If you’re comfortable discussing... what are decisions or actions you’ve done in life in response to your OCD? Meaning, are there any decisions you’ve regretted or maybe weren’t the best for you, but it was because it was an OCD decision now looking back?

I work with kids. They've been instrumental in my recovery. However, during the times I really struggled I believe I leaned on them too much. I was too needy for their attention. I wish I could have been a stronger role model.

Everything stopped. My career. Volunteering. Sharing my art and writing. Romantic relationships. I’ve dated again! It’s still hard... I’ve volunteered again! Loads of fun. I’m working. Need to work on a better paying job. That’s still hard. I don’t regret that my world stopped. I learned a lot. There’s a lot going on and I still don’t know how to label exactly what or why everything happened (Was it OCD? OCPD? Thenright thing to do?) I do regret that between then and now I’ve spent so much time stuck in an addiction that I haven’t made much progress. Eight years that just kind of vanished. I don’t know. I don’t know what I think about all that.

I have lost a lot to ocd never recommend it

I’ve made a decision. I do t necessarlily regret the decision, I just regret how it was made

Do you guys think ocd breeds regret in grneral

Between OCD and PTSD, I was never able to conduct my Psych study which was half of an 8-credit course as well as something I really wanted to do. There’s probably so much else in school and unemployment that has to do with it, but I feel like just looking back at that one thing was the right amount of triggering that I can be a bit upset, but still ultimately motivated and optimistic. ?

I dont know if ocd made me do that but when i didnt know i have it i thought im going crazy for real and i told my parents i blame my friends for that. There were some issues between me and these friends but they were the best friends i could ask for. They just hapened to trigger my obsessions a lot but that wasnt their fault. Now my family hates them and wont let me talk to them because they think they are the cause of my depression ( my parents dont know about ocd) and this situation is really fucked up to be honest.

Ive always avoided spending a lot of time with my son. Luckily my ex is very involved, but Ill admit Ive relied on him too much because of my fears. I wanna be a good mom, but Im afraid Im going to hurt him or fail him like my mom failed me.

My life is completely destroyed because of ocd