Morocco Community

Hey everyone, I was wondering if there were any people here from Morocco. I was thinking of maybe joining an existing support group or creating one, even online (if it's allowed to do so through here). The ways to navigate OCD or any other mental illnesses depend a lot of the cultural and social context (family, friends, work, local ressources) and I would love to be able to exchange with people dealing with the same thing. Sending lots of strength to everyone

Moha🍃

Date posted: 1y

I am, how can I help ?

Anonymous*

Date posted: 1y

Hey Moha, thank you for your comment. I guess I have a few questions, if you're open to answer of course : • do you know of any IRL or online support groups in MA? • were you able to find a good OCD therapist? I'm struggling and thinking of doing it online when I'll be financially able. And more personal questions that you absolutely don't have to answer but • are you currently on meds only, or meds+therapy, or therapy only, or solo? • if you're on meds+therapy, do you feel like your psychiatrist relies mostly on the effects of meds and less on ERP? • how open are you with your diagnosis with friends/coworkers/etc? Since I have mostly contamination and health OCD, it's very difficult to explain to people, especially family, that's it's not just "lwesswass" or "kan3if menhoum". And I feel like I might have been too open with people, which I deeply regret now, especially at work. Hope it wasn't too long. And choukrane for even commenting 🙏

Moha🍃

Date posted: 1y

@Anonymous* There are some moroccan OCD support groups on Facebook but personally I wouldn’t advise it, there is a lot of misinformation there and it’s not very “professional”. I’m actually working on recovery alone my doctor just gives some prescriptions to take the edge off OCD and that’s it, I rely on myself and sometimes seek help from the online community. I’m not very open about my condition with people besides my parents because it’s futile no one would understand and even if they did it wouldn’t do me any good. No need to feel regret at least you had the courage to open up about it, I didn’t. Let me know if I can help you with anything else.

Anonymous*

Date posted: 1y

@Moha🍃 Thank you for your answers 🙏 Just saw it now. I totally see what you mean about those FB groups. I recently started medication after years of hesitation, still on my first week, but I know how the process goes...so I'm trying to stay both patient and hopeful it will work out for me, so that I can move to ERP. I think I should try and care less about what people think but I'm always trying to explain myself or justify things since my compulsions are extremely visible and are contrary to all the "souab" rules we have. Even in professional settings, it's always a struggle to try and avoid a handshake or refuse food. Most of my compulsions are avoidance. When you say working on your recovery alone, do you mean doing exposures/ERP on your own? Resisting anxiety? Sports? If you don't mind sharing. Thank you

Moha🍃

Date posted: 1y

@Anonymous* No worries, yeah I think you should consider ERP and practice it, you certainly won’t be perfect at it first but in time you’ll pull it off. Yeah I understand our moroccan community can be a little judgemental especially for us with this disorder so I get it. Yeah I educate myself about OCD and put my knowledge into practice some days are worse than others but somehow I manage to survive, I’m not where I want to be but I’m working on it.

Anonymous*

Date posted: 1y

@Moha🍃 Choukrane 🙏 I have to say, I've been lucky with my friends and even most co-workers. But some are very judgemental, and some family members think it's either "fchouch" or rudeness. I wish you the best inchallah, may you keep recovering and reach the point you want soon, and start fully living again inchallah. Thanks again. I *know* I'm not the only one with OCD in MA, but it helps to actually interact with someone.

Moha🍃

Date posted: 1y

@Anonymous* Definitely not the only one! You’ll be okay.

Joyas

Date posted: 1y

Ofc iam here ^^ if u need any help or need to discuss let me know 🙌🏻

Anonymous*

Date posted: 1y

Thank you so much! Just saw your message :)

Joyas

Date posted: 1y

@Anonymous* Ur welcome ^^

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Date posted: 23w

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Hey everyone. I’m new to this app and have been recently diagnosed with OCD. My symptoms were something I had all my life but only recently took the step to seek therapy. Hoping to share my journey with y’all soon and recover together.

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Date posted: 22w

New to NOCD

Hi there, I’m new to NOCD and just want to say that I’ve been depressed and feel as though this opportunity could potentially connect me to people who struggle with similar issues. We’re not certain I have ocd, but I do exhibit symptoms that do seem to fall under ocd’s general category. So I’d like to ask whoever reads this: what are some good ways to engage with this community that might benefit me the most? I’ve been seeing that people struggle with many different intrusive thoughts and some of them (for example dating related or jealousy) I’ve definitely experienced. Is there a way for me to possibly filter based on subtype, and for that matter also how can I best stay safe on this platform? I see there are trigger warnings but do people sometimes post triggering content without them? How about if I receive rude or abusive comments, things like that. I do struggle with many different intrusive thoughts and so may run into darker threads if I filter for those subtypes. Also, I tagged the subtypes that seem to apply to me the most here. Thank you!

AJ__

Date posted: 21w

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