kyletw_
- Date posted
- 3y
JoyeberryJoyeberry
- Date posted
- 3y
My best guess is that it’s leftover from our cave man days when there were more legitimate and intense threats. I like to think of it as the oldest part of my brain chiming in where it’s not so needed. Doing it’s best to keep me safe, just waaaay misguided about what that means these days. 😄
lucy.wilefirrlucy.wilefirr
- Date posted
- 3y
For me it was trauma . I think it’s a set of factors
cheyrascheyras
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
I think there are many factors. But no I don’t think it had its Genesis in any aspect of modern living. It has likely been around for millennia. We just discovered it well enough to pin it down and classify it fairly recently (like most mental disorders.)
Jon w/ OCDJon w/ OCD
- Date posted
- 3y
Any origin of mental illness comes from a mixture of genetics and environmental triggers (called the Gene-Environment interaction). If you have the right genetic predispositions for mental Illness, a traumatic event may trigger those predispositions. Another thing too is to think about Maslow’s Heirarchy of needs. In developed countries like the USA, we are lucky to not have to focus entirely on food and shelter needs (usually). We have basic needs met, which then allows us to grow our personalities, knowledge, and become our true selves (he calls this self-actualization). This is why mental illness has been such a big deal in this century compared to others- we actually have time to think about mental problems and not trying to hunt a chicken for dinner lol. Just my two cents.
ZippedupZippedup
- Date posted
- 3y
There’s some evidence it has to do with inflammation, like in the case of PAN/PANDAS.
Related posts
Anonymous
- Date posted
- 23w
Late onset OCD
Anyone else develop it in their 30s? I’m 33 and just started showing symptoms in October 2024. So far have only been diagnosed with GAD , PD and depression.I started having intrusive thoughts after a series of panic attacks . My compulsions would be googling. I have made an effort to stop though because it only makes me feel worse. My intrusive thoughts have been around fear of going crazy
Wessers19
- Date posted
- 23w
Could being exposed to content as a kid affected me in this way?
Trying not to seek reassurance, but rather connect the dots on my OCD and possible reasons as to why I am the way I am. I have severe OCD (or at least I hope I do) mainly surrounding POCD. I've had symptoms of OCD the majority of my life but this theme has come up more recently. When I was a kid, and i'm talking 6-7, I was first exposed to some really gross adult content online. It was introduced to me by a friend of mine around the same age of me. I saw some really disgusting things that a 6-7 year old should definitely not see. This was not a one time occurrence, as I had been exposed to taboo topics online years to come after that, such as the same friend introducing me to Omegle... And i'm sure you can imagine how that went, theres a lot of genuinely disgusting human beings on there. Coming back to the reason for making this post; is it possible to early exposure to this content could be one of the reasons I struggle with POCD? It genuinely scares me to death because you hear that real p*dos dealt with simular situations when they were kids, so thats kind of making me feel that this could be more than OCD, and I could be a genuinely bad person. My POCD feels so real, that at times i'm fully convinced its not OCD. Sometimes I can't even distinguish the feelings of attraction between a younger person and an older person, except for the feeling of anxiety and fear. Its really hard to explain without going into detail, but it just feels so real. Some feedback on this would be great, thank you all.
- Young adults with OCD
- Students with OCD
- False Memory OCD
- Mid-life adults with OCD
- "Pure" OCD
- POCD
- LGBTQ+ with OCD
Anonymous
- Date posted
- 15w
Question: What causes OCD. Nature and/or Nurture?
Why do some people develop OCD?
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond