I did try to talk with one of those relatives and she understood..... but I don't think she can give out her opinion.
don't worry clarie
I have OCD, but I don't understand the specifics of your question. What do you mean by "guest arrival"? Would you mind elaborating or explaining what the problem is?
Would you be able to allow others just like that into your house(relatives or not), if you have OCD? I usually want them to take a bath if they want to spend couple of days at my house ...or else my stupid brain would keep thinking about all the bacteria and stuff......from outside and all ;_;I have OCD, but I don't understand the specifics of your question. What do you mean by "guest arrival"? Would you mind elaborating or explaining what the problem is?
what ocd do you have elvis?Oh, you have cleaning OCD. Yeah, I don't have that. I have another type of OCD.
But what I've learned from OCD coaches online is that you have to constantly do exposure and prevention in everyday life, which means you have to fight the compulsions, the desire to do as your OCD tells you. So, if your OCD tells you that you guests have to take baths, do the opposite.
From personal experience, I know it is very difficult to abstain from doing what OCD tell you, but that's the solution.
I have OCD. I handle it in 3 ways. (1. I take medication that helps me control my OCD so I don't drive everybody completely nuts. (2. Be open about it. Let people know that you have this issue. Most people will be understanding and the ones who aren't can leave. (3. I don't have overnight guests. The people who live with me know me and try their best to work around my OCD. Most people who come to visit me are the same. Everybody else usually thinks I'm odd but I don't care it's my house deal with or don't come over.
I do take medication and it does help. However sometimes it's hard to ignore stuff and you are right....I need to have my own property first to make the rules that fits my comfort zone ;_;
Oh....I am sorry to hear that. It's just hard to ignore stuff and probably you can relate to that as well. Exposure is fine but too much exposure can make us go into a panic attack for sure (_ _)/Oh, you have cleaning OCD. Yeah, I don't have that. I have another type of OCD.
But what I've learned from OCD coaches online is that you have to constantly do exposure and prevention in everyday life, which means you have to fight the compulsions, the desire to do as your OCD tells you. So, if your OCD tells you that your guests have to take baths, do the opposite.
From personal experience, I know it is very difficult to abstain from doing what OCD tell you, but that's the solution.
Get yourself a Xanax prescription from a doctor.
I did use medicine before but they were making me nauseous and triggering migraines. Right now I am undergoing homeopathy treatment and it's .....fine.....but the results are just too slow ;_;
www.mayoclinic.org
I couldn't explain it even if I wanted to. I have too many unresolved traumas from my past. I can't even afford to see a therapist cause I am poor.
i am so sorry to hear that.
