- Username
- Spiritsinmyhead
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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!
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).
You don’t know how much I’m thankful Thank you very much❤️🩹
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
Sorry **really will never fully understand**
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.
I went to see a psychiatrist today. She was pretty nice, but even though I was listing ALL symptoms of OCD, all the obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, she was uncertain about it, as if she did not understand what was going on. She didn't rule out the possibility of me having OCD, but she didn't confirm it. I understand that doctors usually won't diagnose patients in their first visit, but goddamn... I'm so scared right now. I keep doubting that I have OCD myself, I identify with all the symptoms but I doubt it all the time and feel the need to reassure myself that I have the disorder. If I don't have OCD, my life is fucking over. She gave me a diagnosis for Generalized Anxiety Disorder and prescribed me some medication. I received that diagnosis because I shared some of the trouble I'm going through at work. But if I fear that I don't really have OCD if an actual mental health professional can't recognize that as OCD. All the relentless researching, rumination, mental checking/testing, spending hours doing these things to achieve a sense of certainty and avoiding things out of fear of getting triggered.
I dont know if I have ocd really but I think I do because I have the intrusive thoughts and I always try and do things to soothe the anxiety. I've been dealing with this for a few months and this is a debilitating cycle and I wish I wad normal. when I first spoke to my therapist about it, she said that people with ocd like to clean and count a certain amount of tiles and stuff like that. I really want to get tested because I want help but im scared that if they say I don't have ocd then that means my intrusive thoughts are true and that I'm the person that my mind makes me think I am and it scares me. I mostly deal with symptoms of pocd so I try my best to avoid kids and sometimes I won't even want to go in public because of it and I count in my head a lot and try and see if my body is reacting any kind of way. I also try and just push the thoughts a way and do research and sometimes it makes me feel better but in reality it's just a cycle and it's terrifying so can someone please comfort me or give me advice and tips to help me feel better because I really need it. I just want to get help and stop this cycle because it's slowly killing me. I don't want to be the person my head thinks I am but in my head it's just constant fear anxiety and uncertainty.
I have constantly been feeling like if I hit one arm, I have to hit the other and if I set something down and it just didn’t look right or feel right I had to do it again or I had to move it to a different spot in my room I’ve had never been a clean freak, which is mainly what I get told is OCD And I don’t know if I should even have this app. I don’t know if I actually have it. I’m constantly worried that I did something in my past that harmed others and that’s why people don’t like me or I’m constantly worried People are constantly watching me and I don’t know if that’s OCD or if I have it so please tell me I will delete this app and never think of it again if I don’t I just really wanna know
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