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- 6y
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A lot of the time I feel the same way - but what I have realized is that was just not even realizing the effort they were putting in. They may be putting in a lot, but it’s not in a way that you recognize! I used to think the same for my boyfriend, but then I started to pay attention to the little things that he did. He invites me to practically everything, doesn’t pressure me into meeting his family (I have generalized anxiety as well as OCD.), and always reminds me that I’m not getting consumed by germs (also a hypochondriac). He does so much, it’s just not the way I show love to him because he doesn’t necessarily need me to be the same person for him. If that doesn’t help, I would highly recommend going to groups in your community! Going to college groups or adult groups at my old church always made me feel loved and refreshed, and I made some good friends and role models out of it. Also, if you’re still in high school, or younger, people are shitty then and most of your decent friends will probably come from college. Don’t lose hope!
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- 6y
You got to look at having friends more as a convenient type of way like cool if I do cool if I don’t. Don’t go out of your way to make friends don’t go out of your way to change the way you do things just so you can have people in your life. People will come in your life if you stay true to who you are and those will be the people who will care about you.
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- 6y
If it makes you feel better, I never had friends in high school! I used to mainly sit in my room, watch Criminal Minds or Supernatural, and organize! But in college I made a couple of really good friends, and met my boyfriend who handles my anxiety/OCD super well. Also, as you get older, you’ll slowly start finding yourself. I’m not even remotely close to who I was in high school. I’m not happy all of the time, but I did force myself to go to things and in general the world is a little less depressing!
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- 6y
Yup. I trust my boyfriend and my best friend and that’s it. Not that I hold it against anyone. I have other friends, I’m just not an open book. I just enjoy the time with other friends, but hold no emotional attachment to them.
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I feel the same way at the moment
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- 6y
Me too. It’s a very sad thing especially when the friends you do have can’t do anything about it. It frustrates me that if I was in their position I would be helping them to no end. It pains me to see that I’m putting more effort than they ever could. It’s bitter; what I try and do is stick on my phone and take away all of the pain by ignoring it. Doing stuff that makes me nostalgic makes me happy. Do something that makes you smile unconditionally- and if you have nothing find something. Hope this gets better for you ?
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- 6y
I’ve learned that I care way more than other people do and am a lot kinder and considerate. Not everyone thinks like me and I have to accept that. So I’ve learned not to trust anyone. It’s a cruel reality that most people are not trust worthy because they simply care too much about themselves.
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- 6y
And I went above and beyond for friends in high school and some of them turned their backs on me without hesitation. As you get older I think it’s more about having people that you trust and keeping your circle tight that counting the number of friends you have.
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I have no friends too and I also feel like nobody cares about me :(
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- 6y
That’s why I’m not using social media anymore. I cut everyone off just like they cut me off and I’m not looking at Facebook, Snapchat, basically no where that reminds me of anyone from school. I’m starting a new life for myself and disconnecting from old habits, and I’m not interested in catching up or knowing these people ever again.
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- 6y
I’m trying my hardest to stay positive, but people use my mental illness to hurt me so I guess I’m just not gonna confide in anyone anymore.
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- 6y
I used to feel like that to, but it did get better. Part of it was getting out of a toxic environment, but a big part was my treatment too. I still get those thoughts sometimes, but most of the time I can remind myself that it isn’t true now. Best of wishes
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- 6y
Thanks guys? I am in high school so that is probably a huge part of it.
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Thank you. It just seems so hard right now.
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Thank you so much???
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- 6y
That’s what I did I deleted Snapchat and Instagram because it just made my anxiety much worse. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who feels this way. I can’t tell if it’s my fault or not. I just think no one knows how to deal with me. I mean I don’t even know half the time??♀️
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- 21w
I’ve been going through this rough patch for the last four months, and I can already feel an even worse one coming. I just feel scared. And on top of that, I’m going to stop therapy. After everything with my current therapist, I just don’t have the strength to keep trying anymore. I feel hopeless. My head hurts so much, and it’s hard to keep going when everything feels this bad. I just want to cry, hope this feeling passes, and maybe try again if it ever lets up. But right now, it feels like nothing will ever get better. I don’t feel like I can ask for help. I hate that it took me so long to realize this wasn’t the therapist for me. I was too scared of being dramatic, so I let it go on for far too long, and now I feel like I’ve just become a burden-like. I hate that I let it get to that point, especially when I was paying for this. I just want to give up. I feel broken down, and I don’t even want to be okay anymore.
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- 20w
Honestly I’ve never felt like the worst person ever , all my life I’ve always struggle with fitting in and making a good friend group, and I always think I don’t do enough for anybody and sometimes when I feel like somebody is becoming cold or distant I make sure to keep a distant too out of respect or a mechanism to help me not feel hurt , as a result a friend of mine did this and I stayed away because I had no idea what she was going through and my other friend who I’ve met at the beginning of the year I’ve never had a good feeling abt her because I noticed her starting to be really flirty with my boyfriend and when I tried talking to somebody about it , she twisted the entire situation to her assuming I was sl*t shaming her, which I’d never do that is not in my dictionary , so when I arrived to school everyone said she was saying really bad things about me and what’s worse is that she did this two months ago and I found out last week I cried to all of them about it and they ignored me they all laughed and just left me there to cry , I tried talking to my friend who slowly grew distant instead I noticed her getting closer to the friend who wronged me . I noticed all my friends growing a distant , I slowly felt like I failed as friend and then I slowly starting convincing myself i was a failure in general , so as a result, I turned to marijuana and cough medicine, and multiple dealers reach out weekly so I can buy more stuff , and what’s worse is that I know these people are not good friends but I still let them get to my head and on top of that I resort to substance abuse to help with my overthinking and anxiety , I need advice
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- 10w
im so tired of trying to express my feeling and feeling so dumb. im so angry and my chest hurts from sadness and stress all the time with no one to talk to, this is so lonely. the only friend i had got annoyed with me and said maybe this is happening because i dont listen. i hate this so much and i gained so much weight from stress. i cant look pretty or happy if i tried.
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