OCD (My Story) · EpicYourLife

Jan 30 (edited) • General discussion & FUN

OCD (My Story)

Through my childhood and into my early 20s, I battled OCD symptoms, unaware that anyone else feels what I feel, believing that I was just weird and unreachable.

It has been a long journey of healing, as I became aware that there are answers for my struggles and learned to give myself grace. Also, the more I healed from deep emotional wounds, the less I felt controlled by OCD.

I don’t remember how I came across Mark DeJesus’s YouTube channel, but there was a time when I would listen to a lot of his videos. As I listened, I felt so understood, and he would describe things in detail that I thought no one would ever understand about me. I highly recommend his channel, by the way! He speaks from personal experience, provides so much practical information, with so much grace and encouragement. And it all just makes sense.

I’m keenly aware that the term “OCD” is often thrown around as a light joke, which presented a challenge when I was in the trenches of surviving and healing. I was coming to grips with my mental battles, trying so hard to fight back and create new patterns in my mind, and I just wanted others to know that I’m trying to get it right and not be weird.

I’m now in an even different place from that, and I’m able to smile and stay calm internally when I hear an OCD joke. 😊

I’m saying all of this to bring an awareness to the struggles we might be facing that no one knows about, especially the things we think would make zero sense to another human, and we vow to never let others see what goes on in our minds, because we believe “no one else would be that crazy” and “no one will ever understand”.

Struggles are real. Thoughts and feelings are valid. YOU are valid and WORTH fighting for! Your peace is worth fighting for. 🫶🏼🫶🏼

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