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My son was recently diagnosed and I want to do whatever I can to support and help him. His current teacher also has ADHD and has been wonderful. I’m hopeful for my son. | 1 |
Omg. Yes, I didn’t realize how close this was to the obsession-compulsion cycle. | 0 |
I love how our positive way is to laugh of ourselves and say fuck it. We accept our shit and life with that but it feels so good to be able to laugh and know that there is lots of people feeling tge same.
ADHD exitation is great, and founding people that struggle like yourself and have your same isues is a beautiful ex... | 1 |
I am really, really struggling with the sudden change in what's right. My family always mocked me for my compulsions and now they're on at *me* to wash my hands more. My medication isn't giving me the buffer anymore. | 0 |
i was just unconciously procrastinating doing homework thank you | 1 |
thank you bro but not rn lol. tryna waste time in the bus otw to school | 1 |
Walmart has a 14 oz. jar of Advanced Healing Ointment for dry cracked or irritated skin. No fragrance. Put it on at bedtime.
I take Lexapro for depression and it is said to help OCD. There is a sub r/Lexapro | 0 |
Thank you for this, this is a reminder for me to my partner with ADHD. I do my best to remember and take things in a different perspective. Thank you. | 1 |
I bought the book "at last a life" a few weeks ago and it's completely changed my view of anxiety and how to live with it. I'm certainly not 100 yet but I'm a lot closer since reading. | 0 |
Sorry but you can't just blame ADHD for this... start holding yourself accountable. You are only a victim of your own actions. Nothing else. Sorry it sounds harsh but I do love you <3 | 1 |
Yeah I’ve found it’s best to have an easy Obsession/worry cause if you clear that then it seems a worse one could easily fill the gap. | 0 |
I am not ashamed to say that I am using the first paragraph to help with my application for accommodations for college. | 1 |
If I feel like I didn’t pronounce one of my family members name right during a prayer I have to start all over again,otherwise I’ll think something bad will happen. | 0 |
Really great way to put it.
I'm sure everyone will agree it's near impossible to describe how frustrating it is to want to do something and not be able to get there. You end up trying many approaches, like a plane trying to land in a storm :) | 1 |
I'm really sorry ... Don't beat yourself up because of the procrastination, it's not gonna solve anything. Thanks for sharing | 1 |
Why are you calling me out literally a day after talking with an engineer about engineering stuff omfg | 1 |
I guess the problem is I can't really tell where my rationality starts and OCD ends, or where OCD starts and I end. I can't even make out if my compulsions to help others are OCD or me, or whether my personality is 99% OCD and 1% me, or if there's even a me. I know that must sound weird, but I have no ability to diffe... | 0 |
Well when he’s old and having health problems just tel him to get out of his head and do what you need to do. Who cares about the plaques in your brain or in your arteries. Just will yourself out of shit like Alzheimer’s and atherosclerosis. | 1 |
Same thing happened to me, except instead of a retainer, it was the title to my car that my dad threw out. It was in the bottom of three garbage bags in the garbage can in the garage waiting to be taken out to the curb. I had left it on the table because I wasn't sure where to keep it yet as I had just been to the DMV,... | 1 |
Watching this I kept thinking “girl, click the pen. Click the fucking pen!!!”
I have issues. | 0 |
i feel so worthless because of it. seriously, i feel like i cant handle shit | 0 |
Hey man, I know this post is 12h old and so I doubt you’ll see this, but I see you man. I spent my whole life struggling trying to figure out wtf was wrong with me. I pushed myself to emotional breaking points over and over and over again. I enlisted in the Navy with my girlfriend and we were married while in together,... | 1 |
I very interesting meme. This does say about how we spend time, and what is the best method to use it. | 0 |
Say hello to new consistent schedule borne out of a sense of obligation to not get your family memebers sick. Woot woot. | 1 |
I’ve had a nightmare of a week as well - dealing with this stress on top of my school digging in its heels about midterms operating as normal has been actual hell. I have an anxiety disorder and the ADHD and I’m sure many of you can imagine how my kind of brain would be dealing with all this covid19 bs. Studying for me... | 1 |
When I was in middle school and my dad would help me edit/revise my essays he used to say that it’s like I “sprinkle commas all over the essay randomly” lol | 1 |
I save money doing grocery shopping online and picking it up or having it delivered. I know I'm paying more for the groceries I'm getting, but I buy WAY less random stuff and junk food so overall I spend less. | 1 |
I get these types of questions on Quota all the time. So ridiculous. Has to be a translation issue 🤦🏽♀️ | 0 |
The only think that is kind of working for me was switching from a digital clock to an analog one. Seeing the numbers always made me anxious about being late or deciding I didn’t have enough time for it. I even managed to get a watch with no numbers at all, just hash marks where the hours should go. Its done leagues fo... | 1 |
its sad that i can relate to everything i see on this sub. adhd is fucking hell. | 1 |
There's an app called Freedom that's helped me out a LOT with this.
