My mom just told me she doesn’t really believe that I have ocd because I don’t have enough “repetitive actions” and I just have bad anxiety. I feel so beaten down that someone so close to me doesn’t believe my struggles :(
I can relate . Close relatives or otherwise generally don’t have too much knowledge and understanding on OCD or most other health issues for that matter , unless it affects them personally and directly . Personally I don’t look to anyone for help , support or guidance I look inwards for strength. I am 100% responsible for my own personal health whether it be working towards wellness or sickness .
@777Q Thank you. I’ve been learning to do that more because I know myself and what I need to do
A lot of people do not understand OCD and they have a lot of misconceptions on what it is. It can be hard to struggle with OCD and at the same time people close to us do not understand or get it or you can’t even tell them cuz of the themes. But that’s why there is this community. We understand ya and we all have similar battle grounds. I know it’s hard but remember not everyone will get your OCD and that is okay. Not everyone is meant to get it
@YouarenotyourOCD Thank you. It definitely made me feel alone and question if she was right but that’s why I came here to get the support I needed
Does anybody else feel like their mom just doesnt understand the extent to which u are suffering with ocd and it makes u so upset. Like i told my mom i was cleaning bc nobody else in the house does. She got so upset and said she always cleans. She meant like vacumming and dishes and stuff, but i meant disinfecting bc i have contamination ocd. But she didnt underatmd me and started saying how she always cleans but im just sleeping in too late to see. She was really upset w me. Then i said that she is thinking the worst of me the while time. Then she said that im the one being so judgy.. what?? Like does she even understand this occupies my life. I literally have dreams about it, my whole life revolves around it. Its the only thing i think about.
I've been diagnoised with General anxiety disorder. I also have OCD. And my my neurologist that gives me medicine says i have mild depression. My life is pretty hard and i struggle for doing normal things. Even getting up takes a lot of energy. Everyday i try so hard to keep living my life and go through anxiety most of the times. But today my mom said you are lazy and it made me really upset. It's so hard to feel people around you don't understand your condition and expect you to just stop being like this and reprimand you and preaching about why you shouldn't be anxious and..... I feel like my parents see me as a failure 😔
My sister told me today that my stepdad doesn't think I have OCD, or doubts that I do, since indont display any of the obvious, cliche OCD behaviors that he as seen or is aware of. (Such as obsessove over cleanliness, switching door locks, etc like what they show in movies). I wasn't aware he thought this, and had (about a year ago) told him and my mom about it all, when I was in therapy and getting diagnosed. I felt like they had been supportive and it was hard for me to tell them. Plus I already doubt it/myself enough. So I feel upset and angry and dejected realizing he felt this way and I didn't know it. And now I can feel it making me spiral into wondering "well, maybe he's right and I don't have it and I'm insane" etc. It's just tiring. 😔
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