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I've had ocd since I was a young child, but only got officially diagnosed when I was 23. I know the wait can be agonizing. But if it helps, mental health professionals use the same criterion you can find online. Identifying with what you've researched is already very valid!
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Thanks for the info it really calms me down🥲💜
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It’s better to get help now than wait it out. Trust me. I wish I had gotten help way sooner. My parents and partner are terribly worried about me because I haven’t gotten help and my ocd has gotten so bad. Get help and get it under control now. The therapists are so talented and kind. Plus once you start feeling better your life will get so much better. School, friendships, etc Take care of yourself :)
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Thxx I'll seek help once I'm able to find and afford one😂 i live in a quite conservative country so therapy isnt common here plus i just checked nocd and found out its not available here (sadly)
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i’m trying to not let the thoughts bother me but it’s just so stressful. even me typing that feels like i’m lying when i know i’m not. i’m scared because even my therapist tells me that it’s just ocd, but in the back of my mind i slightly don’t believe her, and its making me scared that i AM like those people and im gonna act on something. sometimes in social moments i get a quick thought of me being an outcast because im like those people who are sick in the head and act on that stuff, and it just makes me feel like i truly am gonna eventually act on something. another thing that bothered me is earlier my mom yelled at me for not doing school work (it was well deserved im really slacking on it) and i had like no reaction to her screaming. it had me thinking what if i have no empathy etc etc, and what if i get mad that she yelled at me and i do something involving those thoughts. how do i TRULY know it’s ocd? like i try to remind myself and be like “dude, your therapist said it’s ocd, she isn’t wrong” but the back of my mind is like “she is wrong, it’s not ocd and she just happened to misdiagnose you. you are gonna act on those thoughts and it’s your fate”. please someone respond if you read all of this, im really struggling
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