amineb04
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- 5y
ocdillustratedocdillustrated
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- 5y
Hello :) I'm sorry OCD is interfering with school every day. This far, has the school taken any disciplinary action? I can imagine this problem eventually coming to your parents attention if school staff have a conversation with them. Perhaps you could talk with a school guidance counselor, explain why you're late for school, and ask them to facilitate a conversation with your parents. If you're assertive and engaged in problem solving with your parents and the school, you're less likely to end up in trouble
amineb04amineb04
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- 5y
The school doesn't know. I've left school now to go to college but I'm just kinda scared it'll be the same thing again
ocdillustratedocdillustrated
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@amineb04 Do compulsions make you late for other things?
amineb04amineb04
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@NOCD Advocate - Katie Just whenever I'm supposed to be going out. My mum doesn't rly know as a part of my compulsions are because I'm bisexual and closeted. However I have told her I probably have it. Sorry, I can't really explain it well
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 5y
Hope to help you out on here!
amineb04amineb04
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Thank you so much
vanitasvanitas
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- 5y
heya, gotta say i relate quite a fair bit. i’m 17 now and have only just started to get help and my ocd not only makes it hard to be on time for things, but it also demotivates me, and sometimes i avoid certain places because i know my ocd will attack/know that i’ll just become exhausted with all my compulsions relating to the setting. i’m bi & trans, out to my mum but not my dad (who also doesn’t know about my ocd). bc he doesn’t know about anything, it makes it hard to give a valid reason to the tendencies my ocd draws me to. i remember him looking at my hands and asking why they were so dry and i just shrugged bc i really didn’t know how to tell him. but know that you have a lot of support on this app and we’re always happy to help! ?
amineb04amineb04
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- 5y
I'm always here, nice to meet another member of the LGBT community :) On Tuesday, I went to the park and then my OCD started to attack me and I started panicking that I hadn't done the same ritual I always do before I go outside. I hate this
vanitasvanitas
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@amineb04 it’s so frustrating honestly especially when you’re already far away from where you usually do the ritual/compulsion and physically can’t go back, or like when you’re being rushed and just don’t have enough time to carry it out
amineb04amineb04
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@cole As I've not officially been diagnosed like most people on here have, my mum isn't that supportive yet so she rushes me when I'm at home doing it so I can't concentrate. She calls it "being silly" or "sillyitis"
vanitasvanitas
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@amineb04 that sounds a lot like me with my dad tbh. i don’t know if he even understands ocd let alone know that i have it, so even if i did say anything, i’d be going on for hours and hours about it. it’s well hard being called silly or people telling us that we’re “overreacting” bc they don’t really understand. like to someone else our compulsions might sound irrational and easily avoidable but to us the thoughts are so real that we feel like we have to
amineb04amineb04
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@cole Yeah cos everyone on this app has compulsions so we all understand it. But some family or friends may not. I'm lucky cos my bf and my some of my friends understand and I'm supported by them
vanitasvanitas
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@amineb04 that’s great!! most of my friends know about it and i’ve told them a lot and they’re super supportive too. it’s nice to have a small circle of people who understand. it can be rly hard to come out to ppl, like in my case i feared that people would think i’m a bad person because of my thoughts, but it actually went well
amineb04amineb04
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@cole Well I came out to a few people so I guess that was pracise for telling them about my OCD ?
Ben84Ben84
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Well you're welcome and accepted here ☺. Hopefully we can help you out.
amineb04amineb04
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Thank you so much
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