Hey! Can y’all share the moment you realised you had ocd like you know the “oh shi- I have ocd” moment.

A year and a half ago I was having these awful thoughts. They maybe want to throw up. I thought I was a super bad person. A couple weeks later I was at a fast food restaurant crying, and I looked up OCD (I was previously diagnosed when I was 10) and realized that it’s what I had. It was relieving for a couple days but then i started to question it. But here I am. It’s still so hard. But it’s wonderful to know that I’m not alone.

Funny enough I was watching a Good Mythical Morning episode where they talked about what ocd is and I thought “wow that sounds like something I go through” and I kept researching and now I’m here!

Almost 8 months ago I started to have intrusive thoughts. They became excessive. I thought I was losing my mind, and becoming a horrible person. It got worse and worse. I confided in a trusted friend, My friend googled bad thoughts and found a link about it connected to ocd. Because most my compulsions are mental I wasn’t sure if it was ocd but now I look back and see so many signs to Pure OCD. The constant need for certainly about pretty much everything has been exhausting but I know I’m not alone.

Yes ?️?️ I know how it feels to wake up and remember you’re stuck living in pain

I was learning about ocd in class and also came across YouTube videos about ocd while I was watching ones about mental health. It clicked,then, that I was going through the same things they were depicting.

Rory OMG same that is exactly when I found out that and we were doing a class assignment about mental health problem and it was a done deal I just kept it to my self though.

Ahhhhh I remember when it first struck me that I had OCD. So mostly my OCD presents itself as Pure O (Pure Obsessional) although I do have complusive actions, anyways so i had never given OCD a real thought. It only struck me when I was talking to my psychologist about my symptoms and she said "Well this actually sounds a lot like OCD" and I didn't believe her at first until she explained that obsessions and complusions come any many different forms and manifestations.

I was struggling with intrusive thoughts and anxiety around my relationship. I knew I was in love with my boyfriend but I had to keep telling myself I was so the anxiety would go down. I do remember looking stuff up around relationship anxiety I believe, and ROCD came up in an article, I read about it and matched quickly with the symptoms, and was able to self diagnose until getting professionally diagnosed. Months later it switched from ROCD to HOCD, and now both rule my life as well as smaller and more unusual themes.

was watching a video a friend sent me and i related to everything. 1st thing i noticed was avoiding cracks in sidewalks hahaha

i started becoming so scared of even numbers and i could not do anything even. i then started getting intrusive thoughts and anxiety and then i did research.

In May I was doing really bad I desperately saw a counselor who mentioned it on our 2nd session. From then on I researched it, saw doctors, and a CB therapist.

Great question, Ernestiq! I’ll never forget the moment I found out what I had! After suffering for several years from this disorder, I saw a commercial on TV about OCD. I knew right away that’s what I had, and it was relief that there was a name for the monster that was tormenting me. It also allowed me to begin recovering from OCD now that I knew what I had. I was sound asleep just before the commercial came on. I truly believe it was a miracle that caused me to wake up just as the commercial aired.

I was so happy that it was OCD and not denial