When I see other people living their life normally, being happy without OCD, I get jealous. I wonder what would take for us to be like this? because I was once like that, before ocd got me. I feel like crying. this is fr a nightmare.
I understand where you're coming from, and I used to think like this too. I think it's important to remember that regardless of how things appear, everyone is suffering in one way or another. There really is no such thing as a completely happy life. Of course not everyone meets the OCD diagnosis, but everyone experiences anxiety, depression, sadness, shame, and anger. Everyone ruminates over intrusive thoughts to some degree. Everyone has to deal with losing their youth, becoming sick, and ultimately facing death. Any person you see walking down the street may have just lost a love one due to a car accident, they may have an incurable disease, or they may drown themselves in booze every night because they are so ashamed of themselves. I'm not trying to be bleak or pessimistic here, and I'm not trying to invalidate your feelings (again, I know how you feel). The point is that the more we take things personally, the more we feel like we've been "singled out" and are somehow handicapped in comparison to others, the heavier things are going to feel. I guarantee that there are people who would look at any of us, without knowing our own personal struggles, and ask the same question: "I wonder what it would take for me to be like that?" I know this is really hard. At the same time, I believe the tools we learn as we understand OCD can make us better than normal. ❤️
^ I agree with Djflorio! Everyone is suffering and it’s universal. They might not know how hard your problems are but I can assure you that they have issues we don’t know either. It’s hard to compare life suffering because a lot of times we can’t. My OCD isn’t as bad as others I see on this forum, but I have Bipolar II which can make life feel like hell. But others OCD might be a type of suffering I can’t comprehend either. My point is don’t compare but understand this is your journey through life and theirs is theirs. Each life is different. I’m sorry for what you’re going through, but I dare to believe this difficulty can turn into something beautiful one day :)
I feel like that, too. Maybe not so much jealous, but just that my OCD has completely defeated me and keeps me from the things I enjoy doing like walking, working, spending time with family, and watching TV.
I feel like that too
good to know I’m not alone.
There's a song from stromae I love that really describes the feeling, basically says, "all that egotistic people with their obscene happiness"
I want to be normal.. i dont want to have arguments with my mind.. i want to be a normal 12 year old.. i found out that i first started showing signs like 5 years ago maybe more but why does everyone else look so normal and act so normal and i dont? What did i do? Why do i deserve this? I just want to meet my friends and act normal ive planned when im older for me and my friend to get a tatoo and have late night drives and go to starbucks snd get nails done but that'll never happen you see people on instagram and they do all of these things but i wont be normal enough to do things like that and i really want ocd to go away im suck of crying all the time and not being able to tell people why i hate hate HATE IT god if there is one must have chose favourites
OCD sufferers, do any of you feel jealous that others around you aren't going through what you are going through?
I miss who I was before I had OCD so much. It didn’t hit me till I was 25 last year. I was a lot more fun and could actually live in the moment. Now I’m just constantly filled with anxiety and depressed and agitated. I’m praying for all of you that deal with this too because this is no joke :/
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