spyro
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- 4y
stop.stop.
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Hi! I’m a college student and having OCD during a pandemic and having classes has been particularly hard. I feel like the stress from online classes and lack of a regular schedule made it very easy for OCD thoughts to creep back in. I’ve been doing a lot worse lately. I recently had to start NOCD therapy as well as counseling for my other mental illnesses just so I could cope with it all. Unfortunately, I’m still very overwhelmed and I might drop out of the program I am in. I still plan to attend college, but just not in the specific learning program I’m in because it requires a decent amount of time and effort on top of all my classes.
spyrospyro
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Thank you for sharing! I completely understand that, and know that if you have to abandon certain plans, that’s okay because mental health is more important. I completely understand because I’m taking 18 hours this semester and I’m not sure it was such a good idea now. I am extremely overwhelmed from work and OCD can make it hard to concentrate and get everything done.
Sunny Sunny
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Hey, I’m also a college student. During Covid my contamination OCD has been worse which has made me limit which friends I see and stressed my relationship with my roommates. Plus my bf have to be long distance most of the time now so my relationship ocd are going crazy. On the plus side thought I’ve been able to do a lot of ocd research and figure out ways to get help! I’m always happy to talk if you ever want to.
spyrospyro
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I would love to talk anytime! Contamination OCD also gets me, especially since my roommate boyfriend just got COVID recently :(
Sunny Sunny
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@spyro Ooo I hope you’re staying safe. I don’t trust my roommates boyfriend either. I can never tell if I’m being the right amount of careful or if it’s the OCD
NickDNickD
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Yes I’ve been washing my hands so much they are bleeding
em.rox em.rox
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I feel the stuggle. I just posted soemthing about my college giving me a hard time for my OCD I feel your pain
AnonymousAnonymous
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 4y
Hi! I’m also a college student dealing with ocd. My ocd started at the end of the fall semester and it was so overwhelming that I didn’t do as well as I wanted to during finals week. I sought out help and have been working with a NOCD therapist who I am so grateful for and have made so much progress on my road to recovery. The themes that I have been dealing with are hocd, religious ocd and some magical thinking revolving the law of attraction. At one point my ocd was telling me that school wasn’t even worth it bc the world was gonna end and I wasn’t gonna have a future lol (religious ocd)!! But something that helped me push through and find the motivation to fight ocd was focusing on MY wants and my goals, not what ocd tells me. Focus on what you want to achieve in life. You want that degree? Go get it!! You want to help make the world a better place and help those in need? Go do it!!! Dont let ocd stop you from what you want to do. It tends to attack the things that we hold dear to our hearts. Keep pushing and don’t lose sight of YOUR wants, and tell your ocd that you are stronger. I know it’s difficult but we’re all together in this!
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