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Hi! I’m noticing & I’m caring! I’m so sorry you feel like people around you don’t care- OCD is very very hard to understand for those who don’t have it. It’s hard for parents to admit that their children are not well be it physically or mentally. If they are making you feel bad about your pain then that is not okay. You maybe need to a have a real sit down with them- maybe even with a psychiatrist- to help them understand that what you are dealing with is painful & it is hurting you. The most important thing for you to do right now is practice self compassion. You are not worthless and the world would not be better without you here. Despite your families inability to understand, they care about you & so do your friends. And you should care about yourself too!! You are valuable & wonderful & you have & will do great things in the world! Even if you hold a door open for someone, you make someones day! You make the world a better place by doing small acts of kindness- that is valuable even when it seems easy to forget. You do good things without giving yourself credit. Pat yourself on the back & tell you that you love yourself. You deserve the self compassion❤️
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Thank you so so much❤️ your kind words mean so much to me. So often my feelings are invalidated by my family. This means a lot to me.
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You're gonna get through this, it's hard for them to understand the situation you're in but don't give up, you're not alone in this
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Thank you❤️
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Sending you love and compassion. I was reminded once that "not being here" is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. This will pass. I am sorry that your family doesn't understand. The people who have made the most positive impact on others and this world are those who have overcome adversity, just as you will.
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Thank you so much❤️ this means so much to me
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Reading this makes me think of myself so so much. I feel the exact way some days. You are trying really hard and you are strong give you yourself credit for that. It’s hard for family to accept and understand this. It’s hard but you matter ! You matter so much ♥️ sending all love and compassion too. Stay strong.
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Thank you! I really needed to hear this, it means so much to know I’m not alone ?
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I’m sorry your family acts this way towards you. I have to ask—do you think you are in danger of harming or killing yourself? If so please call a hotline. 741741 is a text line in the us that has been helpful to me. I’ve also called the national suicide hotline a few times and found that helpful. Reminder: even if your family doesn’t understand, you have all of us behind you. Also, are there other relationships in your life (friendships, ect.) that you can maybe give time and attention to? Always here if you need me. ❤️
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Thank you so much❤️ this community is so helpful and amazing I know I wouldn’t be here today without it
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@sophie02 So glad we can be helpful and that your still here. :)
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- 18w
I don’t know what to do anymore I made a friend recently in college and was texting her the other night and she mentioned she was doing her nails and I said nice and asked her if I could see. Because I was curious about what she did to them this time around and since then she has not responded to me I apologized to her saying I’m sorry if it bothered her but still nothing. Some of my friends just don’t answer me anymore I feel like I’m a burden of the ones who do still talk me I’m so done with it all. I’m tired of trying to find love as well I feel nothing to it anymore it’s only left me with disappointment and sadness I feel like I’m an unlovable husk of a person and that I would only ever be a bother I cannot fathom the idea of someone loving ME I just can’t I feel like it’s impossible I feel like everything about me bothers people to the point where I think is it even something I should try to achieve anymore. I should honestly block myself from trying to make new friends and relationships I’m so so tired of it. I feel unappreciated and annoyed that I am the one that has to try to keep up any sort of relationship because if I don’t reach out they never will reach out to me the reason I know this is because it’s been proven time after time since middle school that I am nothing to these people and I might as well no longer try. I don’t know what to do anymore I feel like I’m going to be all alone for the rest of my life I’m just so lonely now.
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I’m really depressed and lately life has been really really bad. Everyday, it’s like something horrible happens and my mind tries to make me forget it. My family life isn’t that great and everything is super tough for me. It’s like when I get better I go like a million steps back. I ended up doing something bad today:ended up becoming aggressive to myself and caused some ouchies) it hurt a lot and right now I’m really stressed and have been for a while. My mental well being has been extremely bad these days. I have obsessive compulsive disorder but for me it’s decently strong so it’s hard to contain, Complex-trauma, depression, and possibly ADHD. It’s an awful mix. My life is a living hell everyday. I’m not sure how much longer I can keep lying to myself to Myself that I’m getting better when in reality I’m in so much pain, it’s like I’m barely doing anything at all. Please, help, I’ve been acting not like myself. I want to live, even though it’s extremely difficult too and I rather much not be here, but people are counting on me and I don’t want to fail them. How can I convince myself to stay a little longer when I am fully burnt out from trying to get better? I’m in so much pain. I don’t know how to even deal with it. I’m so lost, I might lose it more, and I’m scared for myself. I feel like I don’t even deserve help. I’m so mentally unwell I can’t even think correctly. I hate everything and just want to sleep forever and ever. I’m so numb to it all. I don’t feel anything anymore.
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I’ve been in a really difficult situation recently and this weekend I’ve been looking forward to for ages. I had a concert and then nights out planned with my cousins. But I’m a tad bit older than them and they’re a lot closer in ages, as are all their friends from uni, so I’m kinda just stuck here with nothing to do. They’re off flirting with people their age and dancing and I’m getting no attraction or even attention (not in an attention seeking kinda way just an I’m lonely kinda way). At the concert they left my 5 or 6 times to go to the toilet and get drinks, when I went to the toilet I went alone. I was left alone to the point people around started to notice and I had one guy say “left alone are you? You need to get better friends” I just feel very left out. I’m a lot older than them and I know I have to keep a mature head but I’ve already fallen into a pit of depression recently and very very low self esteem to the point I barely wanna go out in public, that I’m now sat here all anxious and in a really bad mood. I don’t even know exactly why or when it changed but last night I just snapped. My sister was off meeting new people, my cousin was dancing with creepy men, a guy I found attractive was more interested in my cousin, she started dancing all provocative on him and I was just kinda there. I then had people asking me if I was neurodivergent and bisexual which just sent my ocd spiralling and nobody quite understands how horrible it is to be in my head. There was this lovely guy saying how amazing stunning and beautiful I was but it kinda just made me go “you’re saying that because you feel bad for me, because you know they’re getting all the attention and I’m this ugly duff person on the side”, it’s insanely exhausting. I’m tired of it now. I don’t wanna be in a mood anymore but I can’t seem to shift it, I’m stuck
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