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Hi, I'm glad you ou joined this community to connect with peers. Here is an article about when parents aren't supportive https://iocdf.org/expert-opinions/my-parents-dont-believe-i-have-ocd/ Also, check bout this website https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.bfrb.org/learn-about-bfrbs&ved=2ahUKEwj-oO3liJLrAhUGXM0KHWG_AW0QFjAKegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw2uf_esTRp2bxdTDlKhcgg1 that has lots of resources for bfrbs
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the only way to free ourselves from ocd is to stop compulsions (slowly but intentionally), and to expose ourself to the distressing emotions and learn that we can handle any emotion. And don't have to compulse it or escape from it. Then ocd will have no power over us. Though its hard, it is the only way. Sit with the discomfort, do a tiny exposure each day. This is the very hard but very worth it path to recovery. Its so hard, but its worth it. Let us know how it goes, we are here with you :)
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Would any of your family read this book? https://www.amazon.com/When-Family-Member-Has-Obsessive-Compulsive/dp/1626252467/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=when+a+family+member+has+ocd&qid=1597109275&sprefix=when+a+fam&sr=8-3 Would your parents let you get treatment for your OCD if you asked?
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I’m gonna say, too, that school counselors can be a good resource for trying to talk with parents if your still in school. Even if they have school online, there should be some way to reach out to your counselor. I know that my middle school counselor changed my life.
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∆∆∆great advice
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I feel like there’s no way out of this. everyday i’m anxious and depressed from these thoughts. i feel like i have to constantly question if it’s OCD or not. the panic attacks are insane and i freak out. and a compulsion i have is looking eveything up on the internet when im stressing to know that it’s just my OCD and im not in danger. but looking things up add on to my thoughts and i start thinking “what if” actual suidcal people think. do others with this theme whenever they do something like if im taking a picture it’ll be like “yeah you look happy people will wonder what happened when your gone” LIKE i DO NOT want to end my life. or even as simple as cleaning my room, “yup keep it clean so when your family goes through your stuff” then i panic and can’t even do anything. those thoughts distress me so bad. i’ll sit there and think how good my life is or when im having a good day my thoughts will be like “NOPEEE what if your just saying that to convince yourself” it never shuts up and genuinely makes me think i have SI or something. i hope this reaches the right people just to know im not alone. Even when i do get better in the back of my mind it’s always “people who want to are the same a day before too” im genuinely scared and im scared one day im going to just snap and do it because its “too much” do i need to go to a mental hospital! i feel insane.
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Hi I kept seeing this app on repeat on TikTok over and over and I thought I give it a shot. I have never been diagnosed with OCD but I know that I have it. I’m a young adult and I found out the first time I had OCD was watching lelelons truth video? I was 14 at the time She had to resist sitting back down in a chair after her having sat down she started having a mental break down when she was told to resist. That’s when I knew. It started with myself going up and down a staircase twice buckling unbuckling my seat belt everytime I’m in the car ect I have always been super anti social but trying my best I can socialize but my mind wants to make it sexual with family and friends ughhhh I hate it because that’s not me when I graduated thoughts of hurting my loved ones corrupted my mind I broke down outside of church one time asking if this was really me or not i question if I’m a good enough friend or person in this world to begin with thinking everyone is judging me so so close how can I make this situation better did I do something wrong I struggle with depression as well not to bad but it’s there I come from a loving family but broken as well i believe in god and my OCD makes me go often he’s not real that stuff isn’t real no one is there to save you the list goes on. Anyway I struggle a lot and I really hope that this will help me because I feel extremely hopeless. Lucky for me I do have the ability to seek therapy and I am excited. The only person I ever tell my thoughts to is God no other human has heard so I’m really really hoping this helps me out if your reading this thank you it means a lot because this is my first time ever admitting all this it’s a lot to take in I know and I hope you are ok and that you have a great night and know that we got this
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i’ve been dealing with this “thing” since i was 15. (i’m 23 now) if i have a bad memory that i have done when i was really young or just an intrusive thought i feel like i need to tell my mom or boyfriend. it’s been on and off ever since but since January hit it’s been an everyday thing about the littlest things. mostly about my relationship. an example is i was talking to someone random at my job and we were talking about taxes and when im in deep thought or just thinking i do a thing where i bite my lip (not in the sexual way) and i had a thought when it happened “was that sexual?” and i felt like i did something wrong and i went for a while thinking that until i told my boyfriend about it. or like my ex’s face has popped up in my head in the most inappropriate times and i feel the need that i have to tell him. (my ex was not a good person) i feel like im a prisoner in my head everyday, trying to justify thoughts or remind myself that its just a thought. i didnt know that this was or could be a form of ocd. it runs in my family but i’ve just never considered it being this. i always called it anxiety or depression but i always felt like it is more than that.
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