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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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I haven't been officially diagnosed with OCD but when I learned more about it, I never related to anything more. A little back story: when I was younger, there were a couple of youth suicides in my area and the schools felt the need to have someone come in and talk about suicide. Well the person they had come in did a horrible job teaching it and basically made it seem like the smallest negative emotion or feeling or change in behavior made you suicidal. This ended up scaring me so much that I got horrid anxiety. Fast forward to now, Everytime I feel anxiety and panic, I fear I'm going to kill myself. Everytime I feel down and depressed, I fear I'll end it all. I'm scared to be around anything sharp because the "What if" I hurt myself comes into my mind. There are always intrusive thoughts at almost every point of the day. And it's not only for me. Everytime I hear someone being negative, I fear they will be suicidal. I know in my heart that none of this is true but it's terrifying me that it's stuck around so much that it makes me scared that maybe it is true. I've had a lot of death in my family in the past year and a half and a lot of other family drama that I'd never had before that is now also bringing up existential intrusive thoughts. And I'd never questioned anything about life before but now I get the "why is life like this?" and "does anything we do matter?" and I hate it. I don't want to think like that. I just want to go through life being able to handle things normally again. It terrifies me even right now going "what if you give up?"
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I can't live with OCD anymore. It's ruining my life. I feel like I'm being constantly bullied in my own mind all day everyday. I don't know if what I think and feel is ever real or normal or okay, what is me and what is the OCD thoughts. I don't know if any of my experiences are normal. I'm exhausted from picking apart every single conversation I ever have with anyone until I'm strung out by a vague and ambiguous feeling of guilt. I'm tired of feeling like I'm a bad person and feeling scared all the time and not knowing why and having my brain spin me out on an endless spiralling train of thoughts that never goes anywhere and just makes me feel disconnected from everything and everyone around me. I don't know what I feel and if what I feel is normal or if anything I am doing is real and actually me or if I'm 'losing my mind.' I don't even know if this makes any sense. I get into these states of mind where every thought in my head and everything I feel and perceive makes me question my own sanity. I don't know if anyone likes me because I have absolutely no concept of what I am actually like. I feel completely lost and confused CONSTANTLY.
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- 11w ago
Everyday I wake up, all my mind makes me think of is the stuff I’ve done in the past, like all day I’m in a constant cycle of judging who I used to be and it hurts so so much. I wish I never thought to do those things, I wish I had been more mature than how I was before, it’s really lowering my self worth and I don’t think I’ve ever felt this miserable before, like last summer was the worst because I was dealing with this shit, I about almost ended my life over it, and I thought it would get better, which it did, but it didn’t last but for a while. As soon as it became 2025 I was going through it again, having constant cycles of “I’m a good person” to “I’m the worst person imaginable” and I’m so sick of it because I just want to feel like the good person l like to imagine myself to be, but I can’t because of shit I did in the past that I obsess over. I’ve cried and screamed so much over it and it seems like it will never leave me.
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