Just realized something

I think I trauma dump on people. Whether it's with friends or with this app or other support groups I'm in. I feel like a piece of shit for this because it makes people feel bad and they feel they can't do anything to help me. I'm constantly sharing the horrible things that I worry about because they're overwhelming and I think talking about it helps, but it's just a compulsion in the end. I end up doing it still and over every worry and now it just makes me feel like crap thinking about it. So I don't think I should keep posting the way I do on here and to other people.

777Q

Date posted: 2y

We corresponded recently. Here is something further the average person even those that show some level of empathy in the long run almost all of them care to a certain point because the average person is mainly wrapped up in their own dramas . So don’t feel bad at all for sharing me personally I find it therapeutic for myself and the other person to weigh in on different issues and trying to help each other makes us all better for the experience not worse .😊

Givenup

Date posted: 2y

@777Q I need advice… My younger sister (16) is always nice to my parents and her friends, but when it comes to me she avoids me or yells at me to go away… is this a puberty thing? Or a rebellious thing? Or did i do something to upset her?

777Q

Date posted: 2y

@Givenup Please provide more information.

Givenup

Date posted: 2y

@777Q Shes very nice to my parents and her friends, has a job and seems to be doing fine, but when it comes to me, she always seems to just avoid me, or yell at me to go away. She seems to be annoyed or upset with me being in the house…

Givenup

Date posted: 2y

@777Q Is it normal for siblings to act like this? Because My sister has a very good life besides her being annoyed or angry at me all of the time… she has friends, a job, and she gets along with my parents very well…

777Q

Date posted: 2y

@Givenup Here is something I notice personally today with me . Someone in my own household normally can go for days saying zero to me or seems agitated and states they don’t want to talk because they talk all day at work . But yet another relative on the phone today they will talk 2 hour’s with . My suggestion is don’t take it personal. It seems the way people act from person to person is extremely varied and may not ever get to the bottom of it all . I would also say just keep yourself busy and eventually if it is meant to work out in life there are many things things that self-correct given enough time and patience.

BigGyro09

Date posted: 2y

Thanks. I do agree with what you're saying here. It does help to get all of that out and not bottle it up because it can come out the wrong way. Which it has for me at times in the past. It makes me even more glad that I have this app to share with people that will understand and never judge.

Manders05

Date posted: 2y

I feel very similar and I think maybe sharing with others with OCD is probably a good space to do it. I am considering joining in on the support groups to try to give a designated time to share and connect with others. I wonder if maybe stuff like that could help us feel like we are venting and addressing our issues/concerns. If we get it out in those ways, it might be easier to not bring it into other conversations in a heavy way.

BigGyro09

Date posted: 2y

I agree with this. Sharing OCD related things with people that go through OCD. After all, those that go through it will understand it the best. It sucks that we have to go through with it at all but we aren't alone since we have this app. Where are these support groups though? I would like to join one and give it a try.

anonymous737...

Date posted: 24w

Confessing things i don’t need to

I understand trying to find comfort in your thoughts but what can i do if i can’t keep these thoughts to myself sometimes?

moon0270

Date posted: 18w

Realised I have another compulsion

I actually didn't realise this til now because I just assumed it was a coping mechanism from when I was really young. But when I tend to get stressed out or overwhelmed, I'll often start talking out loud to myself (which mostly means just whispering to myself because if i spoke really loudly, my mom would hear me lol). But nowadays with my fear of being surveilled, I keep having to catch myself because it's such a habit at this point for me to whisper out loud. Especially with me trying to reason through my false memories or really bad intrusive thoughts. Another compulsion. And then I keep thinking omg did I have my phone with me when I said that. Is anyone watching me rn? What if this person (that probably doesn't even exist) thinks my thoughts are true? What would everyone else think? And then I spiral afterwards. It sucks because I feel like I'm policing myself even when I know these are all just things I'm saying out loud and they don't mean anything— they're just thoughts after all. But I have this worry that if someone overheard me or all of this was suddenly revealed, that it might change how people see me or people might hate me or think i'm a bad person. And then I worry about me being worried about that because then I ask myself would a good person be worried about this? Anyways, another long post with me waffling and rambling. Thank you for taking the time to read this ❤️‍🩹

ccheney0

Date posted: 11w

I can't stop confessing to my boyfriend

I can't stop confessing! I have this urge to dump on him every thought and wrong doing I've ever had and its destroying me! Im worried it'll destroy us too. When we started dating I stole a story from a friend to make myself look cool which was pathetic. But its the only time I remember doing anything like this.

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