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- 5y ago
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I hope you’re able to completely cut this person out of your life. I’m not sure why they chose to attack you like this but clearly they are in need of some serious mental health treatment themselves. I’m sorry you have been outed in this way for your mental illness. It must be incredibly difficult to manage the emotions that come with such an invasion of privacy and it would be difficult for anyone, not just those with OCD. This person had no right to discuss or reveal anything about your mental health to others. If they had a genuine concern for children because they misunderstood your illness, there were certainly better routes to take to ensure no one was endangered. But as we all know, people with POCD are not in fact dangers to anyone, except maybe themselves and their own happiness. At this point I’d probably take a proactive approach with any friends or family members she has talked to. Rather than letting rumors fly, gather up some resources and have a conversation with each. Explain your diagnosis, how you’ve sought treatment, and share some articles with them about your illness. If you’re willing, you can offer to be open to follow up questions, but you can just end it by saying you’d rather not discuss a very painful aspect of your mental health recovery any further. I’m so sorry this happened. I hope your support system helps reinforce that you’ve done nothing wrong here.
- Date posted
- 5y ago
wats happening - - thoughts - anxiety - trying to solve the thought to end anxiety - wasting time + more anxiety - endless trap wat to do - - thoughts - anxiety - focus on breathing - mind is on breath hence its calm - intruding thought is still there but anxiety is missing, hence the thought is powerless & u can see that it does not even need ur attention. - keep focusing on breath.. - the thought might never go away or go & come back...but whatever happens its none of ur business anymore... (incoming of the thought is reminder to go back to focusing on breathing). how to focus on breathing : wen u inhale - say 1 in ur mind & focus on the inhaling process. wen u exhale - say 2 in ur mind & focus on the exhaling process.
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Thank you so much. Xx
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Thank you so much for your reply. Everyone who knows me knows I have ocd and what type so i suppose that wasn't the issue. This person even helped me when i was going through a bout of it this year but she has now decided to mock me because of my mental health. She was supposed to be a friend but in fact was the complete opposite and found it necessary to try and hurt me and bring on my ocd again. She is completely and utterly out of my life and i will never be fooled into letting her back into my life like I did when I lost my mum 2 years ago. I hadn't spoken to her for a few years as she told me she had cancer and had 5 years to live....it was all a lie. She certainly needs help. I am comfortable knowing that I have ocd and that my dearest friends and family know about it. They all completely understand it and realise how I have suffered over the years. I just feel utterly betrayed and humiliated really by this person. She also owes me money. She entered back into my life when I was at my most vulnerable. I WILL NOT allow this very sad person make me ill like she obviously wanted to. I am just a very sensitive person who worries what others think about me! Part of my ocd ! Thank you once again for your kind words. It helps me immensely knowing that there are other people out there with the same symptoms and I dont feel so alone. I have read the book by bryony Gordon and she had exactly the same ocd symptoms u get from time to time. It's just a shame that some simple and ignorant people thinks it's fun to mock others. Oh...and she is a carer to vulnerable people.....unbelievable! Thank you once again from the bottom of my heart. Xx
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- 24w ago
I, like so many others, have had ocd for most of my life. I have had many themes throughout my life. I am a mom and have had harm and pocd as well. For me those have been the most difficult and most painful themes. I have seen many people post on this app and they have had some pretty horrible and disturbing intrusive thoughts or false memories and real events ect. much worse than mine and I have never judged anyone because I know how bad ocd and intrusive thoughts can get. I had someone comment on a post I made recently asking me if I even have ocd insinuating it’s not ocd and i’m a actually just a pedo. That upset me so much because anyone who has experienced pocd knows how horrific and disturbing the intrusive thoughts can get and how opposite of who we really are ocd is. Our ocd already makes us doubt ourselves so to have a fellow sufferer of ocd say something like that can be so damaging. So many people are afraid to seek help or post on apps like this out of fear of being judged so we have to be mindful of what we comment. This person, after reading their bio has never experienced that theme and so they have no idea what it’s like or how bad it can get. I am writing this post because I think we need to be more understanding of those who suffer with themes we haven’t and not be judgmental especially if we don’t know them or their ocd story and what they have been through. I beat my ocd and for years I was ocd free until a recent stressful situation in my life and it came back and has been relentless and worse than ever before. I have had so many kind people give me great support on this app and I give support as much as I can when I see posts of others going through similar things as me. Be kind and think before you comment.
- Date posted
- 23w ago
The other day I made a post about being kind and supportive and not being judgmental when commenting on other people’s posts because someone made a comment on my post insinuating that I don’t have ocd and i’m actually just a bad person. At first it didn’t really bother me because I know i’m not a bad person but now my ocd is latching onto their comment and it’s making me feel horrible. My post that they commented on was about how whenever I think things to myself like how my pre teen daughter is blessed to have slim legs and not chubby thighs like mine and she’s growing up into a nice shape or my teen son has a nice shape jawline and neck and it’s good that he’s slim but he’s too slim or how all of my adult kids are so handsome/beautiful my ocd turns my random normal mom thoughts into something inappropriate. I know I don’t think of or look at my kids or any kids or young person in an inappropriate way. My ocd says I do and I was seeking support. That persons comment was so damaging for me. I tried to think maybe they have never had dark disturbing intrusive thoughts with their ocd themes and maybe they just don’t understand or maybe they have never had pocd theme or maybe they are not a parent but even if all of that were true, their comment was still so judgmental and damaging. I am struggling even more now because my ocd is latching onto that persons comment and making me feel like a horrible person. Has anyone else had this happen? How did you get through it?
- Date posted
- 18w ago
I’m going through a really bad flare up. I developed ocd many years ago when I had my first child. Postpartum ocd. I suffer from harm and pocd. At first I had mostly mental and some physical compulsions but the physical faded away pretty early on and i’ve just done mental compulsions since. My ocd was in remission for alot of years and if the ocd would pop up now and again, I was easily able to shrug it off and not engage. A few years ago I went through a stressful time in my life and the ocd came back to stay. At first it was bad but then it got better and has been pretty mild until now. It’s been really bad this week and the physical compulsions are even back. I never thought it would ever get this bad again. My ocd is making me doubt who I am and how I feel. I know it’s all ocd and not real or true but the ocd makes it feel so real that I can’t easily dismiss or disprove it. The more I try to disprove it the more real the ocd makes it feel. I’m really struggling and don’t know how to get back on track. I don’t have access to a therapist because there are no ocd specialists near me and my insurance doesn’t cover online therapy. That’s why i’m reaching out here. Has anyone been through a rough relapse? How can I get through and past this??
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