To the ones in college, has OCD put a huge impact on our school work. Honestly I’ve spent more time thinking than actually doing assignments this year... it’s eating me up because now I feel like I’m behind and a disappointment

same!! it’ll take me hours just to read 20 pages cause I keep stopping and procrastinating and then ruminating.

Totally! That’s why I’m up at 5 a.m. trying to do things right now (and failing lmaooo)

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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Definitely! It requires a lot from me to actually sit and study or do anything related to that.

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.

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.