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Mine just started during quarantine and Iām 28 however I look back and wonder about earlier issues Iāve had
I definitely feel that quarantine boosted my ocd into action. But i also try looking back to see if ive showed symptoms prior to this happening. And looking back thatās definitely the case. But all this negativity going on in the world definitely doesnāt help
yea same for me I am 28 and it has blown up during quarantine......the trigger happened one year earlier but thanks to lockdown, i had a lot of time to confront my fears lol
I had OCD related intrusive thoughts an quirks throughout my childhood, including obsessive hand washing, re-reading sentences over and over until it felt right, re-writing until it felt right, having intrusive thoughts that I was praying to satan and then praying to God to fix it, and answering āmaybe/maybe notā to questions to avoid the potential of lying. I had an eating disorder in high school. But I didnāt have a full blown OCD episode until I was 23.
Exactly the same
I was 19 when I had developed symptoms of ocd I am now 21 and got diagnosed this year.
I displayed bag checking when I was younger and checking use by dates. I had gotten more compulsions in 2018 and had my first intrusive thought in 2018. My ocd had gotten worse from covid and the death of my grandad.
I was 11 when I realized something was wrong, and then I re-realized it at 19, but wasnāt diagnosed until 31.
I remember the day. I was 24. Now I am 27. Mental health professionals say it was triggered by my substance abuse of cannabis. I haven't touched weed or alcohol since 2017 and obviously never will again. šā¤ļøā¤ļø
Congratulations!!. 3 years free.
@Bex. Aww thank you!! Yes praise God! He opened my eyes and I became a Christian a few months after that
@ButterflyStar Thats so awesome. Sometimes we have to hit rock bottom before we realize we need the Lord.
@Dre83 Yes 100%!!
I was 23 and i remember the exact day and moment it started, like my brain had a switch. Iām 24 now
recently iām 17
Iām 19 too, and honestly I have been struggling with OCD for so long and never realized. I also had anxiety & took medication for it, but a lot of these disorders are all tied together it sucks.
I was around 11/12 when I realised that something was wrong with my brain, now that Iām 18 and aware of it more and understand it more, I realise Iāve had it from being a child.
i was around 12/13 and it was when my parents split up, i think the stress brought it on quickly. i didnāt deal with it much until this year at 23 where it came on again very strong.
Started out of nowhere at age 19 ... now I'm 26
I must of been about 8 I was terrified I was going to hurt my family then it calmed down and came back really badly a year ago but I always had signs through my childhood (Iām 15 btw)
I was 19 when I had my first real episode. When it 1st started I dont think I knew it was OCD. I'm 26 now and have kept it under wraps for a few years, but its came back full swing the last few months. I didnt know as a kid but I can see a lot of the stuff I did as a kid was OCD. (Counting, some Harm OCD where I'd never stay the night anywhere out of fear my parents would get hurt and I wouldn't be there, fear of setting things on my dog and hurting them, & some other small things.) This is my 1st time trying counciling with an OCD specialist. I have my 3rd session next week. Im ready to fight this thing.
I started noticing my OCD was a problem and started getting physical symptoms when I was 17 I am now 22
I was 17 going on 18 when my first episode happened. Wasnāt diagnosed until I just turned 19.
same with me, I remember the exact moment , the fact it has gone to change my life and become such a big thing, ofcourse i remember that insane moment...i could have done without it tbh
22 :( it was December last year
Was 4 or 5 with contamination OCD it fluctuated and jus got worse and themes changed over time untill I was diagnosed at 12/13 now 17 and only jus getting councilling.
Mine was at 36 and mine was from stress and getting way to high after not smoking weed in nearly 10 years. Im now 37. It's only been 7 months for me
Probably around 15 or 16 but I'm 18 now
It was 2 months ago a month after my 16th birthday :(
Ever since I can remember. Was home alone a lot and startes flicking light switches
*started
Iām 25, only got diagnosed at about 22/23, but I realised there were so many signs smaller compulsions that started in my childhood and got worse after bereavement at age 10
I was diagnosed at 16 but like.... Iāve definitely had it for years LOL
How did you guys find out you probably had ocd, diagnosis or no diagnosis? I havenāt been diagnosed and my parents donāt know, I actually turned 14 today. I have had intrusive thoughts since I was 11 or 12, but throughout the 2nd half of 2018, the occasional intrusive thoughts slowly became more common, but didnāt bother me too bad, but I kept obsessing over: what is wrong with me? And āAm I schizophrenic?ā I kept thinking I had schizophrenia but I would only occasionally think of it. Eventually in december, I bought me and my dad a pocket knife, basically as a gift for him. Over the next 3 days I kept having harm ocd about my knife but I refused to hide it. Then at school the thoughts went wild and I knew something was wrong. I looked up āscary thoughtsā when I got home, and ever since then, the way I used to feel has been gone. I think about ocd everyday now. Idk what to do. My harm ocd has gone away mostly but now I have a lot of thoughts of me hurting myself and āwhat if I just dieā. It scares me. Anyway, anyone have a story similar to this? Thanks.
anyone else had ocd from a very young age? Iām talking like, I remember obsessions from when I was 6. and my family remembers my symptoms from even earlier. I didnāt get help until I was 15 because my family isnāt big on mental health. anyway, it frustrates me that I genuinely donāt know what itās like to live without ocd. Sometimes I hear/see people talk about how they just wish things could back to how they were ābefore,ā or that imagining what their life was like before onset helps motivate them in recovery. But I donāt have anything like that. in fact, itās almost scary to think about recovering completely because I donāt know anything else? it depresses me
How old was you when you got your ocd. Is it even possible to get it at 34? Someone I knew was involved with something that seemingly triggered me. I am a dad and was normal in September, how can your life feel like itās been stolen from you. I canāt enjoy anything anymore. Please can we have a discussion of how you best deal with it. People that have beaten it? I donāt want this ever.
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