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Originally Posted by Perna
Is there anyone at school you can get advice from, a counseling center or something? How long have you felt you have had these problems? It could be that your parents noticed earlier but they did not want to "see" and did not mention it, hoping you would "grow out" of whatever behaviors. Have you looked at ways to help yourself, read any books on the subject, for example? I think OCD in Europe is viewed differently than here in the United States: An Epidemiological Perspective of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents so you might want to do some more local readings to see what it "means" and maybe how you can better ask for help? |
Sincerely I don't know if there is something similar in my university, and however I'd prefer to talk to my parents first. I discovered that I probably have this disorder a couple of years ago, but I've had symptoms since childhood. Sometimes my parents noticed my 'strange' behaviours (in childhood, because now I'm more able to hide them), but probably they didn't think that it could be something serious. I really don't know how to tell them.
I study psychology and studying OCD helped me...I discovered that it's not my fault if I have these thoughts, that was a relief, and that it's ok to resist to the compulsions also if at the beginning it increases your anxiety. In fact now I'm less scared by my obsessions and I have less compulsions, but I still have them, expecially when I'm stressed. It's also for this that I don't know if I should talk about it...OCD is less annoying than before, I could also tolerate it, maybe it's not worth doing something. But at the same time if I can still have an improvement I'd like to try.
Thanks for answering