Just out of curiosity, how old are ya’ll? I’m 20. Any of you older folx who have more experience dealing with this disorder, please drop your best tips, it never goes unappreciated. WE CAN OVERCOME THIS 🙌🏻

Yup,thats so true.

Thank you for this. I’m only 14 and I completely agree

Preach

im really young but i somehow have POCD :( im very scared i'm going to mess up my life, and i hate getting curious i've almost ended my life

@ducklingskies Im so so sorry to hear that.Please do not do something to urself.I used to have pocd too(i still do)but i promise is something that can be fixed.Know that u r loved and cared here♡♡

@Lori sorry if im bothering but, how can i ignore being curious about being a p*do :( like i always get thoughts like " how would it feel like to be one" when i know it'd be disgusting, i'm so scared the thing is i'm literally sure i'm not one but i still get curious thoughts

@ducklingskies Try to spend more time with children.I was afraid i might hurt my niece and nephew,but by spending time with them,playing with them and making them laugh,i understood that i did not want to hurt a child.The fear started fading and now i feel better.Still though,it happens with other children,but i try to ignore the thoughts.Remember,thoughts are just thoughts,they do not reflect you as a person,and they will fade if you dont try to give them a meaning.

I’ve been trying my best. I’m still scared of myself and the thoughts I manifest but I think I get what you’re saying. I really appreciate this my therapist said something similar

I hate it when my OCD has me doing the strangest shit for the most obscure & convoluted outcome. It’s hard separating that from the reality of not having control over everything. I’m working on being kinder to myself and it’s helping a little bit. Glad it has been able to heal you to an extent! Thanks for the input

@andrew Strange shit is interesting if we observe the shit without judging it. It's our invention to calm our anxious nerves. I wish we love our selves so much that we be healed 🌸 we don't need rituals to calm ourselves, Amen

We'll, lol

17 been dealing with this since 11

Being afraid you might have a terminal illness or something like that could be a result of ruminating I think (someone correct me if I’m wrong.) but anyways my OCD used to tell me things about myself and I would believe it or perform rituals for it n stuff like one time I got ringworm on my arm (gross) and it told me that it was skin cancer but all I had to do was sell my soul to the devil & it would go away 🙃 sounds absolutely bat shit I know but this disorder rlly do be blowing everything way out of proportion so maybe that’s what’s going on with you.

@andrew 😂😂Sorry for the laughs.Thnx for the advice☺

I might have to give that a try!! I recently broke my marijuana dependency/sobered up completely but I could probably benefit from it. Those sound like great results, I’m glad it’s working for you.