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Hey,i'm 19 years old and i have been dealing with ocd since 2019.Before that,i had struggled with it at my childhood times too,but i overcame it.Everything was perfect but many things have changed since 2019.Now,i really don't know what i can do.I always doubt about everything.I always have some distressful thoughts about sexual things.I overthink too much.For example i think that i'm gonna go crazy and i also overthink that if that happens, what other people say about me.Yeah,i know we shouldn't care these thoughts.I should just observe and watch them.But i can't help myself.Please help me..

Young adults with OCD

hen7

Date posted: 2y

I’ve had the sexual thoughts and idea that I was going crazy as well, esp in my teenage years. It’s all OCD. These thoughts are ok to have. But I know that feels hard to believe right now. Sorry to hear about you not being able to get therapy. There are some great free resources on Youtube, like Nathan Peterson (ocdandanxiety), Mark DeJesus (marktdejesus), Mark Freeman, OCD Recovery, and Ali Greymond (ocdhelp, Ali is a little bit too much “you have to do things my way” for my taste but it’s good motivation to stop compulsions sometimes). For podcasts I can really recommend “All the Hard Things” by Jenna Overbaugh. (Many of these people are on other platforms as well)

JordTheNord

Date posted: 2y

@iremzgrr Sorry to hear of your struggles. I’m sure you feel lonely. Yes it’s definitely OCD and yes it’s hard to not care about the thoughts but that comes with practice and perspective. Because all OCD advise is pretty straight forward and simple to do. So why does it take some time? Well first just because something is simple doesn’t mean it’s easy. So don’t beat yourself on how long it takes or the difficulty of it. Progress is progress. 1% better today is more rewarding than 0%. Also, Alan Watts on YouTube has helped me greatly with his lecture to fill in the blanks of misunderstandings or so to say “bridge the gap of understanding” simple concepts because there is a complexity to simple instructions and simplicity in something that is complex. It’s how we view it. You also have these thoughts because you are human. Humans have these thoughts and humans handle them in different ways. We as a group are working on handling them just as non OCD ppl do effortlessly.

hen7

Date posted: 2y

@iremzgrr Yes, it’s all OCD. It sounds like your compulsions are mostly mental ones, right? Like ruminating, analysing or supressing your thoughts maybe… First step is to recognize when you are compulsing. Which is when you feel the need to figure something out or be certain about something in order to prevent some sort of disaster. Then when you start noticing these triggers and patterns, try and stay in the moment. And as much out of your head as possible. By naming all the things around you with the colour green, for example. Count backwards from 100 in steps of 7. Name 3 things you can see, hear, smell or feel. Etc. It can help to say something like “that’s a nice thought, OCD, but I’m not going to try and figure this out.” And go about your day as much as possible. Whenever you start to ruminate, do one of these exercises to stay away from compulsions for as long as possible. If you ask for reassurance or google your thoughts, try and cut back on those until you try to not do them entirely. By doing all of this you will keep feeding your brain the message that the thoughts are not dangerous and that your brain can stop feeding them to you. Then they will diminish.

Anonymous

Date posted: 25w

Masterbation OCD/real event OCD

I'm 17 years old I struggle with addiction I have a problem when I masterbate I have intrusive thoughts idk if I think them I'm so scared also back then I know when I was younger I looked at obscure things hentai all that my idk what to do even I feel like I'm a monster or im a bad person I need help I feel so distraught I feel like I can't live life to the fullest anymore even from last year I looked at content that was animated but it had a character in it that was underage I felt so ashamed and felt like a monster I had a compulsion to check it only to find out they are not around my age range idk what to do I probably sound like a freak I'm sorry I'm always trying to replay my memory and try to remember my intention and what I was doing how I come across how I was doing a action yk all that

iluvpink

Date posted: 24w

A small vent

I've been struggling with ocd since I was 7. I'm 18 now and it feels like the older I've gotten the worse it's gotten. I don't know how to deal with it and i feel so lost and alone. Its hard for me to even say what my intrusive thoughts are or to even fully acknowledge it to myself in my head because im scared that if i put it out in the world itll be true or if i acknowledge the thought it solidifies it and makes it true. i feel like im just over exaggerating what im feeling and im turning something that isnt there into something bigger which makes it hard to talk about it with other people. Especially because im not diagnosed but I know it's ocd but what if it isnt? What if im lying to myself or I'm just doing it to get attention and I don't realize it? I just try to deal with it on my own but it's so hard and feels impossible. I feel like ocd has contaminated every part of my life that I enjoy. The things that used to bring me comfort are now filled with things that trigger my ocd and bring me anxiety.

Adi7

Date posted: 23w

Advice please ❤️

Hi ❤️ I’m really struggling right now I’m in my sophomore year of Highschool and I’ve finally started planning or thinking abt my future (for context I was extremely depressed and suicidal from 6-9th grade) After conquering my depression this is a huge leap for me and I’m proud of myself ❤️ But there’s something still holding me down :( and I’m not sure what to do anymore that thing is OCD. Since 6th grade I have had strong and invasive intrusive thoughts all the time they scare me so bad and make me feel as though I’m not even real anymore :( I’m sick of taking the time to do ridiculous compulsions to rid or ease these thoughts it’s a waste of time and energy and it hurts me so bad I feel like I will never get to just live my life without this :( How can I plan my future when I can’t even find myself in this mess of anxiety 💔 I’m so tired of fighting my mental health it’s been years from anxiety attacks to sh to survived suicide attempts (I got help dw❤️‍🩹) and recovery there. Just to be thrown into a storm of awful scary sickening thoughts day and night-when can I just be a normal teenager and possibly a happy adult? How do I conquer this so I can love myself to the fullest and live my life free and happy? :( ❤️❤️‍🩹 I’m so scared to talk to my parents about it I’m ashamed of my thoughts and every time I bring it up they just say I shouldn’t be diagnosing myself or it’s just ADHD. It really really hurts me they have no idea how awful this feels and it makes me feel so alone sometimes 💔

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