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I am 16 and struggling with OCD. It is causing me to do irrational things that I wouldn't normally do and cause issues with my parents. I feel like a terrible person and want to take back things that have happen and don't know how to make it better. The OCD causes things to get stuck in my brain and my questions have to be answered and talked about. I don't know how to let thoughts go and ways that would be healthy for myself and my parent when this happens. Any advice?

Hopeful58

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 18w

Please ask your mom and dad about getting therapy through NOCD. If you can, it will bring healing and hope!!

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 18w

I so hear you. OCD is so hard. The best thing to do is usually ERP therapy. Have you heard of it before? It will teach you hour to recognize the obsessions and compulsions—then let go of the obsessions and resist the compulsions

luckygirl

Date posted: 18w

I will definitely consider the therapy. I don't know if it's compulsions that I have, I just have a thought that gets stuck or a plan and I want it to go the way I planned or can't let the thought go until I discuss or talk about it.

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 18w

@luckygirl Here’s an email address if you want to send an email to the NOCD care team. They can help you get started if you want to get therapy through NOCD. You can ask them any questions!! care@nocdhelp.com I have gone through NOCD therapy twice. All the sessions are on Zoom, so you can use a phone or computer to do the therapy. They take most insurance, so it was only $30 a session for me. The ERP therapy is unique. Some people who were even house-bound because their OCD was so bad ended up getting their lives back on track after ERP. ERP is a systematic way of facing fears and breaking out of the patterns that keep you stuck. OCD causes a lot of internal suffering. Sometimes it’s unbelievable what we go through inside. It’s not something you can sort through by yourself. You will need a lot of support! NOCD is not the only place you can use. There are lots of others. However, I recommend that you choose a place that offers ERP therapy. You might also check out Nathan Peterson’s OCD videos on YouTube. His videos are light and easy to follow, but they teach good ERP principles. Have you talked to your parents? I am a parent myself, but when I told my own parents about the OCD, there was a big weight off my shoulders. They understand better now when I have trouble or get stuck in my head. I tell them that I am struggling with my OCD, and then they can understand my strange behavior sometimes. Talking to your parents can be really good for you.

shinygirl304

Date posted: 18w

I struggled with this really badly. I think one way I let go of ruminating was checking in with myself and telling my brain that I’m okay, and no one is out to get me. Also journaling or just talking to myself in the mirror helped it calm down (it sounds a tab but weird but it’s calming) 🩷🩷

elro.elephant

Date posted: 24w

Can someone give me advice?

I’m not too sure where to begin so some stuff may be a bit scattered. I’d like to start with the fact that I’m not sure if I just have anxiety or if it is actually OCD. I’ve been dealing with these intrusive thoughts for as long as I can remember. TRIGGER WARNING NEXT PARAGRAPH Stuff like “what if my teacher just raped me in the middle of class” or “what if I pulled all my veins at.” Those are some of the more graphic and violent things but I do get lesser things like “what if I imagined that whole conversation” when I know for a fact I did experience that exact memory/conversation. I don’t like these thoughts and I don’t ever want to think them. If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated. I’m only 16 and I want to be sure about this stuff before I ask my parents to get me diagnosed.

rokenna

Date posted: 22w

New to diagnosis, and wanting advice

Hello, I’m in undergrad and recently was diagnosed with OCD. Its a very new diagnosis and it’s both been stressful and relieving to receive it. Looking back at my past I’ve been able to explain a lot of behavioral issues that I thought were simply attributed to me being “crazy”. It’s comforting to know it’s something that others struggle with and that there are set coping mechanisms and treatments for it. There are a number of thing of which I obsessively think about, and it’s been getting really hard to deal with all of them. The most troubling are my thoughts toward suicide. I can’t stop thinking about it. There’s not really any intent, it’s just like my brain has tuned into a frequency that plays in the background at all times. Usually though this leads to more dangerous behaviors, and so I always try to do any preventative work to keep myself safe. As for the asking for advice portion of this post, what do you all do to combat unending loops of thought? Because I’m so new to my diagnosis, my therapist and I haven’t found good strategies for me yet, outside of just labeling those thoughts as OCD in an attempt to delegitimize them.

Adi7

Date posted: 17w

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 💔

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