Friends and OCD

I have contamination ocd and I’m constantly cleaning and organizing for sometimes hours until it feels “just right” and it’s truly miserable. I asked a friend of mine if cleaning for hours at a time all day is excessive and his reply was “no you’re just a clean person!” It honestly hurt to hear that I guess I was just seeking reassurance and shouldn’t have asked. Does anyone else get that reply a lot? And if so how do you deal with it? It made me feel like my ocd isn’t a problem.

Username: IfiknewthenIfiknewthen

Date posted: 1y ago

Yes ocd is a problem. Its a serious problem. It can ruin your life if you dont get help. You have to just walk away when things arent just right and keep doing that. Day after day, month after month, year after year. Sounds rough right? Its not like you have to destroy your space so that its a disaster, you just have to live with some disorder.

Username: Savvy_Savvy_

Date posted: 1y ago

I just did that today… to help me feel “better.” And just felt miserable the entire time. Once I finished everything I thought I wanted to, I found more to do. I totally get that feeling and it sucks, especially when people say stuff like that, or “OCD is a good thing because your house always looks so clean, I wish I had OCD!” If you have one person in your life who can help you remember that cleaning isn’t supposed to feel so stressful or life or death, and that OCD is NOT a good thing, try to talk to them about it as much as possible. If you don’t have someone like that, that’s what those of us on this app are here for!

Username: OCD Warrior 😇OCD Warrior 😇

Date posted: 1y ago

People that come to lot house always tells me why do I clean everyday ?, I clean too much and that am over doing things 😫

Username: IfiknewthenIfiknewthen

Date posted: 1y ago

Most people dont understand ocd. Even a lot of the psychiatric profession doesnt. They just throw medication at it. Medicine can play a role, but its more than that. Youre going to feel miserable when living with the imperfection. And youre going to feel miserable the next day and the next day. BUT, eventually you will feel better. And if you dont feel better, keep up the ERP. it takes understanding the disorder like the therapists do.

Username: anna923anna923

Date posted: 1y ago

Thank you all for your comments, it’s a good feeling to know that others experience some of the same things I’m dealing with

Username: GypsySoul13

Date posted: 6y ago

My OCD: Me: It's not clean enough. It doesn't look good! I've tried everything I can think of. What do you suggest? Friend, who is literally a professional housekeeper: That is as clean as it can possibly get. You did it better than I would have. Me: It's not clean enough. *has a complete meltdown for 2 hours over it*

Username: lucas..

Date posted: 5y ago

So I heard one my best friends saying she has OCD. All she did was considered perfectionism and she was organizing peoples stuff on school. I do organize my suff but as a compultion and it is not like it bothers me , I HAVE to, I don’t think she understands. I would be torturing myself instead of organizing ppl stuff, is not like she didn’t want ppl to watch it.I think she wanted attention or smth, but I felt offended about it .

Perfectionism OCD

Username: Katie411

Date posted: 3y ago

Just had a doctor's appointment and I was telling her about my contamination issues - that I shower before sex and after going to the toilet etc. And she was like 'that's excessive'. I told her I had OCD and her tone implied she thought I was being dramatic. It was so dismissive and now I feel like I'm making a big deal out of nothing. Especially when none of my friends really understand what's going on :( Sorry, just had to vent this out!! Hope you're all having better days than I am :')

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