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Are there any effects on studies from OCD?
- Suicidal OCD
- Existential OCD
- Religion & Spirituality OCD
- Health Concern OCD
- Relationship OCD
- "Pure" OCD
- Real Events OCD
- Magical Thinking OCD
OCD can affect a lot. It can affect our moods and feelings, and our sleep, memory etc. For example OCD can lead to a lot of dissociation and depersonalization which can lead to what feels as memory loss/forgetfulness. OCD can also make us very stressed and anxious and depressed which can lead to struggling to eat/eating too much. OCD can also make it feel impossible to fall asleep or sleeping too much. OCD can have many effects. Best thing to do is to find a OCD specialist that can help u with these things 😊
What do you mean effects
I mean loss memory or sumthing like that
@Miron Memory loss from OCD? I would say excercise everyday ( like biking) which supports memory, eat the right foods(nutritional foods) live a better lifestyle to help that.... cut off sugar because actually messes up memory. GET YOUR SLEEP 8+ Hours. As far as OCD you could obsess on memory but from what I know, no
@PaperTigerOCD Thank you for that valuable comment. I'm trying to sleep 6 hours per day because I have to do my work. Is it affect for this ?
I remember reading a comment someone had made to one of my posts on an OCD subreddit and they told me how they believed their OCD symptoms got worse during a time in their life when they were socially isolated. Reading this comment made the brightest lightbulb go off in my head because it basically summarized most of what I’ve been going through. In addition to OCD, I also struggle with depression and social anxiety. I feel like these three things and the profound sense of loneliness I’ve felt throughout my years in college (undergrad) feed off of each other. I know that OCD can manifest in so many different ways regardless of what your social life looks like, but I can’t help but feel like the lack of relationships (specifically friendships)/community in my life has something to do with my mental health and the delay in my recovery. Side note: I’m still relatively new to NOCD, but I’m happy to say that I’ve been making some good progress in my therapy sessions <3
I had avoided a lot with school specifically, but I did do it in other areas of life as well. School for some reason has been the biggest trigger that sends me into avoidance and it has been for the longest time. Does anybody relate? If so, what did you do to help besides therapy? In high school I used to sit in the bathroom stalls for hours so I could avoid going to classes. I was struggling to keep up because my OCD makes me perfect my school work so much so to the point where I’d never turn it in because I’d never be satisfied with what I’d produce. I’d get so incredibly frustrated with myself and the fact that I could never meet my own standards, never mind the rubrics given. I took ages analyzing all my writing, all my answers, all my google slides and I burnt myself out. So I stopped trying. I stopped turning in work because I’d never be satisfied. I’d cry because I felt I wasn’t good enough. Then I’d be missing assignments, getting them done but not submitting them because I was too ashamed. So, I avoided classes because I’d be in trouble or be called out for not getting anything done. Unfortunately this habit bled into my first year of college last year, and OCD coupled up with depression, made going to the dining hall and attending classes even worse. So I avoided it all together. It’s so hard being a freshman in college, so so hard. I unfortunately failed out of that school but I tried to medically withdraw either semester. No, I wasn’t partying, or drinking or smoking or hanging with the wrong people. I was a college freshman struggling with ocd and depression. I’m trying to not make excuses for myself either because I’m well aware this is my fault and I’m trying to reverse it now at community college. Right now I’m trying to get those Fs turned into Ws from my old school so I can fix my gpa. I want to transfer, I want to be a forensic psychologist, I want to be independent, I want to be ok. It’s gonna take me so long to transfer from community college but that’s on me. I’m willing to put in the work. I’m so embarassed, please help me.
can i get OCD from GAD dad???
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