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It is really annoying, POCD has been by far the worst one for me since it also comes along with real event and false memory. I really hate OCD, but definitely, the representation is really bad. I’m tired of watching OCD videos and the only example they give is “germs” “symmetry” and all that. But I definitely understand how terrible those can be, because OCD is in general is incredibly tiring and debilitating. But I think they do that because to anyone who doesn’t have OCD, some of the other themes become a lot more complex and taboo which is definitely not easy to talk about. But it is very important that we do so that it breaks the stigma and ignorance that comes with it. It’s incredibly hard to keep living life feeling that you’re a monster who may have or will hurt someone. But like you said, for now, you have a community here that understands you and definitely won’t judge you, we’re all here to heal and to help each other!
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Idk why they think because you don’t physically do something that you arnt doing something very similar in your head. The intrusive Thoughts are very similar too. I use to have some slight physical compulsion but I get over those faster because in my head I see that it’s not logical but the mental ones are harder for me.
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You took the words right outta my mouth haha! That’s gotta be the loneliest part about this type of OCD 😞
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- 3y
What were some of your physical compulsions? If you don’t mind me asking I’m like you- I’ve had them/still have them on occasion… but it’s really easy to control. But mentally it’s like my brains controls ME and not the other way around
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- 3y
@Smoothie When I was little I had to step in the middle of square tiles and not on the cracks also more recently if I didn’t write something a certain way( like the way it looked) something bad would happen. But I’ve had numerous ones in the past I still get them also but I can combat them.
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@Hhrose1 This is a really weird one I still so. I have different designs of forks and plates and I alway have to use the same kind as the person I’m eating with. But I purposely use different ones now even if it gives me anxiety.
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I think it's simply because the symptoms of those types are the most observable and so over time became recognizable to the average person as OCD and as such put in a box
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I was diagnosed with OCD as a teenager (along with depression) and started SSRIs. I stopped doing counting rituals and I thought that my OCD was under control. Little did I know that my rumination was also a form of OCD. Several therapists missed it; I feel lucky (if that makes sense) that I have found NOCD as I am on the edge of turning 40!
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- 23w
It kinda mind boggling to me how OCD can even cause stuff to happen to us physically as well. And it all feeling real. It only reminds me how flawed our bodies really are. If people were to hear of our situations they'd call us names and choose to stay ignorant. People fear what they cannot understand. Before this I could have possible have been one of them, but here I am. OCD really goes for anybody. Does not matter what ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation you are. It is a twisted disorder that likes to make others lives harder. If I were to tell myself before this that this would happen, I would'nt believe it. I was convinced I am evil, I cried for weeks. I had to sleep in my parents bedroom for a period of time cause I couldn't face the darkness alone. This application helped me greatly during this, cause I learned just as much about OCD as I did about myself. At the same time I get saddened cause I see people going through the exact same, or much worse. If any who come across this post have any questions for me, u can feel free to do so
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- 19w
Lately I’ve seen way too many comments under posts about OCD, especially the harm, POCD, and relationship themes that are incredibly misinformed and honestly harmful. People saying things like “these thoughts are unnatural,”or “you need to go get real help” and encouraging confession ***compulsions*** when they clearly have no understanding of how OCD actually works. Let me be clear: OCD involves distressing and unwanted thoughts, images, or urges. That doesn’t make someone dangerous. It makes them someone with a mental illness who is terrified of their own brain. Saying these people are “unnatural” or implying they’re broken only reinforces shame, and shame is the opposite of what helps anyone heal. If you’re commenting under OCD-related posts on an OCD ***app*** without understanding what intrusive thoughts are, or what compulsions can look like, or **how OCD can attach itself to the things we fear most** then please, stop. You are not helping. You’re reinforcing stigma and pushing people further into silence. OCD is already isolating. We don’t need more people moralizing or projecting trauma theory onto something they haven’t experienced or don’t understand. If you really care, go learn. Read about intrusive thoughts. Learn about ERP therapy. Or maybe just listen. Because some of us are barely hanging on, and comments like those don’t just miss the point, they can do real damage. I’m sorry if I come off too angry, it just really upsets me to see people speak on something they clearly don’t understand. End of rant. Thank you for reading 🤍
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- 16w
If you are anything like me (and most of you are, because let’s face it, we are all on this chat), you have OCD. Real OCD, not the organisation, matching colours everyone thinks it is. Real OCD. I’ve always known I was different, known that my brain does some waking things and deep down, I’ve always known I’ve had OCD. But there is just something that changes when you finally get the diagnosis. It makes more sense, you have an explanation for your behaviours. So naturally I told my friends. When they ask why I had to stop and step four times on a tile I said ‘oh, I have OCD’. I finally had a word, a tangible concept that I could explain to people. But nobody warned me about the massive misconceptions about OCD. Instead of support or acceptance, my friends seemed to question the diagnosis saying ‘that’s not ocd, don’t you just like things organised?’. And no matter how much I explain it they don’t seem to get it. And that’s the part that feels so cruel. I go through hell in my head and it can all be reduced to a phrase of ‘oh, aren’t you organised’. So please be careful out there you guys, and if someone try’s to downplay your experience, know that you are valid and that what you are going through is probably something that they could never handle. It’s a lesson that took me time to learn, but it’s important because our experience matters. Our real experience.
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