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- TheBigCahuna
- Date posted
- 4y ago
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- gmrn23gmrn23
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I actually broke down and cried earlier this week and just couldn’t take it anymore going through this alone. I told my mom and boyfriend. They’ve been very supportive and helping me through this
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- val ʚĭɞval ʚĭɞ
- Date posted
- 4y ago
this was around late may, i was tired from these thoughts. i literally couldn’t eat nor function right and i decided to talk to them privately. i told them about hocd and what it does, going briefly into every little detail. i knew i was straight, but these thoughts annoyed me and kept whispering things into my head.. i just couldn’t. that’s when i learned that my dad suffers from harm ocd, anxiety, and ptsd. it was really hard for me to process as a daughter but we promised eachother to help one another. my mom thought that this was hormones because i’m still in development (i’m 16) and so did my dad. it did make sense since i was also on my period. it was a really rough talk because i didn’t want them to think that i was truly bi/gay. i reassured them that i love men and want to marry one but that my thoughts wouldn’t let me live in peace. they offered to take me to a psychologist but due to corona, our go to was closed since he tested positive. ever since then, they think that these thoughts left because i’m always smiling and actually in the moment. but what they don’t know is that i’m still at war with my brain, really trying to not lose my head in the process.
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- JamarcelineJamarceline
- Date posted
- 4y ago
My family thinks I'm obsessed hypochondriac but I'm from Poland mental health is less important here than dumplings. I m actually 99% positive that my grandma had OCD and my mother has it but grandma past away few years ago and I never talked about it with her cause my OCD was fine when she was alive and my mom just doesnt want to listen shes very bad at listening and when I tell her to go to psychologist to solve her emotional problems she gets offended..... thank god for this app really.
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- Veve03Veve03
- Date posted
- 4y ago
It was like I wrote that post myself! I can totally relate with the mom situation
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- Miranda Ceja
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Hey guys! I wanna know, does anybody here has told someone close about their ocd? Because i just told my mom and even though she handled it very well i don’t know how i feel.
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- zaynab
- Date posted
- 5y ago
How open are you all about your ocd? Do you ever tell anyone? Right now everyone at work thinks I’m perfectly happy and that everything in my world is great. When in reality everything is falling apart and I’m depressed. It’s so hard when someone makes a comment like “you’re so perfect” or “you’ve got your life so together” when they don’t know what you’re going through and what mental battles you have to fight literally every minute of every day. This is why I want to tell the people around me, but I’m also worried they won’t understand. Can anyone relate to this?
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- Mike
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Has anyone else had trouble telling people about their OCD? I would like to help break the stigma about mental health and be a part of the change. But it is such an exhausting thing to even think about. Not only would it be difficult to tell people (even people I trust), but it would be even more difficult to have to explain to people what OCD really is (not just the stereotypes they have seen on TV). On top of that I keep thinking how do I even begin to explain the subtypes that I have experienced? I suppose I don't have to, but it helps to give some real depth for them to sink their teeth into; to really understand the difference between OCPD and OCD. I keep thinking if I can get through ERP (which I have recently done), then I can certainly share my disorder with others (well I cant be 100% certain...see what I did there?). I know I don't have to tell others about my OCD and I respect people who want to keep it private. I have for years. I just think that I would like to be confident, own it, and help others who are still figuring out about their own mental health struggles. I know many of my family and friends will be surprised to hear that I have OCD. So if you have any suggestions or anecdotes you would be willing to share that would be great. Thanks!
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