- Username
- Chellie
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Gosh I love your energy! I also like that people with OCD always are so kind and supportive to one another, yet being our own best friend is so hard! Also about your situation, 100% valid to feel grief but don't think your best years are lost! You are very young and I can tell just by this text already you have a fighting spirit and you'll make it through!
Thank you so much Chellie! Wishing you a life so great no one will even be able to tell OCD took a few years šā
@Madison You too Madi ā”ā”
Hi Chellie, I think thatās a totally normal feeling to have! I often felt the same way and compared myself to others my age who seemed like they had their whole life together while I was just striving to manage and keep my mental health in check. It took me two years longer to get my degree then my peers but I pressed on and it still felt just as great when I graduated from university. I learned that we all have our own paths and itās okay if ours look different from someone elseās. I will also say that the term āfour year degreeā is a generalization so donāt let that discourage you! Whether it takes four years or ten years if itās something you want then do it, even if itās at your own pace :) there are no ācheck marksā we have to hit at a certain age so donāt stress If you donāt have it all together yet! Hang in there
Thank you so much for the kind words :) It's kinda nice to know I'm not alone in this, as OCD can feel so lonely at times! This app is a good reminder that we're not
Ocd can definitely feel lonely but you are so right we most certainly are not alone. Hang in there, youāve got this!!
OH MY GOODNESS. I was literally about to post something extremely similar. Iāve been housebound for 2.5 years (15-17) and Iām so discouraged about how the last couple years of my childhood are turning out. All my friends have graduated high school and know how to drive and Iām... not. Iām so behind in life. I feel super discouraged and I grieve the years of my life lost. My life is passing me by. Iām still struggling to apply ERP and I donāt know when Iām going to be better ā I donāt want to be dealing with OCD when I graduate with my other peers next year. š Iāve already lost extracurricular classes and proms and homecomings. By the time Iām done with OCD, Iāll be too old to be a kid and take classes and live a childhood like I wanted. I think itāll be all gone. š But the fact youāre doing better is AMAZING, and four years compared to the rest of your life and your potential is just a blip on the radar. If youāre doing better, go conquer your life again and make the most out of it you can, even with a few years gone. Brighter days are always ahead because you choose to make them. š Iām extremely discouraged right now too but I know Iām a winner and I WILL NOT have a victim mentality. If years of my life are lost, I canāt change that. I can still succeed and chase after my dreams and inspire others who have lost years of their life. We CAN overcome and rise up from the ashes with a victory mentality. We arenāt defeated just because we had to fight a battle! God is for us!
I feel this so much, except the feeling better part because Iāve been at rock bottom for 6 months
You can get there again! Try and live a normal life and take steps towards that :) I think you can handle more than you think!
Does anyone feel like theyāre wasting their life away with mental illness? It depresses me so much everyday. My mental health has ruined my life since I was 15 and now Iām approaching 24 and am still in the same place- actually worse. I feel like when I get my life together Iāll be 28 and all my good years wouldāve passed. It just makes me so sad š
When I look at pictures of myself, I see a young woman who deserves a fulfilling life that is not dictated by OCD and anxiety. I feel sad that so much of my time, my energy, and my choices have been consumed by OCD. I spend so much time in my head, ruminating and worrying and trying so damn hard to figure out that one thing that my OCD urgently presses me to solve. Sometimes I don't enjoy things that I want to because I'm overwhelmed with my compulsions. I've struggled with this for years, and lately OCD has been telling me that the struggle will never end--that I'll never feel in control of my life. I know that this isn't true, but I'm so scared that it could be. My faith doesn't feel bigger than my fear right now. How do I change that? I don't want to live like this anymore. As I'm writing this, my OCD is telling me that I'm incapable of recovery, but I know I can recover. I deserve to recover. I'm in therapy with an OCD specialist outside of this app and I'm going to increase the frequency of my sessions from once a month to once a week because I deserve an amazing, fulfilling life. And to whoever is reading this, you do, too.
Anyone else get deeply sad and jealous seeing other people thrive life ? Meanwhile weāre here stuck struggling with our ocd and just mental health in general . Iām envious of what some people are able to do that I canāt :( and I donāt mean it in a hateful envious way , but just a more sad kinda way that I wish I could do stuff they can simply like driving . Iām almost 20 and I know most of ykk have probably seen many of my posts about this , but it truly puts me in a difficult state of mind . I didnāt have mental capacity to do things at younger age:( I missed out on a lot . Seeing these 16-17 year old kids achieve things way more efficiently than I did just makes me feel shitty about myself . Everyone having fun on weekend and Iām not . I donāt have many friends either .
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