My symptoms are clear as day and they literally have disrupted every single thing in my life but I ask for help and they tell me to just change ,stop doing that,stop being weird,or they tell me it's in my head Im going crazy here and I don't know what to do.some one please if you have any advice id love to hear it Thank you.
What about showing them the NOCD community posts. They will first hand see how many people are truly fighting ocd and also different types of ocd. If that doesn't convince them, I am afraid they are a lost cause. In such case keep putting up with themuntil you get the first chance to make it on your own and get away from them. If after you have tried everything, they still don't believe you and keep insulting you, they are just toxic. And sweety, your ocd is way more than enough torture in your life. You really do not need extra obstacles and toxicity. I apologize if I am too blunt or sound to rigid. I have been there, been through similar stuff and my healing was not possible until I cut my ties with all of them. New life, new people, fresh start. Well, that was now 25 years ago. I say I am 25 years old, because on the day I left them all behind, I was reborn. Good luck. All the support you don't get from them, you will get from us here! 🙏👍🤗
Thank you so much and no you're not being too blunt .I really tried explaining I even showed them videos explaining it but they get upset and tell me that watching videos like that will only make me worse and that those videos are the reason I think I have OCD it's so frustrating recently they told me that I'm just not trying hard enough and I should just stop like what😭😭I keep trying to explain it's not that easy and that If I could stop I would but it's so much more complicated
And thank you so much for the support it really means a lot ☺️
Is this psychiatrists/doctors telling you this or just people in your life?
People in my life and I can't afford therapy
@Stupidbrain22 Perhaps you could find a YouTube video on ocd to send to them. People who don’t have ocd have trouble understanding what it is and how debilitating it can be. It’s a hard disorder to explain
@One_moment_at_a_time Well I tried doing so but they tell me that it's just me convincing myself that I have it and I should stop watching videos about it and researching about it
@Stupidbrain22 They are wrong and you don’t have to convince them. Do the work you need to do. If they don’t understand, that’s their problem; I know that’s easier said than done.
@PianoMan99 You are actually right it's just sometimes it's exhausting when I'm trying to make progress and they keep getting angry with me because of my symptoms and I try to explain but they never listen
@Stupidbrain22 I’m sorry!
@PianoMan99 That's alright I'll just keep focusing on my progress and I know some day I'll get there
@Stupidbrain22 You will. And it’s ok if they’re wrong. They’ll come around when they see the progress you made and your improved in-the-moment-ness. You can prove them wrong with your improved happiness. But no pressure. Take your time, pace it, day by day.
@PianoMan99 Thank you so much you have no idea how much this means to me
@Stupidbrain22 😊 I’m glad. Genuinely, best of luck!! I’ve been through the RING-ER and have suffered with debilitating ROCD, so, believe me, in my own way, I understand completely. It’s HORRible.
@PianoMan99 Thank you right now my contamination OCD is through the roof I just keep reminding myself I'm doing the right thing by ignoring the compulsion but it's so hard but I can do this
@Stupidbrain22 Yikes. 💪🏽 you got this!
Hi everyone sometimes when I try to do something or do something my ocd tells me if I post a certain things or wear certain clothes that that some people in my life won't talk to me or distance themselves away from And I know it's sound crazy, but I feel like it's real what should I do I don't know how to fight it or stop I've been like this since I was 13 I went to therapy and iam taking my medicine but still those thoughts won't stop I don't know how to deal with it
I'm 15 turning 16 soon and I'm 100 percent convinced I have ocd.. I have been having major symptoms since I was 13, the constant what ifs, rumination, compulsions, guilt, anxiety from intrusive thoughts. I tried to open up about it to my parents when i was 13 but they dismissed it cause they don't believe in mental health.. I really want to get better. My parents won't listen to me and I don't wanna tell a teacher at school cause that would make things worse as they would just tell my parents and obviously since I'm 15 I can't afford therapy.. I don't know what to do :(
Okay so my parents don't really handle my ocd that well. For starters my contamination is getting worse (I'm 14) and keep exisivly washing my hands, or using toilet roll which is unfortunately really common. Now they are getting angry at me for using too much toilet roll... What do I do? There saying I'm ruining there lifes because of my ocd. I'm making there lifes miserable. And they don't COMMUNICATE or sit down with me and look me in the eyes and try sort it out WITH ME. they just go "STOP USING SO, MUCH TOILET ROLL" "you've broke another headset" "WE ARE ALLOWED TO BE PISSED AT YOU" and I'm getting self harm urges because there making me out to be such a bad person. Which obviously doesn't mix well with ocd.
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