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My dad doesn't get it at all and gives suggestions which just don't work for OCD, but meh. My mother insists that I'm self diagnosing despite a psychologist, a therapist and an autism specialist all telling me I clearly have OCD. But that is down to her having no understanding of it. I'm in my mid-twenties so I don't need my parents to validate me even if it's annoying that they don't understand. It's more important that I focus on getting the help I need. Plenty of people do get it, including the people on this app. That needs to be enough for me.
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I feel that our situation with our parents are very similar - dad not really getting it and mom thinks I’m exaggerating/self-diagnosing. I’m 24 myself so same boat or whether they think I have something or not, I know what I need to do to get help and I’m gonna get it. This app helps a bunch with others supporting one another
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Sometimes people aren’t going to get it. Especially at first. Try to find people to support you that do understand it - your therapist and us here are good starts.
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We get you!!! We are here for you!!! Its hard for some people that do not struggle with OCD to understand it. I have shared both of these videos with my parents and it seemed to help them really see what people with OCD go through. Hope they can help provide some support. https://youtu.be/AZZIxyY23IA
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It's called starving the monster a TED talk...for some reason the link won't copy. But it's a really good video explained from a parents point of view on their daughter with OCD https://youtu.be/AZZIxyY23IA
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Yes my mom is the same way. I’ve talked to her. My psychiatrist talked to her. And my psychotherapist talked to her and she won’t accept the diagnosis. She thinks it’s just anxiety. But it’s more. I even had my psychotherapist re-evaluate me for OCD and the diagnosis didn’t change. My mom is just so hard headed and has the dumbest concept of OCD. She thinks it’s hand washing and germaphobia too and I’m not a clean freak so that’s why she thinks I don’t have it. She refuses to support me on it. I can’t talk to her without her shutting me down. She only takes me to therapy other than that she could care less. I’ve just completely given up taking to her about it because she won’t accept it. If something isn’t the way my mom pictures it in her head, she won’t accept it.
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And my dad only follows what my mom does. Not an ounce of independent thought on the idea and he doesn’t really understand mental illness, so I don’t have him in my corner either. I just don’t talk to my family about it.
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- 23w
Im 21 years old, I had ocd seen I was 14 when it started it stopped me from telling anyone I have it. It was really bad at the time and I had no clue how to deal with it I even was able to kill myself at one point but decided to have hope it would get better. In time it did got better but I had no clue what was wrong with me and I didn't want to tell anyone. Until this year I finally found out what it was and my ocd started getting bad again but I'm doing better now. Is been 7 years but I really want my mom to know what I been through but I feel like if I tell her it hurt her and I feel bad for not telling her when it started. I just need same help getting the courage to tell her.
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- 16w
harm ocd is the bane of my existence. people always tell me that if you have anxiety over a thought, that’s ocd. and these intrusive thoughts cause me IMMENSE anxiety. i’m constantly looking for reasons why i’m not what these thoughts tell me i am. but WHY DOES IT FEEL SO REAL?? it’s like i can’t reassure myself that this isn’t me and i don’t want to do it, but i also look for reasons why it’s not me. my brain is constantly telling me “if you don’t act on this, you’ll never feel free”. WHAT EVEN IS THAT?? and why does it feel real?? anytime i think about getting therapy, i constantly think that it’s not going to help me positively but help me realize i am this person. i just wish someone with harm ocd could get into my brain, understand me, and tell me everything will be okay. i wish someone in recovery could tell me that they’ve been where i am, felt the same feelings, thought the same thoughts, and got through it when they thought they wouldn’t. i feel like i’m drowning in it. another thing is i think about how my mom knows a surface level understanding to this form of my ocd, but if she knew it all, i’m scared she’d never look at me the same. i’m scared she’d be scared of me and think i need psychiatric help. IM TERRIFIED.
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So I recently got diagnosed with ocd, and due to me growing up in a household who doesn’t believe in it I have an even harder time grasping if it’s a real diagnosis or not. I know it is but my parents still get mad at me when I tell them not to reassure me and things like that, since they don’t want to understand me anytime. They always put the blame on me and they do everything and how I’m ungrateful. I am very greatful but I told my mom to try to understand this condition but she refuses to, my dad just completely ignores that it exists. It’s just hard to cope around it and not be stuck in a loop, I’m leaving in a few months after graduating so hopefully that will help. It’s hard when my parents don’t want to try to understand what I go through.
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