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- 6y
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- 6y
@ocddreams it may seem like it on the surface but in certain situations there’s really nothing else you can do. we don’t know this person’s situation
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- 6y
My living situation isn’t horrible. It’s not like I live with alcoholics or people who steal etc. it’s more a lack of respect and understanding. I have severe (apparently there are different levels, my therapist explained and mine is bad) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. And sensory processing disorder. Basically for me this means if my anxiety starts “acting up” I need COMPLETE silence. Because if I don’t it sets off my OCD, which sets off the sensory issues and it just is a cycle over and over. I have tried to explain this to my parents, upon the suggestion of my therapist, but my parents don’t seem to care because they don’t believe me. (They are like a lot of older people in that regard, obviously not all, but most, choose to think things especially regarding mental illness, are “made up” if it isn’t something they can understand). I have tried to talk to them about the noise level (they all talk at insane levels, friends growing up would ask why my parents screamed when they talked) I don’t think they can hear it they’ve been talking this loud for so long ? Not only that but everyone is genuinely loud in this house. It’s just a loud family. I have tried wearing earplugs but because of my sensory issues it does no good. My senses are so strong. I love them they just aren’t the best for me to be by. My therapist just said my issues regarding OCD, SPD and depression are all really bad (I can’t go on antidepressants due to health reasons, plus they never even helped me) and it will be near impossible for me to try and improve my situation and acceptance of things I cannot control, in this living environment.
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- 6y
Ah, I see.... I do agree moving out is a good thing to look forward too. I’m in sort of the same boat. My therapist knows my financial situation so mostly he just lets me vent and helps me cope with my mom who is less than ideal to live with.
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- 6y
yeah that’s definitely understandable. You can’t control your family but you can control what environment you create for yourself when you move out, I hope you can make it happen asap!
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- 6y
That’s interesting..... I would think there’s a better way than to just move out. Seems like that’s avoiding the problem.
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- 6y
I'm actually in kinda the same boat. I love my family but there's just to much tension because of my OCD (especially with mom). I feel that if I don't move out soon, I never will. I had to stop antidepressants because of health reasons to.
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- 6y
Lucius, Why does it always seem to be the moms? So many of them have control issues. Idk if it’s because they controlled so much of our lives when we were really young and never learned or thought they needed to stop? My mom I believe is the root of my OCD and the reason it keeps getting worse. She is the least supportive person I know, especially in regards to this. She tries to make me believe I’m making it worse than it is, or even better than that tries to tell me I’m making it up completely and if I “wanted” to be better I would be. Like she thinks I don’t want to be better?? Ahhaha she’s insane honestly
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- 6y
Here's the thing Cat attack, my mom could not be more supportive if she tried. She's given up hundreds of hours to research doctors and set up appointments, and I'm doing so much better because of the help she got me. But she's too helpful if that makes since? Our personalities are very conflicting and I'm trying to find ways to reduce dependence on her help but right now I'm not in school unfortunately and I'm having physical problems that I need help getting treatment for.
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- 6y
Yes, I agree!
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- 24w
I have OCD, but my parents don’t understand what I’m going through. All I wanted was for someone to be by my side and support me, but they dismiss my struggles, telling me to "just stop thinking" and that I’m making a big deal out of nothing. When I asked for a new therapist because my current one isn’t helping—she isn’t even an OCD specialist—they became angry and didn't believe I need therapy and instead blame me for everything. My father was so mad, he insist to gave me a knife and kill myself. He threatened to isolate me completely, cutting me off from school, the internet, and everything else. My mom cried and shut me down when I tried to explain my pain. They refuse to listen and my dad said it’s all my fault. That day they threw me outside the house for a night, and called me back in telling me to forget everything and forgive them, but I understood that I will not be able to mention anything about my mental health or seeing an OCD specialist ever again, I am completely alone now. With no financial support, and now I don’t know if I’ll ever get the proper therapy I need. I’m only 15, but it feels like I’ll be trapped in this suffering forever, I feel hopeless, I feel like shit, I am going to suffer forever with no support and help.
