>>95163437Man it's not about helping someone cope with being different. The brain, like any other part of the body, is susceptible to chemical imbalances. And it isn't some magical organ that rises above bring sick.
My partner has OCD, and she finally reached out to a psychiatrist about treatment a few years ago. The positive change has been ENOURMOUS. She used to have intrusive through comparing herself to rapists and murderers, and a bunch of tics all focused around worrying that her menial actions like looking at something from a certain angle were going to injure or somehow kill people around her. The difference now that she takes medication is amazing, she's happier, more focused in her career goals, and our relationship isn't strained by her jumping straight to an insane emotional response to trivial things.
I think people like you are uncomfortable about the idea that their mind could be out of their control, beyond any amount of "accepting being different."
