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Thanks for sharing your ocd symptom of counting by 3's Obayan...it does sound like it would get annoying...ocd is just that...annoying! Intellectually, you know how crazy it is, doing whatever it is your are compelled to do, but it's so hard to break free from it!

Thanks again Obayan and Eric...your welcoming to this site is appreciated. Flo, it's so nice to meet you too, so to speak;) I will write back soon....my daughter is crying and needs my attention...
Lila

I have had serious depressive issues as a result of profound ocd I suffered as a teenager. I sought therapy for the ocd about 10 years ago and it saved my life, as I learned how to cope with it. The ocd is under control now but I still suffer from depression. I am just so tired of having such emotio...

Feel free to talk to me when you feel down and dumpy...I too seem to have issues with communicating with people...I have just suffered so much depression all of my life that I find it's easier and less embarrasing if I just stick to myself and not let anyone in.

Thanks so much Obayan. I don't quite know where to go on this site to connect with people. I have stumbled into the chatroom a couple of times this evening but I have no clue what to write to connect with anyone, it seems so intimidating. There are so many people that are talking with each other and...

Hi, I am new too...I hope you post again soon. I am finding it difficult to connect with anyone, it seems like most of these posts are old and outdated. Maybe I'm just not looking in the right places.

Hi Eric, Thanks for taking the time to write to me. I appreciate it a great deal. I realize that I am really at a loss to know what to write here. I have never been a member of an online support group and I am now finding myself extremely shy about it. I guess I will take a look around the site and ...

I am a mother of two children and I have a great guy with whom I share my life with....however, I struggle with depression. My name is Lila and I have suffered from depression for my entire life, it seems. I have coped somehow throughout it all, managing through some severe depressions and then just...