Help me please

So I’m new to this platform and my ocd is getting extremely bad and out of control to the point where I can’t stop my mind and I just go to sleep crying night after night. I can’t get help because it’s super embarrassing to admit and my mom wouldn’t believe me and what if the doctors don’t believe me? What if nobody believes me and they think I’m stupid or crazy? How do I tell them I need help? I’m 14 years old and I’m scared and I don’t know what to do, I’m on this platform because I feel like somebody on here might know something and I urge you to please help a girl out

Brian__

Date posted: 48w

I’m so sorry your going through this I get it it’s so hard and debilitating, if your close with your mom and she’s a understanding person I’d try to open up with her about it maybe? Don’t go in to detail about the intrusive thoughts, just say something like “mom do you ever get thoughts that you don’t want?” To get the conversation going or something along those lines, don’t ever feel forced to tell someone your intrusive thoughts if your not comfortable yet but please reach out for help, I was in the same situation as you and it took me a lot of courage to reach out to my therapist and explain to her what’s going on, it’s hard and feels shameful and humiliating but I promise you it will help you out more in the long run, if you can id ask for a therapist and then try to work with that therapist and ask if they can recommend you to a ocd therapist I feel like that’s the best thing to do. A OCD therapist will never judge you or anything like that, they know this disorder like the back of their hand and have delt with many others who have had it and some even have it themselves. I get how hard and scary it is but please open up to someone about it at the very least even if it’s a vague description

Ariella!!

Date posted: 48w

@Brian__ Thank you so much, I’m not very close with my mom but I’m really close with my aunt and I think I will try this with her, my mom is one of those people that never believe me about anything, for example, I’ve broken my feet 5 different times and she didn’t believe me any of those times, I’m just scared she will do the same about this and I fear like that will crush me and I’ll just feel stupid, thank you so much though and I will talk with my aunt about this and somehow ask my doctor for a therapist, my only drawback of this is that when I was 12 my doctor did a depression test in me and she said I was showing signs of depression and she recommended that I get a therapist but my mom started yelling at her bc she had gotten a therapist when she was young and she said it didn’t help her and it wouldn’t help me either so she ended up getting me a new doctor because she said she didn’t like that one. My mom is one of those strong headed people who doesn’t listen she just tells at you bc she can’t admit she might be wrong so I’m scared that once I talk to my aunt and ask my doctor for a therapist (which would take all my courage) my mom would shut it down and say I’m lying for attention much like she did with the depression

Brian__

Date posted: 48w

@Ariella!! I’m sorry she’s like that, my father used to be like that as well so I get how hard it is to open up with this kind of stuff but it’s really good you have your aunt and I high recommended talking to her about this, it’s a place to start and that’s really good, I hope everything ends up ok for you, if worse comes to worse and you can’t get therapy there are plenty of videos on YouTube that explain ocd really well and explain different types of ERP and how to do it

Adi7

Date posted: 18w

Advice please ❤️

Hi ❤️ I’m really struggling right now I’m in my sophomore year of Highschool and I’ve finally started planning or thinking abt my future (for context I was extremely depressed and suicidal from 6-9th grade) After conquering my depression this is a huge leap for me and I’m proud of myself ❤️ But there’s something still holding me down :( and I’m not sure what to do anymore that thing is OCD. Since 6th grade I have had strong and invasive intrusive thoughts all the time they scare me so bad and make me feel as though I’m not even real anymore :( I’m sick of taking the time to do ridiculous compulsions to rid or ease these thoughts it’s a waste of time and energy and it hurts me so bad I feel like I will never get to just live my life without this :( How can I plan my future when I can’t even find myself in this mess of anxiety 💔 I’m so tired of fighting my mental health it’s been years from anxiety attacks to sh to survived suicide attempts (I got help dw❤️‍🩹) and recovery there. Just to be thrown into a storm of awful scary sickening thoughts day and night-when can I just be a normal teenager and possibly a happy adult? How do I conquer this so I can love myself to the fullest and live my life free and happy? :( ❤️❤️‍🩹 I’m so scared to talk to my parents about it I’m ashamed of my thoughts and every time I bring it up they just say I shouldn’t be diagnosing myself or it’s just ADHD. It really really hurts me they have no idea how awful this feels and it makes me feel so alone sometimes 💔

mysticalmads

Date posted: 12w

Advice on getting help

Hi I’m currently undiagnosed but am so sick of the way I’m living that I’ve decided I seriously need to get help. I need advice on 1. How to tell my parents that I need help and 2. The process. The first part is hard because a couple years ago I talked to my mom about having OCD but she brushed it off and said “everyone has anxiety” so I just never brought it up again. I’m also a bit ashamed for some reason, I don’t know why, to bring it up to them and I feel scared. For the second part what’s the process of getting diagnosed and getting medication and therapy. Where do I get diagnosed and do I have to start therapy before getting medicated? Thanks so much for the help.

Rohannn

Date posted: 12w

I really need advice.

I'm 15 turning 16 soon and I'm 100 percent convinced I have ocd.. I have been having major symptoms since I was 13, the constant what ifs, rumination, compulsions, guilt, anxiety from intrusive thoughts. I tried to open up about it to my parents when i was 13 but they dismissed it cause they don't believe in mental health.. I really want to get better. My parents won't listen to me and I don't wanna tell a teacher at school cause that would make things worse as they would just tell my parents and obviously since I'm 15 I can't afford therapy.. I don't know what to do :(

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