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I told my partner and also (with a lot of hesitation) my parents simply because if I didn’t tell anyone or get help I would have to end my life. My parents knew nothing about OCD until I told them and showed them some online forums that describes OCD in depth. At first I didn’t think I had OCD I thought it was intrusive thoughts but it escalated and my parents and partner were very supportive. I know POCD is the most stigmatised which makes it harder to confess struggling with this. But maybe even just tell them you’re struggling with OCD (pure o) and show them ALL of the subtypes and symptoms so they know how much you’re struggling but you don’t need to go into detail about what theme or what your thoughts consist of cos in reality it doesn’t matter what theme you have as it is all just OCD and that’s what matters. I really hope you do get the support you need
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I haven’t. From what I know, my parents aren’t informed about OCD in general, so I’m afraid that I might end up that they won’t understand, and they’ll think that I’m a messed up person.
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I actually came out to my parents as being gay/bi after a gruelling month of never ending thoughts. They thought it was a bit strange but supported me all the way. After about 2 months of uncertainty, anxiety and talking with my parents about this new situation I started getting these extremely distressing thoughts (pocd) which were just too much to bear. After one night of no sleep and extreme anxiety I told my mother in the morning that I fear I becoming a pedo. She was actually the first who even before that started researching ocd which I dismissed because I thought I had a case of "internalized homophobia" which was the main reason for my suffering (turns out that wasn't the case). After my confession I or better said we started researching ocd a bit more where I found out I had almost all of the symptoms commonly found in hocd/pocd/rocd sufferers. All in all my parents were very understanding of the situation and continue to support me. (I'm not a native english speaker so excuse my writing)
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I agree. I think this is a struggle that us of horrible intrusive thoughts deal with
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- 24w
Last night I had a fucked up intrusive thought/urge about harming my partner and I'm spinning out today. I let them know I had an intrusive thought and was struggling with compulsions around it and future repercussions, but did not tell them exactly what the thought/urge was, which they accepted. Do y'all share details with your partners about harm ocd? How can we healthily ask for support from people we are having horrible thoughts about?
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Hello everyone! Is there anyone who told their partners that you experienced POCD in the past or that you are experiencing right now? How did they handle it? Did they understand it? Were they supportive? I'm creating future scenarios in my mind that I need to confess this to a future partner.
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She laughed and said that everyone has these thoughts "i didn't tell her about the REALLY fucked up thoughts i experience cuz i was kinda scared" and then she said it's the demon just say ur prayers and they'll go away Even though i kept on trying and trying to convince her that they're clearly not normal but she kept on refusing and it kinda sounded like she didn't want to admit and believe that her daughter has a mental illness which sucks
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