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Oh my goodness, that breaks my heart! As if we “wannabe” like this! I’d hand my OCD over on a plate if I could! Ughhh, some people! d a i s y
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Lots of judgement about taking medication. Viewed as weak/unnatural. Obviously coming from people who do not know the agony of the disorder!
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I completely agree, nabil! Why can’t taking medication be a sign that we care about our health instead of weakness? As if deciding to take medication wasn’t one of the hardest decisions of our life. We do it because it’s necessary to function, and for some of us, that’s impossible to do without meds! I take a cocktail of medications and I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for them! d a i s y
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my best friend’s mom tried to tell me she had OCD when she found out i had been diagnosed. when i talked to her about it all she said was “oh yeah i have to have everything organized all the time i hate messes.” yes some people have that type of OCD but it’s not that easy there’s so much more to it??when i tried to talk about my themes she had no idea there were more themes than everything needing to be clean all the time. she’s a nurse too. yikes
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Mentally ill "wanabees"? I spend more that 1/2 my day checking and rechecking ridiculous things like light switches and toothpaste caps. I definitely don't "wannabe" that, but it happens. I guess some people just don't get it if it doesn't happen to them.?
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Well I was talking to a girl with ocd, and she was very deep in her illness and had convinced herself she was transgender or not in love with her boyfriend. And she told me she’s tired of people being positive when she’s suffering, and wanted to get forums like this shut down ( like what ) then she said they’re all mentally ill wannabes. Which pissed me off tons. All of it came from me giving her advice to go to erp. Bc all she did was rant to me but not take my advice, and get nasty with me whenever I put in my input. Sad ??♀️
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@rfisher sad thing is she thinks she’s “educated” on ocd and said people with pOCD or whatever themes like that are their actual theme. ( ex people with harm ocd actually wanna harm people ) that pushed me to my breaking point.
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People like that will never understand what it's like to live with this.
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@rfisher , exactly, she has ROCD too so you’d expect her to actually know her stuff. ??♀️
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Has anyone experienced their reputation affected or misunderstood because of a societally taboo OCD theme? Others catching wind of your obsessions and misinterpreting it, assuming the worst? I’m intentionally keeping it vague because I don’t want my specific situation to get reassured, but it’s been a real tough pill to swallow knowing that people close to me (and anyone else they might talk to) think of me differently. I’m unwilling to share about my OCD because I feel pretty confident it will be taken as an excuse or denial, and feels compulsive and reassurance seeking. Let me know if anyone here has experienced anything like it, how they handled it, exposures you did.
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OCD is so much more than just being 'neat' or 'organized'—it’s relentless, exhausting, and often deeply misunderstood. The intrusive thoughts, the compulsions, the anxiety—it can feel like a never-ending cycle that others just don’t seem to get. Many of us have had experiences where even therapists didn’t fully grasp the depth of our struggles. I myself faced difficulty being misdiagnosed and my talk therapist not understanding the full extent of what I was going through until I found NOCD. So many prior therapists wrote off my symptoms as general anxiety, not realizing it was actually OCD all along. If you could sit down with a therapist who truly wanted to understand, what do you wish they knew about OCD?
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Last year during April I started to experience groinal responses when I looked at kids. I was terrified of what it could mean and decided to attempt two weeks later. The very next day I had those responses I decided to attempt. I didn’t really have the courage to do so at that time but I started experiencing images about disturbing things done to kids and as days went by it got worse. April 16 was the last straw and I couldn’t take it anymore. I ended up in a mental hospital but before I ended up there I had searched up what I was experiencing. That’s when I started to understand that it was OCD. I felt relieved for a few moments until I felt the urge to get more information. I saw lots and lots of things and many comments saying that it wasn’t normal and that people who went through this were disgusting people who shouldn’t be allowed to roam free. That’s when my anxiety and fear became worse and I tried to get rid of it but nothing worked. I shook the entire time I was awake, I didn’t have motivation for anything anymore, I just felt so disgusting. In the end, I’m so glad I ended up in that mental hospital or else I wouldn’t be here with my friends and family. Thank you for reading my story, I’m so glad that I’m not alone
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