Sometimes at work, I feel like I need to get every detail perfectly. But it’s stressful when there’s a complex subject and I don’t feel like I can get it all. I never feel good at my job. Very rarely. I know this is very negative, it’s just a harder day than usual

Yeah. I also recently learned that a business tactic bosses will do is give you a really high task to do. Because they know you’ll deliver less. So like, they’ll ask you to call 10 people when they really want you to do 5. But that’s terrible in OCD where im not certain what they really want because some bosses DO expect way too much!

Same! I wonder if they’ve done a live stream for work related OCD on this app so far? It would be nice. It’s not a usual theme of OCD, but it was bound to indirectly affect it !

Yeah! The NOCD youtube uploads completed live streams, too. So far I don’t deal with it perfectly. I take long to do things but I do sometimes set a time limit on how long I can work on something. Like I have to work to completion- but I set a limit on how many times I can check it. How is it for you?

@rootytooty Yeah, I try to do the same. Today, I wrote down what I want to check and set a tick after completion and I hope this will help me to not check again. Unfortunately there's another project I'm currently working on that is super complex and I'm sure I'll miss something and there will be mistakes. It's sooo hard to accept that 😖

You mentioned calculations, do you mind telling me what field you work in? The context might help a little I’m sorry it’s this tough! I’ve been there before with feeling conflicted because everyone has a different opinion.

@rootytooty I work in engineering. What about you? Thanks for listening :)

@Maybe Ohhhh that’s a very cool field! In engineering, I feel like there has to be a process where multiple people check your calculations, no? Even from a non OCD perspective, I feel like it’s weird if there’s no peer review in that I know from an OCD perspective we probably have to go with our gut and follow the suggestion that makes the most sense to us. Getting comfortable with the subjectivity ^^’ which is hard, lol I am studying user experience design! So right now I’m trying to make apps and stuff

@rootytooty Well, there's no such procedure in my office anyway :/ which makes it really stressful 😳 User experience, interesting, are you doing an internship or are you working and studying at the same time?

@Maybe Ahhh jeez I see. I wonder if doing a self checking limit could help then? Like only looking it over twice Im studying and working at the same time! Which is really tiring and tbh its challenged my OCD fear of uncertainty since its breaking in a new field but. Sometimes when I find myself circling back to the same field after doubting I take that as a sign to keep going

Im sorry this is late! I’m sorry that sounds frustrating:( I hope this past week has been better for you. Yeah, I’m changing my career track from writer to designer. I like design but it’s scary to venture into the unknown