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She's not your friend and you saw her true colors. Now you know you can't hang around her anymore and tell her exactly why.
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I will, thank you for the support :)
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Oh no I’m so sorry to hear that :( I truly hope you find out a way to make things work with your parents. If you need to talk, I’m here
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@Struggling I know how difficult that is, when I first suspected I might have ocd my mother told me I was overreacting and I haven’t told her about it since then. You have nothing to feel guilty for if you cut contact and there is no shame in having OCD. You’re valid in your struggles and you’re right in wanting to cut out people who harm your recovery. ❤️
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Thank you, now I’m scared I’m going to lose control and this is going to turn into something more serious. 😓
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@Struggling Sorry can you clarify?
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@Struggling Oh okay sorry I thought you meant schizophrenia. Thank you for the advice❤️, in the future I think I’ll try to be more careful about who I open up to however.
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@Struggling Thank you again :)
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I’m sorry this happened to you. Your needs and opinions are what matter most. Does your friend have a master’s or phd in psychology? If not, then they have no right to be telling you what OCD can “develop into.” What they’re saying is false
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Thank you so much for this , and she was telling me this is what her therapist told her. I’m feeling super anxious right now
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@PinkLotus I don’t want to reassure too much, but if the therapist is not an ocd specialist, she may have some misinformation. Can you get therapy with NOCD?
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@PalmTree I can not unfortunately, I try to use whatever online resources I can however
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@PinkLotus I hope you can find an ocd specialist eventually! :)
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Your friend isn’t qualified to either diagnose you or tell you what to expect in terms of your mental health in the future. They have no idea what they’re talking about. And no actual therapist who understands ocd would tell their patient to relay this kind of information so half hazardly. You opened up and it didn’t go well. That’s okay. You can also decide that you no longer want to discuss this topic with this friend. Let her know it’s been unhelpful and you’d rather not continue talking about this with her; ask her politely to respect that boundary. Then follow through with holding it. If she brings it up, remind her you’re not interested in discussing this with her now, but will let her know if that changes.
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Thank you ❤️ I’m trying to stop myself from going down that rabbit hole right now. I will definitely speak to her about my boundaries and let her know that I’m no longer comfortable speaking to her about my mental health. Honestly, she hasn’t been a good friend to me for a long time even outside this and so I might cut off contact if this continues
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I've opened up recently to my boyfriend about my ocd itself: he knew I had it, just didnt rlly understanded it. Today, I was feeling really awful because of my incest ocd, and the toughts were awful, so I decided to open up. BAD IDEA! he said it was ok and stuff but he also said he did not understand: he is, fairly, disgusted. Plus, he knowns my relatives, which probably made him even more sick. Im so sad, he is now more disgusted by me, and I am too.
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