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- 1y ago
Parenthood
Me and my partner are sorta trying for a child but I'm really worried I'll end up giving them this disorder. Am I being irrational? Are there any parents who could chime in and give me advice?
Me and my partner are sorta trying for a child but I'm really worried I'll end up giving them this disorder. Am I being irrational? Are there any parents who could chime in and give me advice?
Maybe your kid will wind up with ocd, maybe not. Good news is if you’re aware that you have it, you’ll know what to look out for if your child develops symptoms so you can get them help earlier on.
True !!
You know... I'm surprised OCD hasn't picked up on it yet. It's crazy because I can see it in one of my parents and even my siblings. I can't really convince them to get tested but that's a good point, I'd be the caretaker and I'd know already.
@JazzCrab Absolutely what I was thinking! I suffered into adulthood before receiving help.
your concerns are valid. from what i understand, OCD itself isn’t necessarily genetic, but anxiety can be. i am the product of generations of anxiety disorders — from PTSD, GAD, and OCD. i have your same concerns. my advice would be to just check in with yourself further down the line and see if the concerns are still there. the thought of someone i love going through what i go through…i couldn’t take it. so, if there’s even a chance, i’m not risking it. not a huge loss though — i didn’t exactly win big in the genetic lottery. but, it’s a personal decision, between you and your partner. if you go to therapy, i would also try voicing these concerns to your therapist. they might be able to help you work through your concerns and understand them better
Spoke with my shrink about it and they told me to never let it get in the way of the experience. It's still hard for me to take that advice because of how bad my bad days get.
@Asdfjklz if they said that, i support them and you 100%. they’re right, don’t let OCD steal that joy from you. it will all turn out just fine, keep reaching out for help and doing the hard work. i’m rooting for you!
I just gave birth to my first child a little less then 6 months ago, obviously it’s way too early to know if he will have ocd but I definitely will make it known to him that it’s okay to have difficult thoughts and feelings and strategies to work through them! I’ve had ocd symptoms since I was a child and I think if you learn tools young it can really help to change the way you deal with your thoughts. I would suggest really really taking care of your mental health during and after pregnancy I’ve had almost debilitating anxiety since my son was born and it’s been extremely difficult. I wish I would have sought out help and worked on myself sooner so that I could get the most out of this time.
Is there less than a 50 percent chance developing it?
I am really scared of being a narcissist.. I’ve been in therapy and I feel like my therapist isn’t taking it seriously:( like if I am a narcissist I want to work on it I’m just really scared of harming people.. including my partner:( I don’t want be the reason he needs therapy and I don’t want to ruin his life. I’m scared I’m manipulating him somehow to want to be with me and I just don’t know what to do. I NEED to get this fixed before our relationship progresses but I just feel like I’m not being heard by therapists/psychiatrists We want to get married and have children but I don’t even know if I will be a good partner or mom. If I do have narcissism I just think it would be best if I left him alone :( I don’t know what to do I know that people will say that narcissists don’t care about hurting other people or things like that but I just don’t know how true that is. I also have really mean judgmental, cruel, and hateful thoughts about people and I feel like that means I’m a narcissist
Can I please get someone’s opinion on this. I am scared of having my own baby. I’m terrified of the diaper changes. I have the same intrusive thought that I would kiss my child’s genitalia during this. I feel like I could possibly justify it by saying it’s out of love. I’m sure there are parents who have done it in a non sexual way which scares me too. I don’t know if that’s a real possibility but my brain tells me it is. I’m scared that I don’t know if this is right or wrong. And I’m just scared I’ll love my baby so much I won’t see anything wrong with it. I know we’re supposed to sit with uncertainty but this one is killing me and I don’t know how to deal with this.
Just to preface this, I’d like to say that I in no way whatsoever intend to judge parents of ocd children or people with ocd that have children. I honestly mean no disrespect with this post, I just really don’t know what to think or do. I wish the best for all of your families, and for all of you struggling with ocd as well. Please don’t let my post influence how you think, all I need is advice if anyone can give me it. Feel free to skip if this is an uncomfortable topic for you. Thank you! I’ve had ocd since I was young, but I hadn’t started thinking about this until recently. I heard that you have a 15-20% chance of passing ocd down to your child. I used to be really uncomfortable at the thought of being pregnant and often had intrusive thoughts trying to convince me I somehow was. I finally got past this and began to look forward to being a mother someday, but now I don’t know. I can’t imagine not having kids, but I’m scared that they’ll have ocd like me. It’s not a crazy high percentage but it still scares me. On one hand I’m like hey, who better to help their kid if they have ocd than a mom who has ocd? But on the other I worry that if they have it, it could worse than mine and that they’ll have a really hard time dealing with it. I hate to say this but it feels a little bit selfish to want to have kids when there’s a chance they’ll get the same disorder I hate so much. Both me and my sister have ocd as well, so I’m scared it’s something that runs in my family. Any advice would be appreciated.
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