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- 4y ago
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- 4y ago
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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- 4y ago
Thank you fille. That's a good analogy
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- 4y ago
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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- 4y ago
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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- 4y ago
Thank you man that's helpful
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- 4y ago
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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- 4y ago
Thank you :)
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I feel like it's got to a point that I just can't deal with stuff on my own anymore. I've tried to help myself with compulsions and thoughts and behaviours and it helps to an extent but I feel like I just need more help. But I don't even know where to start, I've felt so ignored in the past and I don't even know where you can turn to. I'm in the UK so it's difficult, especially considering I'm only 17, to get any help for this kind of thing. I just want someone to talk to, something to help – medication, maybe? I want to try it, I want to see if it would stop the overthinking for a while. Stuff isn't as bad as it has been before, but I feel like I can't just leave this anymore. I just don't know who to turn to or where to go from here.
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- 17w ago
I feel like there’s no way out of this. everyday i’m anxious and depressed from these thoughts. i feel like i have to constantly question if it’s OCD or not. the panic attacks are insane and i freak out. and a compulsion i have is looking eveything up on the internet when im stressing to know that it’s just my OCD and im not in danger. but looking things up add on to my thoughts and i start thinking “what if” actual suidcal people think. do others with this theme whenever they do something like if im taking a picture it’ll be like “yeah you look happy people will wonder what happened when your gone” LIKE i DO NOT want to end my life. or even as simple as cleaning my room, “yup keep it clean so when your family goes through your stuff” then i panic and can’t even do anything. those thoughts distress me so bad. i’ll sit there and think how good my life is or when im having a good day my thoughts will be like “NOPEEE what if your just saying that to convince yourself” it never shuts up and genuinely makes me think i have SI or something. i hope this reaches the right people just to know im not alone. Even when i do get better in the back of my mind it’s always “people who want to are the same a day before too” im genuinely scared and im scared one day im going to just snap and do it because its “too much” do i need to go to a mental hospital! i feel insane.
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