Any advice for stress and OCD. I am considering leaving high school due to the stress I'm going through.

You don't give a whole lot of information, ie.  Have you been medically diagnosed with OCD and anxiety disorder?  (There's no such diagnosis as "stress.") Are you being professionally treated for these?  Medicine?  Counseling?  Are you male or female?  What is your age? What is your high school like?  In USA?  Public?  Catholic?  Is it large, impersonal?  Small?  Teachers take personal interest or don't care?  Are you the victim of bullies?  Do you have friends?  Neither, feel as if you may as well be invisible?  Is your family supportive?  Do you hear Mass?  Is the Catholic Faith a normal part of your daily life?  What about your family?  Do you attend Mass together?  

What are your immediate plans post-high school?  University?  Community college?  A vocation?  A trade?  If a trade, what preparation is necessary?  Marriage and children?  Live at home and find a job because you're disabled by your OCD and anxiety?  

Without more information, I can hardly give advice.  A GED may be the way to go if you're female, 16 or older, and plan to live at home and work until you marry.  If you're male, a GED probably won't cut it, especially if you intend to marry!  Most religious also need more than a GED.  Many require a minimum of a high school diploma.

I'm a special ed. teacher, grades 1 and 2, in the USA.  State of New York, if that's helpful.  

Hello.
I am a 21 year old man from Denmark considering conversion to Rome.
My current parish is a bit liberal and I would like for to know weather or not it is possible to go to a private class with a traditional priest instead of taking an RCIA class were I learn about how Catholicism is about respecting other religions or something like that.
I am willing to travel a far distance for that.

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Any advice for stress and OCD. I am considering leaving high school due to the stress I'm going through.

There's no such thing as "OCD". That's a false notion created by the pseudo science industries of psychology & psychiatry, which they disseminate among other fake disorders onto the masses as a means to control them and weaken their resolve and sovereignty. There are bad habits, lack of discipline and not trusting in God to provide security and giving you the confidence that you did something correct. Pray for strength and trust in God to break this problem that manifests in you.

Take a GED test and leave High School.  Keep yourself busy, and beware of the company you keep.  This is where troubles can start.  Don't get involved with gossip/talk.  Do a job and go home.  Keep to the sacraments, and I suggest 3 rosaries a day.

This is good, practical advice that is a necessary baseline for any person considering conversion to the Catholic Faith, who also struggles with habits and adversities of the modern world. Well done, Songbird.

You can always look at vocational schools. It wouldn’t hurt to see what they have to offer. I’d also suggest learning a few different trades to see which one you could be a master in. 

Even if you are looking  to convert I highly suggest cultivating a prayer life. Our Lady will never leave you high, and dry. It’s inportant to remember as with any ones prayer life that God will not always answer the way you want, but He will answer the way you need for your spiritual growth. It will be very frustrating, but stay determined. 


“ Catholic life is warefare, and we must be battle ready”  being battle ready means getting a handle on all bad habits, and things that distract you from God, and the main goal of eternal life. You can do this because God never allows what we can’t handle. 

You're an idiot.  It's a very real thing, and I've known people who struggle with it and find relief in certain medications.  It's well know that certain neurotransmitters affect emotions and thought patterns, can increase fear and anxiety.  Fear can trigger physiological fight-or-flight responses in the body, and then a certain traumatic episode can cause flashbacks.

You're an ignoramus and try to pretend that we are disembodied spirits rather than part spiritual and part animal.

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Nutrition and diet can cause/fix many health issues.  I'd advise the following:
1.  You need some good, healthy oils in your diet.  Works great to calm the nerves and mind.  Take a few tablespoons a day of good, quality coconut oil.  Or buy some good fish oil pills.
2.  You need magnesium for stress!  You can buy some supplements and also get it from veggies.
3.  Start juicing veggies.  You can buy a quality juicer at Walmart for like $50.  Use Spinach, kale, (any green, leafy veggies), with some carrots, apples, lemons, for taste.  Juicing will change your life.
4.  EXERCISE.  If you're stressed, you need to exercise and burn off your increased cortizol levels.  Take a long walk, jog for 20 minutes, swim, use weights.
5.  Lower use of alcohol/caffeine so you get better SLEEP.  If you have trouble sleeping, use melatonin or valerian root.
6.  Pray, trust in God and put all your confidence in Him for any worries you might have.
7.  Visit the site (www.earthclinic.com) for any detailed health problems you may have.  Tons of suggestions and info.

Good luck and God bless!

Great advice.  I agree with the diet approach.  Many people are indeed gravely magnesium deficient.  Many people claim that INOSITOL helps OCD a lot.

Other things to help your mood: limit processed sugar, add probiotic/fermented foods/drinks.

For a “quick fix” until you start making life changes with diet/exercise (this will be your long-term, permanent solution), get some homeopathy remedies for emotional stress situations.