It basically lets you block whichever apps you designate on a timer that you set. Whenever I think "okay I need to do something else" I'll just set it for an hour or 2 and force myself off my phone. It's led to much more interesting uses of my time.
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I am struck by this comment. My bf has adhd (untreated, diagnosed in early childhood, no follow up) and I joined this sub to try to gain insight into his world. He is supremely frustrated when I bring up problems for discussion. He translates comments, discussion points, problems, and attempts to communicate and compro... | 1 |
I think that my ocd really took off on its own when I was little and was told this. Like don’t say or think anything you don’t want to happen... yo that messed me up. While I do get what they mean, the literal statement is like a useless nonsensical torture sentence for those of us with ocd and little to no control ove... | 0 |
Happened to me yesterday at work. A coworker wouldn't shut up over something that triggers my OCD and wanted to talk only TO ME about it. Had a rough time after when I got home. | 0 |
I feel this. My brain, like most adhd folks, thinks in a mess of bullet points. Complete sentences, who dat?? I do have a bit of advice for important convos you can plan for, which is the minority, but still. Plan it out. Dump your thoughts into an outline and then heavily edit it together to a coherent narrative. Keep... | 1 |
It must be a universal experience among ADHD sufferers. When I was in elementary school I was as frustrated as everyone else — my parents, my teachers — at why, despite gifts, I could not pull it together no matter how much I wanted to. This was way before the concept of attention deficit disorder was even a gleam in... | 1 |
No worries, sorry to hear what you're going through also. It's not easy having OCD thoughts.. but we'll get through it. All the best. | 0 |
Dude, thank you so much for posting this. I have this same problem as well and my parents don't get it either. | 0 |
Sometimes I go all Detroit gangbanger on that shit. Works 99% percent of the time | 0 |
I've always felt there was something different about me. When I was growing up, my mom had several health and psychology textbooks in the house from studying to be an LPN. I used to skim them, look at pictures, study diagrams, read some parts. I knew that many mental disorders can be inherited. My mom has been diagnose... | 1 |
Yes. This rule also applies to sleeping. If I get up to do anything once I lie down and get settled in (which is difficult enough) I’m not getting my “sleepy” back and will probably end up doing something else until 3am | 1 |
I feel this in my soul. I have small bits of contamination OCD with certain things but that’s by far my usual theme. I’m still not worried about me feeling contaminated that much but I feel like everything everywhere is and I can’t even fix it with a compulsion idk how to explain it | 0 |
Personally I use Voice Note on my iPhone to record every single school lecture.. there’s just some days I can’t pay attention or I’m too tired.. and sometimes I can’t take notes for 3 hours without my hand feeling like it’s gonna fall off and die.. instead.. in my notes I right the general topic / subject every few min... | 1 |
If you desire to be good, begin by believing you are wicked. -Seneca :/ | 0 |
oh yessss, everyday since the day i turned 18 and i probably felt it before too and just don’t remember | 1 |
My wife and I (and most likely our son, but time will tell) are both ADHD and only recently diagnosed in our late 20s/early 30s after nearly 8 years married. Stuff like this makes us laugh so hard realizing that if we’d been plugged into these communities we could have avoided so many misunderstandings, arguments and j... | 1 |
Oh god, my dad told me the “everyone has a bit of OCD” before he realized how severe my disorder actually was. | 0 |
Can you say If thus is OCD or not, I’ve seen it many times before | 0 |
I tend towards clutter even though I have OCD. I think part of it for me is a need to check every single thing before throwing it away, making sure it doesn’t contain personal information, or something like that.
It makes me wonder if people don’t believe me about having OCD because the general view is it is that it’... | 0 |
Definitely not trash!
