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- 5y ago
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- 5y ago
i relate it this so much you have no idea. i have always had to take medication for a bunch of stuff and like you, i used to take pride in that because it made me unique. then i got older and things became a little more clear to me. i started to realize things and make sense of everything. i was maturing. but with this came a lot shame towards me taking meds. i would cry to my parents and ask why i was the one that needed to take these stupid meds. i just wanted to be “normal”. i wanted to act normal without taking them. i wanted to think normal. i want to be NORMAL. but, this is my normal. there is no changing that. i’ve had to ask myself, would you rather struggle a lot more than you are now and NOT take the meds or take the meds and feel a lot better?
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- 5y ago
hopefully i gave some helpful insight ?
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- 5y ago
I’ve always looked at it as the medicine is helping me right now as I try and continue to point my life in the right direction. I can’t tell you how YOU should feel, but I look at it as its something that’s part of my life to help me live to my life to the fullest potential. No different than diabetics who need insulin, or people who need to take medications for heart issues. Crazy would be doing nothing to try and help you lessen your disorder.
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- 5y ago
It's not your fault your brain chemistry is abnormal,you didn't do something bad to feel embarrassed,ocd brains are abnormal there's nothing wrong in trying to correct that
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- 5y ago
I used to be so embarrassed and was truly in denial until recently. I just decided to embrace it, since there’s no changing it
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