Soooo I've been wanting to post a topic like this for a while now and I feel pretty comfortable doing it on this specific website. I'm assuming that this topic may get a bit deep so aye no judgement~ (Then again this is the internet so that maaaay be asking a bit much xD).
Any who just to clarify, I'm not talking about "tumblr disorders" were there's a chance that they aren't actually a problem with you. I'm straight up talking about diagnosed stuff that literally runs your life on a daily basis. Before I go into detail about my "quirks" I just wanted to say that my reason for doing this is because I never really went to counseling for my issues to meet people with similar problems. Of course I'm getting help, but it's with a psychiatrist/therapist. I've never really met people who have it as "deep" as I do and I'd totally love to. So I guess this is my opportunity to meet these people.
Well to get this party started I guess I can straight up say that since highschool I've been diagnosed with ocd. I also am diagnosed with anxiety but I'll delve into that topic later. Any ways my ocd is the bigger disorder that pretty much ruins (heh) runs my life. Even though I was diagnosed with it in highschool I'd have to say that I had it for years. It started off kind of like this: I'd have to have everything in place, I'd have to have everything "perfect", and certain things couldn't go wrong. Basically since I was a little blonde six year old I probably just seemed like a selfish brat. xD That's pretty much the explanation as to why my parents never got me help until my "pre teen" years. But as soon as elementary school kept going on I started having crying fits. Of course kids figured that I was weird and "bullied" me for it. Sadly that only made the crying worse. My parents at first thought it was me trying to get my way so they disciplined me like most parents would. And I couldn't blame them heh, it was probably hard not knowing that I had a specific problem going on in my brain. As soon as jr. high came around I changed my demeanor immediately. Tbh it's pretty much me going through that edgy faze that most kids go through at the time hehe. But in a serious perspective I just got scared and didn't want to be judged by anyone. So I closed up to everyone (basically hiding my issues from everyone) and became extremely scared to displease anyone or make an opinion for myself. This is kind of how my anxiety came into place. Back to my ocd though, it came to the bad point were I started checking things. For those of you who don't know checking for someone with ocd it my vary for each person but for me it was like I'd irrationally make sure that everything was safe for my family. For example I'd constantly check to see if the stove is off so that a fire won't start or I'd constantly check to make sure the fridge is closed so food won't "spoil". To some that may seem a bit ok or something like that, but when I said constantly I meant that checking was repetitive. As in I could literally go for hours on end checking things. That's when my parent's finally realized that something was wrong all along. So we went to speak with my doctor and he recommended a therapist for me. The therapist had told me that I had ocd as well as anxiety(I always knew that I had something wrong but I never knew what it was). She explained to my family that these so called "crying fits" are known as panic attacks. She also explained that even though I have these two disorders on my shoulders she stressed that I still needed to consider myself as normal. I began to visit her on a weekly basis. By highschool I started seeing a psychiatrist, who would basically prescribe me happy pills (xD) pills such as zoloft. She also was the one to finalize my diagnosis. As of now I'd just like to specifically speak out to those who have anxiety or ocd (fak it, anyone feeling like they can't get out of their own specific funk). You can get out of this, you just need to find the right place to start. Don't mope around and say," Ugh I have no options, there's nothing I can do". There are so many people out there willing to hear your story and give you help. You just need to find them. I'm proud to say that I'm a 22 year old girl majoring in graphic design, no specific family ties, and with anxiety and ocd I know I'm able to live a happy life.
So all in all hopefully this story was meaningful or helpful to some of you and I'd really love to hear your stories. c: If you have any questions feel free to ask~
Update thing idk: I'll probably make a huge reply post every morning. Since I'm a reaaaallly lazy person I'd rather do that then constantly reply in stuff. #thuglyfe