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I want you to think about your OCD as just OCD, and not its content. View you OCD without consider its content, and tell me, does it makes you uncomfortable or afraid? It's just OCD, it's just a voice that pops up in your mind, but it's not your voice, why? Because it does make you feel anxious, sad, etc. So, since OCD is not us, why should we consider it like if it was us? It's not rational you know? I understand that it is hard to keep in mind things like that, that's why we have to do recovery work, it's important, you can't recover if you don't work. View OCD as a loud neighbor, so as someone who doesn't need your attention, because he is not important
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Thank you fille. That's a good analogy
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I'd say to talk to a social worker at your school. You don't need a diagnosis to atleast talk with them and open the door. They will always welcome communicating with you. I'm not sure what your situation is with your parents, but you should tell them what's going on so that it can be easier to get accommodations/have an appointment with a doctor to get a diagnosis. A 504/IEP plan can be so helpful where you get accommodations like extended time on tests. I even had an accomodation where I could leave class for 10 minutes no questions asked with a pass so I could calm down when too overwhelmed. l I barely graduated high school, I got a 1.7 and finished my last year in an alternative school. Now I'm 22 with a 3.79 GPA in a community College and transferring to a bigger college in fall. It gets better.
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social workers can even reach out to your parents for you / with you so you don't have to do it alone. Support is out there.
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Thank you man that's helpful
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For one, be kind to yourself. It's been an extremely hard year for everyone. Also I've been in your position, it does get better! Talk to a school counselor, or tell your parents you feel defeated. I know its hard but communication is important. You arnt your ocd, and your grades. Keep you head up. Life does get better
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Thank you :)
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I know that hope will come when I find the right treatment, but I’m just feeling so down and frustrated right now. I can’t keep living like this and I’m worried I’m going to lose all the people I care about if I keep constantly asking for reassurance. Academics has always been so important to me and I’m probably going to fail my law school midterm tomorrow from how little I’ve studied due to obsessing and ruminating all day instead of studying. I’m truly so sad.
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I had to cancel my therapy because it was no longer available with my insurance. And I just kind of feel hopeless with OCD. Even when I was doing therapy, I think my OCD started getting too complicated for my therapist and she didn’t even know what to do. My fears are so complex it’s crazy. So my big fear is my OCD being bad and being super depressed again like I was a few months ago in high school. I attended a public highschool for a semester and started the worst flare up I’ve ever had. I was harshly bullied for no reason whatsoever, and not accepted by anyone. I am an athletic kid who usually keeps to himself so I didn’t understand why people targeted me, especially when I wanted nothing to do with them. From August to now ( March) I CANNOT grasp hold of my OCD. I am very hard on myself about it. Going into dangers anytime I see one so I can expose myself. But constantly obsessing about if I’m doing enough for my OCD. And comparing myself to how I use to be, before the flare ups. From the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep I’m obsessing about my OCD and if it’s bad and comparing. Another HUGE fear of mine is being treated differently because I have OCD. So being bullied for so long I always assumed it was because I was shy and didn’t want to stand up for myself - due to my OCD- so I blamed myself for everything that continued to happen, . from people bullying me in the past . The people at that highschool were downright crazy. Even the teachers and coaches had major issues and I’m so glad to be out of there, but I still obsess the same everyday and hold so much resentment for that school and when I try to let it go, I just feel more passive pain and obsess even more about it weather my ocd is okay or not. I feel mentally sick. Please someone give me some advice for my fears, because I feel like I’m doing everything in my power to expose myself to everything but nothings working.
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Hi ❤️ I’m really struggling right now I’m in my sophomore year of Highschool and I’ve finally started planning or thinking abt my future (for context I was extremely depressed and suicidal from 6-9th grade) After conquering my depression this is a huge leap for me and I’m proud of myself ❤️ But there’s something still holding me down :( and I’m not sure what to do anymore that thing is OCD. Since 6th grade I have had strong and invasive intrusive thoughts all the time they scare me so bad and make me feel as though I’m not even real anymore :( I’m sick of taking the time to do ridiculous compulsions to rid or ease these thoughts it’s a waste of time and energy and it hurts me so bad I feel like I will never get to just live my life without this :( How can I plan my future when I can’t even find myself in this mess of anxiety 💔 I’m so tired of fighting my mental health it’s been years from anxiety attacks to sh to survived suicide attempts (I got help dw❤️🩹) and recovery there. Just to be thrown into a storm of awful scary sickening thoughts day and night-when can I just be a normal teenager and possibly a happy adult? How do I conquer this so I can love myself to the fullest and live my life free and happy? :( ❤️❤️🩹 I’m so scared to talk to my parents about it I’m ashamed of my thoughts and every time I bring it up they just say I shouldn’t be diagnosing myself or it’s just ADHD. It really really hurts me they have no idea how awful this feels and it makes me feel so alone sometimes 💔
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