- Date posted
- 3y
- Date posted
- 3y
I guess it depends on how much ocd interacts with a specific job/how much it affects you/the work. generally speaking from experience I would say it doesn't affect holding down jobs
- Date posted
- 3y
I have OCD and I work full time. It doesn't hinder my ability to hold down a job. I am fortunate to work for a company that is very understanding and supportive of people who struggle with mental illness.
- Date posted
- 3y
Yes, OCD can certainly have an affect on someone's ability to have/keep a job. However, that doesn't mean that just because you have OCD that you can't have a job. Different factors like the type and severity of one's OCD and the type of job can make all the difference. Personally, I lost a job due to my OCD, but was given another job within the same company and have excelled in that role. For me, it just about finding the right fit.
- Date posted
- 3y
I have OCD and I work at a treatment center for people with OCD :) it’s incredibly challenging, but just as rewarding!!
- Date posted
- 3y
during my first job i was having a lot of intrusive thoughts which made it hard to pay attention to my trainer. i ended up getting fired after 2 weeks
- Date posted
- 3y
It certainly can. I struggled for 16 years in my career before I finally had to leave due to OCD, bipolar one disorder, and attention span issues that have still not been explained. But it was mostly the OCD. And my employers were very supportive…Almost too supportive and how much they let slide. But everyone’s illness is a little different in terms of severity and how the disease has manifested. And every job is different. So the short answer is yes but the long answer is it can but doesn’t have to.
Related posts
- Date posted
- 25w
Hello! I am really looking for some advice. I have been struggling with OCD for a few years now and it drastically affects my daily life. I am going to give a quick run through of my OCD, and then the current situation I am in now. So for almost 2 years now my most prominent themes of OCD have been getting sick with the stomach bug (emetaphobia) and watching someone die/ having to see large amount of blood or do CPR on someone (I just graduated nursing school). Last year I stopped eating out, wouldn’t touch any of my food with my hands, would wash my hands until they bleed every day, bleached everything I touched when I was in public etc… I would have these major panic attacks all the time and the thought of getting sick hasn’t left my head 24/7 for 2 years. I was unable to complete my nursing school clinicals due to panic attacks each time I was at the hospital afraid someone would die and get these terrible images in my head. I didn’t sleep ever, barely graduated. I did ERP after school and was able to make up the clinical days I missed. Got to a point where I was eating again, felt like I was able to get my hands clean just by washing them. I have been doing exposures every day, and have accepted that getting sick will probably happen at one point and I am okay with it as long as I am at home when it happens. So locking myself in my apartment for 48hr every time after I could have been exposed to the stomach bug is major progress for me and I have been overall doing much better. Fast forward to now: It’s time for me to start my new job on a med/surg floor in a hospital. This week I have made it through a few days of orientation with panic attacks day and night but I am doing it even though I am petrified. I don’t feel ready for this big of a step, being exposed to both of my biggest fears constantly. Today at orientation the girl sitting next to me told me she had been vomiting all day, and continued to run out of the room a vomit the rest of the day. I now am 90% sure I am going to get sick and feel as if I would rather die than continue this amount of stress and anxiety I have felt from just a few days of being on the job. This is my BIGGEST fear and it’s coming true and I don’t know if it’s worth putting myself through this every day at work to just be having constant panic attacks and be miserable. I know with OCD you have to face your fears but I have been pushing myself and trying so hard and I don’t feel like it’s worth it to work this job. I would also feel incredibly guilty for quitting on the first week, but there are a million other nursing jobs that are not in a hospital. I think this is too big of a step for me right now but I wanted to see what others think. Any advice at all is so appreciated!
- Date posted
- 25w
Hey everyone, been doing ok this week but having a little bit of a rough moment rn. So I’m about a year and a half out of college and I still have yet to a real job job. I worked for eight months somewhere which was great but I decided it wasn’t permanent. Now I’ve been unemployed for about four months and OCD is really having a field day with it. Trying to deal with it and just keep applying everyday, but I always feel like my family and friends are looking down on me and/or just plain disappointed in me. Just wanted to kind of vent and get this out of my head before I go to bed. I hope everyone is having a great week!
- Date posted
- 17w
hi! i often fear im going to lose my job because i made a “mistake” (not really) that my manager caught and is waiting to tell me about or i fear im going to be kicked off the roster of a team im on for small mistakes that everyone makes. this often compels me to ask those people if i did good or not and gauge their reactions to see if theyre going to remove me and i fall into a cycle of asking and asking. how do you guys deal with these feelings / compulsions? when im flaring i often just spend as much time around these people as possible to gather “evidence” of their opinion on me, but then i get nervous that they hate me for being clingy. i also abandon other duties / tasks so i can spend time with these people to make sure they like me. what do you guys do? anyone else experience the sentiment?
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond