- Date posted
- 37w
ocd with parents
for the most part i am extremely quiet abt my anxiety and intrusive thoughts because i know most people don’t really understand it. i sometimes get into arguments with my parents bc ill try to explain myself and why i am anxious but they just chalk it up to either im an emotional teenage girl or im severely mentally ill and im going to kms. its so annoying because they never understand and then wonder why i don’t want to talk to them. they tell me i have to go talk to somebody and get medicated but i’ve done therapy before and i honestly think im doing a great job managing my intrusive thoughts on my own. plus medication for me would be my absolute last resort and im confident i can handle life without it. i know that i am capable and i am stronger than ocd. i know some days it gets really bad and i know what i need to do to accommodate myself in those times. my parents don’t understand this. the times it is visible they end up making me more anxious and threatening me with the hospital never helps. i think im doing fine and i wish they would just let me handle it on my own. a breakdown once in a great while does not mean i cant function as a person. sorry for the long rant im very upset abt this today