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1.) I would say it’s about a 7. I feel good about myself most of the time and when I get attacked by ideas of worthless or something I tend to remember it’s the OCD talking. 2.) Nope. I had it once or twice where a guy would bug me but I wouldn’t call it bullying. 3.) Yes! For the most part I do 4.) I would say so 5.) Hmm I think so? I’d need some examples of what you mean
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1. Between 7-9, depending on the day 2. Yes :/ just middle school though 3. Yeah! About most things 4. Oh for sure, it can be really hard, I care a lot about people and how they feel. 5. I’d say my moral standards are very high
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1. 8, but I feel like I get worried about anxiety and OCD holding me back which lowers it. 2. Yes massively for a couple of years. 3. Yes. 4. I feel like I'm pretty empathetic. 5. Extremely high
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1. Middling to low, it varies. I prefer to go with self compassion than self esteem but I'm not amazing at that either. 2. Yes, age 8 to 11. 3. Yes, pretty much. 4. I don't really know what you mean by this question. If someone is sad it doesn't automatically make me feel sad, no, that would be pretty awful internal boundaries. Compassion is a better idea. 5. Yes for myself, not really for others. I don't like being around judgemental people either.
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1) when I am not plagued with anxiety, I would say 8-9! However, during the hard times it can drop to as low as like a 2 or 3. 2) Kinda. People made fun of me behind my back for a while. 3) I think so, but I would need more clarification on what would that would qualify. 4) Yes. Definitely. If someone I love is going through a hard time I usually suffer with them. 5) I try to keep them to my spiritual standards as much as possible.
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1. Hmm my self esteem is really low these days.. maybe 3/4/5 depending on the day I guess 2. Not too much, no. I have always been in the nerdier less popular friend groups but I have never been singled out and bullied. 3. Gee I hope so ? my ocd says otherwise.. 4. I think I’m pretty empathetic, yeah 5. Again I would hope so but my ocd is always trying to convince me I’m bad sooo idk but hoping yes, it’s something I value Interesting questions thank u ❤️
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- 25w
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- 19w
I was going to ask for advice and vent after i just had an episode but reading through everyones post on here. I can see that everyone is collectively struggling at the moment and i think we need to utilize this community for more than just sharing our sadness. Nothing is wrong with venting of course but i feel like there isnt enough positive energy here to encourage everyone to keep going. I know asking for reassure feels like a must sometimes and trust me everyone has asked for it, it was a heavy compulsion of mine. But reassure is not what you need. It will make it worse everyone please trust me. Instead of letting out mind win we must support each other, understand our struggles but also share out wins. I feel like we dont use this community enough for finding friendship among us or spreading enough happiness. OCD Is not a happy disorder but seeing that everyone here is just here either hating on someone, people being too afraid to ask for help or no one reading peoples post. This place isnt just for our negative thoughts and events to fester we need to support each other here too! Ask for help, comment on peoples post with love everyone is struggling. In this community we should help pull each other out from dark places not let them stay there. I hope everyone who is going through it right has a better night/day/afternoon. You’re loved deeply your not a monster, your not evil, your not dirty, your not a heretic your Nothing your thoughts tell you are. Peace to you🤍🤍🤍🤍
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- 8w
It kinda mind boggling to me how OCD can even cause stuff to happen to us physically as well. And it all feeling real. It only reminds me how flawed our bodies really are. If people were to hear of our situations they'd call us names and choose to stay ignorant. People fear what they cannot understand. Before this I could have possible have been one of them, but here I am. OCD really goes for anybody. Does not matter what ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation you are. It is a twisted disorder that likes to make others lives harder. If I were to tell myself before this that this would happen, I would'nt believe it. I was convinced I am evil, I cried for weeks. I had to sleep in my parents bedroom for a period of time cause I couldn't face the darkness alone. This application helped me greatly during this, cause I learned just as much about OCD as I did about myself. At the same time I get saddened cause I see people going through the exact same, or much worse. If any who come across this post have any questions for me, u can feel free to do so
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