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Been there. Am there. It will get better, I promise. Be nice to yourself right now, you’re doing the best you can. Try taking baby steps. If you get out of bed, tell yourself good job. If you make a choice that feels good for you - maybe a short walk or listening to an upbeat song or just putting on pants - good job! I’m sorry your family doesn’t understand. You will find people who get you and you will get through this.
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Me too. I can’t talk to people about my condition. So many just don’t understand and completely disregard your feelings.
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I know it's hard. My family knows of my rituals kind of, and I do seek reassurance from them. But this was before I knew I shouldn't. Now I feel like I have bombarded my mom with reassurance questions and that's why she is so mean to me. Probably because I'm constantly cleaning circles around her, asking her not to touch things, hellicoptering over her, and just in general stressing out. I know how you feel
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I have started contacting support groups. Even if people have different themes it's nice to hear from others and can relate to what they are thinking and feeling.
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I have OCD, but my parents don’t understand what I’m going through. All I wanted was for someone to be by my side and support me, but they dismiss my struggles, telling me to "just stop thinking" and that I’m making a big deal out of nothing. When I asked for a new therapist because my current one isn’t helping—she isn’t even an OCD specialist—they became angry and didn't believe I need therapy and instead blame me for everything. My father was so mad, he insist to gave me a knife and kill myself. He threatened to isolate me completely, cutting me off from school, the internet, and everything else. My mom cried and shut me down when I tried to explain my pain. They refuse to listen and my dad said it’s all my fault. That day they threw me outside the house for a night, and called me back in telling me to forget everything and forgive them, but I understood that I will not be able to mention anything about my mental health or seeing an OCD specialist ever again, I am completely alone now. With no financial support, and now I don’t know if I’ll ever get the proper therapy I need. I’m only 15, but it feels like I’ll be trapped in this suffering forever, I feel hopeless, I feel like shit, I am going to suffer forever with no support and help.
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I’ve been in an OCD loop for a month now and Im struggling so much alone, no one in my family get what Im going through and are just ignoring me, and I got no friends to tell Im stuck in this cycle and it feels like Im lonely in a dark place, Im writing this right now cuz u guys know the struggle, if it’s okay can u please leave a comment so I don’t feel alone in this, can u please share tips and advice so I can go through this, I feel like Im losing it
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- 11w
My OCD has become so bad and I feel so alone. I have religious OCD (Christianity) and I’ve been doing okay with letting the blasphemous thoughts go in the moment, but I’m so overcome with guilt and shame I can barely function. I can feel okay and hopeful for a few minutes and then I’m reminded of the horrible thoughts and how nothing can take them back and I can’t handle the guilt. I’m becoming a burden to my family and feel so alone. I do not know what to do. Please help.
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