I FELT your art, right away. I understand... | 0 |
Yes, I call it my OCD thought of the day, because for that day it’s the most important mystery to solve, until the next day…. | 0 |
Oh wow this is accurate. Or on some days it's that edgy 10-year-old boy trying to think of the worst possible thing to say just to make someone mad... :/ | 0 |
omfg i need this posted once a day everyday lmaoo. what a lifesaver | 1 |
Now, I wouldn't take my word as verified truth; but I wouldn't be surprised to see universities creating a 'covid forgiveness' program for those who got fucked this semester.
Can't say it's *guaranteed* to happen, just saying it would likely be in the collective colleges' best interests to do so, in an attempt to 'sm... | 1 |
I wish I had an award to give this post because I feel this so much. I used to write multiple novels a year when I was homeschooled and had enough time. I got through a second draft AND full edit except for the last 3 chapters and then I started college and I just cannot pick it up again.
I love to sing and play pian... | 1 |
That is freaking brilliant. Just reading it and thinking through the metaphor made me feel calmer. Thank you so much for sharing it | 0 |
I’m right there with you- i leave a million small things on a to do list that never gets done.. even if i start it I’m like fuck i have other things to do… its 10x worse trying to get through nurse practitioner school , my teachers think I’m dumb and wonder how i even got into the program. | 1 |
This. Me. For the last two weeks. I'm finally coming out of the fear, but my God, it's been tough. | 0 |
So true. The more you ask for reassurance the more you spiral out of control. | 0 |
No matter how much I do, my brain will always tell me I’m a bad person.
Give away all your money , brain says you’re just doing it so people think you’re not bad.
Do something nice for someone but make sure no one else knows, brain says nothing you do can make up for the bad.
Sometimes it’s just easier to not fig... | 0 |
I would suggest tough love doesn't work on anyone outside of a group setting. Even If it does motivate someone to get a task done the likely emotional blowback, either internally or externally isn't worth it. | 1 |
Hm, idk, I disagree somewhat. Before I was diagnosed and before I did all the work that ERP entails, I think I liked my OCD. OCD was my friend through thick and thin, it protected me from dangerous stuff and we shared so much together. I never questioned my OCD, I just did what it asked, it was my accepted reality. Thi... | 0 |
Congrats! Keep doing it! Yeah! You got this! I'm so happy to read OP and repliers are working so hard! | 0 |
Ugh this reminds me of Sidgeir, I think he is just as killable as Nazeem. Fuck that guy. | 0 |
There's a website where you can get an accountability partner. Maybe schedule studying at normal class time?
https://www.focusmate.com/ | 1 |
I want you all to know that it does get better, I promise. Just hang on in there | 0 |
Hey that’s me! Even if the topic is something I know inside and out I’ll ruin it by making connections in my head and then going back to explain it is just impossible.
I’ll just repeat myself a lot and it sounds like I’m beating a dead horse. Like a painter who uses buckets instead of a brush to show their painting | 1 |
Wait till you drive through a hole on the road and you’ll start wondering if you ran someone over by accident and if you keep driving you’ll think it’s a hit and run and police will find you and put you in prison and you’ll have your life ruined. So you turn back to see if anyone is laying on the road. | 0 |
For me it’s when OCD sneaks up on me after a good hour | 0 |
So. True.
I just moved a dentist appointment to 8:30am on Saturday rather than tomorrow after work, like a reasonable person might.
Nope. I’ve handled my limit and I’m not up for anything more. The dentist can have Saturday morning then I get my weekend back after that. | 1 |
As long as it takes
If it means so much youl keep coming back
Eventually youl get there
Same for me and sketching
My sketches are pretty good but many aspects need alot of work and shading is just the bubonic plague never go anywhere near it
Other aspects are improving and eventually I'll hopefully bottleneck... | 1 |
This filled my heart with warmth and love, and it seems as though you’ve touched many hearts by writing this. Thank you so much! What a beautiful soul you have.
Also, I’m deeply sorry for your loss xxxx | 1 |
Lol tell me about it. My top artist and song are one I got really fixated onto and just listened to over and over for a couple days straight back in the spring. I haven't really thought about it since. | 1 |
Your ocd looks so happy, I hope through exposure you can make it more miserable. :) | 0 |
I don't suffer from ADHD (or, at least, I haven't been diagnosed), but I almost never ever feel the need to eat yet I end up consuming food just because I know it's good for my health | 1 |
I have a very small compulsion that kind of signals to me that my meds are starting to not work. First time I realized what it was though.
