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I can relate. What I did is tell my mum over message that I’ve been feeling so bad and sad since a time and I would like to see my doctor, then she took me and doctor said i only have stress, but anyway reccomended me to go and see a psychologist
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Ivy, you have to keep trying, or just tell her you feel bad and then at the doctor you explain your problem. I understand the thing of your grandma, I just dont tell her nothing because she will not understand and would feel so sad.
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i’m sure it’s not the easiest thing telling people... i’ve had to do it myself. It takes a lot of courage to open up and some people can be misunderstanding but many are not. Telling people often helps with recovery and since telling people it feels like a huge weight was lifted off my chest. all the best x
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I think step one is to simply just try know where to go to find a specialist. Do you know where to go?
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Hey iv! Do you get doctor’s checkups often, or could you schedule one as a “checkup” and take your parents along if they don’t usually come with you? Generally if you bring others with you to an appointment, the doctor will have them leave the room so they can ask about your home life and ensure that you’re comfortable there if you’re still living with family. If you’re living alone, they’ll generally take family out of the room so that they can talk to you about your health privately. If it makes you feel more comfortable, you can arrange an appointment like this and ask for help from your doctor in telling your family. You can also call them on the phone and ask them to help you tell your parents. I know it’s super stressful, but medical professionals can really help solidify the point that you’d like some form of therapy! Good luck!!!
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Thanks Lola. I feel good for you. To have a mother who understands you so freaking well. My mother is an angel. But she have some mistakes in understanding me, as her daughter. My grandmother refuses to accept the fact that her generation is having mental illness. My mom would never had these thoughts about mine having OCD disoder and she neglected me on our first talk about this ???
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- 6y ago
Dr. Fred Penzel wrote a really good article on the topic of dealing with your parents and OCD: https://iocdf.org/expert-opinions/my-parents-dont-believe-i-have-ocd/
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I’ll try again, one day Lola. And I hope at that moment my family can accept it eventually. Indeed. There’s no hope to talk about this to people who‘ll never understand. We might hurt ourselves worse
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Congrats sarah. You’re such a bold person and I love the courage that you have. ?Badly, people around me are different. No one seem can accept the facts about me having OCD. But maybe I should try again, to convince them OCD illness does truly exist...
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I think I know where where should I go. But I think I can’t do it all alone. My mom...she didn’t seem want to help me with this whilst I want her to know what I’m having. And I need money...
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I've never been to any where to checkup, sassy. I couldn’t afford to do a checkup in a place that can help me. Because I have to go through all of this, alone . I'm just a teen and I still live with my parents. I think I need them. But they seem to reluctant to assist in this. I do want someone to tell them more about OCD so they can understand me better. They didn’t want to hear my talks about this ... Anyway, thanks for the tips!!!
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Hi I kept seeing this app on repeat on TikTok over and over and I thought I give it a shot. I have never been diagnosed with OCD but I know that I have it. I’m a young adult and I found out the first time I had OCD was watching lelelons truth video? I was 14 at the time She had to resist sitting back down in a chair after her having sat down she started having a mental break down when she was told to resist. That’s when I knew. It started with myself going up and down a staircase twice buckling unbuckling my seat belt everytime I’m in the car ect I have always been super anti social but trying my best I can socialize but my mind wants to make it sexual with family and friends ughhhh I hate it because that’s not me when I graduated thoughts of hurting my loved ones corrupted my mind I broke down outside of church one time asking if this was really me or not i question if I’m a good enough friend or person in this world to begin with thinking everyone is judging me so so close how can I make this situation better did I do something wrong I struggle with depression as well not to bad but it’s there I come from a loving family but broken as well i believe in god and my OCD makes me go often he’s not real that stuff isn’t real no one is there to save you the list goes on. Anyway I struggle a lot and I really hope that this will help me because I feel extremely hopeless. Lucky for me I do have the ability to seek therapy and I am excited. The only person I ever tell my thoughts to is God no other human has heard so I’m really really hoping this helps me out if your reading this thank you it means a lot because this is my first time ever admitting all this it’s a lot to take in I know and I hope you are ok and that you have a great night and know that we got this
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