Yesterday I told my friend about my harm OCD, she is really good friend and understood everything, but it was my first time i talked about it loudly expect my family members, but I have kinda sad feeling after that, because i felt weak and I think that i am not longer same person as I was before my harm theme and they just don’t need this kind of friend. What about u? Are u talking about your OCD?
I mention my ocd but not my themes to my friends. It’s very personal and not a reflection of who I am so I don’t feel the need to share
@Forever hopeful7 Yes it’s personal, but I think we should talk about mental health a lot to raise awareness at the same time ❤️🩹 but I can understand
I talk to my friends and I share my thoughts as well. For me I have suic!dal ocd rn, it helps me a lot that they are there for me and sometimes even for reassurance that it’s not who I am when I need it (I know it’s not good for ocd but sometimes you just need it) they are very understanding and I shared it with them since I started experiencing the ocd 10 years ago. They still need me, promise you 😂
@confused writer Thanks 🌸hearing this mean a lot for me
I discussed the possibility that I might have undiagnosed ocd to one of my friends and she helped me a lot and we also discovered that we both may have it, it’s a weird way to bond but we find more conversations comforting because we both have intrusive thoughts and other symptoms that I don’t feel like going into detail rn but it feels good knowing that I’m not alone, it was a brave and scary but smart choice to open up to her, I wish you the best of luck ❤️
@delaney44 Thanks, wish u the best luck also 🥰If u need to talk about also about your intrusive thoughts I am always here🌸
@cocacolaa Ofc! Ty
I highly recommend you join the support groups offered on here - especially the harm ocd on tuesdays. I absolutely do talk about my ocd while not making it my identity but it is important to talk about this as it is a part of your journey friend.
@Swift19!89! How can I join the support groups?
@cocacolaa I’m not sure if you have access to contact the advocate team on here but I think you do in the messages - reach out to them and they can lead you in the right direction
Are you guys open about your OCD and talk to others about it or do you keep it to yourself? Has talking about it helped in any way?
Hey guys! I wanna know, does anybody here has told someone close about their ocd? Because i just told my mom and even though she handled it very well i don’t know how i feel.
So I wanted to ask, to what extent should your family know about your OCD? And is it helpful that they know the full extent of the themes you suffer from. For myself my family knows I have OCD coupled with intrusive thoughts and I’ve described some of them such as my hit and run OCD and some lighter Harm themes, but I’ve never truly divulged the full content of my thoughts because I feel like there’s a possibility they might not understand entirely and maybe be confused by some of the more taboo themes I.e. Harm OCD, POCD, Sexual thoughts etc. Personally I feel like I don’t need to tell them absolutely everything going on with my OCD but was just curious how others have gone about it. Thanks.
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