Any advice..? My girlfriend had OCD, specifically OCPD. What can I do to comfort her when she’s feeling anxious/ out of control, dealing with intrusive thoughts, wanting to act on her compulsions etc? I can’t physically be there for her when she breaks down, talking to her through texting and calling for comfort doesn’t help too much sometimes. I want to help her and make her feel as loved and safe as possible, but I need help to make sure I can provide her with that

I agree, you should be careful with how much you are comforting your girlfriend. It’s great that you want to be supportive and caring, but unfortunately the more you provide reassurance for her, the deeper your girlfriend will fall into this cycle. Has she had any therapy yet? What is you and your girlfriends knowledge of OCD in general? We can provide more help here if you give us more info..

Do she know about this app? It seems to help a lot for me when I’m in sos mode..

Bravo for reaching out and looking for support.

That’s great you are supportive, but with ocd, you often want to prevent giving reassurance for people’s obsessions

It’s considered a compulsion which makes the OCD sometimes worse

@PetShopBoysRock so there isn’t much anyone can do expect her own self in the path of bettering her OCD?

Has* not had^

@LaPink that’s great advice

No problem!

@nOCD I wasn’t aware of that, thank you very much that definitely should help a lot

@Mjs110160 thank you very much, this information helps a ton

@PetShopBoysrock she has had a couple of sessions of therapy and counselling but she stopped short before like even 5 sessions because they grew too much of a cost for her mom to afford and her dad doesn’t know about her OCD because he doesn’t believe in mental illness. She is clinically diagnosed with OCD by her counsellor and is more compulsive and gets like severe intrusive thoughts, it’s hard to distract and calm her down once she is in an episode... has that laid down more cement to build some answers on top of?

@LaPink thank you so much, looking at it now and its been great

@Aiden it’s a shame about the cost being a factor in the continuance of her therapy. It’s a problem for so many people. However, since this is the current status of where we’re at.. Your girlfriend will need to understand that a therapist or clinic isn’t going to cure her OCD. They can maybe teach her more coping skills/techniques, but essentially it is up to her to practice and re-wire her brain to think more rationally.

There is help she can receive from therapists and clinicians, but my point was more so that they won’t be able to cure OCD for your girlfriend. Is there any chance of her going to another therapist?