Making fun...

Anyone else have to deal with close family members and friends making fun and mimicking your OCD? I'm having a hard time trying to deal with it. They'll laugh and basically copy me until I feel very uncomfortable and just end up getting bad thoughts and won't go into the rest.

Anyway, I've tried many times to talk with them and let them know that it hurts but they still continue. Not only does it make me feel bad but it makes me worse.

Basically, I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on what to say to them or if they've dealt with this before? Thank you in advance.

Hello forgivexforget!

I would consider your family's and friend's disrespecting you as bullying. You are being humiliated by these people, despite you trying to educate them on your condition.

I can understand why this type of behaviour from them would make things worse.

You need to set boundaries with them. If they are unable to observe(highly likely based on previous information)the boundaries, then they can expect withdrawal. Such exhibitions of mental cruelty is unjustified. Any more energy and time wasted trying to change their behaviour once they go past the boundaries.

Perhaps if they continue this cruelty and ignore your attempts to stop said behaviour, then you should hand out the local community mental health information with the phone number. Or if you happen to have a therapist, then the therapist's business cards.I write this because if these family members and friends are not supportive of you, then they are against you(based on the situation you described).
Perhaps as you hand out the appropriate business cards/pamphlets you can talk to them in a calm low voice(kinda like Clint Eastwood used to do in his cop movies). Keep it simple, use as few words as possible, stare each one in the eyes, have a blank look and repeat those few words again if they did not hear all of it. Speak in a calm, slow manner.

These are just my thoughts, I am not a psychiatric professional. Take what you like and leave the rest behind. Good luck. Take care.

I am so sorry to hear that. That's very mean of them.

And it's frustrating that they don't listen.

Do you live with them ? May be next time this happen, you can tell them that you told them many times, but they didn't listen, and what they done is disrespectful and hurting you. Then leave the room.

Whether they know it's your OCD or not and whether they understand or not. If someone said stop doing something to them coz he or she doesn't like it, then people should stop.

If they are not family members that live with you, then stop seeing them.

Well, personally, I would use all sorts of unprintable language. Or the Clint Eastwood cold scare mentioned above.

Unfortunately they have hit you at your weak point. I loathe people who do that. I hope you can get away from them, but if they live with you, well, F is for Family as the saying goes. You need to take the high road and walk away and take care of yourself. Once when I was a teenager I punched my sister instead of walking away when she was being a total psycho jerk, when she lived with me. It didn't do any longterm damage or even leave a temporary mark, but it scared her and I should have just walked away, left the building. So at least I learned from that and never hit anyone again. You have to take the high road and console yourself you have done the right thing, because they may never change.