I was watching a video of myself and my best friend (in the vid we were 9 and btw we’re still best friends) and I’m so sad because I used to be so happy and I would go back to that time. Back then I used to live in Russia and ever since I moved out of Russia my mental health had been going downhill. I don’t know why, it’s been almost 3 years since I moved and a month after I moved I began have harm ocd. Idk why. I really really miss my life in Russia and maybe it’s because I’m separated from my whole family (my family lives in Russia, my grandparents my cousins my aunts and uncles). I’ve never thought about it like that before but now I think about it I really got sad after I moved. Moving country can be hard I guess

Thank you. I was really really upset because moving across the world is really really upsetting especially as I was only 13. My life in Russia was awesome and I’d do anything to get back to it but I also try to remind myself that a lot of good things has happened too, even if I’m finding it hard

@margo1 Sorry if it didn’t make sense I’m really tired

@margo1 You make sense and it's very clear to me. I'm 35 and change is very difficult. I try to surround myself by people that respect my boundaries and try to understand that. I hope you have that support around you ♡

@IMsoOCD Thank you so much! Everyone on this app is so nice to me it’s awesome. I’ve had so much change in my life and I still find it difficult

@margo1 I love the OCD community. We truly are the ONLY people that can 100% understand what each other is going through and we should definitely use that to help one another.

@IMsoOCD It’s so amazing. People with ocd always seem to be understanding. No matter what age. There are 20, 30 or 70 year olds in this community and we all just stick together and help. I’m 15 and there’s nobody saying “you’re too young” or “live your life and stop worrying” and I think that’s really great

Sometimes I wish my mom was like that. My mom is really strict and she won’t let me go to therapy because she thinks I can “fix myself”. Last time I told her about my intrusive thoughts (which started when I first moved) and she took away my phone and computer and got mad at me. She doesn’t understand and I really want to go to and OCD specialist but I don’t think she’ll like that idea.

No, I don’t think she’ll like it either. But I have considered telling her, cause maybe her views have changed from 2 years ago. That’s why I downloaded this app, in hopes to help me. And it worked but I feel like it would be nice to have a therapist

@margo1 Maybe we can work on finding some research you can print out or show her. Something explaining what ocd is and how it manifests, how debilitating it is and that it's a real disorder, not a phase.

@margo1 https://iocdf.org/expert-opinions/my-parents-dont-believe-i-have-ocd/

@margo1 https://kids.iocdf.org/what-is-ocd-kids/what-is-different-about-ocd-in-kids/

@margo1 https://kids.iocdf.org/what-is-ocd-kids/

@margo1 https://kids.iocdf.org/what-is-ocd-kids/who-gets-ocd/

@margo1 I hope these help ♡

@IMsoOCD Thank you so much!