teenager with ocd

Life will change after you recover and regain your sense of self. Take counseling seriously and you’ll see for yourself ☮️❤️

I was 17 when OCD really hit… Get therapy thru NOCD so you can find healing and hope now and then pursue your purpose and life💝🙏🏻✝️

The good thing about NOCD is that there is a community that knows how you feel. We're all in this together. You're not alone. My family doesn't understand what I go through but they're there to give me support

hey; I’m 15, I’d love to be friends heh 😈

i’m 17 too and i understand you so much. i feel so lonely sometimes and think that i might never be able to open up to someone due to my ocd

Ocd is so tiring :( it constantly Feels like a balance beam for me and some days I just can’t balance

i am 18 with ocd, and i totally agree. my ocd was so isolating because it prioritized everything over my loved ones, and i used to have very visible compulsions that were definitely socially awkward, but tbh it gets so much better in college if that's something you are considering/accessible to you :) also would love to be friends!!

So, I'm a bit older than you. I was finally diagnosed with OCD two years ago as a fully-grown, more-or-less-stable adult. Most people might've thought that finally having a name for all the negative, harmful, obsessive thoughts that've weighed me down over the years would have been helpful. The reality, however, is that I've spent the last two years grieving "the life I could have lived" if I'd been diagnosed with OCD earlier. Would I have socialized more in high school, or in college? Would I have had more friends, better friends? Would I have gone on more dates? Would I be happier now? Managing that grief has been challenging. That said, it's helped me to realize that I still have lots of time ahead of me to make better memories and have better, healthier experiences. I'm a teen advocate and community organizer now, trying to be the positive and affirming adult who I needed when I was younger. I share all that to emphasize two things: 1.) you're not alone in dealing with OCD, not in your loneliness or in your sense of lost time, and 2.) you have a lot of time and life still left ahead of you. OCD might have held you back so far, but now you have the tools and resources to respond properly. Get the proper help and try to stick with the therapy. It'll take time and effort, sure, but it -will- get better.