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- Jayges
- Date posted
- 6y ago
I recommend putting your mental health first. If it is that much of an issue, delaying help will only hurt you in the long run. I recommend going to your school’s counselor or mental health services, telling them the situation and coming up with a plan. Pair with a therapist or in patient facility that can provide you structure. As for your friends, it’s fine. It’s better to take care of this now. It’s a sacrifice you’ll have to make, but it’ll mean so much in the future.
I am in treatment, but it’s in another city, so traveling takes me three hours in total. I struggle a lot with sexual OCD (mainly POCD). Which is very disturbing and takes a lot of energy on bad days. Also this whole “perfectionist” issue, where I seriously break down whenever I don’t get a 100% on an assignment at school because I believe my future is ruined. That’s why I spend ages working on it. Another issue is my magical thinking and more random, short lived obsessions/compulsions. I spent a couple of months where I had to blink thirteen times whenever I saw the number “13”. I would probably be able to stay in touch with some friends online, however they’d move out of town after HS, so I’d be left all alone.
You won’t look stupid. They’ll be happy you made the right choice. It’s worth it.
I took time off from school to get treatment for OCD and it was a great decision for me but your situation may be different. You are right that too much time on your hands is not a good thing for people with OCD because it allows us to ruminate. What are your symptoms? Are you getting any treatment? Would you still be able to stay in contact with your friends if you left school? Sending encouragement.
I have spoken a bit with my counselor, but I did say no yesterday when given the option. So now I feel stupid if I go back and change my mind, partly because I am incredibly indecisive
Thanks ❤️
How does one do school and also have OCD? I used to be alright at school, now I can barely get anything done. I really don’t want to fail but every time I start working I get overwhelmed and my head hurts.
I have decided to drop out of college now. It’s finally clear to me that it’s the only thing I can do now. I feel like such a failure tho but luckily I have the best and supportive parents that agree with my solution. I am going to lie to the people in my class and roommates about it, I just have to say I got sick or something because it’s so embarrassing to me. I suffer from depression, intense anxiety (hocd and social and generalized). I have personality problems and I look forward to go to a therapist and start recovery and start to be myself and healthy again, because it’s a very long time since I was myself and completely mentally healthy. What do you guys think about my decision? I struggle a lot with quitting college but I don’t think the program was for me anyways so that’s a good thing. I am 19 years old and I have many years to decide what I want to do, don’t I?
I feel like the only 23 year old who’s failing. Like, everyone I know my age is working or going to school, and neither I’ve been able to do for the last 3 years because of my mental health, and a fear of trying and failing. I tried college and it didn’t work out, I tried working and it didn’t work out, so I’ve been trying to focus on my mental health and getting stronger before trying again but now I’m at the point I feel like I’m doomed to never accomplish anything ever again. Every day when I’m doing my household chores or running errands, or doing literally any productive thing, my brain yells the whole time “you’re not doing this task good enough” and “you can’t even do this right, imagine trying to hold a job?” And when I do a task and feel accomplished for a moment, my brain says “your friends are doing way more than this at their jobs, you shouldn’t be proud at all”. I’m so scared my entire life is going to be this hard, even though I’ve made strides in my mental health journey, it still never feels good enough. It’s still so hard and I’m still so scared I’m doomed to never accomplish anything
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