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- 5y
vanitasvanitas
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- 5y
i was sat on the sofa with my mum and just turned to her and said “alright, can i rant a sec?” and it turned into a 2-3 hour long verbal volleyball of her and i exchanging our experiences with ocd, and in the end, she made me a doctors appointment and i now have counselling. i still haven’t talked to my dad about it because i’m not sure he’d understand, and i’d probably ask my mum to tell him for me
erikaxoerikaxo
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- 5y
My mom has it so it was easier for me, but I would recommend sitting them down and having an honest conversation. It’s not as hard as you may think. Your parents love you, and I’m sure they will understand. :)
Anonymous88?Anonymous88?
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- 5y
They were the ones that told me. My parents were extremely loving and supportive. They took me seriously and have been helping me every step of the way.
ShiningBrightShiningBright
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- 5y
I haven’t told my mom yet cuz she doesn’t understand how OCD works and I’m not trying to get triggered
catmomcatmom
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- 5y
I’ve had almost every theme...I’ve told my mom & she was a doctor so she had some sort of understanding that mental illness is real, which was helpful lol. It’s obviously not easy to understand so a lot of the times she’ll say “well you can’t just get rid of the thought?” Or “you just need to make yourself stronger.” But she means well, it’s just hard to understand. I can always talk to her about how I’m feeling without judgement, which is extremely helpful. She just wants me to get better so she tries to be as helpful & supportive as possible, I don’t know what I would do without her support honestly.
catmomcatmom
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- 5y
I recommend being honest with them (at least emotionally). Make it clear to them how miserable the thoughts & ocd make you...I know my family took me more seriously when I was emotionally vulnerable about how I was feeling so they could better understand what I was going through mentally.
AlyoshaAlyosha
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- 5y
There are several people in my family with OCD issues. My mom was reading up on it when I was just a kid and my sister was washing her hands till they bled, so much so that it was well known in my church that my little sister had a hand washing issue. So, usually it’s actually me telling my family I don’t have OCD and them disagreeing. How about you, Epiphany? Have you told your parents?
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- 5y
not yet. i tried talking to her about it but she shrugged it off. i have pocd and moral ocd and mostly because of my pocd i’m so scared to tell my mom
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