- Date posted
- 6y
- Date posted
- 6y
That’s a good question. I feel like it must have been absolute hell on earth to have OCD before people knew what it was. I can’t imagine the pain of having a mental disorder before they were widely understood in society. I’m sure that also influenced how people experienced OCD. It’s a great comfort to know that many other people experience the disease and that you are not alone...
- Date posted
- 6y
I read that when there was the big aids outbreak people with OCD had themes about catching it. I think it definitely has to do with the context and what is happening around us. LGBTQ+ is huge right now so it’s a common OCD theme. The media is showing a lot of harm and pedophilia/sex trafficking news and that’s a common theme too. There are always so many articles about how this and that is bad for you, and contamination is super common too. I do believe that it has to do with the world around us.
- Date posted
- 6y
Have you read The Man Who Couldn’t Stop by David Adam? He developed obsessions around AIDS around the time of the epidemic I think. My themes primarily center around perfectionism. I never felt truly accepted by my dad and never felt I could please him so this makes sense for me. And I did well in school and had pressure put on me to achieve great things and what not.
- Date posted
- 6y
Thank you! My dad doesn’t talk to me right now, unfortunately. And I told him about my OCD in the past but he wasn’t too understanding (even though I think he might have OCD himself). When I told him he later sent me a bunch of “I’m so OCD” memes and criticized me for not laughing with him and would tell me to snap out of it when he caught me obsessing. :( He does care but just doesn’t handle it rightly. The last time he spoke with me he just kind of wrote me off.
- Date posted
- 6y
No I haven’t, but I’ll look it up! That definitely makes sense. I was in an abusive relationship and was forced to act a certain way and I was pretty much taught that it was just the right way to act or something so I still like aim for that I think. My main obsessions are contamination, breathing type obsessions, and POCD. The POCD has gotten a ton better though, and I’m grateful for that because it is the hardest for me to handle! I hope you’re telling OCD to back off because you are amazing the way you are! I’m sorry about the way things are with your dad, have you tried bringing it up with him or do you think it’s purely OCD?
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- 23w
Trying not to seek reassurance, but rather connect the dots on my OCD and possible reasons as to why I am the way I am. I have severe OCD (or at least I hope I do) mainly surrounding POCD. I've had symptoms of OCD the majority of my life but this theme has come up more recently. When I was a kid, and i'm talking 6-7, I was first exposed to some really gross adult content online. It was introduced to me by a friend of mine around the same age of me. I saw some really disgusting things that a 6-7 year old should definitely not see. This was not a one time occurrence, as I had been exposed to taboo topics online years to come after that, such as the same friend introducing me to Omegle... And i'm sure you can imagine how that went, theres a lot of genuinely disgusting human beings on there. Coming back to the reason for making this post; is it possible to early exposure to this content could be one of the reasons I struggle with POCD? It genuinely scares me to death because you hear that real p*dos dealt with simular situations when they were kids, so thats kind of making me feel that this could be more than OCD, and I could be a genuinely bad person. My POCD feels so real, that at times i'm fully convinced its not OCD. Sometimes I can't even distinguish the feelings of attraction between a younger person and an older person, except for the feeling of anxiety and fear. Its really hard to explain without going into detail, but it just feels so real. Some feedback on this would be great, thank you all.
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- Date posted
- 18w
This list by ai gives a good summary of my symptoms. Does it resemble OCD or is it something else? 1. Compulsions (OCD-specific behaviors): • Feeling the need to flex or contract muscles an even number of times, equally on both sides of your body. • Needing to reverse actions (for example, if you roll your eyes or trace a line with your finger, you feel compelled to do it again in the exact opposite way). 2. Intrusive Thoughts (OCD-specific ruminations): • Daydreaming about people you care about getting hurt (e.g., school shooting, injury, or kidnapping). • Sometimes feeling like you might want something bad to happen to someone you find attractive—possibly because of a desire to help or save them, though it’s confusing. • These thoughts can sometimes provide a twisted sense of relief while remaining distressing and confusing. 3. Sexual Orientation OCD: • Experiencing confusion or doubt about your sexual orientation. 4. Contamination Thoughts: • Feeling like things are contaminated, especially after touching something gross. 5. Sensory Compulsions: • Feeling the need to smell your hand after touching areas like your ear or hair. 6. ADHD-like Symptoms / Additional Observations: • Fidgeting or moving your legs when standing or sitting.
- Date posted
- 13w
"The themes don't matter, it's the OCD that's the real culprit!" I don't buy that. How's that? I didn't have this crap until the real event themes came along. I wasn't born with OCD, I didn't have it from a young age, etc. This was learned, this was real event theme triggered, this was a bad habit that kept on on going and never died, the frequency just picked up and now it's a daily hell. This wasn't happening before the actual themes. Which makes sense. It's a result of being "stuck" in a cycle of guilt, shame, and constant cognitive challenges to "deal" with past deeds. I've very skeptical of any future solution. The fact that there doesn't seem to be any permanent solution for real event OCD is defeating and depressing. I don't know how people "beat OCD" without some level of delusion mindset or baked out of their mind in medication. Doesn't seem to be a holistic or real solution to this. Just more of the same hellish routines. I'm just very pessimistic, it's been years. Where is the hope. Sick of being stuck like this.
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