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- 24w
back in october i made my first post about my specific type of ocd, how it mixes in with my day to day and how i “deal” with it. i talked about the starting point, how it gradually got worse, and then how it was going just a few months ago. i always think it’s insane how much can change in just the course of a small to a large amount of time. right now, i honestly feel like garbage. to be quite sincere i really want to give up, i’m barely holding on by a thread. and if i cut that thread, i really doubt anyone would care. i’ve never considered myself to be a suicidal person, and i still don’t consider myself that right now. it just gets to a point where it’s just, a lot to deal with. i don’t really enjoy things a lot nowadays. sure i have good days like everyone does, like today, when i was just enjoying my day without worries. but then it all comes crawling back twice as bad the following days. i take online college so i’m usually just stuck at home most of the time. but, when i do decide to actually go out and leave my house, my ocd just explodes because i have this whole routine i need to do or else i feel like i’ll contaminate wherever i end up going. i’m not going to go really deep into my compulsions because it’s hard enough to live with them, much more having to type them all out in detail. but when i go out my compulsions go from wiping down all my stuff i’m going to use after showering, to washing my clothes/cleaning the washer + dryer. i also have separate things (or two of the same thing) i use specifically in my house, and items i use when going out. such as shampoo/body wash, deodorant, lotion, hair curler, etc. as if that’s not draining enough, i also feel the need to fast a couple days prior to any plan i make because i’ve forced myself to believe i need to feel empty in order to be clean. i’m not sure if that’s my past eating disorder talking, or my ocd, but my brain can’t help but think any food in my house is utterly and completely contaminated. i’m so tired of this feeling, feeling like nothing will ever be clean again. feeling like my ocd is trapped in my childhood home. feeling that wave of diseases rushing through my veins the moment i step foot into what’s supposed to be “home”. and i’m so scared of therapy because what if i do get healed, and then everything comes rushing back the second i step into my room. i’m planning on moving somewhere far from my current house in this next coming year, so sometimes i feel like just waiting it out. but it’s insufferable when going to hangout with someone. i miss my friends, my family, and my partner. it’s crazy to me that i’m dealing with all this at the young age of 18 but, i’m sure lots of people have it way worse. i just want to find a way out, any possible way. but i keep pushing myself deeper and deeper that when i finally find a way, it will no longer exist.
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- 19w
I don’t know what I can do. I guess this is more of a depression thing than OCD but who knows. I have been battling this ongoing war within myself for years now and it’s been affecting my academic performance. situation of mine right now: I haven’t done a lot of work for my classes this month and I feel like I’m going to fail the semester again. I don’t know what it is but I can never seem to begin any work. I know I am capable but why can’t I get myself to start? why has this been going on for so long? I don’t understand. I have a history of good grades back in high school before I turned 17. I don’t even know how to describe it. it’s like I’ve been paralyzed and cannot do any work. but I can somehow do offside tasks like pinterest boards or random youtube videos. if I get rid of those, what do I do? I end up sleeping. because I’m tired. I have a low vitamin D deficiency & have been trying to get energy. I’m at a loss. I also bought unnecessary stuff on sunday when I went out with my family. I bought some things for the kids and I ended up buying myself a dress and a few accessories. now I have to work extra to gain that money back doing uber eats because I need it asap. it’s like I don’t want to work, for now. my coworkers who are around my age don’t work as much & I think to myself, “wow, they must be getting in the work done” meanwhile I’m working 3 days a week (which isn’t much) and attending school. I feel like if I change my schedule again, I’ll ruin it for the rest of my driver coworkers. I’m in a lead position at work so having to put on a mask is quite tiring. there’s so much I want to say that I don’t think it will fit in this post. I have booked a mental health session with a school counselor. all I want at the moment is to have my own place and be in a better mental state to take care of my cats. they mean a lot to me but this stupid ass undiagnosed mental issue is getting in the way. sorry for the long rant. I am tired.
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