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Carl CornettCarl Cornett
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Yes. Switching themes is really common.
anonymousanonymous
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Thank you!
ShabaxShabax
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OCD will never go 100% away, im diagnosed 10 years go with 3 major stepbacks, but after each relapse i learned to manage OCD better. I have learned that enough sleep en good stress management are very important to keep the OCD at bay.
anonymousanonymous
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Ok thank you very much!
AnonymousAnonymous
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Hey I’m 17 too my older brother who’s 19 now is growing out of it, he used to have hocd and was bad with washing his hands so he’s grown out of it!!
anonymousanonymous
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what about like HOCD or POCD or stuff like that?
AnonymousAnonymous
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@takingdownocd I have hocd now rip but he did grow out of hocd!! I don’t know if he had pocd he never spoke to me about it
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@jivanovi ok thank you for your help!
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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Same I’ve had mine since I was 10. I hope u and I grow out of it
anonymousanonymous
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Me too :)
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@takingdownocd I haven’t seeked help I should of done earlier now I regret it cause I didn’t think it would ruin my life have u?
anonymousanonymous
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@louisa12345 I’m thinking about reaching out to a therapist on here!
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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That sounds good do that:)
anonymousanonymous
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Yes you should too!!
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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I haven’t seen anyone for my ocd I’m ashamed and I haven’t told anyone cause I don’t think my family would understand
anonymousanonymous
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I feel the same exact way.
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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I get it everyday I mean I wanna see someone and just talk and tell them my whole story but it’s messed up
anonymousanonymous
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If you wanna talk I am here for you!!
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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Thank u I haven’t opened up to a person to tell them this it’s stupid what goes on in my head
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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So my ocd stared in the start of august 2013 and it all started in a diary I had to write everything done or else I got stress d or anxious. I would get obsessed and comprised and the most littlest things. Eventually I chucked the book out cause I couldn’t deal with it. But over the years I’ve keep getting intrusive thoughts, rituals and started repeating that I must do. I have to do everything 5,3 and 8 times and more numbers. I like 5 because it is exactly a half of 10 idk why. I hate the number 9, 2, 7 and more cause they give me anxiety idk why, Even with food I need to have a specific number and eat at a specific time. Food causes stresses and anxiety and this sometimes makes me sick and not eat.
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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And it’s varied over the years and has become progressively worse
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@louisa12345 I did the SAME thing with the number thing only in 3s but now I don’t. I promise you you can stop doing that I don’t do it a all anymore! Have you talked to a therapist?
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@takingdownocd No I’m trying sometimes not to act and do compulsive behaviours but most of the time I give in.
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@louisa12345 But I want to see someone I just don’t want my family to know
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@louisa12345 I’m just scared they won’t understand cause they think ocd is a good thing like cleaning and ordering ur room but they don’t know the extend of the disirder
anonymousanonymous
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@louisa12345 Could you explain you have repreated thoughts without getting into the details?
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@takingdownocd Like doing things a specific number or times, writing something down or it gives me anxiety and more I think
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@takingdownocd Numbers is a big one I think I have arithmophibia cause all I think about is bumbers
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@takingdownocd numbers I mean
anonymousanonymous
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@louisa12345 I think you should really try to explain to your parents how much it’s bothering you!
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@takingdownocd Idk I’m scared I wanna talk to someone else. My family would laugh at me especially my siblings
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@louisa12345 Just talk to your parents in private! And if your siblings laugh at you so what! They clearly have no idea the power OCD holds!
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@louisa12345 They say I don’t really have ocd just cause my room isn’t cleaned but it’s not that it’s mentally
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@louisa12345 Well clearly you do. I would say to them “ok if you don’t think I have it let me go get tested and if I don’t have it we won’t talk about it anymore” then you’ll have proof.
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@takingdownocd I’ve done a lot of online tests and I get severe ocd majority of the time I know that’s now a diagnosis but it means something. Once when I told my sister I had it she was like no ocd it is a mental Illness and u don’t have it.
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@takingdownocd My sister sees a physiologist and I use to not about that but I don’t what to burden anyone.
anonymousanonymous
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@louisa12345 You’re not a burden you’re trying to better yourself to ease your pain. I would talk to them! It’s worth a try!
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@takingdownocd I’ll see if I ever get the courage like what’s going on in my head is crazy bad
anonymousanonymous
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@louisa12345 You can do it!! You are entitled to help! Go out and get it you can do it!
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@takingdownocd Thanks I’ll try to help myself first how’s ur ocd?
anonymousanonymous
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@louisa12345 It’s fine! Trying to learn to cope!
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@takingdownocd But it hasn’t always gone the best I want to be my personal therapist first
anonymousanonymous
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@louisa12345 I get that
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@takingdownocd Yeah I’ll keep working
anonymousanonymous
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@louisa12345 Tell me how it goes!!
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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@takingdownocd Ok I will thanks
louisa davolilouisa davoli
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I feel like sometimes and YouTube I need to replay because of something I said in my head or an action and if I don’t perform these rituals I get tremendous anxiety and feel like I can’t do anything. I feel defeated when I don’t do these complusions in response to my obsessive thoughts. I did I know it’s crazy but this is what I do.
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