Just get up and get over it

Yes i definitely can. I have contamination OCD and i work in a hospital, i’ve been on medical leave and was supposed to return to work today in over 2 months and my entire being felt like “i can’t do this” and i completely broke down and i couldn’t go. One of my family members tells me, you just have to do it, life is hard sometimes you just have to push through it. Not that he’s wrong and I know he’s coming from a good place. but I try to tell him it’s really not that easy. and one of my friends tells me i’m not trusting God enough. I know they’re just trying to help but it’s hard to explain it’s just simply not that easy for me.

Yeah, my mom is a lot like this. "Just read the Bible". Makes me glad I have a therapist. The thing is though, making sure to keep going is actually helpful for managing OCD, as "pausing life until OCD gets better" isn't helpful. Keeping life going can help keep your mindset from getting stuck on the OCD too much, as seeing new things and having new experiences can stop you from mentally withdrawing too much. Of course, that doesn't mean you should engage with toxic positivity. You are going to feel bad. You are going to back slide sometimes. But that doesn't mean that you have to give up and say "It's all over now." Granted, I understand I am somewhat privileged in saying this, as I am (only) 24, so I still feel like there is plenty of life left to live for me.

some people lacks empathy and/(or) doesn't recognize our current mental state, these things are very harmful because you'll grow up not caring about yourself and will bottle everything up at the point that you'll think that your problems are not that big, but they are... if I trusted my parents, I would never know I had ADHD or OCD instead of "laziness" "indiscipline" "poor diet", and how would I believe them if they don't even know what i've been through? once I trusted my instincts and stopped ignoring myself (which was a very hard work to do, because i ruminate everything) my life improved a little bit

I like to look at it like we’re all in a race, and if you’re dealing with a mental condition like OCD- we’re running the race with our feet tied together. It’s not fair to say “keep up” when we’re often doing the best we can with challenging circumstances. I understand the sentiment, but I can’t say I recommend burning out your engine and disregarding well being. I’ve done it for years and am now reaping the consequences of it. Masking and forcing myself hasn’t benefitted me whatsoever.

Definitely have experienced this. I’ve found it especially tough when it comes from someone you logically know cares and is trying to help, but intention and impact are two different things. There are times I can let it roll off my back, but sometimes I can’t and I try to tell them how it’s coming across for me in that moment. But I can also relate because Istill do this to myself sometimes, beat myself up for being so affected and not able to just “keep on” like I did when I was younger. Then I have to remind myself I wasn’t actually keeping on back then, but dissociating and coping through some toxic stuff. So with perspective, being impacted and realizing it can actually be a step forward. That helps me