anybody here has tell their parents about their OCD? if so, how much did you tell them and any advice on how to explain it to them? I want to tell my mom but i’m scared of how she’ll react and idk if i’m gonna be able to explain it well, I just wanna tell her I have OCD i don’t plan on telling her my theme (sorry for my english btw)

hi! I opened up to my parents about it a few months ago and was really scared too at first. You don’t have to share specifics if you’re not comfortable, I didn’t because I felt like it was personal to me. What helped me is explaining what ocd is, and how it’s affected areas of your life, and how it’s made you feel. Also, explaining specific ways in which they can support you is really helpful too. I also used YouTube videos in Spanish to help explain bc Spanish is my moms native language

thanks for responding! and yeah ive thought a lot about what i wanna say and all of those things you were saying are very helpful, also my native language is Spanish too, idk if you still have that video maybe if you do could you please send it to me if it’s not too much trouble, thanks

https://youtu.be/VOEop2L1lvQ