The Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Support and Discussion Thread

I have to add... It really bugs me when people fold paper bent instead of in a perfect half! Is it just me?

no; it's so irritating!! and there's nothing you can do 'cause when you refold it it's still going to have the lines from where it was badly folded

Oh my gosh, yes I know!! I used to cringe every time kids at school used to get newsletters and stuff it in their bags or fold it mindlessly! It's like, I'm sitting there trying to find a hard surface to lay the paper flat on so I can lift the ends gently over to kiss the other ends and then press down softely to make an initial fold, then firly once again to ensure the fold is complete... By this time, everyone is at home

There was this one boy who used to fold it bent on purpose just to annoy me! I used to find it painful and funny at the same time though haha

aww bless! I just put mine in the recycling bin on the way out; solves all problems

it's when it's leaflets and they're printed so that the three columns aren't even so, by folding it exactly, the colums aren't right and it's so frustrating! and then other people just can't fold them properly so you get a leaflet that's all wonky -_-

haha, that's mean...and quite sad that he took the time to even think to fold it bent on purpose ^^

Oh my gosh, yes I know!! I used to cringe every time kids at school used to get newsletters and stuff it in their bags or fold it mindlessly! It's like, I'm sitting there trying to find a hard surface to lay the paper flat on so I can lift the ends gently over to kiss the other ends and then press down softely to make an initial fold, then firmly once again to ensure the fold is complete... By this time, everyone is at home

There was this one boy who used to fold it bent on purpose just to annoy me! I used to find it painful and funny at the same time though haha

i feel like im giving in to trich more and more recently, finding it hard to stay as strong as i was. keep pulling out a couple of lashes each day. so far, no patches but i can see that my lashes arent as full and beautiful on my left eye as they were. least there's no patches, patches are so annoying to hide

sadness makes it worse though, but ugh, positivity is so hard... especially to natural pessimists like myself need to get out of the house this weekend or else im sure my lashes will take another beating.

arghhh want to pull so bad. wish i had an off switch in my brain. too wound up to sleep too! ugh. might do laps around the house, as punishment for pulling and to calm me down. think it might weird out the family though so better not haha.



maybe attempting to sleep would be the best move now.

This has happened soo many times


Awww I'm really sorry Hope you feel better tomorrow hun xx

feel a bit better but still finding it hard. it's just so frustrating! like having a constant itch that you wanna scratch but cant. venting helped a bit last night though

how are you doing? hows things? hope you're doing ok pm me if you ever need a chat or vent remember.

god im so boredddddddddd today. thought i had plans this weekend but i got the dates mixed up and its actually next weekend i need a hobby. there's only so much internet and computer games i can take! moanmoanmoan.

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I had my first counselling type session with lucinda on wednesday and i'm gonna have one every 6 weeks or so. I think it'll be really helpful She made me tell her a long list of things I can now do with my intralace, just simple things like 'I have more confidence', 'I don't need to spend time in the morning trying to cover it up'
Maybe write a list yourself of things that would change if you didn't have trich?
I'll tell you all the tasks and things we do so you can try them

hiiiiiii

aww so glad it went well! i know we've talked about it before, but what exactly is an intralace? is it like extensions or a hair piece or what? i watched the video on trich you mentioned ages ago, they looked brilliant on the girls in the documentary! you happy with yours?

i put some mascara on and my lashes dont look as sparse as i thought! my lashes are naturally really full... so i can tell they arent as full as i know they can be, but honestly nobody would be able to tell ive pulled any out, they look normal. i guess you just notice these things on yourself a bit more.

thanks for the tips, will try them out... and definitely let me know about techniques you learn about or helpful hints! what's working for me is changing my mindset and trying to be positive about it. been feeling a bit down in general recently so i think that's made things worse.. but i think the fact ive not pulled enough to make any patches has given me a bit of a boost

It's basically a weave except they dont braid your hair, it's basically threaded through a mesh that's made to fit your head. I guess it may be hard to imagine if you can't see one but i'll take a picture maybe? When i cba aha
aww that's good yeah i couldn't be happier with it

Yeah i guess we do focus in on things we dont like but all we can do is change them
That's exactly what she said! She said you don't miraculously stop doing it, you need to change your mindset, have a more positive outlook and it'll gradually change. She said one day i'll see pulling 4 hairs out as a bad day and i was like because i can't imagine having that control and ability to just leave it at that but it'll come with time just keep working on it

feel a bit better but still finding it hard. it's just so frustrating! like having a constant itch that you wanna scratch but cant. venting helped a bit last night though

how are you doing? hows things? hope you're doing ok pm me if you ever need a chat or vent remember.

god im so boredddddddddd today. thought i had plans this weekend but i got the dates mixed up and its actually next weekend i need a hobby. there's only so much internet and computer games i can take! moanmoanmoan.

Awww It must be, and good that it did

I'm okay Became really down for a while but these past two days have been really good and I've felt good too! Marks a change and I'm trying to embrace it Had an annoying OCD early afternoon though when scrubbing the bathroom - I spent hours there! But overall I'm still here so and thank you You can always PM me too! My inbox will always be open and welcome to you

Did you finally find something to do today hun?

Hmm hobby - what kind of stuff are you inti and maybe we could come up with one for you

This has happened soo many times

aww im really glad you're having a good few days! must be such a welcome relief from feeling so bad for so long... definitely enjoy the good days while you have them! and seriously well done for not letting OCD dampen your spirits! although hours cleaning the bathroom doesnt sound fun at all, the smell of bleach

i played lots of zelda and caught up with some telly. bit rubbish really! i want proper hobbies, like learning something or something more interesting than just telly and films and eating out. i keep meaning to get back into reading now im not a student... but cant find the energy to begin. or summat that helps me meet new people. dunno though, i have zero attention span and am pretty lazy so not sure what suits me!

prob might go to bed now, sooooo bored of today!

Haha, yeh! In fact you know what?!

I had a little battle this morning. My mum came into the room and she opened the door obviously, but she left it open and I could feel it open (I was in my bed almost asleep) and it was bothering me so I tried not to look at it (my back was to the door) but then I looked and I said to myself that I'm just gonna leave it and try to fall asleep and think of something else and I did!

Also I noticed that whenever I play UNO with my nephews, they put the cards down into one pile - but not any pile - one messy pile! I can't even call it a pile! It's some sort of monstrosity! And I always find myself tidying the pile after each card is placed down and when I win (which is all the time ) I watch as a spectator to see who wins out of them and the pile... Well.. The pile is no longer a civil pile

How are you?

Ahh man the door thing! That drives me soo crazy! Especially lately, my younger sister keeps opening the door and leaving it open so much and it's making me mental I knwo what you mean about trying not to look at it, but that never works for a long time at all with me But BIG well done for overcoming that battle this morning, seriously well done because it's impossible for me to do

Ahh that sucks


I'm okay! Just my OCD brain is driving me nuts atm I still have the trouble or re-watching stuff and re-reading stuff Yesterday, it took me 2 hours to watch 10 minutes of a TV show, and this morn a friend of mine asked me to read a letter and I took ages and just got so frustrated. My brain is seriously frustrating and irritating me I've also noticed I'm washing my hands a lot more too. Like at the mo, when in the kitchen. if I touch anything (and I mean anything) I wash my hands straight after! I open a cupboard, then wash, then get the tea out, then wash, then close it again, then wash. Oh man Didn't even notice it was that bad until sis pointed it out to me, and when my bf was round the other night and said it to me.