Nomansland
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Dear Alone, I have been with my now husband for 10 years. I was a bit hesitant to move in together after two years of the relationship for the fear that he will find out about my OCD and dump me. Then finally I told him about it, we were already living together for some time and he said that he didn't even notice anything! So yes, please don't give up. We have OCD, people have other health problems and just all sorts of stuff going on in their lives, nobody is perfect.
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thank you! that's really helpful. xx
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Dear Wonderer, Thanks for sharing your story and sorry to hear that you struggled with OCD during your first pregnancy. It's reassuring though that the baby was born healthy. Did you manage to go through your first pregnancy without the medication at all?
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Thank you all. x
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Dear all, I have been suffering from OCD for many years, I have had lots of CBT and it really helped. So now I am at a point that I am considering having a child. Being pregnant absolutely terrifies me though, I know that OCD tends to become much worse whilst you're pregnant. Also I cannot take medication, I have tried two different types of SSRIs and had to stop taking them both due to very bad side effects. So I am worried that I will not be able to have a healthy baby if OCD will get worse during pregnancy and I will be in the anxious mode all the time. I was wondering if anyone here was suffering from OCD whilst being pregnant and managed to go through pregnancy without the medication? And the baby was okay?
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Scared of having a child
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Many thanks all of you for your posts ans support. It means a lot. -
Scared of having a child
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Hi Jennie, did you have any doubts before having kids if you are going to cope raising them and managing OCD? Your support - is it your family? My other concern is that I do not have any family around and would have to do it on my own just with my husband's help. -
Scared of having a child
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Scared of having a child
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Ashley re CADAT - do they provide a one to one therapy or is it a group one? I couldn't find this info on the web. -
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Thanks for sharing your story Caramoole. That's what I am also worried about is to second guessing myself in the years to come if I do decide against having a child. And missing on the exciting life experience of raising a kid. -
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Dear all, I have an OCD and thinking about having a kid. But I am not sure if I will be able to have a healthy kid as I am suffering from OCD and bad anxiety. I had 2 loads of CBT which were very helpful but my OCD is still there. My therapist says working on OCD is an ongoing process and it's not going to be cured once and for all. I still get very anxious during the exposures sometimes and anxiety can last for a long time up to a few days before it subsides. I have tried 3 lots of different medication also (2 SSRI's and a clomipramine) but I had to stop taking them due to very bad side effects. My biggest concern is would it be possible for me to have a healthy kid if I get so anxious and without the help of the medication? I read that it is very bad for the development of the child if mother gets very anxious during her pregnancy. I am so confused right now as I would like to have a child but am scared that my anxiety going to harm it. Has anyone here had suffered from bad anxiety/OCD during pregnancy without taking any meds and still managed to have a healthy kid? Thank you.
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Scared of positivity
Nomansland replied to Nomansland's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Thank you for your reply Angst. Yes, I am quite superstitious and with OCD on top - it does seem to cause me a bit of a grief. At the end of the day by avoiding the bad things from happening by not talking/thinking about the positive- bad thing has already happen to me - I got depressed. -
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Thanks PolarBear -
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Thanks PolarBear. I remember one of my therapists also have mentioned the 'selective attention' theory that we only pay attention to the positive thoughts/things that have not turned out well in that instance and ignore all the positive thoughts that did come true. Do you believe in the 'selective attention' theory?