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- 6y ago
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- 6y ago
Do your parents know about your ocd? If not, you should consider letting them know.
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- 6y ago
They do yes. They took me to get my diagnoses but they don’t rlly understand it
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- 6y ago
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
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- 6y ago
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
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- 6y ago
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
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- 6y ago
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
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- 6y ago
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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- 15w ago
Do y’all ever forget basic needs sometimes? I have been going through a phase where I don’t drink water all day until night time and I drink so much that I hold my pee throughout the night until morning. I notice sometimes I even hold my breathe and get light headed or a headache and think something is medically wrong with me 😭or is this my ocd?
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- 14w ago
Guys I need help. I feel so alone . Basically I have this compulsion where I feel the need to write everything but this stems from me being anxious about EVERYTHING. Like my mom came in my room and I was irritated and snapped, immediately regretted now I keep writing “don’t be mean to mom next time” but I keep thinking about it. Then I think about how I finally left my house today and all the surfaces I touched that could’ve been contaminated and now I’m writing “next time don’t touch this and this”. Then I think about all the things I need to be doing for this week and I’m writing “don’t forget to do this and this” even though I’ve written it 5 times already. This is what happens everyday btw. My brain always thinks about something I need to be doing and making me anxious that I’ll forget it which is why I write it down on my notes app. I’m sooo mentally exhausted I need help pls!! Anyone have any advice ? I used to think I need to stop the writing but really I need to stop the anxious thoughts coming into my head . People say I need to accept the thoughts and let it go but that’s too hard for me
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- 7w ago
I started dealing with OCD when I became fixated on health issues, particularly the fear of contracting a life-threatening disease. If I experienced any kind of medical symptom, no matter how small, that even remotely hinted at something potentially fatal, it would drive me crazy, and I couldn’t stop obsessing over it. Then one day, I started having intrusive thoughts about accidentally hitting someone with my car, and I would end up driving in circles to check if I had. Eventually, I found myself overwhelmed by a flood of new obsessive thoughts and compulsions. One day, while I was at the park, a squirrel came near me, and for some reason, I felt like it attacked me. I Googled it and learned that squirrels could carry rabies, which spiraled me into a deep fear of rabies. I became consumed with the thought I received a bite from a squirrel, raccoon, or bat any time I’m in areas that trigger me. It started off only being inside then transferred to even being in my own home. This made me obsess over every physical sensation in my body, compulsively checking to make sure nothing was wrong. One compulsion that I hated the most would to be putting rubbing alcohol on me to make sure that I had no open wounds. Every day feels like I’m walking around in a fog of anxiety, constantly worrying that I won’t even make it to old age. Sometimes, it gets so overwhelming that I just want it all to end. It stresses me so bad at times to where my brain feels like I’ve been studying all day.
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