Struggling with school stress and looking for advice and encouragement.

How does one do school and also have OCD? I used to be alright at school, now I can barely get anything done. I really don’t want to fail but every time I start working I get overwhelmed and my head hurts.

Hi! Im wondering how does OCD affect your school work.. Since my ocd started school got much harder and i just cant focus. Im in law school and i cant handle the stress and feeling like all of my peers are better and smarter because they know how to deal with stress and dont go crazy... It sucks because its ruining my self esteem and i feel like a loser. I used to be a good student but now i just fail class after class. Is it going to get better? Can u study with ocd and get good grades? If you can please tell me how!

So I’ve been having a really rough time lately. I’ve been super stressed about school and everything in my life to the point where I don’t want to go anywhere and I’ve missed a ton of school this year. My whole family and my therapist are saying that it’s all OCD which just makes me feel invalidated like I’m making everything up and that they don’t understand. I’m positive in my mind that all these things aren’t even related to OCD and I’ve started convincing myself that it doesn’t even exist. My brain wont let anyone tell me otherwise ever. I had a bad day at school and wanted to go home but since I’ve missed so much and because everyone said it was just a compulsion to go home I had to stay and ended up crying in the counselors office for an hour. Right now is not a good time for like erp stuff in my mind because I won’t believe it’s ocd and I’ve been under way too much stress because of this lately. I don’t know what to do. If anyone has any advice or anything I’d really appreciate some.