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My mom struggled with it when she was younger and now I have it. She’s been able to help me and understand me on a different level. Don’t let ocd stop you from living your best life and if you do have kids and they have ocd, you’ll be able to get him/her the proper support and treatment.
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I agree with the previous comment. My dad has had OCD his whole life and I'm thankful we have each other. Kids can development any potentially difficult condition, too, it's just something that comes with having them. No one is to blame for it.
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I felt the same way for a while but now I have a three month old and I don't feel bad about bringing life into the world - the pros outweigh the cons. My daughter may develop OCD at some point, but at least I'll know what to do about it. You may have children who don't have the disorder, but you won't know unless you have them. Honestly no one knows what kind of illnesses their children might have, it's always a gamble. What matters is that you are there for them through whatever struggles they face. Don't let OCD rip away your dreams of having your own family!
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I have a kid and just wondered about this today for the first time. I think ocd is wildly underdiagnosed. If your kid does have ocd, you may be able to recognize it earlier and respond to it better than a lot of parents do. My daughter is a bright ray of sunlight in my life and many others’. Wouldn’t have done it differently even if I had known I had OCD before. Not a reason not to have kids! I also have ocd and to my knowledge, no one else in my family has it. So 🤷🏻♀️.
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I have this exact fear; I’ve always imagined having kids in the future, but I’m terrified of passing down my genes with this. Most of my family has some form of mental illness, so I really don’t know, it’s just really sad
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Thanks you guys, I appreciate your thoughts on this <3
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17f So basically I think you know this whole accept and sit with the uncertainty thing. It applies to pocd as well. Because you can ruminate, test yourself, seek reassurance as much as you want but it will never be enough for you brain to be sure you are not a P. So you need to sit with "Maybe I am a P maybe not" and just don't do anything about it. So sometimes I can do that. But here comes moral ocd. If I accept the chanse of me being a pedophile, isn't it morally wrong for me to be around children? Look at children? Watch movies with children in it? Cause now I can't even look at children even if it was an accident without freaking out and thinking that I'm a monster. Sometimes it feels morally wrong to leave the house because there is a chanse I can meet a child on the street I genuinely don't know what to do. It feels paralyzing at this point. Seems like I can't do anything. Like I even need to cover children on the screen with my hand when I watch a movie. It's exhausting.
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I just wanted to ask any mothers their experience with having children & the positive experiences they’ve had despite their diagnosis (even the small moments of joy)? I have always yearned to have children & grow a family however recently OCD has made me question this desire (though when I’m back to thinking rationally my heart knows I’m meant for motherhood). though I’m not oblivious to how difficult it must be, I thought it would be nice to see the good amongst the bad, not just for me but for anyone else feeling a similar way 🫶🏼
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Hi, I was talking to my boyfriend and he went something along the lines of "I don't want to raise a child here in our country" which is understandable. We're in our twenties and don't expect to adopt for at least other 10 years, but that triggered me so much, my first response was "But what if I want to raise our child here?" because I really don't feel like moving right now and I want to stay close to my family. I told him and he, of course, went like "I mean we'll discuss about it when it's time??" but I feel like I want all the answers NOW. It's not just this, every time I am unsure about something that will happen in our future I get so triggered... is this OCD or a genuine concern? I am so confused and I don't wanna bring it up till I'm sure of its nature.
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