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- M1ndoverMatt3r
- Date posted
- 3y ago
- Username
- ss
- Date posted
- 3y ago
same!! it’ll take me hours just to read 20 pages cause I keep stopping and procrastinating and then ruminating.
- Username
- M1ndoverMatt3rM1ndoverMatt3r
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I thought I was the only one!
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- bassoonistabassoonista
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Totally! That’s why I’m up at 5 a.m. trying to do things right now (and failing lmaooo)
- Username
- M1ndoverMatt3rM1ndoverMatt3r
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Same here!! Ugh so many assignments due but I’d rather think and watch tv lol
- Username
- adaptocdadaptocd
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I graduated last month, but now that I’m undergoing therapy for my OCD I realized I had channeled my obsessional behavior into my classes. In theory, this seems like this would be a positive because I did well, but it also meant doing assignments weeks in advance, starting class work without sleeping, excessively ruminating and breaking down over a ‘C,’ or wanting to injure myself over a test not loading or feeling like I wasn’t good enough for my partner because I got a B. So in short- OCD can target any aspect of life, and in a variety of ways lol.
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- adaptocdadaptocd
- Date posted
- 3y ago
@jasonbozinakis It’s a double edged sword. I feel convinced that I’m being proactive and it’s necessary, but in reality I know I could accomplish everything I have without undergoing the level of mental stress my OCD convinces me of. It did act as a motor for me to do well in college, pay for it all, and work. But, I know that could have all been done without the obsessional behavior and excessive self-scrutiny. Gaining more insight into why these types of behaviors happened are liberating, but it’s a continuous work in progress to recognize them.
- Username
- M1ndoverMatt3rM1ndoverMatt3r
- Date posted
- 3y ago
**your
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- AnonymoussssssAnonymoussssss
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Definitely! It requires a lot from me to actually sit and study or do anything related to that.
- Username
- M1ndoverMatt3rM1ndoverMatt3r
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Same here.. currently trying to work on a seven page essay but my thoughts are such a distraction
- Username
- Stronger. Stronger.
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Not so much since therapy. Before, yes. There was even a class I had to drop because I had a horrible episode and couldn’t catch back up with my schoolwork. But now, I find it gives me a leg up. People say nursing school is the hardest thing they’ve gone through, but when you live with OCD, nothing is hard in comparison. School is a piece of cake compared to ERP or what I deal with on a monthly basis.
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- Stronger. Stronger.
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I will say something I’m struggling with this semester though is making sure I’m doing all my work in an honest ethical fashion. So now I’m feeling anxiety around my school work and that is a drag.
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- OCDHaver
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Any College Students Here Struggle with This???
I keep struggling so much with studying and staying focused on my courses because I’m constantly ruminating. There hasn’t been a moment or second for over a year where I’m not ruminating and thinking about my real events or anything related to it. I get distracted easily and procrastinate a lot. It causes me to forget much of what I’m studying and I tend to put in minimal effort because of this. That’s not who I used to be, I don’t know what happened to me.
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- MeredithMcD
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Having an episode the last few days
These last few days my ocd had been maybe the worst it’s ever been. Currently, I am trying to do schoolwork assignments but I’m having a hard time reading because my mind is reading too fast and just skipping over the words then I feel frustrated like I have to go back and read the words carefully one by one with the same brain effort put to each word. Then I feel like I need to go back and look at how much I’ve read up to now and how much I need to read still and compare and it’s a never ending cycle of frustration. My mind is also racing about negative past events on top of that
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- trainwreck
- Date posted
- 1y ago
falling behind in school
it's second semester of my second year of college and i'm already skipping classes like crazy. it's so bad because a lot of my teachers this year do not take attendance, which just makes me not want to go at all. but i feel even if they did i wouldn't go this semester because i've just been so a mess. i also haven't been doing any of my coursework so right now i'm just nervous. my parents said i better do good this semester because i have a scholarship as well and will lose it if my GPA is below 3. but i just feel like because of me i have bigger things right now to worry about other than school but my family wouldn't understand how bad it is right now. i tell them but i cannot talk about it with them in a way they will understand. plus i do not discuss the content of my intrusive thoughts that i have with anybody at all because i'm just so terrified of myself and hate myself right now
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