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I have OCD, but no one believes me
i honestly think i have OCD because i've read over thousands of articles, thousands of times, plus another time i thought i misunderstood something. i tried talking to my mom, her boyfriend, my counselers at school, my psychologist, and my PCP. they all said that it was just in my head and that i complain too much. Even my friends make fun of me(in a good way)becauset they think i have to it too...but no one else believes me. there's certain things i can do, and certain things i can't without worring about SOMETHING happening. i keep getting these weird ass thoughts that i can't get rid of, and i keep seeing images. it scars the crap out of me. i like cleaniness. i like perfection. i hate germs. i fear, them actually...and yeah. you get my point. any ideas on how to show everyone that i think i need help?
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What's unfortunate is that people around a loved one can be in denial as your friends and family don't want to believe there's something wrong with you.
Firstly, there's nothing wrong wit having ocd. I think that we all have a bit of it. I think I might have it a bit with certain things I do. Then again, I sometimes think it's just because I'm a perfectionist and can be pernickety.
What you need to do is see your doctor and explain your worries and the things you do that make you think you have ocd.
Typical symptoms may be:
- doing things a certain number of times i.e. having 3 sips of water before putting a glass down,
- checking, checking and re-checking something like the iron or the cooker,
- Cleaning and re-cleaning something that is clean excessively,
-washing your hands excessively, even to the point your hurting your hands as a result.
OCD can be short-term or long-term , but is liveable if you get the right help. You need to deal with your anxieties. What stresses you out? What causes you to do something that's like OCD.
See a counsellor and again, definitely your doctor. Talk to your parents again and tell them to take you seriously and that you need their support.
However, don't over-analyse and try not to worry too much as these articles you've been reading could have scared you to the point where you think you have ocd when you don't.
Good luck!
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Personally I don't think you are at the point of OCD from what you've said, but let me address a few points.
Everyone worries about something happening...whenever. Most people have wierd-ass thoughts, and everyone sees images. I have a hyperactive imagination, but I dont have some kind of condition - its possible you are in the same boat.
Everyone likes cleanliness, and simply not liking things dirty doesn't mean you have OCD.
When professionals tell you that you are ok, you probably shouldn't be so quick to dismiss them. At most, get a second opinion from a second psychologist - but if that one tells you the same thing, will you believe him or her? No offense, but it almost sounds like you are convinced that you DO have OCD, irregardless of what anyone tells you, and that IMO is worse than having OCD in and of itself. Believing in one thing, no matter what others tell you, is a bad mindset - and you should probably talk to your psychologist about this more so than about OCD.
And your first sentence, stand back and read it objectively. "i honestly think i have OCD because i've read over thousands of articles, thousands of times." Diagnosing a condition is more than reading a lot, otherwise everyone on Advicenators would be certified healthcare professionals. Be careful of self-diagnosis, PARTICULARLY when it concerns mental health (which I imagine this falls under). Its entirely possible that you are not objective enough to diagnose yourself - even if you were qualified on paper to do so - because it concerns you. Plus this concerns mental health, and that makes this even more important.
Getting a second opinion is the best you can probably do at this point; if you keep pushing that you have OCD to your family/counselors/psychologist, they aren't going to think you have OCD. They are going to think that you either want yourself to have OCD, that you want others to think that you do, or simply that you are convinced that you do have OCD when you do not - these are seperate, and no less serious, situations. I mean, its possible that you DO have OCD, but get a second opinion to see if the first psych was mistaken...but if the 2nd opinion comes back with a 'no', then you will have to rethink things.
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