Its wild.
however, it does feel like this. | 0 |
'' Don’t interact with your thoughts, watch them.''
This one really hits home, I need to tell myself this more often. | 0 |
then your ocd jumps obsessions and it’s like “nah that one was stupid but THIS one though...” | 0 |
That actually used to be one of my techniques. I would say "fuck ocd!" Over and over to myself trying to convince myself I dont need to do my rituals.... while sti ensing up taking that extra step or whatever anyways. OCD sucks, there is no med that cures it. Best I've found is a med that helps improve my overall mood ... | 0 |
Thank you! You have given this mom valuable insight into my son’s head as our family waits hours for the “shower” process. | 1 |
FUCK! You are right, it's almost 1 a.m.! I slept 4 hours the last two days and I had a workload of a ridiculous nature and a job that requires me to be mentally active a 4:40 in the morning (but end the active phase of my work early, then I had 7 reports of a particular analytical nature to write, and you better believ... | 1 |
There was a period in high school where I couldn’t walk past one of those pull down fire alarm things without my brain being like “pull ittttttt”. Stupid ass brain trying to get me in trouble. I never did pull it thankfully but I had a rough couple of months having to walk past the many fire alarm things every day. | 0 |
Hands normally = a natural grassland
Hands over-cleaned = a empty wasteland
Hands not cleaned enought = a dump | 0 |
I am interviewing for a internal job posting and I’ve had four interviews. I cannot function before them. I will get nothing done. Yesterday’s and today’s started before 9 which made me happy then I had one at 12…kill me. I want them all first thing in the morning. But 4 down, 3 to go. | 1 |
I like that a lot!
I'm not a tattoo person, but I've been wanting something like an incomplete/ imperfect circle on my wrist for a while now, and then I recently learned the significance of the semicolon and wanted that too. I really like the idea of combining them like this. Thanks for sharing! | 0 |
Saw this as I'm coming down from a really bad compulsion attack. I handled it really well, considering, but seeing this made such a difference and gave me a deep sense of calm. Thank you. | 0 |
Same! I've done that all my life even before I had OCD symptoms. | 0 |
for me when I get a task that I just don't want to do it won't get done ill just lay on my desk for a minute and then think about doing it. | 1 |
What a cool idea! I’d love to see more people depict their OCD/mental ailments in the form of visual arts. | 0 |
i set a reminder and then it reminds me and i’m like “SHUT UP REMINDER IM BUSY GLUEING PLASTIC GEMS TO MY FACE” | 1 |
Replace "committed war crimes" with "murdered a hobo" and "heaven" with "Canada", and that's me right there! | 0 |
I’ve kinda got this, I just can’t fall asleep until my bladder is completely empty. I’ll wait for hours until I get the tiniest urge to pee and then I use the bathroom and go to bed. If more than 30 minutes pass I do it all over again. | 0 |
Are anyone’s ocd in there dreams almost worst then real life I have vivid dreams were I’m freaking the shit out and I wake up with my heart racing I’ll ocd can fuck off | 0 |
I work in history too! I don’t have a masters haha, but I’m so proud of you!!!!!! | 0 |
Ugh, I've been looking for a new job but I have to share my screen sometimes for work (working from home) and I have this momentary panic if I'm showing my tabs in my browser to give away that I'm looking for a different job. 🙃 the joys. | 0 |
Before coming on here I completed 2 hw assignments after 2 days of being very unproductive so I feel relieved and I am scrolling with NO anxiety! 😊 | 1 |
when i had my theorie driving lessons online i always almost fell asleep after an hour. it was horrible. and i often got really tired at school too. | 1 |
OCD is a living hell, but for the sake of understanding I'll give my two cents as to why they might want it for some reason
It could be that they have a very low opinion of themselves and what they want isn't really OCD but just something to add to their identity or who they are to make them seem more unique when they... | 0 |
Positive reinforcement Definitely works better for me.
I found that most of the people/employees I’ve come across,ADHD or not, it gets the job done better than negative reinforcement. If one should use negative reinforcement they should do so in the form of positive Criticism. I Have found that positive criticism is ... | 1 |
Explains why I always write unnecessarily long paragraphs as well. | 1 |
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