Anonymous
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Having kids
Anyone else think it’s irresponsible to have kids if you have severe ocd?
hopefulxmesshopefulxmess
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My ocd developed due to having kids. Postpartum ocd that never went away. I have always pushed through. It’s very difficult and painful at times because my ocd will sometimes focus on my kids like it has been lately and I pray they don’t ever develop ocd but I wouldn’t say not to have kids. Having kids is a blessing even with ocd I can’t imagine my life without them.
AnonymousAnonymous
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@hopefulxmess I’m so so sorry… new studies on how keto might help, I’m trying now day 5. I hate the idea of the fad Keto, but new studies coming out by Stanford and Harvard soon on how it’s helping schizophrenia and bipolar
hopefulxmesshopefulxmess
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@Anonymous Really? I will give anything a try.
AnonymousAnonymous
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@hopefulxmess If you can afford to buy a lot of avocados and fish!
AnonymousAnonymous
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@hopefulxmess Please look up “living well with schizophrenia” on YouTube; and Chris Palmer. Take a look for yourself! Also, Matt baszucki was in the news for his bipolar. His dad is the Roblox founder who is funding the new studies after keto basically allowed his son to basically be off meds after trying 35 different ones
AnonymousAnonymous
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I was pregnant with my second kid when I found out I had OCD. They're turning out ok 👍
rach511rach511
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Oc not 🫶
Brooke cookieBrooke cookie
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OCD does not make you an uncapable person ,people with OCD can do just as much as anyone else and there’s actually been some pretty incredible people with OCD so I would say no that’s not a reason not to kids. I would highly recommend working on your OCD so that you don’t feel the symptoms as much and maybe tell your kids if they start to experience ocd to tell you and get the treatment if they do but I think every family is going to have some genetic things that’s just life. 1 and 50 people will develop OCD so there’s a good chance that other peoples DNA already has OCD it’s a very common thing.
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Brooke cookie Respectfully, if you think OCD isn’t debilitating I don’t think yours is severe. Mine is Howard Hughes level, no exaggeration. Absolutely freakish, otherworldly ghastly OCD. Beyond human comphrenesion. For me, having a kid would be like gassing a child
Brooke cookieBrooke cookie
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@Anonymous Respectfully I never said ocd was not hard . I have had many sleep less nights and pain from ocd. I found out I had ocd when I turned myself in to the psych hospital because I really thought I was turning in a monster that wanted to kill my family. I was the worst time of my life but I was able to heal from it. I know ocd can feel there is no escape or that there is something horribly wrong with you . I just lapsed with self harm ocd 4 months ago , I was heart broken to have my ocd start mentally cripple me again, but I am starting to heal from ocd again. Ocd is hard but it is treatable please don’t give up ,you can heal from ocd. I know ocd can make feel like your different in a bad way and alone . You are not alone , you have more in common with me and everyone who has ocd then you will fever know. I personally believe everyone will have some kind person problems in their live they have go through.
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Brooke cookie Thank you, good luck
Brooke cookieBrooke cookie
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@Anonymous I hope you are able to be free from your ocd one day
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