What is Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder-OCD

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder, more specifically, an anxiety disorder. OCD is manifested in a variety of forms, but is most commonly characterized b...

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  • EMERGENCY

    Tuesday, February 26, 2008 | A Painful story

    i might have to go to the hospital
    ill have somebody update you if i cannot

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  • well as i look at these pictures i still can't believe i wont see her beautiful face or talk to her again, i know they say you will in heaven, but i prayed for mom and begged with him to make her well and he still took her from me.i dont know how to go to the store or anywhere that doesn't remind me of mom.it makes me sick to my tummy and i hurt all over. she was the only parent i had lef...

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    8 Comments

  • Trying to survive

    Sunday, September 7, 2008

    well its saturday, i made it this far .mom passed away on 7/29/08 and i have been hurting so bad i could barely move,think,just feell like an empty shell,i met with the pastor today i called him for help because i was afraid to see what would happen next. i feel like someone took a wrecking ball and knocked all of my things down and demolished them. he told me its ok to grieve, that i can miss he...

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  • My Mom,Getting ready for hurricane Ike

    Thursday, September 11, 2008

    getting ready for hurricane IKE and missing my mom.in 2005 we were threatened with hurricane rita and then it turned,well this one looks like its coming for sure,three years ago we packed a few things and went to my sisters home,cause we live in a trailer,i had to get all moms stuff and oxygen and meds and now i don't, i really miss her.she was my world and i hope she knew that,she always tho...

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  • The days are so long without mom being here to talk to, i find myself wanting to call and talk to her more and more each day. i know i can still talk to her but i won't ever hear her sweet voice again and that hurts alot. i guess its just that now mom and dad are gone and i feel all alone in the world, i don;t care what anyone says, theres nothing like the feeling of having your parents aroun...

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    8 Comments

  • I said goodbye

    Saturday, February 7, 2009 | A Painful story

    I said goodbye to a good friend today.A friend who is not able to be my friend anymore. A friend who was very good to me and I was very good too but something is lost and this person is not able to be my friend anymore.Maybe in the future things will change,I feel so lost and scared right now and because I have mutual friends who know this person where I attend at my clubhouse I can't talk to...

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  • Heart Broken Again!

    Monday, May 11, 2009 | A Painful story

    Well, it seems that it was too good to be true after all.  I made the mistake of falling too hard, too fast.  It seems that I "smothered" her, and being only 20, that definately wasn't good.  I had a bad night and flipped out jealous, accusing her of doing something she wasn't doing.  As a result she gave me the "let's just try being friends for...

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  • Want to feel worthy

    Tuesday, September 22, 2009 | A Painful story

    Amid a very intense discussion tonight about where I'm at emotionally, my bf asked me what it is I want. It took me a while to answer that. But I finally came to the conclusion that I just want to feel as if i have some worth somewhere somehow to someone - anyone.
    I don't want people to tell me I'm worthy and all of my good points. That's not what I mean. People tell me I'm sm...

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  • Being Triggered Lately.... (possible trigger)

    Wednesday, September 30, 2009

     
    Yesterday I got triggered when I saw several folks being suicidal  online at ds when I came back for the first time in days.... it is not their fault I got triggered. Only I have the power to choose to let myself feel triggered. Two members here thinking of suicide I feel close to... and I am worried sick for both of them I was relieved today to get a pm from one of them that said he/s...

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