I feel so alone today. I usually keep my feelings bottled up and cope with my ocd alone and this weekend was bad and I decided to share my feelings with my mom and husband for the first time in 4 months. They both said it was enough, they are tired of dealing with it, and I’m making them unhappy. I don’t want to burden them anymore and it is really make them resent them and making my ocd and anxiety so much worse. I just need words of encouragement, I feel like no one cares and I am so alone and now I have to go to work all week and act like everything is fine.

I feel for you, it is a lonely feeling, they just have no clue

Thank you so much!

Sorry to hear that you’re lonely. If the people in your life struggle to cope with what you’re going through, then it is their responsibility to better manage their own emotions and how they relate to stressful situations in life. Don’t feel bad for feeling bad, you don’t have to disguise or hide that you are struggling at all.

Thank you so much for this! I’m not sure if it is better to hide it from them or to be honest with them, it seems like either way it is never good enough. I’m not sure if to just leave my husband if I make him so unhappy, he makes it seem like he deserves more and will be happier without me.

Yeah people can get annoyed of it, i honestly dont blame them, but sometimes you wished to talk about it with someone and they will truly listen, i understand both sides…but saying that you are making them unhappy…its a bit harsh. I dont know the full story of ur mom and husband, but isnt ur husband signed up for it in the vows “sickness & health”. You dont have to fight with him but talk to him and maybe try to make him understand what is that your going thru.