Does anyone think that from age 18-19 and from early twenties are like the worst to have ocd. I’m 19 and my ocd started when I was 18 and I feel like my OCD is so sensitive to everything that happens in my life. And everyone says that early 20s are the worst and I kind of agree. Maybe I’m wrong but it kind of feels like that.
I think I’m in the same boat 🥲 I’m 19 too and my ocd started at 18
@Abby:-P Same I’m 18
Mine is due to trauma and having a narcissistic parent. At 25 and having my first really bad flare up, I say it depends on your brain chemistry and history. I can’t really say that some ages are worse than others as we all struggle/cope differently.
I really liked this post because it made me think about my own journey. I wasn't formally diagnosed this year (27) but I specifically remember prior to my teens my ritualized behaviors were a bigger part of my OCD (ie tapping locks 3x to make sure they were secure before bed) and when I got into my teens the intrusive thoughts began to get worse. For me when I turned 25 things came to a culmination but I agree with a previous comment that everyone is different and a lot has to do with experiences or history.
I started having symptoms around 5 and it flared up at 12 and then had many flare ups since then. I’m 16 now and the closer I get to 18 it seems to just get worse and worse… You might end up being right
Trying not to seek reassurance, but rather connect the dots on my OCD and possible reasons as to why I am the way I am. I have severe OCD (or at least I hope I do) mainly surrounding POCD. I've had symptoms of OCD the majority of my life but this theme has come up more recently. When I was a kid, and i'...
Hi, I’m new here!! I’m praying I don’t get judged for this. But, back in late May of 2022 ( literally right before I graduated high school), I added this one random girl from my school on Snapchat. She posted something about a graduation party , so I swiped up on her story basically saying how I can’t believe ...
Im 21 years old, I had ocd seen I was 14 when it started it stopped me from telling anyone I have it. It was really bad at the time and I had no clue how to deal with it I even was able to kill myself at one point but decided to have hope it would get better. In time it did got better but I had no clue what was wron...
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