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The "good enough" approach is what's worked for me in the past. Your doctors say you have ocd. That's good enough. what's happened is your ocd is fooling you into thinking it's not good enough, that you NEED some kind of 100% slam-dunk certainty. But that kind of certainty doesn't exist, and you don't need it anyway. It might seem scary at first, but it's ok to live with a tad bit of uncertainty, to say "good enough" and then move on.
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Obsessing about whether or not you have ocd is kind of ironic if you think about it? Like, of course that's what someone who DOES have ocd is going to do!! But really, your thoughts and feelings aren't always a good guide to reality. A professional who gives a diagnosis is going to have a pretty good idea. I mean, you could alwaysdoubt the professional, but at some point you just have to say "good enough" and accept the uncertainty past that point. diagnosis from a professional is certainly "good enough"
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I was diagnosed with OCD by three different psychologists and one psychiatrist and I still constantly fear that i actually dont have it and just made it to justify my horrible thoughts :/ i think is very common to feel like that
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This is very common
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yup, very common.
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I was diagnosed but sometimes I feel like the things I check and count aren’t irrational at all, they’re like HYPER rational, which makes me think I don’t actually have it, I just pay a lot more attention to certain things than others. But then I get assured by someone that’s what they mean by OCD; but I don’t get what’s wrong with it if it’s just rational, so it throws me
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I feel like this. I have all the symptoms but then I try and tell myself that I don’t have it. But I have it for so long now. I’m seeing someone today to get professional help.
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Hey, so I've never actually been diagnosed with OCD. I did a little bit of research, I always thought OCD was organizing things. But I'm not normal, I have this thing where I feel something isn't right. I obsess over it or if I brush my hand over something correctly then it's fixed. Or I have to do this thing on stairs, I'll walk up a few or down them because something isn't right. I read this thing on memories. I know something happened, but then I doubt myself to the point I don't know if it happened. And I think too logically in relationships. I'll put statistics on things and if they might not work out I distance myself, there's other odd things I do. My family always told me I was fine but then said things like I was messed up, and said to just ignore what I felt. Like I was making it up. I don't know what to do, I don't have a doctor currently, I was never diognosed. Is there a way to be sure I have it? Or a way to stop everything? I just want to stop everything, please and thank you. Sorry for the long post. If anyone can help, I would be so thankful.
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i’m terrified to get a diagnosis. What if it’s not actually OCD??? I made a list of reasons why i think so and then i think what if im lying and i actually don’t do this stuff and am just dramatic and i just want to have OCD so then my thoughts are justified?? I have struggled in the past year with Pocd & Rocd and then also some bits of thinking im constantly in danger or being watched? I’m scared.
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My mom will sit and listen to me for quite a while, but she interrupts a lot and gets angry/upset. While I appreciate her passion, it's often stressful. Every time I come to her, if I even *mention* OCD, she gets frustrated and says, "Everyone deals with these issues, you know. It doesn't mean it's OCD." And I repeat, "I'm not saying my issues are unique — I'm saying the way I respond to them is a problem." But she just shakes her head and says, "Okay, I need to get back to my day." Full context, I'm an adult, and I live with my boyfriend, but I'm staying at my mom's for the next month. After living away from home for years, I went back to living with her during the pandemic, and I only recently left to live with him. Honestly, I think living with her for so long in my adulthood really messed with me and made me feel like a teenager all over again. I feel like my mental growth is stunted, and that's part of why my OCD is so bad lately. Not blaming, just noticing. She doesn't seem to understand how relieving the OCD diagnosis has been for me, because it explains so so so many things I've struggled with for years, and it's exciting to have more resources that can help me. But I think she sees it as me finding an excuse to *not* work on myself, which is just untrue. I'm not going to let OCD hold me back or use it as an excuse, but I'm also not going to pretend it's not a problem when I know it is — I was even diagnosed through NOCD. The whole point being to fix it, not use it as a crutch. When I have an issue, it's unbearable. Any issue, big or small, feels just the same. I feel a sinking feeling, my mind races, my heart beats out of my chest. I end up running to my support systems, crying, ruminating for days on end. Then, months later, the same exact issue can feel like nothing anymore, because it's no longer an obsession. I'm sure everyone deals with issues in a similar way, but I *know* there is something specific and debilitating going on with me. This is reassurance seeking, but in the face of being told I'm making a big deal out of nothing, can someone diagnosed with OCD tell me if they relate to the specific intensity of these feelings??
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