- Username
- Chellie
- Date posted
- 4y 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!
(Iām not sure if this has anything triggering but just in caseāknow that I bring up my OCD but not what it is specifically so I think itās fine? ) Just really struggling right now and was wondering if anyone had any words of advice or encouragement? Iāve had OCD my entire life but it didnāt start becoming severe until I was around 14/15. It reached the point of extreme where going anywhere or socializing at all caused embarrassment because I had NO idea how to control compulsions and had no idea thatās what they were in the first place. I would also get lost in intrusive thoughts and physically couldnāt communicate. Fast forward and I was isolated throughout the years important to my development. Didnāt go to school, didnāt go to any social events, didnāt get a job (and then 2020 came along and I literally couldnāt.) and just stayed in my room letting my OCD consume me. It was really bad in 2022 and destroyed a very important relationship I had and set me back once again, it hit me extremely strong and a few months later I was once again just -stuck- these were years I was supposed to get ready for college but I couldnāt, and now this year Iām turning 20 and I have nothing to show for it. Iām still stuck and at this point I just feel like thereās no hope for me. The only job I can muster up anything for is creative writing but I feel like such a failure. Iām in such a dark place and I just canāt convince myself itāll get better. Any words of encouragement would be nice because I just donāt know what to do.
OCD has taken a lot from me. I miss when I was able to live life and not feel so consumed with anxiety.
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