Black widow8
- Date posted
- 6y
goodbye_ocdgoodbye_ocd
- Date posted
- 6y
Do your parents know about your ocd? If not, you should consider letting them know.
Black widow8Black widow8
- Date posted
- 6y
They do yes. They took me to get my diagnoses but they don’t rlly understand it
goodbye_ocdgoodbye_ocd
- Date posted
- 6y
It's all ok. You're not alone. But remember to use this app and especially the SOS button on the bottom right for unexpected anxiety
janajana
- Date posted
- 6y
Also since you said your parents don't really understand. They took you to get your diagnosis so they seem supportive? That's good! Maybe there's like a group for relatives of people who have OCD? We have that in my city, people can go there and the doctors explain everything to them and help them understand better, and I'm guessing the people can also share their worries and questions etc I don't know
locustmoonlocustmoon
- Date posted
- 6y
I don’t know if this is enabling but I use water to rinse of the tap so I can convince myself anything that was there has washed away
Lark G.Lark G.
- Date posted
- 6y
This is a challenge for me as well but try focusing on one hand wash knowing that’s more than enough and to leave when that’s done no matter what you touch
yinberlyyinberly
- Date posted
- 6y
I lose track of time when I’m acting on compulsions, especially in the bathroom. I keep a kitchen timer and set it for 5-10 minutes and the alarm always snaps me out of it. I also will have loved ones check on me if I have been in too long. If you think it would be helpful for you, ask your parents to be patient and physically be there at the bathroom door when they ask you to come out for breakfast and not to leave until you come out
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gage736
- Date posted
- 25w
Need tips
I have pure ocd i think , i always gotta make sure i do certain things like tap things , light switches on n off , shut things few times and re open them till it feels right . Walk in a room go back out and back in out in in till my mind is right Its exhausting
oneday.x
- Date posted
- 10w
Really need help, can't move on from contamination
This is a long one lol but basically, a couple of weeks ago I went to the toilet (#2, sorry for the tmi). Let's just say it was messy. I remember that a speck of.. #2.. Fell off the piece of toilet paper. This was probably the worst thing that could ever happen. I can't remember clearly but I'm pretty sure my jeans were on the floor underneath near where the speck could have fallen. There was also a towel. I don't know exactly where it fell as it was so small, but I made sure both the towel and the jeans went in the laundry basket and I cleaned the floor near there. Fast forward to like the next day. My mum does most of the laundry, so she will have picked up all the towels and clothes from the laundry basket and taken them to the wash. The problem is the speck. I don't know where it went but if it was on the towel and she picked it up.... Thus, contaminated mum. And she also puts clothes away that are dry. I remember that day she put my hoodie in my wardrobe, and I haven't worn it since because I feel it is contaminated. I haven't worn the clothes that have touched the hoodie. This leaves me with not a lot of clothes. And today I finally snapped and picked up a sweatshirt that had maybe touched the hoodie. And now I'm just sat here spiralling, wearing it. What if it touched the speck? What if the speck touched my mum and then touched the hoodie which then touched the sweatshirt I'm wearing? Please I'm so scared.
Anonymous
- Date posted
- 8w
PLEASE HELP!?? ADVICE NEEDED⭐❌⚠
Okay so my parents don't really handle my ocd that well. For starters my contamination is getting worse (I'm 14) and keep exisivly washing my hands, or using toilet roll which is unfortunately really common. Now they are getting angry at me for using too much toilet roll... What do I do? There saying I'm ruining there lifes because of my ocd. I'm making there lifes miserable. And they don't COMMUNICATE or sit down with me and look me in the eyes and try sort it out WITH ME. they just go "STOP USING SO, MUCH TOILET ROLL" "you've broke another headset" "WE ARE ALLOWED TO BE PISSED AT YOU" and I'm getting self harm urges because there making me out to be such a bad person. Which obviously doesn't mix well with ocd.
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