How to deal with parents who don’t believe in ocd

So I recently got diagnosed with ocd, and due to me growing up in a household who doesn’t believe in it I have an even harder time grasping if it’s a real diagnosis or not. I know it is but my parents still get mad at me when I tell them not to reassure me and things like that, since they don’t want to understand me anytime. They always put the blame on me and they do everything and how I’m ungrateful. I am very greatful but I told my mom to try to understand this condition but she refuses to, my dad just completely ignores that it exists. It’s just hard to cope around it and not be stuck in a loop, I’m leaving in a few months after graduating so hopefully that will help. It’s hard when my parents don’t want to try to understand what I go through.

Dreamydream

Date posted: 7d ago

Hey my parents are old school and don’t really get mental health and what people go through and how hard it is. They think it’s just a mindset and just to snap out of it. They’re nice about it and try to understand and be nice but they don’t truly get the extent of it. I get how you feel and I’m sorry that they’re being mean to you about it when you’re feeling like this because it’s hard to go through this enough and then deal with that on top of it. It truly sucks when people don’t understand the severity of ocd. I try not to talk to people who don’t understand ocd or don’t go through it because no matter how much u explain it they’ll never know. Do you have anyone who understands what ur going through that u can talk to and confide in?

melaniebermn

Date posted: 7d ago

@Dreamydream Thank you for responding! Yes mine are old school as well so it indeed is very hard. And they believe it is also a mindset you can snap out of which you can’t, perfectly explained. I don’t have anyone right now close to me who understands it but I’m just trying to cope with my therapist and try to not ask for reassurance from parents and act in compulsions. I’m leaving in a few months so hopefully that will help. I just need to pray for patience

Dreamydream

Date posted: 6d ago

@melaniebermn Of course - if you need to talk I’m here. I’m glad you’re able to connect with your therapist tho that is a plus! Yes - it’s good that you’re leaving and have a break for home life and explore new things and people. I think it would be good for u and your mental health. Praying is key and is definitely helpful - i do as well!

Littlerayofs...

Date posted: 7d ago

Unfortunately there’s not much you can do to make someone believe something. Seeing their child struggle with something like this should be more than enough proof. All I can say is I’m sorry. I’m sorry they don’t believe you, but I will say, OCD is absolutely real. Don’t ever feel bad about what you’re going through, because it’s very real, myself and millions of others can attest to that. We see you, you are heard and understood, I’ve struggled with ocd for a long time.

melaniebermn

Date posted: 7d ago

@Littlerayofsunshine💛 Thank you for responding, that means so much to me. This helped me so much♥️

Steven55!

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 7d ago

NOCD has some very useful videos on YouTube designed to help loved ones understand OCD and what you're going through. If you can get them to sit down and watch one, maybe it will help.

FairyWithaKnife

Date posted: 21w ago

I just don't know

I've gotten diagnosed with OCD and I'm in therapy. But I'm worried that I don't have OCD/that I got misdiagnosed. And recently I'm worried that I've just gotten myself into a habit of thinking of dirty minded or just plain old terrible things after I see/hear certain things because I feel like I need to prove I have OCD or else I'm faking(sometimes this goes away). Or that I'm just mimicking symptoms of ocd to cope with real problems I may have and that im just really deep into denial. I don't know...I'm just so tired. I mean, what if I really am what I think I am and this is my brains only way of coping? I don't even really feel anything towards most of the thoughts anymore either I just know they go against my values and I don't want them. I don't know if that's because I'm so mentally exhausted, I just don't care, or that the thoughts are true and I'm comfortable with them.

hopefulxmess

Date posted: 15w ago

Struggling mom seeking support

Since I developed ocd as postpartum my ocd has mostly always targeted my kids. It started as harm and then switched to pocd. Both are equally very painful. For years I was mostly able to keep my ocd at bay but when it comes back it’s so bad. I have a son and a daughter and my ocd switches back and forth from kid to kid with horrible intrusive thoughts and now even intrusive ocd dreams. With each thought I get past and start to feel relief another one pops right up. The thoughts feel so real and true even though I know it’s just the ocd and not how I think or feel, the ocd always makes me doubt myself and question everything I think or do. I know other moms/dads go through this too. Please anyone who has or is going through this please tell me how you deal with this. 😪

JH202462

Date posted: 14w ago

Anyone else experience this?

I feel like in some ways receiving a diagnosis for OCD has in some ways made things worse. I’ve always had what I called “phases” throughout life, which I now know were ocd episodes, but I didn’t really make too much of them and even if it was over several long difficult months, they’d always seem to kind of just pass. Recently I’ve begun my worse flare up in the last few years and now that I’m older I seemed professional help which led to my diagnosis. This all sounds great of course but I can’t actually afford therapy right now so I kinda just have the diagnosis but not the support so now that I realize these phases are actually this incurable mental illness I just feel like I’ve lost all hope that I’ll ever be happy and I feel like I basically obsess about obsessing at this point and it just sucks. Has anyone else had this or a similar experience?

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