- Username
- NOCD
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- Staff
- Date posted
- 6y ago
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!
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.
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!!!
That it isn’t just a habit to be broken, like stopping smoking....in my opinion it is much deeper than that
When people do don’t have the illness say I’m really OCD about this..I’m really OCD about that’ THIS ISNT COOL.
OCD isn’t just about hand washing and organizing things; there’s a lot more to it.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
I wish people would understand I do a lot of irrational things bc of anxiety, and that I don’t mean to
Intrusive thoughts can involve anything and anyone
I have lost all control of my brain. I feel evil. It sucks.
It tortures people and people who are a little OCD are lucky they don't have OCD
Hey this is my first post on here. I have struggled with ocd since i was 5. I didnt know because I repressed these memories I guess but my mom told me I had to see a therapist when i was in kindergarten. Anyways, I finally opened up to my best friends the other day about my crippling OCD. And none of them seemed to really care...at all. I wish people would realize OCD is more than just being “neat” and “clean”. It makes school and everyday things more difficult. People dont take OCD seriously enough. I wish my friends cared so I could talk to them about it more, since therapy is so expensive, but I just wanted to share my experiences with a group of people who would understand.
Part of my goal is to give back to others who have struggled like me so I would love to answer questions anyone has about OCD, Anxeity, or Depression! As a background around 2 years ago I fell into a really bad stint of depression, anxeity, and severe OCD. Through help with NOCD and lifestyle changes I was able to get my life back on track and create a wonderful life for myself! Drop any questions/ reach out if you just want to talk below!
I want to heart about your OCD story. Please use this comment section as a safe space where we can all share our struggles, and find those who relate to us. I’ll go first. When I was 13 years old, I went through one of the toughest years of my life. It was awful. My anxiety was on full and my depression followed wherever I went. I started to do compulsions then. Checking, double checking, triple checking. Whether it was an email, an essay I wrote, the lock, the hair straighter etc etc etc. I used to seek reassurance from someone, who is to this day my best friend. I was so embarrassed when I would do it, but I felt like I had to. I would cry myself to sleep. I didn’t know I had OCD. When I was 16 and learning about mental illnesses in class, I remember listening to a group presentation on OCD. From there, I knew what was wrong with me. My OCD died down when I was 14, yet I vividly remembered the struggle. At 18 years old, right after graduating high school (just recently), my OCD came back at full force. It seems like it accompanies my anxiety when it reaches a level beyond the scale. Every morning I wake up, and I’m scared to go about my day. Whether I’m reading, driving, painting, talking or anything, I’m constantly scared of what my OCD will do. I’m scared of my own brain. I hope we can all someday think of OCD as just a memory. Thank you. ❤️
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