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I actually just looked it up for you by googling “Yale Brown obsessive compulsive scale”. Since you don’t have access to any kind of treatment I personally would start there. I remember when I did it and realized that there is a name for my irrational fears it did put me at ease a little and then I knew where to go from there.. even if it is just doing your own research (and believe me i feel like I have read every single website out there) and just making yourself as knowledgeable about it as possible will help!
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I’ve taken those quizzes before too and they told me I have OCD. And I have been tested by 3 or 4 psychiatrists who diagnosed me with OCD. There is one that I believe one of the many different therapists I’ve been to used and I believe it’s online too. I think it was from Yale-Brown college or something (this was years ago).
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You don’t know how much I’m thankful Thank you very much❤️🩹
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your very welcome I’ve been there and I know how debilitating it is but the more you know the easier it is to understand and know that it is very hard to understand. When people tell me to just get over it or don’t do the compulsions I just tell them no matter how much I describe ocd to you you really will fully understand. Which is what is nice about this app is that we all can relate and understand even if we don’t have the same fears
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Sorry **really will never fully understand**
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Only an OCD therapist can diagnose you. But when I was researching OCD, I did a couple of those quizzes and they said I do have OCD. I did get an official OCD diagnosis, but those quizzes can be helpful, but they can also cause you additional stress and anxiety. You shouldn't diagnose yourself just based on a quiz.
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I've never seen a therapist or been diagnosed, so I went surfing through to find this community. I've seen a lot of OCD symptoms written online. Here is what I experience that I feel may be OCD. If any of you guys agrees, please let me know. I have only ever been able to call my mom by her first name. I have never been able to not do that. She tried to make me call her mom once as a kid but it felt so wrong that I started crying. Everytime I see a wet floor sign, I say "piso mojado" out loud. I have plenty of harsh intrusive thoughts, such as committing acts of violence when I see people not using their turn signals, interrupting performers at a concert. I make myself re-press on my phone alarms 10-12 times each day in the same rythym until it feels fully set to go off. Light switches get flicked off and on, I can't stand not doing it. I have to double-check everything and make myself re-look through the same drawers at work for hours. I love to write, but I never get far because I need approval from others. My head is also always filled to the brim with thoughts which has made writing and things like memory a lot harder. I can't use spoons. I can only use forks for almost everything. I can't stand them. That's all I can think of for right now. Please let me know what you guys think. Thanks!
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Sometimes I think " do I like kids?" "Would i get aroused if I saw content with kids?""What if I'm a pedo and cant accept it?" "What if I'm ok with these thoughts?" "What if I'm not distressed enough " "What if I enjoy these thoughts?" , i avoid kids as much as i can, i cant look at them bc I'm scared I'm gonna have some groin like response. I keep testing if I'd get turned on or if I'd have some groinal response to sexual scenarios with kids. Sometimes I think that if I took my life this would be over and i wouldn't have to think about this and i wish i doubted something else instead of things like this. I had similar situations just with different topics such as if i loved or found sexually appealing a guy while in a relationship and i kept asking myself those questions for months and i avoided going to school for weeks and when I went I'd cry and have anxiety attacks. I had it with past actions i obessed over and felt the need to exploit every detail and be honest because otherwise i was being a fraud. I had it for sexual things that happened when i was a child. Im not diagnosed with ocd but should i tell this to my local counselor? Can someone help? Give me advice or tell me anything?
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Hello there. I’m new here and think I may have OCD I’ve struggled with anxiety my whole life. However, in my early teens, I started experiencing obsessive fears and engaging in compulsions because my brain convinced me that if I didn’t perform a certain action a specific number of times, it would “prove” that I wanted something terrible to happen. When I was 17, I began seeing a therapist and opened up to her about this. She diagnosed me with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and I accepted the diagnosis But last night, I became curious about whether people with GAD engage in compulsions and have specific fears, so I looked it up. I was shocked to learn that these are not typical characteristics of GAD Now, I would love to find a therapist who specializes in OCD so I can get a formal diagnosis and the appropriate treatment
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