ccg
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outdoormanoutdoorman
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My story is different then most people with OCD. I do remember some moments or days when I was younger (like 12 or 13) where I would worry about things no matter how much my parents told me everything was ok. But for most of my childhood and teen years I was a happy go lucky kid who didn’t fear anything. It wasn’t until I was 19 in college studying Pre-Med and was being stressed to the limit I had my first panic attack. I didn’t even know what a panic attack was. The next year I started having weird intrusive thoughts. Later, I would find out this was pure o ocd. Fast forward 8 years later, here I am with much knowledge and recovering from this wicked crap!
JLAJLA
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Hey, I meant to comment under your reply lol but long story short, my story is similar to yours :)
ccgccg
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Thank for sharing. I relate to your experience so much. Mine started when I was a teen but it went away for years and then came back when I was in college.
JLAJLA
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That's pretty much how my story goes. I do remember having some of it as a kid. But throughout middle and high school, I don't really remember having any issues whatsoever. But as soon as I got into college, I noticed a difference in the levels of anxiety I was experiencing. Then, this last year, when I was 19, I started getting the intrusive thoughts that wouldn't go away (OCD) around August. It's a horrible thing to deal with on a day to day basis. It makes me question so many things :( but we're all in this together.
Maria SavioMaria Savio
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I was about 14
Ben84Ben84
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8th grade was when it got serious
saaaamsaaaam
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same! 8th grade was the complete worst
AnonymousAnonymous
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I've had it pretty much since I was 3, currently I'm 14
LinaLina
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11 or 12 maybe even before that I have sucky memory lol.
OCD OvercomerOCD Overcomer
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Probably around age 5.
AnonymousAnonymous
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About 7 but I didn’t know what was wrong at the time until it became controlling at 13
BefewefeBefewefe
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Since I was 8 years old for me..it was actually worse back then because of my creative kid brain
Evelyn4416Evelyn4416
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Looking back I think the earliest instances I could see it being OCD was when I was about 11. It got a lot worse when I was 23 though.
JLAJLA
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I've had it since I was a young girl. I think I showed symptoms when I was 4 years old.
eleanor.meleanor.m
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8th grade for me.
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