#ocd post

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

ADHD vs OCD

Neurodivergent_insights

[skulliope]

a ocd comfort post for my ocd selfshippers because uuughhhhfbfjjfddhd handwashing sucks bro

F/O looking at your dry and cracking hands and taking care of them for you ❤️ applying lotion and bandages if needed, trying to help you limit your handwashing habits and calming your anxieties before you try to start any rituals.

F/O still loving you and understanding you and your mental illness(es), not being judgemental and trying to accommodate you as much as they can. maybe even researching it in their free time, too! ....they don't see you as your ailments, they see you as you! :D

[geekinator]

This is probably my neurodivergence showing and I just need to get over it but I absolutely hate it when people make assumptions when I ask a question, and then they answer THAT instead. Please do not do that on this post, this is just me putting something into words. If you can relate, I’m glad my words mean something to someone.

I asked a few friends if they thought a certain guy liked me and instead of just saying yes or no, they told me that I should just let whatever happen, happen. I had no intention of doing otherwise, and when I pointed that out (calmly, mind you!) and told them they hadn’t answered my question at all, they told me to calm down and they were just trying to be helpful. I just asked if it seemed like he liked me, not for advice on starting a relationship, because quite frankly I didn’t even want to anyways. They never did answer my question.

When I ask if someone can relate to something I’m experiencing, I get a lecture about how to make myself feel better. I just want to know if I’m the only one, or if someone can empathize. It bothers me that the assumption is made that I don’t know how or can’t take steps to help myself feel better, when all I asked was hey have you ever felt this way? I did not ask how to stop feeling that way.

Like I said, major neurodivergent vibes here, just venting.

[fightingocd]

Today I had to avoid doing some of my compulsions. I realized I felt really really anxious and in a lot of pain, even so, I could do it. With some ups and downs, I could mostly do it. And I'm proud of myself.

What I want to say is, no matter how little your progress was (in reality, progress is progress, nor little or big). You did it, and you still can, tomorrow and the next day. You can, we all can. If no one has say it today:

I am totally proud of you and your progress! You rule! Keep going! You can do it!

[dollop-of-darkness]

ocd post

im so tired of being the butt of a friend’s joke or getting laughed at for always doing things in threes and washing my hands excessively and always worrying about whether or not i have a disease that just isn’t showing its symptoms yet and always waiting for them to show up. u don’t think i know that i’m crazy? do u think i want to have panic attacks in the lunchroom or cry myself to sleep or think about every single breath and ask myself “is my breathing normal? am i okay?” u think its funny when i get visually upset when u discuss germs, bacteria, or illness? do u know what that does to me? and i’m so done with the condescending bullshit u throw at me-- don’t tell me to calm down i can feel every cell in my body and they are all attacking me all the time. 

[ocdwhispereddeath]

Me: *Dissociating because Anxiety is too much*

Brother: *talks*

My OCD: *shows me an intrusive thought of me stabbing my brother in the ear with object in hand...* Do IT!

Me: what? NO!!!

My OCD: You are a BAD HORRRIBLE person because you thought about doing it....

My OCD: you WANT to do it!!!

Me *now shaking*: *leaves because is too scared to hurt own brother*

My brother: *Is deeply Confused*

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

ADHD vs OCD

Neurodivergent_Insights

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Hi everyone,

I found this interesting ven diagram comparing ADHD and OCD. As you can see, there’s definitely an overlap between the two. I’ll leave the source below for anyone who wants to read it.

ADHD vs OCD: How to Tell the Difference [GRAPHIC] — Insights of a Neurodivergent Clinician

ADHD vs OCD, what are the differences? Click here to learn more about the overlap and how psychologists tell them apart.

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