anyone else get this around the age of 14/15. i feel like i’m the only one 😔

how did u recover and accept that it is SOOCD?

@animal35353 I'm 36 now and didn't know it was OCD at the time. Eventually SOOCD wore off by itself. Unfortunately other themes remained and developed.

@Ben84 that’s horrible. i just can’t accept that i have it coz i can’t get diagnosed

@animal35353 May I ask what barriers you have to getting diagnosed?

@Ben84 i went to a psychiatrist. she said i have symptoms but she can’t diagnose me. that reallllly triggered me

@animal35353 That really sucks

@Trobot yepp. but she put me on meds for depression and ocd

@animal35353 I'm not on much, just over the counter stuff. I hope to be on some more

@Trobot do you happen to have any tips ?

@animal35353 I don't know. When I recover I can tell you.

@Trobot i wish you a full recovery

@animal35353 Sorry to hear that. You are on an OCD app, she even said you have symptoms, so perhaps hang around here awhile. Find resources about OCD. The OCD Stories podcast, IG accounts like Kimberley Quinlan, and You Tube Videos by Chrissie Hodges. I know it's hard, but try to be patient. Learn what you can and maybe you'll get into a better position to be diagnosed.

@animal35353 Thank you. I just want to feel like a guy again

@Ben84 thank you. i just can’t accept that i have it tho

@animal35353 If you got diagnosed would you be able to accept?

@Ben84 i think it would help i’m not sure tho

@animal35353 It's common for people with OCD to doubt they have it.

@Ben84 how do they accept it

@animal35353 By accepting uncertainty of whether they have it. Basically, look at the evidence and make an educated decision. For instance you landed in an OCD app. That's a pretty good sign you probably have OCD.

@Ben84 i used to do many compulsions. fair enough i didn’t know they were compulsions but i did loadsss. and now i don’t do many. just seek rassurance. that’s like a thought for me “you don’t do compulsions so you don’t have ocd”

@animal35353 I have had that before. The OCD is trying to tell me that I have OCD but that it is unrelated to the fact that I am trans in denial

@Trobot urghh. it’s such a horrible disorder

@animal35353 Yeah I hate it

@animal35353 OCD is sneaky like that. It can seem to get better, then worse again. Based on everything you've written, I would continue to learn what you can about OCD.

@Trobot sameee

@Ben84 okay thank you

@Ben84 do you recommend anything?

@animal35353 This app has weekly seminars on Wednesday and at other times too. You can even ask them questions. The OCD Stories podcast. IG accounts like Kimberley Quinlan. You Tube videos by Chrissie Hodges. There's even workbooks out there, but I haven't used them myself yet.

@Ben84 thank you !!

@animal35353 You're welcome ☺. The road may get really hard at times, but you can make it!

@Ben84 I hate how confusing OCD is making my life

@Ben84 thank you ✨

@Trobot it’s so horrible

@Trobot I hear ya. I had been doing really well for a couple months and have been struggling again these past few days just as I was taking some risks to enrich my life a bit. OCD has a tendency to do that.

@Ben84 Yeah OCD has got me confused

@Trobot I don't even completely know what I want

@Trobot You're pretty new to this. Try to stay calm and be patient. Check out some of the resources I listed for animal35353.

did you develop it at 16?

@animal35353 Yes after seeing an instagram page

@Trobot mine kinda started coz of tik tok

@animal35353 Fuck social media

@Trobot yep. it’s honestly so dangerous

so did you have it around the age of 14?

@animal35353 Yep

@animal35353 Don’t worry your not alone, I know it may seem but I promise ur not its really not that uncommon

@tylee161 omgg thats a relief to know that i’m not the only one. i cannot accept that i have it coz i can’t get diagnosed

@tylee161 omg rlly ??

@animal35353 That was me until like a month ago

@animal35353 Just hold tight I promise u will get thru, I’m always here to talk xx

@tylee161 you got diagnosed??

@animal35353 Yeah sort of, one psychologist has diagnosed me and the other one thinks it’s just generalised anxiety so I am so fucking triggered but it’s whatever

@animal35353 Talking to a good psychologist helps so much tho,

@tylee161 yeh. i wish you a full recovery

i’m 14 and i feel like i’m too young to have it

@animal35353 you're not too young to have anything. ocd can develop at any age. and ive seen a good many people on this app who said they started having soocd thoughts at your age

@feethebee i just can’t accept it and idk y

@animal35353 i understand the feeling. i don't know how to further help you but i wish you a full recovery <3

@feethebee thank you sm

awh thanks ✨

Luckily none of us are alone

@Trobot yep

i wish you a full recovery

that’s exactly the same as me

i thought you were 12...?

I know it can be distressing when our experience doesn't neatly align with everyone else's. Just because you were 12 when this began doesn't mean it's not OCD.

@Ben84 but it’s more of a reason that it’s not, it points to it being an actually sexuality crisis because 12 is so young

@lolashewas Understandable. Believe it or not, I've never been on a date (I'm 36). I'm inclined to believe my emotional development was severely damaged as a result and therefore my fear that I'm attracted to minors is more likely. So I can understand the "but my case is different" mentality. We can get through this together ☺.

noo plz don’t freak out. i’ve realised after speaking to a lot of people it didn’t matter the age. OCD will hit even the kindest of people. it doesn’t make you different or any less of an OCD sufferer. i wish you a full recovery. you can do this ✨

woww. i wish you a full recovery. you’ve got this

wow. keep fighting. you’ve got this