What is your earliest memory of OCD? Mine is: when I was in elementary school, I used to spend hours tying my shoes until my hands were red & raw because they had to feel equally tight on both feet. This post is just out of curiosity!

I understand! I’ve had sexually intrusive thoughts since 5th grade. I’m sorry you have to go through that pain, ocd sucks ass!!

@catmom Ha! It certainly does! The ol’ butt suck.

Hyper-responsibility is the worst feeling!! It puts so much pressure on us ):

Interesting! I still have issues when it comes to counting to certain numbers or else something bad will happen. It’s so time consuming & pointless!

Wow I didn’t realize that was a symptom of OCD! I’ve never had someone explain it like that before but that’s how I think a lot of the time... it’s so distracting and feels exhausting to slow down your thoughts and make them sound like your voice

@catmom It definitely is! Idk why it feels so comforting to get to the exact right number

@Emmaaaahh I feel like it used to help me do math in my head somehow, but yes especially when I was a child it felt like I’d say each word in my head many times so rapidly that it would almost be like just saying it slow out loud. Sometimes I would already be done with the entire circle of thoughts, but I still had to go through and sound it all out in my head for no reason haha

Ocd makes the weirdest associations in our heads. That sucks!

By checking to see if the wind was blowing, I constantly was staring out the window ): my mom took me to a therapist and I was diagnosed for ADHD, but with my new diagnosis of OCD I can totally see the obsessive compulsive cycle playing a part there.

@Sunset1234 Yeah, the checking sounds like OCD. It’s funny how we get really scared of encountering things that are so uncommon...what a clever little thing OCD is!!

@Sunset1234 Every time I looked in the mirror my brain would start saying the Bloody Mary thing and I would mentally try to tell myself to stop saying it and because of that I avoided mirrors so much

That’s so hard! Ocd is so hard for young children, no kid should have to feel hyper-responsible for someone else’s life! I’m so sorry you has to deal with that.

@catmom I still deal with harm ocd and ny son is the main target of my ocd. I hate it. Love your handle though! Im a cat mom too!

@luchalysol Thanks! My cat’s my little baby!? Harm OCD sucks, I struggle with it too /:

@catmom Its horrible. My thoughts make it seem so real even though deep in my heart I know its not who I am. My cat has been a huge support for me, wouldn't trade him for the world

@luchalysol Same! My cat is my life, I depend on him a lot. I have no idea what I would do without him, cats are the best comfort?

@catmom They are. Id be in a much worse state right now if it wasn't for him.

I do things by the number 4 , one for each member of my family as well! I took what was supposed to be a joking funny quiz in elementary school about whether or not my parents were aliens & it said they were! That became my worst fear for MONTHS, I was obsessed with figuring it out! It sounds stupid, but stuff like that is terrifying to deal with as a kid!

Agreed, OCD is so random! It makes us worried about the weirdest most small things! I think i had quite a few rituals regarding my stuffed animals too when I was younger! ?

@catmom Me too! I felt like they had feelings almost and if I didn’t sleep with every one of them in my bed then they would feel left out and do something bad to me!!