Xibalba
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Hi there, insane fellows
I am new over here, and I would have some questions...
But firstly, I would like to introduce myself...Well, I am 17, from Slovakia, and although I have never been to a mind doctor, I am absolutely pretty sure I have this OCD thing...absolutely. You are first to know it, I have never told anybody....(well, I once mentioned it to my father and he told me sth in the way of:" oh nooo, you cant have it, relax") All those intrusive thoughts about the death of my family members...I allways telephone them, few times a day, when we are not together...and all those stupid complusions like touching sth specific number of times...well, all in all, I am really sure about having it.
But I came here to ask you some questions, if you dont mind...I have noone to ask it, you know..
Firstly, are you able to drive a car?? With those complusions? I am really afraid I couldn´t....that my complusion would for example force me to turn a driving wheel....I fear I would kill somebody..... I do a certain water sport, wakeskating(sth like a waterskiing) and sometimes I fall because of those compulsions....or while cycling, sometimes I do it, quite risking...
As I am 17, next year I am supposed to learn to drive...is it even worth trying??
then, I want to be a doctor in the future, I am going to study medicine...and I would like to ask, is it possible to be a doctor with OCD? for example a surgeon? Is it possible to absolutely smother compulsions, while for example performing an operation? You know, I dont want to be "Doctor Death".
And the last question...do you, frankly, recommend me to visit a mind doctor? Or is it possible to cope with OCD without it? My parents, maybe a bit conservative, think that medicine from a mind doctor can make more disaster than "profit"...and I fear if I tell them :"Hey, I really have that OCD, come with me to a mind doctor" that they would be like very dissapointed or very unhappy or something...I know they shouldn´t be, but...it is not so common to visit a mind doctor in my country than in eg USA...we still have some barriers, unfortunately
Thanks for your time, and possibly answers....I would really appreciate them.
Oh and sorry for my grammar...you know, I am 17 Slovak boy
I am new over here, and I would have some questions...
But firstly, I would like to introduce myself...Well, I am 17, from Slovakia, and although I have never been to a mind doctor, I am absolutely pretty sure I have this OCD thing...absolutely. You are first to know it, I have never told anybody....(well, I once mentioned it to my father and he told me sth in the way of:" oh nooo, you cant have it, relax") All those intrusive thoughts about the death of my family members...I allways telephone them, few times a day, when we are not together...and all those stupid complusions like touching sth specific number of times...well, all in all, I am really sure about having it.
But I came here to ask you some questions, if you dont mind...I have noone to ask it, you know..
Firstly, are you able to drive a car?? With those complusions? I am really afraid I couldn´t....that my complusion would for example force me to turn a driving wheel....I fear I would kill somebody..... I do a certain water sport, wakeskating(sth like a waterskiing) and sometimes I fall because of those compulsions....or while cycling, sometimes I do it, quite risking...
As I am 17, next year I am supposed to learn to drive...is it even worth trying??
then, I want to be a doctor in the future, I am going to study medicine...and I would like to ask, is it possible to be a doctor with OCD? for example a surgeon? Is it possible to absolutely smother compulsions, while for example performing an operation? You know, I dont want to be "Doctor Death".
And the last question...do you, frankly, recommend me to visit a mind doctor? Or is it possible to cope with OCD without it? My parents, maybe a bit conservative, think that medicine from a mind doctor can make more disaster than "profit"...and I fear if I tell them :"Hey, I really have that OCD, come with me to a mind doctor" that they would be like very dissapointed or very unhappy or something...I know they shouldn´t be, but...it is not so common to visit a mind doctor in my country than in eg USA...we still have some barriers, unfortunately
Thanks for your time, and possibly answers....I would really appreciate them.
Oh and sorry for my grammar...you know, I am 17 Slovak boy
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