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Yes, I have told one friend. She was way more understanding than I expected her to be, I honestly feel like she understands me more than most psychologists and sometimes even family. I know it can be hard to tell them, I was really doubting the decision too, I didn't wanna tell them for a long time because I was ashamed and some other fears I had, that it'd take over all our conversations or something. That didn't happen, and I actually am more than happy that I told her the full story. I have contamination OCD by the way.
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That’s fine but I have the same problem quentin
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Like I posted we could make a group chat on instagram to help one another let me now anywhere on the app if interested
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Sorry, don't have instagram but I am available on here from time to time, lots of love ♡
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Quentin? Sorry I do not understand, English is not my mother tongue
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That’s his name
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Oops sorry! It's late over here, forgive me aha
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Lol it’s fine
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I think if you’re going to open up to a friend you just want to be prepared for a variety of responses. If they don’t have any experience with OCD in other friends or family or they haven’t at least read a few articles about Pure O, it may be quite confusing, at first. Even if they are very good people who only want to support your happiness, it may take a lot of time and explanation before they start to understand. This could mean asking you triggering questions that might make you anxious. They may need to read a few articles on their own or see some YouTube videos. Hopefully they eventually can sympathize with your pain even if they can’t understand what it’s like to think like us. But then again, some people simply won’t. Many people on here struggle with having family members not believe them. It can be devastating. I don’t mean to say all of this to discourage you to share. I say it so you can prepare yourself. No matter what kind of response you get, you’ll need to be prepared to care for yourself after. If you receive immediate, loving support, great! But what happens if you don’t? Are you prepared to comfort yourself after and potentially go back to not talking about it with that friend?
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