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I am a parent. I have 3 children. Ocd usually clings onto what you love the most, so, obviously my obsessions and fears revolve around my children, but I know I have been a good parent, you have to challenge your ocd daily, cause you can’t be stuck in your compulsions cause you have little people that depend on you, so in a way it has been helpful to me. You can try therapy before you start your family. But don’t be afraid, you can do this.
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i’m definitely invested in therapy. thank you so much for the advice. it makes me hopeful!
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I unexpectedly became a father after being told my ex partner couldn’t conceive by drs.. next thing she was pregnant.. my daughters 2.5 yrs old now an I wouldn’t change it for the world.. yes I do get some horrible obsessions about what ifs maybes an could haves but I see my daughter smile everyday and every night before bed she tells me she loves me and I get a big kiss.. no matter how I’m feelin that turns me around every time, so to answer your question yeah you can be a parent, a damn good one too, but always remember noones perfect and there’s no book on parenting, everyone gets something wrong at some point.. but as long your child is happy and loved, there’s nothing more in the world you could ask for
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this made me tear up. thank you so much for the advice and kind words. you must make your little girl so happy. ?
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same question here
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Its what we’re all here for, to offload and support each other and it’s the happiness she brings me that makes the difference ?
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Yes of course! But I have a secret to tell. You can actually defeat OCD. Go to the International OCD Foundation website and find a therapist in your area. You can defeat this monster so you can live in peace and take your freedom back :)
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would love to hear the experiences of folks who have become parents. ?
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What kind of OCD do you have?
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Please read this. I’ve had ocd pretty much a lot of my life but never knew what it was until my senior year of highschool. I’m 21 with 2 kids and i believe i’ve had pocd a little bit before my daughter was born (which was 8 months ago). It made me start looking at all kids differently and i hate it. But it really started triggering me about 3 months ago. I’ve been thinking if i’d intentionally touched or harmed my kids the wrong way, or any kids for that matter. This started giving me false memories (or at least hope they are). I’ve been having panic attacks, yelling at myself, punching walls, praying, and even thoughts of ending my own life. I grew up in a severe toxic household throughout my childhood and teenage life. I’ve never wished that on my kids since i became a dad. I wanna give them the life i never got. I look back my photos of my children and i feel like i’m a complete fraud of a dad. I cannot look at my kids or be around them a lot of times. I can’t hold my daughter right. I can’t change their diaper when they need it. Even my son came and was hugging on me the other night while i was watching tv and i acted like a stranger to him. I can very little do this stuff sometimes because it’s either i get relief or i push my thoughts as far back as i can. I get scared if i did something to not just my kids, but any other kids in the past. I have such a a great life and such a beautiful family. It was hard and stressful at first being young with a family but i couldn’t be more thankful at all for them. I’m just so lost and stressed right now that i just don’t know what to do anymore
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So basically I didn’t know till my hocd started. But looking back at my life I had ocd since I was a kid. Like 6-7 years old. First time happening I remember that when I was doing stuff many times I had to say something like a little poem in my head to stop it. Then I had this thing were if I felt my left foot touch the floor 5 times I had to do the touch the floor with my right foot too. Then I had something I guess contamination??? Basically after washing my hands I had a sensation on my hand like I could still “feel” the germs and I had to wash them again. Then I started having thoughts of my family members getting hurt. I had intrusive thoughts about me hurting my dog. Then I had this obsession that a guy who used to be in my school is looking for me to beat me up. And how it’s this obsession about my sexuality even tho I never doubted or questioned it before. Is that possible??? Like can you be born with it? I’m pretty sure both my parents have it too. At least at some level. Take my father for example he had an obsession that he was going to die the moment he turned 30.
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