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- Anonymoussssss
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- 3y ago
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- AnonymoussssssAnonymoussssss
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- 3y ago
Imagine telling someone that you’re afraid that you might be a pedophile? If I didn’t have ocd, I’d definitely be alarmed. Or that you’re afraid of germs or that you might be gay. You’ll come off as extremely weird or a bigot.
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- pureolifepureolife
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- 3y ago
Yup! And it sucks. This disorder can be incredibly isolating. BUT at least we have each other. Which is why this community and our relationships with fellow ocd sufferers and our therapists are so important. Also: you can still be open about struggling with others. I often say “I’m having a hard day with ocd” or “my ocd has been really acting up this week” and ask for support. I do this without going into the content of my thoughts because that’s generally unhelpful (it’s usually a compulsion, regular people don’t know how to properly respond, and it’s giving these thoughts more importance than they deserve.)
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- ArtNinjaGirlArtNinjaGirl
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- 3y ago
^^ this is what I do. I just say “OCD is kicking my ass hard right now” without going into specifics. Only a select few people know what themes I struggle with. My mom knows about all of them, and even then I sometimes wish I hadn’t told her. I know she tries to be helpful, saying “I’ll love and support you no matter what”, but a voice in my head screams “no! Don’t say that!” My best friend from high school only knows about SOOCD and TOCD, I told him about them a long time ago. I don’t dare tell anyone about my POCD.
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- puzzlesandknittingpuzzlesandkn...
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- 3y ago
Yeah I have been struggling with this myself. I feel the need to tell my family and my friends everything I’ve done so that I’ll know for sure they love me still, but I haven’t said anything to my dad or my friends Bc I am scared of their reaction. But then I still feel like I am a terrible person Bc I have not told my past mistakes to them. I’m scared they won’t understand and it’s too difficult for me to explain it to them but then I feel alone. I am happy I have y’all!
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- Cece Piglet
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I’ve had ocd for a while, but I really don’t know if I should tell my friends. I’m worried they’ll hate me or act different or ignore me. They are the nicest most understanding people I’ve ever known so why do I feel this way? I end up feeling horrible because I don’t totally trust them. OCD has been like a never ending circle and I just don’t want it to affect yet another part of my life.
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- zaynab
- Date posted
- 5y ago
How open are you all about your ocd? Do you ever tell anyone? Right now everyone at work thinks I’m perfectly happy and that everything in my world is great. When in reality everything is falling apart and I’m depressed. It’s so hard when someone makes a comment like “you’re so perfect” or “you’ve got your life so together” when they don’t know what you’re going through and what mental battles you have to fight literally every minute of every day. This is why I want to tell the people around me, but I’m also worried they won’t understand. Can anyone relate to this?
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- Ella1701
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- 4y ago
Am I the only person who feels as tho OCD is like one of the topics you don’t speak of like when your around people who genuinely do not understand or suffer with OCD you can’t mention it.I also suffer with anxiety and although when people are around me enough they can notice behaviour I feel as tho I’d be highly judged for it.Like I shouldn’t feel the way I do because it makes me seem insane to people who can not understand it.No one around me ever truly understands its.
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