Telling my friends I have POCD

So today was great I went out and had a good time went to the mall and just chilled for a bit. Then went to see my friends and I decided to tell them what I go through on a daily basis with OCD and they excepted me with open arms. But I do feel that stuff might change but it was progress and I'm proud of myself I just couldn't keep it in anymore and I did it. I hope anyone going through any type of OCD is able to tell friends and family and hopes of more positive outlook. I'm proud each and every one of us who is going through this. Love yall

Username: Sonder🌸Sonder🌸

Date posted: 15w ago

Yo, I’m proud of you! Very recently, I was able to open up to a friend and family member about my POCD and they were nothing but understanding and caring. They let me express it to them and they are helping to get me better. I feel that opening up to the ones you love about what you are dealing with takes so much stress off your shoulders and makes you feel so relieved. I’m excited to see all of us heal and become better versions of ourselves😎

Username: Heal21Heal21

Date posted: 15w ago

Yes! Your so right. I hope in the near future that is more talked about and there won't be stigma around the topic at hand. I'm proud of you too. We both showed such courage and we will get through this. And thank you for replying I hope this helps anyone with any OCD.

Username: Sonder🌸Sonder🌸

Date posted: 15w ago

@Heal21 No problem, and thank you. I’m glad that I can be open about my experiences and we can understand each other. It gives me hope and confidence that we will get through this soon! i wish you the bestest of luck on your journey

Username: 777Q777Q

Date posted: 15w ago

I can see that some people would have good outcomes with sharing to family and friends and that is positive outcomes. Personally I am better off keeping things as private as far as family and friends are concerned. With the people I have ties too I see no upside in sharing with them I only see the downside and would be worse off with the sharing. Everyone has very different experiences and situations and types of people that they are dealing with. Most definitely do whatever you feel might work best for you personally. To each to his or her own.

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 15w ago

That's incredible. So happy for you. My mum and therapist know but I dont feel able to say I have POCD. I'm inspired by you

Username: TichiTichi

Date posted: 15w ago

I am so happy for you!! Your friends are true friends...I went into details of my ocd with my husband, mother and sister ...even at the beginnig they were surprised then they were actually caring and supporting!

Username: Heal21Heal21

Date posted: 15w ago

Its not a trigger more of a positive outlook sorry about that.

Username: Heal21Heal21

Date posted: 15w ago

So happy for all of you this warms my heart. I'm glad you where all able to open up with such vulnerability and courage.

Username: The Sly Fox

Date posted: 6y ago

Hey everyone, just wanted to say that I conquered something really big with my OCD yesterday and I feel really proud about myself. I told the person I’m most close with about my ROCD and she was so understanding of it and we talked a lot about what she could do to help me when I get into one of those moods where it’s really obvious that I’m trying to more or less ‘interrogate’ her (Don’t worry it’s not by giving reassurance I talked to her about that). All this really helps me because a lot of the time after I have an ROCD type of mood swing it can trigger my Harm OCD and I think I’ve really hurt her and that what I do might cause her to self harm and all of this so it’s not a good cycle at all. I’m not trying to flaunt my success by no means and the reason why I’m saying this is because for once in a really long time I feel proud of myself and happy that I was able to take the first big step in dealing with my ROCD For anybody out there who thinks that they can’t get help or talk about their feelings, stop it. If I can do it (The person who’s incredibly introverted and has big trust issues) you can do it. I believe in all of you that you can all have success no matter how big or small it may seem it’s still progress. Have a wonderful day folks and remember to take care of yourself ?

Username: Katari51

Date posted: 5y ago

So, just want to share an experience with you guys. So I’ve been struggling with pocd and today i hung out with my best friend and her kids and went to the playground. I’ve been struggling with this for months now but I never told her, my best friend, that i was struggling with this because of her being a mom. But today, I finally told her to get it off my chest. Not only was she understanding, but she asked me to hold her baby boy multiple times and to go to her daughters room to check on her as she napped. I feel that today was a big step for me. And so, I think it’s important that was do what scares us and that we reach out to people. Although we have to rely on ourselves to heal our minds, its a journey we cant totally walk alone.

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Username: Miranda Ceja

Date posted: 5y ago

Hey guys! I wanna know, does anybody here has told someone close about their ocd? Because i just told my mom and even though she handled it very well i don’t know how i feel.

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