I am 16: I just can't understand how to... - My OCD Community

My OCD Community

9,083 members3,479 posts

I am 16

Fsjs profile image
Fsjs
3 Replies

I just can't understand how to push forward.i have pure o-ocd and right now it's literally eating me up from the inside

Plz help me emotionally

Written by
Fsjs profile image
Fsjs
To view profiles and participate in discussions please or .
3 Replies
Smilfer165 profile image
Smilfer165

Hello I am pip I am willing to help if I can although I am pretty low myself regards

MothFir profile image
MothFir

You should try to find an OCD therapist to help you better understand and deal with the thoughts. Trying to get rid of them only makes them worse. You must learn to accept and ignore them as meaningless. There are techniques to do this, and a therapist trained in OCD can guide you. Medication for OCD can also help (SSRIs or similar that reduce the obsessions).

If you absolutely can't get a personal therapist right now, look for therapists' guidance from Youtube videos, podcasts, self-help books or blogs, etc. Lots of therapists put information online. Look for anything that will help you get to a place where you see the truth -- that the thoughts are not a reflection of you or your values, they are just random mental garbage that pops up unwanted. Most people have stupid, offensive thoughts from time to time, it's just that people with OCD can't stop worrying about them.

Good luck and don't despair. It may take some time and work, but you can get to a point where the thoughts don't bother you.

sligoguy profile image
sligoguy

everybody on this site has ocd we all have the same intrusive unwanted crap bombarding us ....so realise you are not the only one ....we all have our stuff that knocks the stuffing out of us ....so start right now and say out loud I have an illness that make me worry about images ,thoughts or whateva ...its called ocd and its pain in the arse but ill just let them come and go its a glitch im my wiring ...so I will not let it bug me the experts say the cure is to ignore them and they go ....so.I will practice this ....

You may also like...

Fear that I am a Narcissist

relate? I have been in therapy for my OCD and just recently we decided to take a break since my OCD...

Struggling with OCD and Anxiety, I am new here

get help and help others, if I can. I have been struggling with OCD since I was 11 and I am 29 now....

I am NattyBumpo and I am new here.

NattyBumpo. I am new to the OCD Foundation,but unfortunately,a veteran of OCD. My issues reached a...

Am I alone?

a fellow OCD'er..... I have no idea how to properly introduce my type of OCD. Hit and run,...

SOMEONE HELP please reply i am SO SCARED ANYONE PLEASE

help me please my brain is torturing me with pocd/real event false memory ocd. (undiagnosed but i...