Hate that ocd can’t be discussed its so isolating

I have HARM-OCD , POCD , FM-OCD and I can’t discuss my form of ocd with anyone but my partner , it’s just such a lonely isolating disorder. I find my friends discuss their mental health a lot such as anxiety , depression, eating disorders etc but ocd can’t be discussed. How could I ever turn to my friends and tell them I have false memories of harming people , animals even children? How could I ever tell them I worry everyday I’m an abuser and should be sitting in a prison cell… exactly I couldn’t. It’s a lonely isolating life.

Username: G.MG.M

Date posted: 36w ago

I can relate to you. My advice would be to stop feeding into OCD. Stop feeding into the stories it makes up. You have to one day just stop and be stronger than the thoughts. I can relate to you it makes me feel like a terrible person too. But we have to go off the facts. Are you in therapy? Have you tried medication? (Just asking to see if you’ve done anything to quite ur mind alittle) There’s also some support groups!

Username: LillyXLillyX

Date posted: 36w ago

@G.M I’m trying so hard but lately it’s just destroying me I’m not sure why. I’ve tried therapy a few times but when it ends I never feel any better! I’m on Prozac which just doesn’t seem to work anymore 😭

Username: G.MG.M

Date posted: 35w ago

@LillyX What kind of therapy?

Username: Choosengrace_Choosengrace_

Date posted: 36w ago

Praying for you because it is indeed a isolating disorder

Username: Hopefloats227Hopefloats227

Date posted: 36w ago

You don’t have to share the “themes” of OCD to share that you struggle with OCD. Share what details you want, leave whatever is personal out. I have shared some information with my fiancée and family but not details about my own thoughts or themes. The OCD struggle is the same regardless of the theme. I know it can be a vulnerable choice to share about OCD but from my own experience it has made me an advocate because I have helped others that don’t understand the disorder and also, helped a friend seek a diagnosis because she didn’t know she had OCD! There can be positives. Remember, you get to control what you share. You can even share examples of each theme and see how they react in a general way like “here this is what HOCD, POCD, Contamination, Symmetry, are and some people experience multiple and some really only deal with one major theme. Etc. I understand feeling isolated too ❤️❤️❤️

Username: LillyXLillyX

Date posted: 36w ago

@Hopefloats227 Thank you I really appreciate it. I’ll try that first I think! I find POCD especially hard to speak about and unfortunately I seem to be cursed with it as my strongest theme🤢it’s so hard to share those thoughts with others even therapists , it makes me feel so physically sick. ❤️

Username: Hopefloats227Hopefloats227

Date posted: 35w ago

@LillyX You don’t have to share your exact thoughts if you don’t want to. Even to your therapist. They know what thoughts are associated with POCD. But sometimes in order to get better and do ERP, it’s helpful to share. I understand how difficult this is.

Username: mccoy

Date posted: 5y ago

I’m going to talk about something that makes me deeply ashamed and something I hear very little about. Maybe something that scares some people. I’ve suffered with Sexual OCD for about ten years and really the main issue for me was how much it had an effect on my sex drive, I feel like I’ve been neutered. Over time, I feel I’ve more or less overcome the thoughts but I still feel incapable with sex. This has killed the fun out my twenties. I don’t know if it’s the trauma, the drugs, which I avoided with this ocd theme I’ve had because of the side effects warning but took before when I was a teenager suffering from some whacked out religious worries. I’m now more worried than ever I’m going to die alone and unloved. I lost a girlfriend really over this. And on top of that I don’t hear many guys talk about this and I can understand why, but I just feel as if I’m really lonely with a condition no one can treat.

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

Feeling Alone And Tired

I’m fairly new to treating my OCD and have felt crazy for most of my life. It didn’t help that no one in my life truly understood OCD and always said I was being dramatic. I very recently (within the past few months) finally got diagnosed with OCD and my whole life started to make sense. However, I recently opened up to someone I really believed I trusted about the intrusive thoughts I have and now feel worse than I ever have before. They essentially called me a psychopath and said they are worried for the people around me. Even though I would and could never hurt anyone. I’ve never felt more alone and broken in my life. I already try very hard to hide my OCD and everything associated with it because no one in my life understands so it’s been easier to deal with it myself than listen to everyone say whatever they have to say about my situation. After what happened today I’m even more inclined to just keep it to myself. I don’t know what I’m expecting from writing this but I figure this is the best place to write what I’m feeling. Going through OCD is hard enough on it’s own. But when people are telling you they think you’re a danger to society and are crazy because of your intrusive thoughts it really hurts. I’m just tired.

Username: lemonlolly

Date posted: 1y ago

Keeping it to yourself?

Part of my OCD is that I can’t share my intrusive thoughts and compulsions with anyone. I can’t say it out loud because then that makes it more true? OCD is weird like that.

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