Are there any moms out there who are struggling with pocd? I wanted a child my whole life since I was a little girl but pocd is ruining everything. Can anyone share their story?
I understand how you feel because I’ve always wanted to settle down and have a kid eventually with my partner but now I feel like I don’t deserve any of that and feel so scared about it now. I read a story on here about a mom who had POCD with a couple of kids and reading her story did make me feel a bit better about the whole thing
i don’t have a story but for the longest time i wanted to be a mother soooo bad, i wanted a big family and would have happily got pregnant anytime, it was the one thing i wanted most in the world. and then pocd came and it completely made me not want kids because i’m so scared of hurting them :(. but then i realised that i shouldn’t let ocd dictate my life. one day i will have kids, it will be hard, but i’ll be able to do it. and so will you ❤️ don’t let pocd take away your dreams. you can do it lovely, and you’ll be an amazing mum and will love that child so much. you’re stronger than what your pocd says xx
@PoWarrior This honestly made me emotional, thank you so much for this❤️.
Hi! I’m a mom who has pocd. It’s very hard I’ve always cared for kids and I never had bad thoughts about them but starting 2020 I started having terrible thoughts surrounding kids I remember the first thought I had I was terrified I was saying to myself omg no and it gradually got worse I even told my mom I need to get help for these thoughts and I never specified what the thoughts were because I was ashamed i eventually told my husband about my thoughts and they lessened for awhile then once I had a baby almost 7 months ago he’s the best he’s an awesome baby but I started having terrible thoughts and images about him and I’ve struggled to change his diaper or give him a bath unbuckle the bottom clasp of his seatbelt it’s been so hard to take care of him because it gives me so much anxiety because I always feel like I’m doing something wrong I genuinely think I’m just a normal mom who has ocd and it has really attacked who I am as a person because I care about kids and I’ve always wanted a baby this subset of ocd is very stigmatized people I wouldn’t wish this on anyone. I just try to make it through the day but i believe I’ll be fully recovered one day. I hope this helped ! You’ll be fine when you have a baby but I do recommend therapy before having a baby. Sorry if my reply is kinda all over the place wishing you luck in recovery
@Feeling sad like I should How are you doing now??
I just wanted to ask any mothers their experience with having children & the positive experiences they’ve had despite their diagnosis (even the small moments of joy)? I have always yearned to have children & grow a family however recently OCD has made me question this desire (though when I’m back to thinking rationally my heart knows I’m meant for motherhood). though I’m not oblivious to how difficult it must be, I thought it would be nice to see the good amongst the bad, not just for me but for anyone else feeling a similar way 🫶🏼
hi i’m feeling a little discouraged and was just wondering if anyone wanted to share their experiences with pocd like how real it is for them and maybe some recovery stories like what that looks like and what helped you get there and how they are now i just had my therapy appointment and am kinda down bc i have to stick with uncertainty and that really bothers me… but anyone wanna share?
I have had OCD my whole life and was diagnosed by a therapist 2 years ago. Specifically I struggle a lot with health, contamination and pure ocd. I was doing exposures and really felt like I conquered by contamination ocd. With the health ocd I have an intense fear I will have a food or medicine allergy and go into anaphylactic shock. This takes up a lot of my energy day to day. Within the past year, we bought a home, renovated and recently got married. My husband wants to start trying for a baby soon but I am not ready at all because of how much I feel like I have gone backwards with my anxiety and ocd. This spiked a lot with the stress of wedding planning. I’m scared pregnancy will spike my health/contamination ocd even more and I won’t be able to handle it. I always wanted babies but now that it’s getting closer and I know how much ocd I truly have I am so nervous I will cause myself and baby more stress than good. Does anyone have positive stories of TTC/pregnancy/PP and motherhood with ocd?
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