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You have found this virtual community that does understand. Remember to find gratitude for even the small things when the bad times come.
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It’s hard when I am 25 and so many of my peer friends are married and getting married and even having kids and I am stuck fighting this debilitating illness. Sometimes I watch people (who do have their own struggles for sure) and I go if only you knew...even just a portion of how crushing this is... It gets lonely enough having lost my mom to cancer a few years ago. Most young people haven’t been through something like that. All of this makes me an extremely compassionate and understanding person. But it is very lonely.
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Its hard sometimes for people to understand my mom tells me too just not think about my thoughts yah if only that worked
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@MeMeMe I’m sorry. I hear you. OCD is so commonly misunderstood. There are so few people without it who get it. I have a very supportive church community, but I am the only one with OCD and as much as they love me and I love them, it can get very lonely. There are many others in my church with mental illness so I am not alone in that sense. We have at least one person with schizophrenia, a couple with PTSD, some recovering alcoholics, people who struggle with depression and some who have some sort of psychosis....These people are all lovely people and we can understand and support each other in ways others in the church can’t. But being the only one with OCD gets lonely. It’s a debilitating illness.
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I feel your pain. I am sick and tired of being me, as well. Sending you support.
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How come nobody close to me can understand? How come nobody will take me seriously? I told my mom I feel like I’m getting depressed but I don’t feel sad and she laughed. Told me to do jumping jacks. When I talk to my husband about how I feel he acts annoyed.
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I just wish I had one person that could understand and care
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My mental health is declining due to ocd. It’s like a huge mix between ocd episode and depression wave. I feel weak and hopeless. I wanna cry. I’m exhausted . I feel like I’ve lost myself again.
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Just wanted to jump on here and express how I have felt lately. The past 5 to 6 months have been pretty excruciating. I conquered OCD 5 years ago and for some reason, it has slipped back and took over my life again. More so the depression that came along with it. Is there anyone else out there that has returned to rock bottom where they once fully climbed themselves out of?
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tw . . . . . . I don't want to trigger anyone, so please be warned before reading. I'm feeling pretty hopeless. I don't know if I deserve... anything. I've had two therapists now tell me I'm normal and I don't need to worry so much, but I find it hard to believe them. Just when I think I'm doing okay, thoughts flood back in. I feel like the world is better off without me in it and that others would agree if they weren't a paid therapist there to give me reassurance. I'm tempted to break up with my boyfriend because he doesn't deserve this. I want to pretend I'm okay for the sake of my parents. But if they passed away, I'm not sure I'd have much strength to live for myself. This feeling is pretty bad right now. Overwhelming. I have absolutely no love for myself. I can't even distract myself by watching TV or shows I love, because all I can think is, "Look at those people. They deserve to live and be happy, and I'm not one of them." Gah, this is bad. I'm an adult, and I feel like such a baby for feeling this way. How dramatic am I? How can other people have similar (if not worse) thoughts than me, and then still be ok with themselves? I miss the person I used to be. I miss feeling okay. I feel ok momentarily, but then it all comes crashing down. I can't stand it. All I want is for things to go back to how they used to be.
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