I am a 26 year old Mother of 2. Married. Employed. Have a rather comfortable life. If only my OCD would go away!
I remember as a child having panic attacks, never knowing what they were. I remember being overwhelmed by guilt if I did anything wrong. I hated people being mad at me. But OCD never “really” affected my life until after the birth of my second child. It … Read The Rest >>
Hi my name is “Tammy” and I do believe I have obsessive compulsive disorder as well as general anxiety disorder.
I remember as a small child I was continually preoccupied with weather or not we had enough food in the house, if we were running low on something I would stress until my mother replenished the supply. This still holds true 25 years later. I can not run out of any household supplies or I feel … Read The Rest >>
Hi
I’m not sure where to begin. It all began in 1997 when we moved. I had my first “attack” of anxiety. It came on so quickly I didn’t even know what it was. I suddenly was very afraid of dying and would imagine a funeral (my own) which would just make the anxiety worse. It felt like an impending doom sort of thing…like something really bad was going to happen and I would die as … Read The Rest >>
I know how you all feel, but in a different way.
It’s like you can’t believe anything you tell yourself because you might be wrong. Like just the thought or act of doing something wrong is such a big deal. But to me it is. I’m constantly obsessing if I said or did something WRONG. I might say something to someone and the minute I say it I worry that I might have said it in … Read The Rest >>
The first genuine OCD experience that I can remember happened to me when I was about 6 years old. It happened one morning when I was walking to school and daydreaming. For some reason the topic of God was on my mind (my family was devoutly christian); I was thinking about how we always said we loved God in Sunday school. All of a sudden a thought popped in my head, like a little voice … Read The Rest >>
The stories published here have been submitted to me over the years. They are a little glimpse inside of OCD. Without a doubt they are the most viewed pages on either of my OCD sites.
They are, with the exception of spell checking, unedited.
I originally started publishing them almost ten years ago in order to let people with OCD know they were not alone.
And perhaps let those who know something is wrong with them but not sure what it was, see something here that leads them to seek help.
From the email I receive, both of these happen frequently.
If you have OCD and would like to contribute your story. You may contact me using the link found up at the top
