Hi everyone, thanks for looking at my profile, Ive been trying to browse through yours but getting confused with it. It says ive been a member since may but never really looked at the site now im on and got a little profile set up.

I find it amazing how many people have different forms of ocd, Apparently ive had it for years but never knew until it took over my life last year. Its stopped me from going out on my own and doing normal day to day things but ill be positive and things have changed im not 100% but ive made a start.

 Ive been seeing a cpn who has helped me (i think) and she put me in touch with a employment coach to help me with what i want to do in life, yea i have a full time job but i think thats one of the reason my ocd got worse.  So now im a part time student aswell.

 Im embarresed sometimes to tell people about my ocd just because people have opinions of me and what they think ocd is and how ive changed and that im not normal anymore.   People dont stop to think and listen to you. People who are close to me found it soo hard and i dont blame them for not understanding but i do love them and thank them soo much for standing by me through this difficult time.

I know you all relate to this in some way and its nice just to be able to tell people what your going through and to read other peoples stories and realise your not the only one going through this too.

Last week my so called best friend decided to be very nasty to me and started to say how selfish i was and how hard i would say it was for me and how it was always me me me.  That got me depressed and stressed and little things from my ocd started to creep back.  My family tell me not to listen and shes saying those things as she doesnt understand what im going through and they said she hasnt been a really good friend in a long time but i try to see the good in people.

Well ill stop going on now but it was nice to just share a little bit of my story with you. Ill keep reading all yours and hopefully your profiles will help me to understand ocd better and all the different forms. All take care. Kel