Hi, I am chloe and I have had OCD since I was 10 years and younger. I am 18 years old now and 2019 has been the worst year of my life, my OCD has reached new levels which have given me extreme anxiety and depression this year. I have every OCD theme you can think of and i am on a lot of medication to help me get through the day. When I was in high school I got bullied and this affected my OCD a lot, it’s made me anxious in social situations and I can’t trust a lot of people. I have basically no friends because of how badly bullied I was and I am now at college studying animal care and wish to talk to people on this app to get a better understanding of OCD and I want to hear other people’s stories too. I haven’t got CBT yet but I am getting the help I need soon. I have got a loving boyfriend that I couldn’t live without and has gone through the worst of my OCD with me. Please comment below and tell me about your OCD and where you are from! ❤️

I think I have rOCD and I’m from the UK :)

I’m from the UK too! Where about in the UK? I’m from Birmingham x

I’m from Brighton (Down south haha) x

Tbh it’s really confusing and I am only self diagnosing at the moment but everything I’ve read and watched suggests it’s that (although I’m questioning it constantly) but yeah it’s just a daily battle to believe I wanna be in my relationship, that I love my partner etc. Very frustrating and exhausting! X

It’s a type of Pure O rather than congenital OCD

Tell me about your ROCD! I would love to hear more about it x

What symptoms do you have? I don’t have ROCD that much so I would love to hear about it symptoms. Have you considered going to therapy or seeing an OCD specialist? X

It’s constant intrusive thoughts and anxiety surrounding my relationship and whether or not it’s what I really want. It makes you question everything you thought you knew. There’s some great videos on YouTube (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fwRrnVuPG2s this one is great). It’s exhausting! Because part of me wants the relationship so bad and loves my partner but part of brain can’t accept that. X

I’m on medication too. And can’t seem to find an OCD specialist apart from in the US x

I basically have pure O. OCD attack’s what you love the most and it is trying to trick you into thinking you don’t want it when you obviously do. Do you have Instagram? Because there is a page that I follow which really helps with ROCD it’s called @ocdrecoveryuk

Yeah? Is it worth following? Check out ‘rocdandme’ too that’s good. What OCD are you struggling with? X

I’m struggling with false memory OCD and basically all the themes you can think of! (HOCD, POCD, ROCD) It’s exhausting... I got ROCD for a while but it’s gone away now and moved onto something else. It’s totally worth following! Seriously check it out!

I had HOCD a long time ago, but I haven’t been bothered by any for years now (that I’ve realised anyway) until a couple months ago. And thanks, I’ll do that now!