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- 6y
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- 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...
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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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- 24w
I’ve had different themes of ocd throughout my life. Can they all differ such as how the thoughts may present? Currently my thoughts feel so true immediately (like they genuinely feel like what I think) but in the last theme I feel like it may have been more of a “what if I think this” type of situation
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- 24w
I have been really battling with my SO OCD, and I’ve recently started to have a ton of wins!!! I’m really excited about it, but as I’ve noticed myself not engaging as much… different things have popped up. Now im obsessed with people’s perception on me, and them looking at me and thinking by how I walk, how I talk, what I wear, how I move… that I am gay? And am so convinced everyone thinks that and “knows something that I don’t”. Is that typical with OCD? If so, any ERP advice on how to overcome these thoughts?
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- 21w
I was diagnosed with OCD around the age of 6, subtype- contamination primarily. It calmed down as I got older and I assumed it had gone away, but also didn’t realize it can show up in other ways, and it still had been effecting me which I know now. I’m not 31 and I’ve been in therapy for a year and it’s helped a lot, although I sometimes get thoughts that what if some of the stuff I’m dealing with isn’t ocd and I’m exaggerating. I feel like thoughts will feel sticky and I’ll do certain compulsions but then the thought eventually vanishes if I do it a few times which makes me think maybe it’s not OCD since other people/friends I know would probably do the exact same thing. Not sure if I’m making sense, but I guess my question is if that thought comes up with anyone else? Just being unsure if something you’re doing actually is ocd or not.
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