ring

Date posted: 1y

Please give me some advice on this

My parents are yelling at me for not taking care of my rabbits but I told them I can’t anymore and I don’t know how to tell them that, I can’t even take care of myself. You know how hard it is for me to keep myself alive rn?! I don’t want to say that or I will be judged for life on it but at the same time I love my rabbits. I just don’t know how to keep living like this. I can’t take care of myself so how am I supposed to take care of two more alive beings? I know some people are probably judging me rn but idk how else to explain this. (They are not being abused I have been taking care of them) (I just don’t think I can anymore and I wish my parents could take care of them for a little while I heal but they just don’t understand any of this.) My parents are older so when they were younger they didn’t have many mental problems. (Not saying all older people didn’t but my parents didn’t) can someone please give me advice.

anonocd

Date posted: 1y

I would get into therapy before giving away your rabbits. Then make a decision with the therapist. It may be the case that having two living things to take care of can actually take your focus off of your problems for a little bit, even though it may feel initially hard to get the motivation. I don’t want OCD to grow and take over more of your life.

ring

Date posted: 1y

@anonocd Yeah but idk what to do until then because my parents are nagging me about it and won’t sign me up for therapy so I don’t have any clue of what to do

anonocd

Date posted: 1y

@ring How did this go? Any update?

ring

Date posted: 1y

@anonocd We don’t have to get rid of them for now since my mom is kinda helping out now

anonocd

Date posted: 1y

@ring Ok cool! I have rabbits too

ring

Date posted: 1y

@anonocd oh that so fun! How many?

anonocd

Date posted: 1y

@ring Two, brother and sister

ring

Date posted: 1y

@anonocd Awh that’s so cute! Do you have any other pets?

anonocd

Date posted: 1y

@ring No just them, they’re my first ‘real’ pet (even though I’m over 30 years old). I love them a lot. Do you have other pets?

ring

Date posted: 1y

@anonocd Awh that’s so cool! Yeah I have a dog aswell. I have had many pets but my dog and rabbits are the last alive. It’s okay though the other ones were long ago

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Date posted: 1y

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ring

Date posted: 1y

@Tekma Yeah I told my parents they can find a new family for them to go to and they say okay and then just ask me again and it’s killing me and breaks me more every time they ask because I love them with all my heart but my parents keep making me feel bad about it

ring

Date posted: 1y

@Tekma I don’t know. I’m not in therapy. My mom keeps saying I should go to therapy but then doesn’t sign me up so idk

Erin P

Date posted: 1y

@LyssLove Therapy -specifically erp (not talk) therapy for ocd can make a huge difference. It’s worth it. It will help you do more than just try to stay alive.

ring

Date posted: 1y

@Erin P Where can I do that

Erin P

Date posted: 1y

@LyssLove The Iocdf website has a list of providers for various countries. NOCD is in their list one and takes some insurance.

ring

Date posted: 1y

@Erin P ohh okay. Thank you very much

Dinosaur ent...

Date posted: 25w

Utter hopelessness vent

Today my mom broke down crying because of how much stress she feels having to take care of me, she said I can’t do anything in terms of being able to take care of myself and she’s right I can’t, she breaks down constantly because of me, I don’t know what to do, it’s been like this for years, part of me feels like the only way to save her is to kill myself, I don’t want to die, but it feels like the only way to set her free, I don’t think anyone but her would miss me anyways, I feel utterly hopeless. I’m not going to do anything to myself the voices are just SCREAMING that I need to. I can’t work, I can’t go to school, I’m trying desperately to get therapy, I don’t know what else to do, I wish I was a child again and I felt like I had a chance to be okay. I love my mom so much and she loves me and I’m killing her, I’m actually killing her, with how fuckinh worthless and pathetic I am, it’s too much, I miss being a kid.

veinsoul

Date posted: 24w

in need of help

I don’t know what I can do. I guess this is more of a depression thing than OCD but who knows. I have been battling this ongoing war within myself for years now and it’s been affecting my academic performance. situation of mine right now: I haven’t done a lot of work for my classes this month and I feel like I’m going to fail the semester again. I don’t know what it is but I can never seem to begin any work. I know I am capable but why can’t I get myself to start? why has this been going on for so long? I don’t understand. I have a history of good grades back in high school before I turned 17. I don’t even know how to describe it. it’s like I’ve been paralyzed and cannot do any work. but I can somehow do offside tasks like pinterest boards or random youtube videos. if I get rid of those, what do I do? I end up sleeping. because I’m tired. I have a low vitamin D deficiency & have been trying to get energy. I’m at a loss. I also bought unnecessary stuff on sunday when I went out with my family. I bought some things for the kids and I ended up buying myself a dress and a few accessories. now I have to work extra to gain that money back doing uber eats because I need it asap. it’s like I don’t want to work, for now. my coworkers who are around my age don’t work as much & I think to myself, “wow, they must be getting in the work done” meanwhile I’m working 3 days a week (which isn’t much) and attending school. I feel like if I change my schedule again, I’ll ruin it for the rest of my driver coworkers. I’m in a lead position at work so having to put on a mask is quite tiring. there’s so much I want to say that I don’t think it will fit in this post. I have booked a mental health session with a school counselor. all I want at the moment is to have my own place and be in a better mental state to take care of my cats. they mean a lot to me but this stupid ass undiagnosed mental issue is getting in the way. sorry for the long rant. I am tired.

Adi7

Date posted: 17w

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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