NOCD
- User type
- Staff
- Date posted
- 7y
CrawfishCrawfish
- Date posted
- 7y
That ocd is a huge illness and if more people were aware of how broad this illness was more people would be willing to seek help instead of ending their life!
WorriedDriverWorriedDriver
- Date posted
- 7y
I would just want people to know what an intrusive thought is. Having that terminology helped me figure out I had OCD and kept the already very frightened me from having to read articles about psychosis and serial killers and other pathological things. Saying “I’m having an intrusive thought” is much less scary than saying “I’m having disturbing thoughts” and helped me get appropriate treatment rapidly. I felt much more safe confiding in my therapist about some of my scarier obsessions once I had this terminology to use.
SofSof
- Date posted
- 7y
THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT SOMETHING TO BE STRAIGHT OR THE SAME COLOUR, DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE OCD. HONESTLY! GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT BEFORE SELF DIAGNOSING YOURSELF WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU CLEARLY DONT HAVE AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT!!!
BogeyBogey
- Date posted
- 7y
That it isn’t just a habit to be broken, like stopping smoking....in my opinion it is much deeper than that
nicky310nicky310
- Date posted
- 7y
When people do don’t have the illness say I’m really OCD about this..I’m really OCD about that’ THIS ISNT COOL.
GennyGenny
- Date posted
- 7y
OCD isn’t just about hand washing and organizing things; there’s a lot more to it.
BassetHoundMomBassetHoundMom
- Date posted
- 7y
Even if you don’t see it, it’s still there. Just because I haven’t talked about it in a while does not mean the thoughts aren’t there anymore. I just don’t want to complain about too often because people will get annoyed
Philippians4:7Philippians4:7
- Date posted
- 7y
Ocd isn't a joke it's absolutely real. It causes excessive worry fear and doubt about yourself. No matter how much reassurance you try to seek you will never satisfy it. That is where accepting the uncertainty and knowing that seeking reassurance itself is all part of the ocd cycle.
MaiMai
- Date posted
- 7y
That having OCD isn’t a choice, it is an illness. I cannot stop performing a compulsion or stop obsessing over something just because someone asks me to. It isn’t as simple as that.
08230823
- Date posted
- 7y
OCD isn’t just needing things to be “perfect”. I feel like a lot of people don’t know about the intrusive thoughts that people with OCD deal with on a daily basis. There’s such a stereotype around it that people have no idea they may have OCD, and they just think they are going crazy or that there is something wrong with them, and that keeps people from seeking treatment. I wish more people knew about the debilitating thoughts that drive our compulsions.
BassetHoundMomBassetHoundMom
- Date posted
- 7y
If you like straightening things, or color coding them, you’re organized not OCD. The people who have to do that as a compulsion do not enjoy it.
BrookenoelBrookenoel
- Date posted
- 7y
I wish people would understand I do a lot of irrational things bc of anxiety, and that I don’t mean to
Philippians4:7Philippians4:7
- Date posted
- 7y
Intrusive thoughts can involve anything and anyone
NutellieNutellie
- Date posted
- 7y
I have lost all control of my brain. I feel evil. It sucks.
MarkMark
- Date posted
- 7y
It tortures people and people who are a little OCD are lucky they don't have OCD
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Sunshine_09
- Date posted
- 23w
The part of OCD that nobody told me about
If you are anything like me (and most of you are, because let’s face it, we are all on this chat), you have OCD. Real OCD, not the organisation, matching colours everyone thinks it is. Real OCD. I’ve always known I was different, known that my brain does some waking things and deep down, I’ve always known I’ve had OCD. But there is just something that changes when you finally get the diagnosis. It makes more sense, you have an explanation for your behaviours. So naturally I told my friends. When they ask why I had to stop and step four times on a tile I said ‘oh, I have OCD’. I finally had a word, a tangible concept that I could explain to people. But nobody warned me about the massive misconceptions about OCD. Instead of support or acceptance, my friends seemed to question the diagnosis saying ‘that’s not ocd, don’t you just like things organised?’. And no matter how much I explain it they don’t seem to get it. And that’s the part that feels so cruel. I go through hell in my head and it can all be reduced to a phrase of ‘oh, aren’t you organised’. So please be careful out there you guys, and if someone try’s to downplay your experience, know that you are valid and that what you are going through is probably something that they could never handle. It’s a lesson that took me time to learn, but it’s important because our experience matters. Our real experience.
wafflemonster
- Date posted
- 18w
Tired
Anyone else wish that people understood what OCD does to us and why its so hard for us to breathe or act or think like them? Its rough.
Marcib
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 17w
Any Advice on How to Talk to Loved Ones About OCD?
I have been in ERP therapy for my OCD for nearly a year now. Before my diagnosis and doing ERP, I really didn't drive a car for five years and rarely left the house. Now I drive to work, coffee and other outings. Most of the people close in my life don’t really know about my OCD. They do see me doing lots of things I haven't done in the past. I don't really know if I should explain about why this progress happened. I hope they don't think I was just being lazy up until then. They will talk about how someone is “so OCD” because they keep their room clean and really enjoy things neat. Anytime I hear this, I just think that if they hear about my diagnosis of OCD and what it entails they will think I’m crazy. I feel very conflicted about how to go about this, so advice is welcome.
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