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Looking for on-line support groups for young adults with OCD

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Most OCD Support Groups I see are for 18+. I don't know the distribution of age ranges in these groups. Am looking for one for my son who is 21 who may be better able to connect with 18-30 year olds. Have reached out to the one group that explicitly addresses younger adults that is listed on iocdf.org. Are there others?

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NOCD has a number of support groups, and from the people who run the daily videos there are a number of younger advocates from what I can tell, so if he were to sign up for one of those he may find a number of younger people there. No guarantee, but he could change which one he goes to and see if there is one where he feels more comfortable. I think you need to download the app to sign up (?).

I just did a search too and there is a paywhatyoucanpeersupport.com and they may be able to advise too, as the people running it are relatively young by the looks of things.

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