My sister just told me I was crazy for having OCD and needing to go to therapy, and I shouldn’t go to school to be a psychiatrist because “crazy can’t help crazy.” Are we crazy? I’m seriously going to cry.

StormOCD

Date posted: 3y ago

I disagree with your sister. I’m going to school to become a therapist and I have OCD. I have through the ups and downs of it and currently going back to the struggling but I digress. I think by having experience with mental illness you can understand and empathize with people more. Crazy is such bad term for those who are still trying to get control of their mental illnesses. You are not alone, we are in the same group as you. Don’t let what your sister says stop you from achieving your goals.

OCDumb >:(

Date posted: 3y ago

💛 thank you so much. This made me so happy.

OCDuser04

Date posted: 3y ago

I strongly disagree. Having ocd will be an advantage to you because you can accept and understand your future psychiatry patients who struggle with it <3

OCDumb >:(

Date posted: 3y ago

That was my thought process. I really just want to help people like me get better and live a happy, normal life.

Sully4

Date posted: 3y ago

I like to think of it as we’re unique :)

OCDumb >:(

Date posted: 3y ago

That’s a really nice way of putting it :)

bunniesnchee...

Date posted: 3y ago

That sounds so hurtful and painful to hear. I'm so sorry your feelings were hurt or if that generated another spiral of self-conscious thoughts or worries. OCD wants you to think that you are out of control or crazy; a big part of OCD's tricks I know is that it wants to convince you that you WILL lose control no matter what your better, grounded judgement knows. OCD is a separate current attached to your brain but not a usual function of your brain; it's an anxiety disorder because it is NOT natural. You HAVE OCD with you, but you are NOT your OCD thoughts. It's really cool that you are getting some the help that you need. And I think it's super awesome you want to be a psychiatrist. Oh my gosh!! You will improve so many people's lives and give them hope when they feel desperate or scared. I guess a past therapist told me to "get mad at my OCD" for the LIES that it tells me about everything that I care about!!!! I know you know that if something is really valuable to you, then OCD is going to sabotage your thoughts about this thing. If you want to be a psychiatrist but are triggered by what your sister said and are now enduring a wave of scared thoughts and feelings, I do not know for certain of course, but maybe your OCD is attacking there. I hope you know how powerful and capable your mind is. You can do so much wonder. I hope you're doing okay.

OCDumb >:(

Date posted: 3y ago

Thank you so much. This was so sweet 💛💛💛

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Date posted: 3y ago

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OCDumb >:(

Date posted: 3y ago

@ocdgorl Thank youuuu :)

malolin_21

Date posted: 16w ago

Hey:) I just want to vent

I’m feeling kind of sad cause today was not a really good day in terms of my ocd. I was feeling kind of foggy/numb and that send me to spiraling. I’m 21 years old currently studying but my family has been having trouble with money for the last couple years(we’re just me and my mom) and I kinda want to get a job but everything is far from my home and I wouldn’t be able to return back at night, also it’s either way more expensive to move or the schedule wouldn’t let me take my classes. The point is that because of that every time my mom is stress tends to treat me bad, she speaks to me like I’m stupid or she just screams to nothing cursing all life and everything and that actually makes me feel soo bad and guilty for not doing anything, I know it’s hard for me to get a job that actually helps us without quitting school but that doesn’t stop me from feeling like I’m a burden. I want to help, I want to maybe hug her or something but I know she will be angrier and probably will reject it. So that’s it, I just feel like she punishes me for the stress she’s carrying and I get it but one day is happy and it feels like all love and the next is treating me like that, Idk it’s hard (also I feel like I shouldn’t be saying this cause it’s all my fault) 🫤

Anonymous

Date posted: 15w ago

My partners mad because of my OCD

Last night I was staying at my boyfriend’s house and couldn’t sleep. I felt like i desperately needed to go back to my parents and clean and organize my room. This has happened a few times before when I was staying at his place. Since then he’s been very upset with me. Does anyone else’s partner do this? Any advice? It’s been hard. He’s made me feel so shameful for having OCD. As if it’s not tough enough /:

alyssa_h

Date posted: 5w ago

i can’t do this much longer

i’m having a full on panic attack, i never used to be like this, what tf is happening to me, why am i like this, i’m so convinced i’m a horrible person and i deserve to be shut out forever because of my thoughts, i’m tired of struggling with harm ocd, i’m scared that because i have mental health issues i’m gonna end up ki!!ing someone someday or end up on the news, when i was at work earlier i kept thinking “how easy would it be to ki!! someone and get away with it” someone help, i don’t feel normal, am i crazy?… 😭😭i know that with ocd you’re not supposed to have reassurance and you have to be “okay” with the situation but.. how am i supposed to be okay with feeling like i could hurt someone…

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