, I am very ashamed to say, that I haven’t been able to do a very good job with that. I have been overly critical also. Learned behavior. I will add that we are also a religious family that goes to church and follows the Bible. My husband was raised differently. His parents are very mild mannered and calm. Very sweet with my husband and his sister growing up and they aren’t “yellers”. They live out in the country and are very lax about many rules when my children go out there. Not that they let them do whatever they want but at the same time… they do seem to have a hard time saying no. My sister in law and her family live across the street from my in laws so they’re all out in the country together living their peaceful, carefree life. 🙄 They seem to think that my husband and I have brought all of this on ourselves with how we have so many rules and boundaries. They’re of the mindset that we should be exposing him to movies with curse words and letting him hear innnapropriate things and curse words more. This is how they parent their 10 year old (who is homeschooled so.. in my opinion they don’t have to worry so much about him repeating the curse words at school. We are at a Christian, private school where I also teach so it’s a bigger deal making sure my kids don’t hear those things and repeat). Anyway.. first and foremost, I’m looking for advice on how to reverse the damage from me losing my temper these last 13 years. I swear I am trying my hardest and strive everyday to be a good mom. I want so badly for them to WANT to keep a close relationship with us when they become adults living on their own. But I am so scared I’m ruining them. Does it seem to be the case? Also, do you think we have caused this OCD? Be honest with everything please. I am constantly very worried we are doing this wrong.
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My therapist told me that my ocd is just a symptom of something else.....didn't knew that ocd could be symptom....now I'm scared.
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