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I completely agree! I’ve had OCD and intrusive thoughts my entire life and some just don’t understand. I have my episodes every six months and I’m having a hard time right now. I don’t ask for advice unless it’s a therapist or someone I know that has anxiety. The problem for me is that I have the most severe case of it, out of my entire family and even when I ask they seem to not understand. Also I’m the only one in the household with anxiety/ OCD and it takes a toll on me. I hope this comforts and helps you because I truly understand what you’re going through since I’ve had every type of OCD about everything such as contamination, intrusive bad thoughts, and constant checking to make sure I locked the door and etc. Have a great day and know that we will get through this together!!
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Don’t listen to them. It takes a lot of strength to live with this. It’s like being tortured by your own subconscious. If they were able to feel what you felt for even a few moments I guarantee that their whole perspective would change ❤️
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Thank you for your comment :) I have intrusive thoughts, and in the past they have ruined me as a person, and I'm still so heartbroken about it, because it's so hard to break through this discomfort sometimes. And I had to rebuild myself from the bottom up. And to hear that crap from people like my coworker who is free from that anguish makes me feel kinda terrible. Hes lucky he doesnt have to go through it..
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Thanks Isabella, I think you're right about that. My other therapist (I'm seeing 2) told me I show extreme resilience, which I believe people like us must have in order to keep going
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Hey there - thank you so much for your vulnerability in sharing. Your strength is definitely seen - especially in being willingly to share your struggles with a coworker, even though they didn’t respond as we would have liked. It always makes me so sad the lack of knowledge that there is around OCD which is why we are working so hard to bring more advocacy to it! Keep staying strong my friend!
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Thanks for your comment Becca, I've tried to allow myself (within reason) to be vulnerable, because being honest about everything is the only way I can get help and also hopefully encourages others to do the same. To allow myself to face all sorts of feelings including the negative ones helps a lot. The same type of concept goes for recovering from ocd I'd say, dont you think? :)
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Absolutely - wonderful insight!
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My mom will sit and listen to me for quite a while, but she interrupts a lot and gets angry/upset. While I appreciate her passion, it's often stressful. Every time I come to her, if I even *mention* OCD, she gets frustrated and says, "Everyone deals with these issues, you know. It doesn't mean it's OCD." And I repeat, "I'm not saying my issues are unique — I'm saying the way I respond to them is a problem." But she just shakes her head and says, "Okay, I need to get back to my day." Full context, I'm an adult, and I live with my boyfriend, but I'm staying at my mom's for the next month. After living away from home for years, I went back to living with her during the pandemic, and I only recently left to live with him. Honestly, I think living with her for so long in my adulthood really messed with me and made me feel like a teenager all over again. I feel like my mental growth is stunted, and that's part of why my OCD is so bad lately. Not blaming, just noticing. She doesn't seem to understand how relieving the OCD diagnosis has been for me, because it explains so so so many things I've struggled with for years, and it's exciting to have more resources that can help me. But I think she sees it as me finding an excuse to *not* work on myself, which is just untrue. I'm not going to let OCD hold me back or use it as an excuse, but I'm also not going to pretend it's not a problem when I know it is — I was even diagnosed through NOCD. The whole point being to fix it, not use it as a crutch. When I have an issue, it's unbearable. Any issue, big or small, feels just the same. I feel a sinking feeling, my mind races, my heart beats out of my chest. I end up running to my support systems, crying, ruminating for days on end. Then, months later, the same exact issue can feel like nothing anymore, because it's no longer an obsession. I'm sure everyone deals with issues in a similar way, but I *know* there is something specific and debilitating going on with me. This is reassurance seeking, but in the face of being told I'm making a big deal out of nothing, can someone diagnosed with OCD tell me if they relate to the specific intensity of these feelings??
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Is there a therapist or a specialist on here that I can briefly chat with? Or maybe an OCD conqueror who’s very familiar with the disorder? I need an experienced person to talk to me so bad. I just really wanna talk to somebody about what I’m going through so that I feel less alone, and so I can maybe get help managing my symptoms. Thank you in advance ♥️
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I'm sry if this may make people worry or feel uncomfortable in advance! Hello everyone as u can see I struggle with ocd and I HATE IT WITH MY LIFE , it started in 2020 covid obv contamination ocd started here , I used to carry alcohol everywhere and used to wash my hands so much that it bled ( had to wear gloves to cover it so friends or family won't see it ) and everything else started since then , harm ocd with myself or friends I couldn't hold a knife..it was really hard..and I have unwanted sexual thoughts ocd , I have panic attacks bc of this..I sometimes cannot look people into their eyes and its so random and so scary..thoughts about.. 🍇..whether it's me or I'm gonna harm someone else uk..I sometimes cannot function properly.. unfortunately friends don't understand it rather think it's about " perfectionism "..I wrote those thoughts and stuff in a journal in more details ofc and doodle ( I'm scared someone will find it ) I hate myself tbh and I don't think someone will read this... I suspect I have ADHD with all this but ocd is " ur faking it " even though lots of people have hinted about it , I thought I actually killed someone for 2 years a girl..until I realized what HOCD is , I thought I faked my ocd too in fact , I have perfectionism ocd too it's bad and I HATE PURE O it's so DRAINING uk.. also idk if this has caused a problem for anyone but if y'all know the Truman show ( basically if u don't know the main character is being filmed and his life is fake and he doesn't know it ) THAT MOVIE HAS HARMED ME SO BADLY FOR YEARS that until today I have to check in the bathroom if there are cameras cuz like ocd makes me think I'm living in a fake world , I used to think people around me , everyone was like a Ai model or smth.. everytime until today I have to clean the toilet seat bc it may be dirty..I have been taking up to 5 showers a day cuz maybe I'm dirty..that's it for today tysm if u read this till the end I'd like to know ur thoughts if u got tips or have similar experiences ! 🤗 U get a chocolate bar 🍫 bc u earned it bc ik how ocd is so frustrating ( I also noticed everyone who has ocd is so nice right 😆! )
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