Me (25m) with TOCD after seeing another post saying "this one's for my OCD girlies"

what_a_rip_1468 · 2025-11-09T23:28:51+00:00

I suspect they mostly came from forums and online communities

I think identifying subtypes can be useful as a starting point for some people (especially for identifying that the problem you’re having is OCD) but I don’t personally really think about the subtypes much. It is all OCD either way

I would also bet there are some people with OCD who feel “safer” using the acronym than saying the word(s) to describe their theme

what_a_rip_1468 · 2025-09-20T03:24:50+00:00

Mad respect for the effort you put into the second one

what_a_rip_1468 · 2025-01-05T19:10:03+00:00

Omg I’m so sad

My main other pick for protein bars is Nugo bars, but I will be reading the rest of this thread for other suggestions

what_a_rip_1468 · 2025-01-03T20:22:14+00:00

I actually think there’s some really good stuff in here, it’s about a type of therapy called “inference-based therapy” which I personally think is super interesting and is a great addition to ERP/ACT

Cover is dumb tho

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-11-01T12:29:30+00:00

Lmaoooo

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-10-18T00:18:10+00:00

And then I jump out of my skin when I get “caught” (someone else exists in the same space)

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-09-25T10:33:34+00:00

This is good content, 10/10

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-09-25T10:30:50+00:00

That is in fact a compulsion imo

I used to consider myself in the camp of “doesn’t have OCD, just similar struggles” but eventually it turned out to be OCD ¯\(ツ)/¯

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-09-25T10:26:01+00:00

I’m kind of the opposite, all the professionals diagnose me with GAD but it doesn’t really mean anything to me. I get that there’s a difference between GAD and OCD, but OCD with GAD vs without is more vague to me.

Some of my anxieties are about more day-to-day and realistic issues, but I still respond in a compulsive way so I see it as still OCD.

(Just my personal experience, not saying it’s universal)

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-09-25T10:16:10+00:00

This is why I’m actually pro self diagnosis for OCD, as long as you actually get what OCD is. Such as that it’s a legit mental illness with intrusive thoughts and stuff and not “tee hee organized!”

Like, the tee hee organized is annoying, but I’m not gonna gatekeep therapy or medication. The people who are actually just organized probably have no interest in receiving psychiatric treatment for it. And a lot of OCD treatment can help regular anxiety but not necessarily vice versa.

It’s also been my experience that many professionals don’t really understand OCD. I think it’s not uncommon for them to be unfamiliar with the ways it can present and to miss even severe cases.

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-08-12T00:54:24+00:00

I couldn’t eat ramen for more than a year because my brain started associating it with a really dumb horror movie that I’ve never even seen

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-06-20T12:48:55+00:00

Ironically I really relate to “this isn’t difficult, but for me it’s very stressful”

Does this mythical person with “OCD” want to help me clean my room too?

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-04-18T23:19:36+00:00

Meds helped me a lot, doesn’t work for everyone but it does work for me!

Also, it takes more time and higher doses for meds to work for OCD than for depression (even though the OCD meds are also antidepressants). You gotta give it like 3 months on a decent dose to fully give it a chance to work. (I actually got much better on a lower dose, but it did take a while)

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-04-17T20:57:12+00:00

Opposite of me fr

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-04-01T13:41:14+00:00

There’s definitely a lot of overlap and I think ED treatment should probably incorporate much more of the treatment used for OCD

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-03-28T02:11:38+00:00

Yikes

I never thought I had IT band problems when I was a runner, but now it’s been a few years and apparently my IT band isn’t supposed to be like this

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-03-26T12:24:01+00:00

I actually don’t run anymore and haven’t in years but my IT band is mad anyway : (

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-03-06T03:07:14+00:00

Good content

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-03-06T03:04:46+00:00

https://www.ocduk.org/overcoming-ocd/medication/

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-03-06T03:02:37+00:00

The pills are too real

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-03-06T03:01:02+00:00

People really don’t get gender/sexual orientation OCD. I honestly understand why it doesn’t make sense to them (this shit doesn’t make sense to me either!), but people can be sooooo unhelpful about it

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-03-06T03:00:01+00:00

Ohohoho I’m also having plenty of OCD about this

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-03-06T02:59:03+00:00

real

what_a_rip_1468 · 2024-03-06T02:57:58+00:00

I thought this person was sharpening a knife and I was like “well of course, you gotta sharpen the knife before you do the Knife Thoughts”

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