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@Deputydean I’m sorry to hear that, and yes of course every case is different, maybe some people won’t be able to start a relationship because their compulsions won’t even let them get out of the house, or some will have physical symptoms that prevent them from starting a family. In my case, my ocd is severe, but it didn’t stop me. It’s hard, I have rocd and I had to learn how to deal with it and stop myself from starting fights every time my intrusive thoughts started messing up with me. My worst theme/fear right now involves my kids, so it really is hard, but if it’s something you want, you have to constantly fight the ocd monster and don’t let it win.
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One of my themes too I can get so upset sometimes because I’d do anything to have a relationship have kids get married and just be like others I just always think I’ll never get there I’ve had ocd since about 14 I’m now 20 so I’ve never been able to have a relationship it’s so sad
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Ive had pure ocd since 13 , I’m now 48yrs old , two beautiful daughters and a wife and run two businesses, but I still suffer . I have good and bad days that’s mental Illness for u . I see a therapist and meditate and exercise my ass off all helps.
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My point is, u can function with practice and patience live a relatively ‘normal ‘ life. Yes you’ll have bad days and good ones but find activities that will redirect your energy
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Read Sally Winston’s ‘ overcoming intrusive thoughts ‘. The book helped me a great deal to understand we are all normal nothing wrong with these thoughts . They are just that , Thoughts passing through your mind !! Nothing else , thoughts are not u
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I’ve had ocd since I was around 8 years old, im 30 now, I’ve never been to therapy (I’m going to start soon) I started working when I was 18, I am married and have 3 kids. What I’m trying to say is that you can have a life even with ocd.
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It depends, @Tqh. For instance I'm going though a prolonged period of impotence. I'm now in a vicious cycle of worrying about it and it getting worse because of my worrying. On top of that the worrying is HOCD. I've always wanted to get married and have kids, but I can't do that while I'm like this.
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It's true that you have to keep fighting, and I do, but sometimes it gets so intense that Im a wreck.
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We can all agree that some days are sh*t and some days are good, and some days can be a mix of both ??♀️at least we get some ocd free moments. @jay1 I guess it’s true that ocd targets the things you love the most... are you still going to therapy? Did it work? I try to do some exposures but sometimes it’s scary and i don’t want to go trough it without professional help.
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@Tqh I just started the therapist.So it’s too early to say and same as u I tried a little exposure myself around my girls ( cooking/preparation of food in kitchen and using knives around my children etc etc) but it can get scary without proper guidance. I usually start a panic and have to leave the kitchen or get the kids to sit a little away . Writing this down it sounds sooo bloody stupid but at the time , there’s shear panic ruminating in my head . Let me know how your therapy goes, i’d like to keep up communication if that’s cool with u. it’s good to reach out to people suffering the same. Take care Tqh ✌️?
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@cato4 I feel exactly the same way. @Tum98 I'm a bit older than you and I've never had a long term relationship. I hope that doesn't happen to you, or anyone really.
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Cato. Have you ever noticed when your doing something you love your even just when your focused on something important most of the thoughts you have go away? You can live a normal life I and 28 and have 3 beautiful kids.
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I just always get scared that if I do get in a relationship would I cope because I’m constantly dealing with my ocd
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@Tqh wow u and I experience exactly same intrusions involving our children and other things obviously.When I started having these fear involving my kids , I looked up a therapist trained in CBT and exposure/r therapy . Our situations are very similar, married with kids, working and trying to enjoy life but living with a mental illness for most of our lives but we never give up. Some days are ¥€#%€£ terrible but we get thru it . Stay strong everyone, peace x
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@jay1 sure! Do you use Instagram? I have an alternate anonymous Instagram account, if you want we can talk there
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@Tqh Yes that sounds great. I’ve just reactivated my Instagram account and posted a few pics of me and fam just so u know I’m not some weirdo lol ?. Anyways I appreciate it, I think it’ll help me communicate with a fellow suffer and hopefully u. My instagram is jasonbeasley8 look me up . Have a good day ✌️
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- 20w ago
I haven't been officially diagnosed with OCD but when I learned more about it, I never related to anything more. A little back story: when I was younger, there were a couple of youth suicides in my area and the schools felt the need to have someone come in and talk about suicide. Well the person they had come in did a horrible job teaching it and basically made it seem like the smallest negative emotion or feeling or change in behavior made you suicidal. This ended up scaring me so much that I got horrid anxiety. Fast forward to now, Everytime I feel anxiety and panic, I fear I'm going to kill myself. Everytime I feel down and depressed, I fear I'll end it all. I'm scared to be around anything sharp because the "What if" I hurt myself comes into my mind. There are always intrusive thoughts at almost every point of the day. And it's not only for me. Everytime I hear someone being negative, I fear they will be suicidal. I know in my heart that none of this is true but it's terrifying me that it's stuck around so much that it makes me scared that maybe it is true. I've had a lot of death in my family in the past year and a half and a lot of other family drama that I'd never had before that is now also bringing up existential intrusive thoughts. And I'd never questioned anything about life before but now I get the "why is life like this?" and "does anything we do matter?" and I hate it. I don't want to think like that. I just want to go through life being able to handle things normally again. It terrifies me even right now going "what if you give up?"
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It feels like I used to get so many intrusive thoughts in the beginning but now it’s less it’s only thoughts like what if I’m a p what if I’m a p what if I’m lying to myself what if I’m in dentist truly in all this and it was all fake like I’m an imposter, now it’s just feelings and noticing :/ and I hate he feelings that come with it I’m really scared I am one I feel so alone :( I’m taking therapy but my therapist is not specialized in ocd and I don’t think she understands and I don’t want to bring it up bc I brought up a fear that what if I turn into my stepdad and she said “are you attracted to children?” And I said no but it was just an irrational thought that came after I started realizing the trauma that happened to me as a kid, and idk I’m scared to Start with a therapists here bc what if all this just makes it worse and it turns out I am what I fear all along.? :(
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My OCD has never been this strong, it's so real, it feels like it will never go away, it's never been this strong for me and it's very scary.
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