Struggling to convince parents
- Imperialistic
- honest42
This archived discussion is "read only".
For the corresponding "live" discussions, post in the active topic forum here.
» Imperialistic - Support
For a couple of years now I have been obsessed about my health. I rinse my hands whenever I touch a doorknob (even in my own home) or a desk or anything that someone else has touched before me. I keep wiping my clothes and bags with wet paper towels at school and refuse to go on every day without washing my hands at least 3 times in the morning.Recently, one of my friends approached me and asked my why I washed my hands so much. I told her I couldn't help it. She told me she thought I had a phobia and together we researched it on theInternett. Turns out, OCD is more like what I've been doing.
I told my dad abut it and he said he had it when he was a youth but when he realized what he was doing, he stopped. He told me I should just stop doing it. I try, but I can't.
I talked to my mum about getting an appointment with our doctor and she told me about a friend of hers who had a much more severe case of OCD that I did. She says I'm ovexaggeratinging. She tells me I don't have OCD. She says that there are germs everywhere, and I can't avoid them whether I want to or not.
I don't know what to do. My family doctor has often disregarded me before and I' afraid he won't believe me again.
I'm not sure if I have OCD or not but it gets worse everyday and I just can't stop. I can't explain it to my mum. How can I do something about it?
-- posted by Imperialistic
» honest42 - Re: Support
In response to message posted by Imperialistic:Well.... I've had ocd since i was a little girl and one of my first compulsions was washing my hands. There were many many reasons i'd think of to wash my hands and eventually i did it tell they blead. My family members said the same thing. That i should just stop but it's not that easy. Try to focus your mind on something else when you want to wash your hands and whatever reason you create that you need to wash them try to counter it with the words " i don't care." You wont feel like you don't care but it's a good way to start to retrain your thinking and eventually maybe you won't.
-- posted by honest42
Please follow the guidelines set forth in the Suite101 Posting Etiquette when adding to the discussion.