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Im sorry that your family is being difficult! I understand how hard it is to feel invalidated around family because they simply don’t understand why we go through the things we go through because they dont suffer from OCD. Youre feelings matter and dont let anyone or anything tell you other wise! Hope you have a good rest of your day
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I will try, I haven't even been able to eat much today and I am super tired. Ig we will see if tomorrow turns out any better. There's always another day.
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@🌺Dem🌺 (They aren't responsible for me not eating much today, I'm just nauseous and all)
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Set boundaries with your family. People often joke and share opinions because they don’t know what else to do, they may feel helpless. Why do you feel disgusting?
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Haha, I wish I could set boundaries, those things don't exist in a "dictatorship" 😅 I just feel disgusting because of some thoughts that may have contained se><ual content and I just don't feel clean in general (even though I am)
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@🌺Dem🌺 I get it. But you need to start living for you and nobody else. There is nothing wrong with sticking up for yourself. They don’t have to like it. And there’s also nothing wrong with having sexual thoughts. So many people experience that.
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@Anonymous I try to but every time I do I am either belittled, treated like trash or accuse me of disrespecting them and treating them like trash, or things start getting taken from me or randomly come up missing. I do understand your point, if it was an option, I would totally set some boundaries. And thank you, you're a good person :)
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@🌺Dem🌺 How old are you? Can you leave?
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@Anonymous Trust me, if I was old enough to leave I would have. 😅
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@🌺Dem🌺 Abusive enough to report to CPS? Can you do family therapy?
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@Anonymous They aren't physically abusive in any way, they are just toxic and I know I can't change them or make them understand, they say things but I have been through way worse. Any type of therapy isn't an option, they don't completely accept the fact that I have a mental illness and stuff, they don't want their image looking bad. I promise, I don't have too long to wait anyway, I will be okay :)
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@Anonymous They are only a setback to me really, I don't have to pay any mind to it ig
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@🌺Dem🌺 I’m sorry to hear that 😞
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@Anonymous It's alright 😅
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I never heard about people with OCD who have messy living conditions. Maybe this is why it took so long to accept my diagnosis. Although I really dont like how OCD is percieved at by the majority of people, I feel like Im weird or something because I dont fit into that stereotype. I understand that a lot of people with OCD have this issue, but why do I feel so different? If anybody else has/had this belief, what helps with feeling more comfortable? Everytime my mom points out my room, and how its messy- Its like I feel so lazy and useless. So then I often plan out everything I was going to do, step by step, always having a reasoning behind everything, because logic always comforts me. When I start tidying up my room, I go full out (Sheets, Laundry, Clorox, Candles, Vaccuming, Then I start going through the guinea pigs cage to rearranging all of their stuff) Yet always somewhere after doing a few things, I start feeling disgusting and almost shameful of myself. 99% of the time I end up laying on my floor sobbing, noting every little thing about my room. How my furiniture doesnt match, how i would rather have solid floor like hardwood or vinyl instead of the carpet, usually things i cant change… and then barely anything gets done in my room. I start to have a meltdown and often dont take care of myself even more afterwards. A piece of me feels like my thoughts are just me being a spoiled brat and wanting everything i dont have- meanwhile others dont even have a roof over their head. The other piece of me is just tired, just emotionally exaughsted. Please comment any thoughts or recomendations to maybe improve motovation and attitude towards doing long tasks.
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I’m struggling so much, I don’t know what’s changed. I was doing so well for a solid two months and now it’s been over a month of just my lowest point. My bf has gotten upset at how much I do compulsions and it’s taxing him too. I can’t imagine how hard it is to be my partner right now. I feel exhausted I’m tired of my OCD finding new things to obsess or worry over. I’m so TIRED of getting stuck on technicalities. I’m so exhausted with the constant intrusive thoughts and intrusive thinking. I’m so sick of how compulsive I get when I’m so riddled with anxiety. I don’t want to keep pushing. It feels pointless if my life is going to be a constant loop of ups and extreme lows. I feel like such a disgusting, embarrassing person. I don’t want love because I don’t feel like I deserve it. I don’t want patience or understanding because it makes me feel so guilty. Like no one is understanding how bad of person I could truly be. I’m so lost and tired of this
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Having ocd is so incredibly exhausting and depressing- my mom and dad argued with me for over an hour talking about how im a pain to be around, go in too many loops, and ruin everything and everyones mood… this conversation started with me saying im stressed out because of school and that i dont want to go because im exhausted- and idk if this is like ocd directly but it takes me like 2 hours to get ready in the morning because i need to look PERFECT and the same everyday literally 😭 and that process feels so exhausting every morning at 6am but i will NOT go to school without going through with it- i will literally be crying and shaking and wanting to go home the minute i get to school if even a single strand of my hair is not perfectly straightened or any blemishes or flaws are showing- and i cant even walk to school or anything bc im scared the humidity will mess with my hair and everything- and it just really affects my life? And yeah its freaking exhausting. And i have two more years of highschool and I dont know if im going to make it 😭i get super stressed over grades too because i need them to be extraordinary otherwise its a fail. Nothing below 95%. And thats also tiring! 😁 and my mom told me today “medication IS NOTTTT AND OPTION!!!” Like oh okay so im just cooked 😭 and therapy isnt really helping me at all- i feel like what im being told is so basic and generic and it doesn’t help me when im in a huge ocd episode- which is often… and what i hate most is like my mom says “don’t come to me with your problems after 6pm…” im sorry i cant schedule my feelings 😭 im so tired
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